Requested moves is a process for requesting the retitling (moving) of an article, template, or project page on Wikipedia. For retitling files, categories and other items, see When not to use this page.

Please read the article titling policy and the guideline regarding primary topics before moving a page or requesting a page move.

Any autoconfirmed user can use the Move function to perform most moves (see Help:How to move a page). If you have no reason to expect a dispute concerning a move, be bold and move the page. However, it may not always be possible or desirable to do this:

Technical reasons may prevent a move; for example, a page may already exist at the target title and require deletion, or the page may be protected from moves. See: § Requesting technical moves.
Requests to revert recent, undiscussed, controversial moves may be made at WP:RM/TR. If the new name has not become the stable title, the undiscussed move will be reverted. If the new name has become the stable title, a requested move will be needed to determine the article's proper location.
A title may be disputed, and discussion may be necessary to reach consensus: see § Requesting controversial and potentially controversial moves. The requested moves process is not mandatory, and sometimes an informal discussion at the article's talk page can help reach consensus.
A page should not be moved and a new move discussion should not be opened when there is already an open move request on a talk page. Instead, please participate in the open discussion.
Unregistered and new (not yet autoconfirmed) users are unable to move pages.

Requests are generally processed after seven days. If consensus to move the page is reached at or after this time, a reviewer will carry out the request. If there is a consensus not to move the page, the request will be closed as "not moved". When consensus remains unclear, the request may be relisted to allow more time for consensus to develop, or the discussion may be closed as "no consensus". See Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions for more details on the process.

Wikipedia:Move review can be used to contest the outcome of a move request as long as all steps are followed. If a discussion on the closer's talk page does not resolve an issue, then a move review will evaluate the close of the move discussion to determine whether or not the contested close was reasonable and consistent with the spirit and intent of common practice, policies, and guidelines.

When not to use this page

Shortcuts

Separate processes exist for moving certain types of pages, and for changes other than page moves:

Making an uncontroversial move – if you can, be bold and do it yourself! If you can't, see § Requesting technical moves.
Renaming a category – propose the move at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion.
Renaming a stub template – propose the move at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion.
Renaming an image or other file – see Wikipedia:Moving a page § Moving a file page.
Moves from draft namespace or user space to article space – Unconfirmed users: add {{subst:submit}} to the top of the article. See Wikipedia:Articles for creation. Confirmed users: Move the page yourself.
Merging two articles – make a request at Wikipedia:Proposed mergers, or be bold and do it yourself.
Splitting an article – make a request at Wikipedia:Proposed article splits, or be bold and do it yourself.
Requesting that page histories be merged – list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge.
Contesting a move request close – use the Wikipedia:Move review process.

Undiscussed moves

Shortcuts

Autoconfirmed editors may move a page without discussion if all of the following apply:

No article exists at the new target title;
There has been no previous discussion about the title of the page that expressed any objection to a new title; and
It seems unlikely that anyone would reasonably disagree with the move.

If you disagree with a prior bold move, and the new title has not been in place for a long time, you may revert the move yourself. If you cannot revert the move for technical reasons, then you may request a technical move.

Move wars are disruptive, so if you make a bold move and it is reverted, do not make the move again. Instead, follow the procedures laid out in § Requesting controversial and potentially controversial moves.

Uncontroversial proposals

Only list here proposals that are clearly uncontroversial but require administrator help to complete (for example, spelling and capitalization fixes). Do not list a proposed page move in this section if there is any possibility that it could be opposed by anyone. Please list new requests at the bottom of the list and use {{subst:WP:RM2|Old page name|Requested name|Reason for move}} rather than copying previous entries. The template will automatically include your signature. No edits to the article's talk page are required.

If you object to a proposal listed here, please relist it in the #Incomplete and contested proposals section below.

St. Francis de Sales High School (Ohio) → St. Francis de Sales High School (Toledo, Ohio) — Consistency with other schools in area, plus, there's another St. Francis de Sales High School in Ohio. Support has been gained on the talk page. —hmwith talk 15:35, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete and contested proposals

If a requested move is incomplete (not all steps of the procedure are followed), or if there are reasonable objections to an "uncontroversial" proposal, it will be listed here until it is requested in full or five days pass. Upon completion of a request, please move the entry to the top of the "other proposals" section. Please place new entries at the top of this list, and sign (~~~~) or put a timestamp (~~~~~) at the end.

Mactan Island → Mactan —()— historically significant islands such Corregidor and Boracay do not yuse the word island in their names. —23prootie 07:35, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete. Dekimasuよ! 09:48, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Panay Island → Panay — "Panay" most commonly applies to the island in the Western Visayas so it should be used there, as in the case of Philippine. —23prootie 06:50, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete (and that dablink is really long). Dekimasuよ! 09:48, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other proposals

25 May 2007

Aelle of Sussex → Ælle of Sussex —(Discuss)— The "Æ" is more technically correct; see also Talk:Æthelbald of Mercia#Requested move for a recent parallel discussion. That discussion was not unanimous so I'm treating this as a controversial proposal. See discussion section for more notes; there are several complications. —Mike Christie (talk) 13:17, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Aella of Deira → Ælla of Deira

Los Cruzados → The Cruzados —(Discuss)— —evrik ^(talk) 18:04, 24 May 2007 (UTC) Requested a while ago. No opposition. --evrik ^(talk) 18:04, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Full listing. Moving to dated section. Dekimasuよ! 09:42, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tanzanian shilling → Tanzanian shilingi —(Discuss)— The local name for this currency is shilingi, with shilling only appearing on the first series of banknoes from 1966. Hence, we ought to move this page to Tanzanian shilingi. —Dove1950 14:44, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relisting. Dekimasuよ! 09:06, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

FrameMaker → Adobe FrameMaker —(Discuss)— The product's name is Adobe FrameMaker. We have a list of Adobe software and they basically all have Adobe prepended. —Remy Suen 12:35, 25 May 2007 (UTC) --Remy Suen 12:35, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary→ Brompton Oratory As per talk page - no opposition voiced to move. Roydosan 12:53, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to move Jesus Christ as myth to Jesus-myth hypothesis and vice versa. That is a flip flop (so a temp page may be needed). This was discussed and agreed to Talk:Jesus_Christ_as_myth#scope!. I'll take care of moving content after the move (as agreed to in the talk page). The reason for the flip flop is to preserve about 4 years of article history married to the correct content. jbolden1517^Talk 13:03, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unbirthday → Unbirthday (song) —(Discuss)— —- Tiswas^(t) 13:54, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli → Giuseppe Gioachino Belli - Gioachino (with a single "c" - not two!!!) was the exact name of this author!!! --Sandrocozzi 17:49, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

24 May 2007

Village of Oak Creek, Arizona → Big Park, Arizona —(Discuss)— This is an article about a census-designated place named Big Park, not an article about the unincorporated area called the Village of Oak Creek. Therefore, the article should have the name of the CDP. It was moved away from this name in January to the present one. —Nyttend 22:16, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PC card → PC Card —(Discuss)— It's a proper name, according to all the official documentation at the PCMCIA site —Dicklyon 18:39, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Corrie (disambiguation) → Corrie —(Discuss)— This article had been about the geological feature, or a redirect to Cirque, but the most common use of this word is apparently for Coronation Street. Since a disambiguation page already exists, that would probably be the best solution. —The way, the truth, and the light 15:32, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Consolidated city-county→metropolitan government —(Discuss)—I do not believe that the redirect from metropolitan government as a Consolidated city-county is a type of metropolitan government. I believe that this page should be moved to, or split into metropolitan government.The current title makes this form of government seem more exclusive than it is. Especially the part about it being exclusive to America. There are metropolitan governments in Canada, specifically Toronto. The page should be expanded to show that metropolitan governments are not exclusive to America, and that they can be in more forms than just City-County.--Bballoakie ^t/_c 09:13, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

3 Men and a Little Lady → Three Men and a Little Lady —(Discuss)— The proper title of this film is Three Men and a Little Lady, and it is now simply being used as a redirect for this title. —Jaldridge86 02:18, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Mark Ellis (record producer) → Flood (producer) —(Discuss)— Commonly goes by the nickname "Flood"—not by his birth name. Article should be moved as per WP:NCP#Nick names, pen names, stage names, cognomens. "Producer" is a specific enough attribution, and "record producer" shouldn't be necessary. —Dream out loud 00:56, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

23 May 2007

MythBusters episode guide → List of MythBusters episodes —(Discuss)— Conform with similar articles as suggested in recent AfD —Stardust8212 17:31, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vivipary → Viviparity —(Discuss)— More commonly-used name, and none of the reference sources at dictionary.com regard vivipary as a word. —Enok^talk 16:17, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Douglas DB-7 → A-20 Havoc —(Discuss)— Common usage and less ambiguous. — Davegnz 15:29, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oolong → Oolong tea —(Discuss)— Common usage and less ambiguous. But keep Oolong as a redirect to Oolong tea. — AjaxSmack 05:28, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Eldorado, A Symphony → Eldorado (album) —(Discuss)— The proper title of this album is simply "Eldorado" and as they are other Eldorado articles in this English Wikipedia, the naming convention would make the album fall under "Eldorado (album)." I have no idea why this album is currently under "Eldorado, A Symphony." No website out there refers to the album as this. —Douglasr007 21:55, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

22 May 2007

Martha Graham (dancer) → Martha Graham —(Discuss)— I'd like to move this page back to Martha Graham. The supercentenarian of the same name currently has 7 articles linking to her, compared to the several hundred linking to Martha Graham (dancer). We would of course put a link to the supercentenarian at the top of the page. —Gareth E Kegg 22:04, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ashford via Maidstone East Line → Maidstone East Line —(Discuss)— I believed this is a more concise and simpler name for this line —Canterberry 21:04, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ALF (disambiguation) → ALF —(Discuss)— Malplaced disambiguation page. —Viriditas | Talk 13:34, 22 May 2007 (UTC) ——Viriditas | Talk 13:34, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Operation Ajax → 1953 Iranian coup d'état —(Discuss)— It is the historical event, the deposition of Mossadegh, which should actually give the article the title. The events in the background should be included within the big picture of all the other events. —Shervink 12:52, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Swiss Jews → History of the Jews in Switzerland —(Discuss)— Category:Swiss Jews are listed under Category:Jews by country, this page is about the history of the Jews, not about Swiss Jews per-se —Chesdovi 09:54, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield → Benjamin Disraeli —(Discuss)— completing request by another user; the subject is usually called simply Benjamin Disraeli. —Stemonitis 08:30, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Marschollek, Lautenschläger und Partner → MLP AG ; MLP AG is the name of the company, the other one was it once ...Sicherlich ^Post 17:55, 22 May 2007 (UTC) wow; even for me as an experienced user of WP-de its quite a challenge to find the page where i could post this request; maybe there are to many help/support pages so to get this help you need help .oO [reply]

21 May 2007

Packer (disambiguation) → Packer —(Discuss)— Move disambiguation page to generic name for term with no primary topic, per disambiguation naming conventions. —Muchness 23:41, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Radio station → Radio broadcasting —(Discuss)— 1. there is no article about radio broadcasting 2. there should be one 3. this article is exactly describing radio broadcasting —Abe Lincoln 18:47, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

National Party of Northern Ireland → Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) —(Discuss)— This organisation is almost universally refered to as the Nationalist Party. National Party has no historical usage. —Damac 18:11, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dokdo to remain where it is or to be renamed and moved somewhere else with the name being decided at Talk:Dokdo#Requested Move May 2007 --Philip Baird Shearer 16:55, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Polar Shift → Polar Shift (novel) —(Discuss)— Easily confused with pole shift theory. Look at where Polar shift redirects to currently; this is very confusing. —Oren0 16:34, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

German War Graves Commission → German National War Graves Welfare Organisation —(Discuss)— this name is made up and does not exist in german or english. other name is real name in german and english.United Prune Corporation 13:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC) —United Prune Corporation 13:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hall of the Mountain King (album) → Hall of the Mountain King —(Discuss)— no dab needed; hatnote takes care of the people looking for In the Hall of the Mountain King —JHunterJ 12:46, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CORAL 66 programming language → Coral 66 —(Discuss)— The descriptor "programming language" is not part of the language's name, and is not needed for disambiguation; if it were, brackets would be required. The target page is a redirect to the article, but has one edit (the insertion of a space before 66 to bypass another redirect), which is why I can't move the page myself. Additionally, although some sources use upper case for the name, 'The Official Definition of Coral 66' uses title case throughout (except on the front cover, where the whole title is in upper case). —Grant 11:48, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aerogram → Aerogramme —(Discuss)— Former term is not believed to be used anywhere in the world. For further rationale, see Talk:Aerogram. —RBBrittain 03:08, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]