Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests
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If you are unable to complete a move for technical reasons, you can request technical help below. This is the correct method if you tried to move a page, but you got an error message saying something like "You do not have permission to move this page, for the following reasons:..." or "The/This page could not be moved, for the following reason:..."
If you are here because you want an admin to approve of your new article or your proposed page move, you are in the wrong place.
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- To list a technical request: Uncontroversial technical requests subsection and insert the following code at the bottom of the list, filling in pages and reason:
This will automatically insert a bullet and include your signature. Please do not edit the article's talk page.{{subst:RMassist|current page title|new title|reason=edit summary for the move}}
the - If you object to a proposal listed in the uncontroversial technical requests section, please move the request to the Contested technical requests section, append a note on the request elaborating on why, and sign with ~~~~. Consider pinging the requester to let them know about the objection.
- If your technical request is contested, or if a contested request is left untouched without reply, create a requested move on the article talk and remove the request from the section here. The fastest and easiest way is to click the "discuss" button at the request, save the talk page, and remove the entry on this page.
Technical requests
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Uncontroversial technical requests
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Edit this section if a request requires an administrator (e.g., because the page to be moved is move-protected or the target is creation-protected). Place the request in another section if it only requires a page mover.
Contested technical requests
- Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron → Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra (currently a redirect back to Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron) (move · discuss) – WP:PLURAL#Exceptions: there are exactly 4 such objects. D.Lazard (talk) 09:34, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
- Platonic solid → Platonic solids (currently a redirect back to Platonic solid) (move · discuss) – WP:PLURAL#Exceptions: there are exactly 5 platonic solids. D.Lazard (talk) 09:18, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
- The two requests to move to plural are not uncontroversial. Better to create a move request. Vpab15 (talk) 10:02, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
- WP:PLURAL#Exceptions applies here without any doubt, as, when talking to a unspecified such polyhdron, people use, depending on the case, "star-shaped regular polyhedron" or "convex regular polyhedron". So the singular is not commonly used in both case. D.Lazard (talk) 10:21, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
- Without (The X-Files) → Without (move · discuss) – There is no other article with this title. Tree Critter (talk) 04:18, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
- I see your point, but I don't feel comfortable doing this one, because it's such a common word. Perhaps somebody with more experience than me can help. Dr. Vogel (talk) 10:36, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
- Per WP:DAB:When a disambiguation page lists only one existing article by that name (...) The existing article is not automatically the primary topic nor is there automatically no primary topic. (...) If there is no primary topic, then the disambiguation page should be the primary landing page. I don't see any reason to consider the X-Files episode a primary topic here, so the status quo is correct. 162 etc. (talk) 18:13, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
- Perfect, thanks a lot for your input. Dr. Vogel (talk) 01:15, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
- Per WP:DAB:When a disambiguation page lists only one existing article by that name (...) The existing article is not automatically the primary topic nor is there automatically no primary topic. (...) If there is no primary topic, then the disambiguation page should be the primary landing page. I don't see any reason to consider the X-Files episode a primary topic here, so the status quo is correct. 162 etc. (talk) 18:13, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
- I see your point, but I don't feel comfortable doing this one, because it's such a common word. Perhaps somebody with more experience than me can help. Dr. Vogel (talk) 10:36, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
- David Winton Thomas (currently a redirect to D. Winton Thomas) → D. Winton Thomas (move · discuss) – Per WP:COMMONNAME. 207.161.86.162 (talk) 07:25, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
- @207.161.86.162: All three cited sources in the article use the full name, so it's not immediately clear if D. Winton Thomas is the common name. Lennart97 (talk) 15:17, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
Requests to revert undiscussed moves
- To Have and to Hold (Philippine TV series) (currently a redirect to To Have & to Hold (Philippine TV series)) → To Have & to Hold (Philippine TV series) (move · discuss) – Undiscussed page move TheHotwiki (talk) 03:53, 24 October 2021 (UTC)TheHotwiki (talk) 03:53, 24 October 2021 (UTC)