Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests

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:..."

• To list a technical request: the Uncontroversial technical requests subsection and insert the following code at the bottom of the list, filling in pages and reason:

  {{subst:RMassist|current page title|new title|reason=edit summary for the move}}

  This will automatically insert a bullet and include your signature. Please do not edit the article's talk page.
• 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.

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Uncontroversial technical requests

• Draft:Sweet Night (currently a redirect to Sweet Night) → Sweet Night (move · discuss) – existing redirect blocking move. -- Btspurplegalaxy 🗩 🖉 18:53, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

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Contested technical requests

• Suspilne Movlennia (currently a redirect to Suspilne) → Suspilne (move · discuss) – everywhere in Wikipedia, Suspilne is used, the company itself also calls itself so: https://suspilne.media/246529-russia-invades-ukraine-live-updates-suspilne-30/ Block Baby (talk) 09:47, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
  • Block Baby It was recently moved to Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine and back, so warrants a full RM. -Kj cheetham (talk) 17:20, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
• MadGibbs (currently a redirect to Freddie Gibbs & Madlib) → Freddie Gibbs & Madlib (move · discuss) – "MadGibbs" is really just a nickname. They are always credited as Freddie Gibbs & Madlib on their releases. Karbulot (talk) 19:34, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

  Hi, it looks like MadGibbs may be the most common name. The one you're proposing... it appears in various places with "&" or "and", and with the 2 people swapped as well. Dr. Vogel (talk) 22:36, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

• DundGobi Province (currently a redirect to Dundgobi Province) → Dundgovi Province (currently a redirect instead to Dundgobi Province) (move) – The latter name is far more common than the current one. The current name is also inappropriately capitalized. Dylanvt (talk) 16:53, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

  Hi, it looks like you're right, but it's been moved a couple of times before, so it may not be uncontroversial. Dr. Vogel (talk) 22:34, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

• William Barr → Bill Barr (currently a redirect back to William Barr) (move · discuss) – WP:COMMONNAME Technical assistance is needed because Bill Barr is currently redirected to William Barr. IceFrappe (talk) 13:12, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
  • IceFrappe, I think I count 64 occurrences of "William Barr" in the references section but only 18 for "Bill Barr". I also know him as "Bill Barr", but it seems most sources call him William. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 13:42, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi. A quick Google search appears that the overwhelming majority of reputable sources and news articles are calling him Bill. For example, Most of the references cited in the articles seem to be from the early 1990s (when he served as Attorney General under George HW Bush) and when he was initially nominated by Trump in late 2018/early 2019. During those instances, he was usually referred to either William Barr or William P. Barr. Regards IceFrappe (talk) 18:54, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

• Not uncontroversial, there was a previous RM Dr. Vogel (talk) 14:28, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Seemed like the previous RM was a move was from William P. Barr to William Barr and was done with 100% support and no controversy. I suppose William P. Barr was his WP:COMMONNAME in the 19990s, then William Barr when Trump nominated him in December 2018, and then Bill Barr has now become his WP:COMMONNAME per . Regards IceFrappe (talk) 18:58, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

I see what you're saying, and this may well pass an RM, but I think there is enough evidence out there that this can't be processed as an uncontroversial move. Dr. Vogel (talk) 19:06, 6 July 2022 (UTC)