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: 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.
- Unregistered users and new (not yet autoconfirmed) users are unable to move pages.
Requests are generally processed after seven days. If consensus is reached at or after this time, a reviewer will enact the request. If not, the request may be re-listed to allow more time for consensus to develop, or the discussion 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.
Contents
When not to use this page
Separate processes exist for moving certain types of pages, and for changes other than page moves:
- Making an uncontroversial move – if you can, 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 – (new/unconfirmed users only) add
{{subst:submit}}
to the top of the article. - Merging two articles – make a request at Wikipedia:Proposed mergers, 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
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 discussion (especially no recent 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 such a move, and the new title has not been in place for a long time, you may revert the move. 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.
Requesting technical moves
If you are unable to complete a technical move, request it below. If this is your first article and you want your draft article published, please submit it for review at Articles for creation, by adding the code {{subst:submit}}
to the top of the draft or user sandbox page instead of listing it here.
- To list a technical request: edit the Uncontroversial technical requests subsection and insert the following code filling in pages and reason:
{{subst:RMassist| current page title | new page title | reason = reason for 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 ~~~~.
- 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
Uncontroversial technical requests
Contested technical requests
Requests to revert undiscussed moves
Requesting controversial and potentially controversial moves
The discussion process is used for potentially controversial moves. The move is potentially controversial if any of the following apply:
- There is an existing article (not just a redirect) at the target title;
- There has been any past debate about the best title for the page;
- Someone could reasonably disagree with the move.
Use this process if there is any reason to believe a move would be contested. In particular, use this process before moving any existing page with incoming links to create a disambiguation page at that title. For technical move requests (e.g. spelling and capitalization fixes), see Requesting technical moves.
Do not put more than one open move request on the same talk page, because this is not supported by the bot that handles updates to this page. Multiple closed move requests may be on the same page, but each should have a unique section heading.
Requesting a single page move
To request a single page move, edit at the bottom of the talk page of the article you want moved, without adding a new header, inserting this code:
{{subst:requested move|NewName|reason=Place here your rationale for the proposed page name change, ideally referring to applicable naming convention policies and guidelines, and providing evidence in support where appropriate. If your reasoning includes search engine results, please prioritize searches limited to reliable sources (e.g. books, news, scholarly papers) over other web results. Do not sign this.}}
Replace NewName
with the requested new name of the page (or with a question mark, if you want more than one possible new name to be considered). The template will automatically create the heading "Requested move 17 April 2019" and sign the post for you.
Use the code |talk=yes
to add separate locations for survey and discussion.
There is no need to edit the article in question. Once the above code is added to the Talk page, a bot will automatically add the following notification at the top of the article:
Note: Unlike other request processes on Wikipedia, such as RfC, nominations need not be neutral. Make your point as best you can; use evidence (such as Ngrams and pageview statistics) and refer to applicable policies and guidelines, especially our article titling policy and the guideline on disambiguation and primary topic.
WikiProjects may subscribe to Article alerts to receive RM notifications, e.g. this page is transcluded to here. RMCD bot notifies many of the other Wikiprojects listed on the talk page of the article to be moved to invite project members to participate in the RM discussion. Requesters should feel free to notify any other Wikiproject or Noticeboard that might be interested in the move request.
Requesting multiple page moves
A single template may be used to request multiple related moves. On one of the talk pages of the affected articles, create a request and format it as below. A sample request for three page moves is shown here (for two page moves, omit the lines for current3 and new3). For four page moves, add lines for current4 and new4, and so on. There is no technical limit on the number of multiple move requests, but before requesting very large multi-moves, consider whether a naming convention should be changed first. Discuss that change on the talk page for the naming convention, e.g., Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (sportspeople).
{{subst:requested move
| new1 = New title for page 1 with the talk page hosting this discussion
| current2 = Current title of page 2
| new2 = New title for page 2
| current3 = Current title of page 3
| new3 = New title for page 3
| reason = Place here your rationale for the proposed page name change, ideally referring to applicable naming convention policies and guidelines, and providing evidence in support where appropriate. If your reasoning includes search engine results, please prioritize searches limited to reliable sources (e.g. books, news, scholarly papers) over other web results. Do not sign this.}}
For example, to propose moving the articles Wikipedia
and Wiki
, put this template on Talk:Wikipedia
, and replace current2
with Wiki
. The discussion for all affected articles is held on the talk page of the article at page 1 (Talk:Wikipedia
). Do not sign a request with ~~~~
as the template does this automatically. Do not skip pairs of numbers.
RMCD bot automatically places a notice section on the talk page of the additional pages that are included in your request, advising that the move discussion is in progress, where it is, and that all discussion for all pages included in the request should take place at that one location.
Occasionally the discussions for significant multi-move requests may be hosted on WikiProject talk pages or other pages in Project namespace. For multi-move discussions hosted on a page which is not itself proposed to be moved, specify |current1=Current title of page 1
for the first page to move.
Talk page tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) |
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{{subst:Requested move |new|reason=why}} |
Wikipedia:Requested moves → New – why Example (talk) 07:34, 17 April 2019 (UTC) |
{{subst:Requested move|?|reason=why}} |
Wikipedia:Requested moves → ? – why Example (talk) 07:34, 17 April 2019 (UTC) |
{{subst:Requested move |new|reason=why|talk=yes}} |
Wikipedia:Requested moves → New – why Example (talk) 07:34, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
|
{{subst:Requested move |new1=x|current2=y|new2=z|reason=why}} |
– why Example (talk) 07:34, 17 April 2019 (UTC) |
{{subst:Requested move |new1=?|current2=y|new2=?|reason=why}} |
|
Commenting in a requested move
All editors are welcome to contribute to the discussion regarding a requested page move. There are a number of standards that Wikipedians should practice in such discussions:
- When editors recommend a course of action, they write Support or Oppose in bold text, which is done by surrounding the word with three single quotes on each side, e.g.
'''Support'''
. - Comments or recommendations are added on a new bulleted line (that is, starting with *) and signed by adding
~~~~
to the end. Responses to another editor are threaded and indented using multiple bullets. - The article itself should be reviewed before any recommendation is made; do not base recommendations solely on the information supplied by other editors. It may also help to look at the article's edit history. However, please read the earlier comments and recommendations, as well as prior move requests. They may contain relevant arguments and useful information.
- Vested interests in the article should be disclosed per Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI.
When participating, please consider the following:
- Editors should make themselves familiar with the article titling policy at Wikipedia:Article titles.
- Other important guidelines that set forth community norms for article titles include Wikipedia:Disambiguation, specific naming conventions, and the manual of style.
- The debate is not a vote; please do not make recommendations that are not sustained by arguments.
- Explain how the proposed article title meets or contravenes policy and guidelines rather than merely stating that it does so.
- Nomination already implies that the nominator supports the name change, and nominators should refrain from repeating this recommendation on a separate bulleted line.[a]
- Do not make conflicting recommendations. If you change your mind, use strike-through to retract your previous statement by enclosing it between <s> and </s> after the bullets, and de-bold the struck words, as in "•
SupportOppose".
Please remember that reasonable editors will sometimes disagree, but that arguments based in policy, guidelines, and evidence have more weight than unsupported statements. When an editor offers an argument that does not explain how the move request is consistent with policies and guidelines, a reminder to engage in constructive, on-topic discussion may be useful. On the other hand, a pattern of responding to requests with groundless opinion, proof by assertion, and ignoring content guidelines may become disruptive. If a pattern of disruptive behavior persists after efforts are made to correct the situation through dialogue, please consider using a dispute resolution process.
Closing instructions
Any uninvolved editor in good standing may close a move request. Please read the closing instructions for information on how to close a move request. The Simple guide to closing RM discussions details how to actually close a requested move discussion.
Relisting
Relisting a discussion moves the request out of the backlog up to the current day in order to encourage further input. The decision to relist a discussion is best left to uninvolved experienced editors upon considering, but declining, to close the discussion. In general, discussions should not be relisted more than once before properly closing.[b] Users relisting a debate which has already been relisted, or relisting a debate with a substantial discussion, should write a short explanation on why they did not consider the debate sufficient to close. While there is no consensus forbidding participation in a requested move discussion after relisting it, many editors consider it an inadvisable form of supervote. If you want to relist a discussion and then participate in it, be prepared to explain why you think it was appropriate.
Relisting can be done using {{subst:relisting}}
, which also signs it automatically, and is placed at the very end of the initial request (after their signature, and subsequent re-listers signatures). When a discussion has been relisted a bot partially underlines the "Discuss" link in the lists of debates: (Discuss).
When a relisted discussion reaches a resolution, it may be closed at any time according to the closing instructions; there is no required length of time to wait before closing a relisted discussion.
If discussion has become stale, or it seems that discussion would benefit from more input of editors versed in the subject area, consider more widely publicizing the discussion, such as by notifying WikiProjects of the discussion using the template {{RM notification}} or {{Mdn}}. Banners placed at the top of the talk page hosting the move request can often be used to identify WikiProjects suitable for notification.
Notes
- ^ A nominator making a procedural nomination with which they may not agree is free to add a bulleted line explaining their actual position. Additional detail, such as sources, may also be provided in an additional bullet point if its inclusion in the nomination statement would make the statement unwieldy. Please remember that the entire nomination statement is transcluded into the list on this page.
- ^ Despite this, discussions are occasionally relisted up to three times.
Current discussions
- This section lists all requests filed or identified as potentially controversial which are currently under discussion.
This list is also available in a page-link-first format and in table format. 47 discussions have been relisted, indicated by (Discuss)
April 17, 2019
April 16, 2019
- (Discuss) – Dragonstone (Game of Thrones) → Dragonstone (Game of Thrones episode) – To distinguish from the location in the show and a Song of Ice and Fire. The ordinary reader can't tell if they will go to the article about the location or the episode by looking at the present title. --TedEdwards 23:11, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – High Sparrow (Game of Thrones) → High Sparrow (Game of Thrones episode) – Also create High Sparrow (Game of Thrones character) as a redirect to 2nd article nominated here. Just having High Sparrow (Game of Thrones) or High Sparrow is ambigious, as the ordinary reader couldn't tell which led the character article and which to the episode --TedEdwards 23:07, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Nghtcrwlrs (album) → NGHTCRWLRS (album) – Talk:NGHTCRWLRS#Requested move 3 April 2019 NorthPark1417 (talk) 21:37, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Cosmic entities (DC Comics) → Cosmic entity (DC Comics) – For consistency in article titles between this article and Cosmic entity (Marvel Comics). I grant that the argument can be made to move that title to Cosmic entities (Marvel Comics), now a redirect, but WP:SINGULAR would seem to favor settling on the singular form for both. bd2412 T 21:28, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves → ? – Clean Cooking Alliance. We have recently undergone a branding change and have changed our name from the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves to the Clean Cooking Alliance. You can find proof of this by visiting our website which is listed above in the body where you can see this name change is legitimate. Jborbee23 (talk) 19:11, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Sobibór, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. → Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. – Following the concluded nominations at Talk:Sobibor extermination camp#Requested move 14 March 2019 and at Talk:Sobibor trial#Requested move 21 March 2019, there is no reason to retain this form of the title which had been, in 2014, unilaterally moved from the original that contained no diacritic over the second "o" in "Sobibor". As can be seen in the film's entry at the Cannes Film Festival, "Sobibor" in the title has no diacritic. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 19:08, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – List of artificial objects on the Moon → List of spacecraft on the Moon – The list contains exclusively spacecraft, with no other artificial objects in general (such as flags, plaques, etc). The proposed title is more specific and unambiguous per WP:PRECISE. WP:BOLD move was reverted, so putting here for consideration. Brandmeistertalk 18:49, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Sugana Valley → Valsugana – "Sugana Valley" does not seem to be really used. Jaqen (talk) 17:08, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Random number generation → Random number generator – As suggested by the boldfaced title in the lead, the article is clearly about random number generators, which are "a process", not "the process". The target has significant history, so a history swap might be needed. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 19:12, 7 April 2019 (UTC)--Relisted. – Ammarpad (talk) 14:52, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Mooncake Festival Dice Game → Bo Bing (game) – Restore original Chinese name: no sources cited explicitly name it "Mooncake Festival Dice Game", no suggestion that people would say "let's have a game of Mooncake Festival Dice Game". Lord Belbury (talk) 14:51, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Arab World protests (2018–19) → 2018–19 Arab protests – Format as a "when", "where", "what" title per convention at WP:NCEVENTS. Previously moved without discussion. The "List of protests" sections in this article also gives excellent examples of how the title should be consistently formatted. Epistulae ad Familiares (talk) 11:57, 8 April 2019 (UTC)--Relisted. – Ammarpad (talk) 14:40, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Wells Gray Park Cave discovery → ? – The current name of the article is not attested in any of the sources. Instead, there are two names attested in the sources. (1) Sarlacc's Pit cave is the name used in media articles about the cave, such as [1], [2], [3]. (2) Wells Gray Cave is the name used on the provincial park information page [4]. As reported by the media sources and mentioned in the article, eventually a proper name will be determined, but until that happens the sources we do have are calling it either Sarlacc's Pit cave or Wells Gray Cave. 70.67.193.176 (talk) 04:17, 1 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Iffy★Chat -- 12:22, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Department of Transport (Victoria, 2008–13) → Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure – The Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure link redirects to this page. However this page currently covers the previous incarnation of DOT prior to 2013. The start date of 2008 is also suspicious as stated in previous section on this talk page, hence the title of this page should not contain the year "2008" unless verified. The Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure is the last incarnation of the department prior to merging into Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, hence it should be the new name of this article. It can be mentioned in the header paragraph something along the lines of "Prior to 2013, it was simply known as (or replaced) '''Department of Transport''', which in turn replaced the Department of Infrastructure in 2008". The current DOT wikipage will then simply be named as Department of Transport (Victoria), replacing the existing disambiguation page. This is because, anyone typing Department of Transport (Victoria) into the search box is probably searching for the current DOT and not a past/defunct DOT. It is also unusual for an existing and current organisation/agency to include years in the title. An {{About}} tag can be added to the top of the current DOT page instead, linking to the old DOT wikipage and the Transport for Victoria page, replacing the function of the disambiguation page. Marcnut1996 (talk) 02:47, 19 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. bd2412 T 11:32, 28 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 11:25, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Sobibór, Lublin Voivodeship → Sobibór – Following the concluded nominations at Talk:Sobibor extermination camp#Requested move 14 March 2019 and at Talk:Sobibor trial#Requested move 21 March 2019, there is no reason to retain the identifying suffix ", Lublin Voivodeship". As can be seen in the main headers of entries under Category:Villages in Włodawa County, suffixes of this nature should be appended only when there are two or more places bearing the same name, while uniquely-named places need no identifying suffixes. Sobibór [with the diacritic] is such a unique name, although it should have a hatnote pointing to the World War II German death camp which has the name without the diacritic. The standalone name Sobibor [without the diacritic] redirects to Sobibor extermination camp where a hatnote indicates: "Sobibor redirects here. For other uses, see Sobibor (disambiguation)." — Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 03:46, 9 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 11:24, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – DeQueen Formation → De Queen Formation – USGS's National Geologic Map Database describes this lithostratigraphic unit at Geologic Unit: De Queen naming it "De Queen Formation." Trilotat (talk) 21:31, 29 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Iffy★Chat -- 09:34, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Ravichandran (Tamil actor) → Ravichandran (actor) – This article was moved to differentiate the actor from another actor, V. Ravichandran. But unlike him, this Ravichandran used a mononym. Kailash29792 (talk) 05:48, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – FlatOut (series) → FlatOut – Destination currently redirects to a disambiguation page, but per WP:SMALLDETAILS, this WP:BROADCONCEPT article describing the game series is a more informative use of the PRIMARY and follows with the recommendations at WP:NCGAMESDAB. -- Netoholic @ 04:27, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Dakarai Gwitira → Dakari – This is the correct spelling of his preferred professional alias. The current article title is a misspelling for one, and it incorrectly applies his last name as well 808sjake (talk) 04:15, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Kindai → Kindai, Tanzania – Kindai University, Kanazawa University also referred to as Kindai. 02:28, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Gränby Ishallar → Gränby Ishall – Changed name to "Gränby Ishall" per [5]. The linked page says under the A-hallen section: "During the 2009/2010 Kvalserien to Elitserien it was named Zellout Arena before returning to Gränby Ishallar. [...] Now the arena is named Gränby Ishall". The title of the page confirms it and the text in that section makes it clear that it talks about the entire complex with multiple rinks. "Gränby Ishallar" is the entire complex with multiple rinks because "Ishallar" is plural for "Ishall". 37KZ (talk) 20:13, 6 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. KCVelaga (talk) 02:26, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Liturgy of St Cyril → Liturgy of Saint Cyril – In accordance with lead section, as well as per WP:CONSISTENCY with Liturgy of Saint James, Liturgy of Saint Basil and Anaphora of Saint Gregory. See also: WP:NOTPAPER. PPEMES (talk) 12:11, 7 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. KCVelaga (talk) 02:26, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – FFAG accelerator → Fixed Field Accelerator – The naming convention for these accelerators has been changed from FFAG to FFA. The wikipedia page name should reflect this. See https://twitter.com/davidkelliher/status/1113746714328956928 for a reference in a recent accelerator physics textbook reflecting this new convention. Boazhsan (talk) 00:27, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
April 15, 2019
- (Discuss) – Winterfell (Game of Thrones) → Winterfell (episode) – "Game of Thrones" does not distinguish from the subject of the "Winterfell" page, which also refers to a concept in Game of Thrones. 86.41.248.128 (talk) 21:24, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan → Junbish-i-Milli – More recognizable (WP:COMMONNAME), and a lot more mentioned in media than its supposed English equivalent Drayqueen (talk) 19:33, 7 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. KCVelaga (talk) 17:27, 15 April 2019 (UTC) KCVelaga (talk) 17:27, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Template:Scandinavian England → Template:Norse activity in the British Isles – Per WP:CONSISTENCY with main article Norse activity in the British Isles. PPEMES (talk) 17:05, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Template:Germanic pagan practices → Template:Germanic paganism – Per WP:CONSISTENCY with Template:Anglo-Saxon paganism and arguably Template:Norse paganism topics. PPEMES (talk) 16:13, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Tay Rail Bridge → Tay Bridge – THis isthe official name Tony May (talk) 16:02, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – William McMullen → William McMullen (politician) – No indication that subject's notability in the English-speaking world or even in his own constituency was at a level sufficient for elevation to WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. His entry appears in no other Wikipedia and, also, the pilot seems to have been known as simply William McMullen rather than by his full name, William Stuart McMullen. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 14:26, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Sister Ping → Cheng Chui Ping – I see no particular reason to use the nickname as the article title, when her person name is also listed. Nlu (talk) 13:35, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Friuli-Venezia Giulia → Friuli Venezia Giulia – Since 2001, the official name in Italian is is without the hyphen. See the "Name" section in the article. Move is blocked by a redirect with no significant edit history. Jorge Stolfi (talk) 12:10, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Gujarat Metro → Ahmedabad Metro – While Gujarat Metro Rail Corp is the correct name of the operator of this system, the actual metro system in question remains the Ahmedabad Metro, as can be seen from GMRC's home page http://www.gujaratmetrorail.com/ (scroll down to route map etc). Jpatokal (talk) 11:48, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Higgs mechanism → ? – CERN calls it so, and even mentiones it in its writing guidelines. it seems not so fair that the persons explaining it earlier, and more detailed, are not mentioned. (talk) 08:27, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Digital terrestrial television in Canada → Digital television in Canada – In 2016, User:Nick Mitchell 98 moved this page for consistency with other articles. However, the result does not reflect usage. Like in the US (see Talk:Digital television in the United States for that RM), usage of the term "digital terrestrial" is practically nonexistent in Canada. A search for "digital terrestrial" on cbc.ca brought up two results, both about other countries. This is the only other article title in this set where I sense a WP:ENGVAR problem and suggest a move. Raymie (t • c) 07:46, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Vortex (Bond and Larkin novel) → Vortex (novel) – No other novel by this name on Wikipedia therefore the author names are redundant. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 05:13, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Reiwa period → Reiwa – See Use of "period" for modern 元号? -- for three of these, the disambiguation is redundant because the base title redirects to the era name. Per some GBooks searches, "period" is actually rarer than "era" for several of these anyway, but it actually doesn't matter since they're quite close; more important is consistency with the pre-Meiji era names, all of which are disambiguated with "(era)" when such disambiguation is necessary. Having an unparenthesized "period" appears to contribute to the misconception that these eras are named for their emperors and not vice versa, and also seems to imply that these are less "official" government designations than the work of scholars as part of the periodization of Japanese history like Heian period and Edo period, but historians seem to prefer to talk about either the "modern period" (from 1854 or 1868 to now) or kindai (1868 to 1945) and gendai (1945 to now). (We definitely should not be speculating that historians will put the "Reiwa period" on a level with the "Kamakura period".)
I would like to ask commenters to please !vote on these proposals individually, or treat Reiwa/Heisei/Taishō as one group that doesn't need its redundant disambiguation and the rest as another. Please don't uniformly "oppose" the whole group because you don't like one or two of themShōwa (era, 1926–1989) -- I'm not even particularly hot on that one myself, and would be happy to discuss it further at Talk:Shōwa period or Talk:Shōwa (Kamakura period) if my interim proposal turns out to be unpopular.
Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 03:07, 14 April 2019 (UTC) (Modified Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 05:01, 15 April 2019 (UTC))
- (Discuss) – B.o.B → B.O.B – Technically the "o" in B.o.B should not be lowercase, as all three letters are said in his name and they do not stand for anything. All respective pages with "B.o.B" are also included in this request if approved. JE98 (talk) 03:31, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Democratic deficit in the European Union → Democratic legitimacy of the European Union – I think the title Democratic deficit in the European Union is a descriptive title which is not neutral. It implies the existence of a democratic deficit. I'm not making any claim here about whether a democratic deficit exists or not. However, the existence or non-existence of a democratic deficit is a matter of opinion. I suggest we rename the article as Democratic legitimacy of the European Union. Thoughts? Krubo (talk) 01:00, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Jack and Coke → Bourbon and cola – A "Jack and Coke" is just a name-brand version of a well-known drink of the American South: bourbon and cola. Considering the effect of the combination of ingredients, it doesn't really make a big difference which brand of either ingredient is used, and the double-branded version (as well as the single-branded variation marketed as "Jack Daniel's and Cola" and sold in cans outside the United States, as well as the other single-branded variation known as "bourbon and Coke") can be discussed within the article on the more generic beverage. (For those who think that Jack isn't bourbon, which is an incorrect notion promoted by the manufacturer of the Jack Daniel's brand, please read the legal definition of Tennessee whiskey and the discussions and citations about that issue in the Jack Daniel's and Tennessee whiskey articles; by law, Tennessee whiskey is required to meet the legal definition of bourbon whiskey.) —BarrelProof (talk) 00:46, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
April 14, 2019
- (Discuss) – Black Lace (band) → Black Lace – As the other entries at "Black Lace" are redirects I suggest that the band is the primary meaning. PatGallacher (talk) 22:15, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Diabetes mellitus → Diabetes – "Diabetes" already redirects here and thus is clearly the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, and "diabetes" is clearly the WP:COMMONNAME for this topic. Diabetes insipidus is never referred to simply as "diabetes" so there is no likelihood of confusion by moving this article to its common name in accordance with Wikipedia's article naming policies. Rreagan007 (talk) 20:05, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Marina Auto Stadium → Rochester, New York, soccer stadium – This stadium has changed its name five times in its short history, and seems likely to do this again in the future, as its naming rights are always held out as a short-term deal. Furthermore, these name changes have caused disambiguation problems, as a corporate sponsor that decides to sponsor a different stadium immediately creates an ambiguity. Rather than continuing to move the article on the whims of commercial promoters, we should find a permanent descriptive name. If there is some concern that another soccer stadium could be built, this could further be specified as Rochester, New York, soccer stadium (intersection of West Broad Street and Oak Street). bd2412 T 14:16, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Chairman → Chair (officer) – Lots of readers will feel excluded by the current title. Common alternatives are Chair (officer) and Chairperson. Please state your preference when commenting. A few sources: #Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, 2017, 5.250, p. 318: "chair; chairman; chairwoman; chairperson. Chair is widely regarded as the best gender-neutral choice. Since the mid-seventeenth century, chair has referred to an office of authority." #European Union. The EU's Interinstitutional style guide and English Style Guide (26 February 2019, 15.1) both say: "gender-neutral language is nowadays preferred wherever possible. In practice, gender-neutral drafting means two things [including] avoiding nouns that appear to assume that a man rather than a woman will perform a particular role: ‘chairman’ is the most obvious example." #WP:MOS#Gender-neutral language: "Use gender-neutral language where this can be done with clarity and precision." SarahSV (talk) 22:25, 22 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 15:45, 30 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 14:00, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Patrick Moore (environmentalist) → ? – This is a procedural nomination as a result of the move review and the resulting no consensus closure from the previous discussion. In that discussion, several alternatives with different amounts of support with varying argument strength were mooted. These were (including the original nomination): *Patrick A. Moore *Patrick Moore (lobbyist) *Patrick Moore (businessman) *Patrick Moore (consultant) *Patrick Moore (author) *Patrick Moore (writer). Pinging previous participants. Please include whether you support or oppose a move at all, and if you support a move, please state which of the options (or another one if you want) you prefer and why. I am neutral on this issue. SITH (talk) 13:12, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Shlomo Karai → Shlomo Karahi – Perhaps the name of this article would be Shlomo Karahi, because of the letter ע (Ayin) in "קרעי". On Facebook he called "shlomo karhi". ידידיהצבאן (talk) 09:57, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Staples High School (Connecticut) → Staples High School – The term “Staples High School” doesn’t need to be disambiguated. There are no other high schools with the same name. Mrbeastmodeallday (talk) 07:37, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Staples → Staples (disambiguation) – Additional changes: *In conjunction with these page move requests, it is also requested that the page Staples become a redirect for Staples Inc. Reason: *Staples Inc. is a primary topic for the word “staples” and Staple (fastener) is a primary topic for the word “staple”. The other common use of the word “staple” in singular form is surgical staple but that is a subtopic of “staple (fastener)”. Post-move cleanup: *The “Staples Inc.” page would have a hatnote cross referencing the “staple” page (which is currently the “staple (fastener)” page) as a singular form of the word “staples” because the word “Staples” would redirect to the “Staples Inc.” page. The “Staples Inc.” page would also have a hatnote linking to the “staples (disambiguation)” page. *The newly formed “staple” page (which is currently the “staple (fastener)” page) would have a hatnote linking to the “staple (disambiguation)” page. Mrbeastmodeallday (talk) 06:56, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Sandy, Utah attack → Sandy attack – Without discussion, a user inserted an unnecessary disambiguator and a mismatched-comma error. Dicklyon (talk) 06:30, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Concord Coach → ? – Queried move request to "Concord stagecoach". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:22, 27 March 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. B dash (talk) 04:19, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – WLQR (AM) → ? – This one is confusing for people without a background in radio, so let's try and explain it simply. In 2010, Cumulus Media, a large owner of radio stations, sold a station known as WTOD in Toledo, Ohio. It desired to keep the WTOD callsign, so it parked it on the former WHSC in Hartsville, South Carolina, which it owned. In March 2016, the South Carolina station switched callsigns with 1470 AM in Toledo, then known as WLQR, and then a week later surrendered its license, having used the WLQR calls for just a week. Six months later, the Toledo AM station followed suit after trading its calls with an FM station (creating a WLQR AM which went defunct and a WTOD FM which is still around). The result: two defunct stations, including one article with an unusual nonstandard disambiguator. Proposals I'd like to consider: *Proposal 1 :*Defunct Ohio station: WLQR (Ohio) :*Defunct South Carolina station: WLQR (South Carolina) *Proposal 2 :*Defunct Ohio station: WLQR (AM) :*Defunct South Carolina station: WTOD (South Carolina), last callsign used for more than a week *Proposal 3 :*Defunct Ohio station: WLQR (AM) :*Defunct South Carolina station: WHSC (Hartsville, South Carolina), using the station's only callsign until it was used to warehouse calls for Toledo (it was used for 64 of the station's 70 years of broadcasting) I'm not sure which is right, but something has to be better than the current placement. Raymie (t • c) 05:49, 27 March 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. B dash (talk) 04:19, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
April 13, 2019
- (Discuss) – Charlotte Moore (TV executive) → Charlotte Moore – The TV executive has had the majority of views for a while, as seen at https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2015-07&end=2019-01&pages=Charlotte_Moore_(TV_executive) Andysmith248 (talk) 21:01, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Big History → Big history – Noun. WP:CONSISTENCY with equivalent articles on history. PPEMES (talk) 12:16, 4 April 2019 (UTC)--Relisted. – Ammarpad (talk) 17:46, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Great Famine (Ireland) → Great Irish Famine – Uses natural common title. It is the term used in, for example, the Cork University Press Atlas on the subject. It's also a better default for wikilinking, easier as a title to integrate into text. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 18:37, 5 April 2019 (UTC)--Relisted. – Ammarpad (talk) 17:43, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Suno Chanda (season 2) → Suno Chanda 2 – * Suno Chanda (season 2) → Suno Chanda 2 (move · ) – Better title, just like Dabangg 2 and Student of the Year 2 {{{sig}}} — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.178.49.114 (talk • contribs) 16:47, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Tom Wright (rugby union) → Tom Wright (rugby, born 1997) – Per MOS for players that have played both codes. Should not have been moved to Tom Wright (rugby union) as that would his current code, but not his only one. Long held consensus on the requested move nomenclature. Fleets (talk) 12:51, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Lost children of Francoism → Stolen children of Francoism – This would make the translated title more into line with the literal translation. It is also factually inaccurate as it stands. The children were not "lost" but were taken over the objections of their mothers as a result of Hispanic eugenics policies that said they if they remained with their mothers, they would become opponents of the regime. The children were kidnapped, and put up for adoption. --LauraHale (talk) 08:30, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Steven Goldstein (civil rights activist) → Steven Goldstein (activist) – There are six entries on the disambiguation page for Steve Goldstein and only one is an activist. Per WP:NCPDAB " If possible, limit the tag to a single, recognizable and highly applicable term." Mitchumch (talk) 02:39, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
April 12, 2019
- (Discuss) – 1970 Danish Municipal Reform → 1970 Danish municipal reform – Per the naming conventions on capitalization, the words "Municipal" and "Reform" shouldn't be capitalized. 188.176.129.120 (talk) 22:02, 5 April 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. -- Dane talk 23:03, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – The Toxic Avenger (film) → The Toxic Avenger – The disambiguation page is almost exclusively related to this film and its sequels and spinoffs. The only one that isn't is the the musician, which can easily be solved with a hatnote. If anything, the disambiguation page should be replaced with a franchise page, as this series definitely has the history for it. Either way, no question that this film is the primary topic. Sock (
tocktalk) 22:49, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Edward Stanelli → Stanelli – WP:COMMONNAME, and 'Stanelli' returns more results on Google (36,400 results) than 'Edward Stanelli' (11,000 results). Also, the British Pathe videos all label him as Stanelli, without the Edward. Thus, the page should be moved. Thank you. The Duke 20:19, 26 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Iffy★Chat -- 09:22, 4 April 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. The Duke 18:02, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – John French Sloan → John Sloan – The artist is the primary topic, in that there are multiple books about the artist, and over 300 incoming links, which can't be said about the other John Sloans ("A topic is primary for a term with respect to long-term significance if it has substantially greater enduring notability and educational value than any other topic associated with that term"). In fact, it appears the artist's article was originally titled John Sloan before being usurped by the disambiguation page. The current title of the artist's article is misleading. The artist is most widely known as simply "John Sloan", as seen in the titles of most books about him (WorldCat, Internet Archive), the majority of references and external links in this article, and the preferred form of all databases on VIAF. Per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:NCP, the most commonly used names should be used. Otherwise we risk distorting/misrepresenting how the subject is accurately and commonly known by scholars, artists, collectors, etc. While there are currently some 300+ incoming article links, a good portion can be rectified by a single change to {{Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame}}. Wikipedia should not be out of touch with common usage everywhere else. If it is determined that the artist is not the primary topic, then John French Sloan should be moved to John Sloan (artist), per reasoning above. --Animalparty! (talk) 17:53, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Russian Bible Society → The Bible Society in Russia – 1. 'Российское Библейское Общество' (The name of the organization in Russian, the original language) founded in Russia does not translate their own name into English as 'Russian Bible Society', they translate it as 'The Bible Society in Russia'(See official website of the organization: http://www.biblia.ru/en/about/history/ ). The English version of the name 'Russian Bible Society' actually belongs to another unrelated organization called 'Русское Библейское Общество' founded in the United States (see the official website of the organization: https://russianbiblesociety.com/ ). 2. The difference in the names of the organizations in Russian (original language of both) is 'Российское' vs. 'Русское'. While both adjectives are often translated into English as 'Russian', each of the words in Russian language has a distinct denotation . 'Российское' suggests belonging to the country of Russia, while 'Русское' suggests belonging to the Russian people or culture. 'The Bible Society in Russia' is a closer translation of 'Российское Библейское Общество' (which is what the organization calls itself in English) than 'Russian Bible Society' (the name incorrectly chosen by the author of the article). Ivanchenkova (talk) 17:14, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Friends (disambiguation) → Friends – WP:ASTONISH. The sitcome invokes Friendship (a level 3 vital article) which is why is it plural, due to the fact that most people have multiple friends (unlike Hearts for example). There are a lot of entries at the DAB page and Quakers is a level 4 vital article (the sitcome is only a level 5 vital article). It would seem that although the sitcome is probably primary by PT#1, Friendship is primary by PT#2 and the DAB page at the base name serves readers/editors best. Disambiguation is consistent with Category:1990s American sitcoms and Commons:Category:Friends (TV series) (the base name Commons:Category:Friends is about friendship). Crouch, Swale (talk) 16:30, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Because It's My First Love → My First First Love – It is a Netflix original series and the official English title is My First First Love. Because It's My First Love is only a translation of the original Korean title. Seokgjin (talk) 09:37, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Hanfu → Ancient Chinese clothing – For WP:NPOV and WP:COMMONNAME I propose changing the title and moving modern Hanfu related materials to the article Hanfu movement. Using "Hanfu" to refer to the traditional clothing of the Han Chinese is far from universally accepted because of its associations with the nationalistic movement. The overwhelming majority of scholarly articles also avoid this term in favor of neutral terms such as "traditional Chinese garment" or "ancient Chinese clothing". For example, such results of Hanfu and ancient Chinese clothing at JSTOR. Esiymbro (talk) 06:53, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 14 → Lenovo IdeaPad Flex – Merge with a Lenovo Flex 10 article; This is not a notable model, but Flex is a (maybe) notable line. 95.154.157.20 (talk) 05:31, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Lenovo Flex 10 → Lenovo IdeaPad Flex – Merge with a Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 14 article; This is not a notable model, but Flex is a (maybe) notable line. 95.154.157.20 (talk) 05:29, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – List of LGBT-related slurs → List of slurs for LGBT people – There has been confusion about what should and should not be included in this page because of its title, and it has been suggested that a name change could clear this up. The page is intended to list slurs directed at LGBT people, not slurs or perjoratives by, from, or tangentially related to LGBT people. Mooeena ● 💌 ● ✒️ ● ❓ 03:54, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Spygate (conspiracy theory by Donald Trump) → Spygate (2016 United States presidential election) – To make the artilce title neutral as per the reasoning in the above RFC. Rusf10 (talk) 02:56, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – The Man from UNCLE Gun → ? – The current title remains strange, with the "UNCLE" spelling not matching up with the The Man from U.N.C.L.E. article, and the way it's formatted is very bizarre. However, with the official title being no consensus'd in the above RM (mostly due to low participation), I'd like some second input into what this should be called. Nohomersryan (talk) 01:15, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Ann Pennington (actress) → Ann Pennington – Ann Pennington was a major star and should be the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The Ann Pennington disambiguation page is unnecessary per WP:ONEOTHER and a hatnote atop the actress' article pointing to the stub for Ann Pennington (model) should suffice. — Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 00:35, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
April 11, 2019
- (Discuss) – Chowkidar Chor Hai → Main Bhi Chowkidar – As mentioned on the AfD, there are more than 30,00,000 results on Google news for "Main Bhi Chowkidar" but only 5,00,000 results for "Chowkidar Chor Hai". Per WP:COMMONNAME, the page should be moved. This complies with WP:BLP because present title is just an absurd allegation by an opposition leader to the Prime minister of India, while proposed title "Main Bhi Chowkidar" is a self-admission by the Prime minister. 103.220.38.163 (talk) 13:26, 31 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. DannyS712 (talk) 22:39, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Efficiency Movement → Efficiency movement – There is no suggestion in the cited sources, nor in books more generally, that this is a proper name, so per MOS:CAPS, it should not be capped thus. Dicklyon (talk) 19:30, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Perth Airport, Western Australia → Perth Airport (suburb) – WP:ASTONISH, the Australian airport is at Perth Airport and the airport its self is also in Western Australia (the Scottish one is at Perth Airport, Scotland). See also Talk:Corfe Castle (village)#Requested move 12 April 2014, Talk:Windermere, Cumbria (town)#Requested move 16 January 2016 and Talk:Finsbury Park (area)#Requested move 5 September 2018. Either "Perth Airport, Western Australia" should redirect to the Australian airport or to Perth Airport (disambiguation) but its WP:ASTONISHING that "Perth Airport" and "Perth Airport, Western Australia" have different targets. Target is consistent with Joondalup (suburb). Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:47, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Grahamstown → Makhanda, Eastern Cape – A previous name change (immediately after the name change) was reverted with reference to WP:NAMECHANGE. Since then, reliable sources use the new name of Makhanda (e.g. News24, Mail & Guardian, Eyewitness News (South Africa), The Times (South Africa), Tufts University, Willamette University, iAfrica). The proposed target already exists as a redirect to the current page and Makhanda is a disambiguation page. — MarkH21 (talk) 06:32, 3 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. — Amakuru (talk) 17:31, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Wager Mutiny → ? – As I explained, in October 2018, whether the incident was an actual mutiny is questionable. {| class="wikitable" | : This article's most cited reference is Stanley Walter Croucher Pack's 1952 book, entitled "The Wager Mutiny", which seems to characterize the events, after the wreck, as a "mutiny". I think this is highly misleading. It is not just that officer's authority over seamen ended when their pay stopped, when the ship was sunk, but officer's commission were also only for the ship, and ended when the ship was laid up -- or sunk. Similarly, the Navy regulations contained the same loophole. : I think including the word "mutiny" in this article's name lapses from WP:UNDUE, as does its focus on the chaos following the wreck as a mutiny. As per WP:UNDUE more focus should be given to (1) recognition that those who stopped following orders weren't necessarily mutineers; (2) Anson's reforms to the Navy's regulations to close the loophole that stripped officers of authority over ratings, when their ship was lost. |} So, I suggest that an article titles like HMS Wager incident, or Wreck of the HMS Wager would better serve our readers. Geo Swan (talk) 15:34, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – List of Governors of New York → List of governors of New York – Wikipedia has a great problem with overcapitalization, going against its own Manual of Style (WP:JOBTITLES), virtually every other style guide (e.g. Chicago Manual), and basic English orthography. The word "governors" is always a common noun and should not be capitalized. While Governor of New York is properly capitalized because it refers to a proper office or a specific holder of the office, List of governors of New York ought to be lower case because it does not refer to a proper office or a specific holder of the office. WP:JOBTITLES explains that whenever the name of a noun denoting an office, title, or position is in plural, it should be lower case, and that is based on the vast majority of other style manuals.
It is worth noting that the word "governors" is already lower case in articles such as Lists of United States governors, List of United States governors, List of current United States governors by age, List of female governors in the United States, List of U.S. state governors born outside the United States, and List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States. Surtsicna (talk) 14:17, 11 April 2019 (UTC)- List of living former United States Governors → List of living former United States governors
- List of Governors of Alabama → List of governors of Alabama
- List of Governors of Alaska → List of governors of Alaska
- List of Governors of Arizona → List of governors of Arizona
- List of Governors of Arkansas → List of governors of Arkansas
- List of Governors of California → List of governors of California
- List of Governors of Connecticut → List of governors of Connecticut
- List of Governors of Delaware → List of governors of Delaware
- List of Governors of Florida → List of governors of Florida
- List of Governors of Georgia → List of governors of Georgia
- List of Governors of Hawaii → List of governors of Hawaii
- List of Governors of Idaho → List of governors of Idaho
- List of Governors of Illinois → List of governors of Illinois
- List of Governors of Indiana → List of governors of Indiana
- List of Governors of Iowa → List of governors of Iowa
- List of Governors of Kansas → List of governors of Kansas
- List of Governors of Kentucky → List of governors of Kentucky
- List of Governors of Louisiana → List of governors of Louisiana
- List of Governors of Maine → List of governors of Maine
- List of Governors of Maryland → List of governors of Maryland
- List of Governors of Michigan → List of governors of Michigan
- List of Governors of Minnesota → List of governors of Minnesota
- List of Governors of Mississippi → List of governors of Mississippi
- List of Governors of Missouri → List of governors of Missouri
- List of Governors of Montana → List of governors of Montana
- List of Governors of Nebraska → List of governors of Nebraska
- List of Governors of Nevada → List of governors of Nevada
- List of Governors of New Hampshire → List of governors of New Hampshire
- List of Governors of New Jersey → List of governors of New Jersey
- List of Governors of New Mexico → List of governors of New Mexico
- List of Governors of North Carolina → List of governors of North Carolina
- List of Governors of North Dakota → List of governors of North Dakota
- List of Governors of Ohio → List of governors of Ohio
- List of Governors of Oklahoma → List of governors of Oklahoma
- List of Governors of Oregon → List of governors of Oregon
- List of Governors of Pennsylvania → List of governors of Pennsylvania
- List of Governors of Rhode Island → List of governors of Rhode Island
- List of Governors of South Carolina → List of governors of South Carolina
- List of Governors of South Dakota → List of governors of South Dakota
- List of Governors of Tennessee → List of governors of Tennessee
- List of Governors of Texas → List of governors of Texas
- List of Governors of Utah → List of governors of Utah
- List of Governors of Vermont → List of governors of Vermont
- List of Governors of Virginia → List of governors of Virginia
- List of Governors of Washington → List of governors of Washington
- List of Governors of West Virginia → List of governors of West Virginia
- List of Governors of Wisconsin → List of governors of Wisconsin
- List of Governors of Wyoming → List of governors of Wyoming
- (Discuss) – Adnams Brewery → Adnams – The company name is "Adnams plc", "Adnams Brewery" is the building where they make beer. Company is referrred to as "Adnams" in published sources including the Evening Standard [6], the Guardian [7], and the BBC [8]. Adnams is both the accurate name and the common name. Ilikeeatingwaffles (talk) 08:28, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – The Power Sword → Power Sword – The word "the" is just an article, it's not part of the actual name of this item. The article could be included if this was a He-Man cartoon episode actually titled The Power Sword but this is about the sword itself. Wikipedia doesn't have the Matrix of Leadership at The Matrix of Leadership or the Cullinan Diamond at The Cullinan Diamond either. JIP | Talk 08:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Fred Kennedy → Fred Kennedy (footballer) – A one-sentence stub does not rise to WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. — Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 04:58, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Strong Arms of the Ma → The Strong Arms of the Ma – The official title listed in the Simpsons World streaming service includes the word "The". The same can be said about its DVD/Blu-ray and digital releases. The script cover for this episode also confirms this fact, in addition to a show-related book called The Simpsons One Step Beyond Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Continued Yet Again (page 82). ConspiracyStuff (talk) 20:26, 15 March 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. Bradv🍁 05:06, 25 March 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. B dash (talk) 04:09, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Sint-Jans-Molenbeek → Molenbeek-Saint-Jean – Recently, there have been a couple of attempts to change the lead to the French name for the town, which is in the form used at the town's website, along with the Dutch version (depending on which language you view it in). A misplaced attempt to request a move on the article was made with the rationale "the French name is used much more often and people are more familiar with it, therefore it makes sense to change it because it is confusing". This seems a legitimate issue for discussion, so I'm starting the move request, noting only that the Dutch name for the article has been fairly longstanding. Dhtwiki (talk) 21:57, 5 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 21:55, 14 March 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. Bradv🍁 04:57, 25 March 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. B dash (talk) 04:08, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Oh Se-hun (entertainer) → Oh Se-hun – This is Option A. Per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, the singer is by far the most searched subject in the English-speaking world with this name. In the past two years, Oh Se-hun (entertainer) averaged 1,965 views per day and 1,475,434 views over this time period, while Oh Se-hoon averaged 21 and 15,557 views in this two-year span. For those who can't read Korean, they have the same name (오세훈), they are just Romanized differently. Option B, the singer's page can be moved to Oh Se-hun and the politician's name can remain at Oh Se-hoon, with a hatnote atop each article pointing to the other. ℯxplicit 00:37, 25 March 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. B dash (talk) 04:07, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Brighton Beach → Brighton Beach, Brooklyn – Wouldn't it be best to disambiguate article with a more accurate term with Brooklyn Happypillsjr ✉ 03:58, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Conservative (language) → ? – The title is currently an adjective, which is generally proscribed per WP:NOUN. I WP:BOLDly moved it to Linguistic conservatism but was reverted by Nardog, so I'm bring it here for further discussion. I have several proposals: * Conservatism (linguistics) * Conservativeness (linguistics) * Linguistic conservatism * Linguistic conservativeness * Conservative language * Conservative and innovative languages The first four are all abstract nouns, which are often preferred over specific nouns when both essentially deal with the same encyclopedic concept. They diverge on two axes: one is "conservatism" vs. "conservativeness"; conservatism is a far more common word and should be used if it means the right thing (which Nardog is contesting). For the other part, a WP:NATURAL disambiguator (putting "linguistic" in front) is preferred if its prevalence is greater than or within an order of magnitude of the plain, ambiguous form; otherwise parenthetical disambiguation is fine. The last two are less aesthetically pleasing but benefit from not having to determine the noun form of "conservative". The first of the two is a short, simple solution, while the latter is a common way of covering antonymous concepts (e.g. Centum and satem languages). The downside is that "conservative" can refer to things which are not languages, as detailed in the article. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:37, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Battle of Pressburg → Battle of Brezalauspurc – There are specialists of the history of the period who do not associate Brezalauspurc (as the venue of the battle mentioned in the primary source) with Pressburg, but with Mosaburg, consequently the present name contradicts WP:NPOV. (For further details, I refer to Bowlus, Charles R. (1994). Franks, Moravians and Magyars: The Struggle for the Middle Danube, 788–907. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-3276-3., and to Szőke, Béla Miklós (2014). The Carolingian Age in the Carpathian Basin. Hungarian National Museum. ISBN 978-615-5209-17-8.) Borsoka (talk) 03:16, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Charles Coote (priest) → Charles Coote (priest, died 1780) – Current titles are not properly disambiguating, as both men were priests, and both men were deans (church deans, not academic deans). This leaves date of death as the known distinguishing factor. bd2412 T 01:37, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Augustine Arhinful (left back) → Augustine Arhinful – unnecessary disambiguation Joeykai (talk) 13:13, 26 March 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. Natg 19 (talk) 01:23, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Joan, Heiress of Navarre → Joan of Navarre (1382–1413) – There are other Joans who have been heiresses of Navarre and they are more famous. Generally, "heiress" is a bad descriptor because women who succeeded were once heiresses too, i.e. Joan I of Navarre. Srnec (talk) 01:09, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Papal diplomacy → Nuncio – The article was moved without discussion 3 years ago, but if this is an article on Papal diplomacy it's pretty weak. It is in fact just an article on the office of nuncio (and similar offices). Contrast Byzantine diplomacy. Srnec (talk) 01:03, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
April 10, 2019
- (Discuss) – E-ZPass (Indiana) → i-Zoom – The name i-Zoom may have been retired in favor of E-ZPass, but articles for other ETC systems that have been folded into E-ZPass still maintain their original names, including Fast Lane (E-ZPass), Smart Tag, and M-Tag. I think this article should follow the same rule. Another option would be to merge this article and the three aforementioned articles into E-ZPass. Needforspeed888 (talk) 23:15, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Ontario Line → ? – Canuck85 moved Relief Line (Toronto) to Ontario Line. I checked their contribution history and could see 0 sign that they discussed this idea with anyone, prior to making it. This is counter-policy. There has already been some attempts to update the article so it reflect the new name. However, the basic premise behind this renaming is highly questionable. This renaming should never have been made, without a prior discussion. For weeks Premier Doug Ford has been saying that, once the Province takes over the TTC's subways, they will use "new technology". So, the Ontario Line will not use the rolling stock that was going to be used for the DRL. Neither is it going the route the TTC's planner spent years mapping out. I strongly urge contributors to stop trying to update this article, to reflect the new name, until we discuss, and sort out, whether we should have two articles, or one article. Geo Swan (talk) 21:37, 10 April 2019 (UTC) Geo Swan (talk) 21:39, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Wikipedia:WikiProject Thames → Wikipedia:WikiProject River Thames – For the sane reason as Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Isle of Wight#Requested move 16 March 2019 the main article is a River Thames and that's its name. I renamed Commons:Category:Thames to Commons:Category:River Thames. Crouch, Swale (talk) 21:28, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Huadong → Huadong (disambiguation) – per WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT. Huadong, which means "East China" in Chinese, had always been a redirect to East China until the recent creation of the dab page. My restoration of the redirect was reverted. "Huadong" is frequently used in English sources to refer to its primary meaning of East China, see Google books results for "Huadong Region", "Huadong Military Region" (a predecessor of China's Eastern Theater Command), "Huadong Normal University" (East China Normal University), Huadong Hospital (East China Hospital), etc. All other entries in the dab pages are minor locations of little importance. Zanhe (talk) 20:26, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Catholic Church in the Palestinian territories → Catholic Church in the State of Palestine – Not sure, but should this one be renamed per WP:CONSISTENCY with State of Palestine, or is there any reason that I am not informed of for why it should deviate? PPEMES (talk) 15:59, 28 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 20:18, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Allspark (company) → Hasbro Studios – Name change has not been verify nor found to be the common name. Just because Hasbro Studios' website name is current allspark.hasbro.com is not enough to determine that is its common or even current name. This could a temporary site, while a permanent site (studios.hasbro.com or hasbrostudios.com perhaps) is redone. The about page on the current website is titled "About Hasbro Studios" and the head of the studio's bio still has him leading Hasbro Studios while co-superivising Allsparks Pictures. Basic the prior move from Hasbro Studios to Allspark (company) is premature. Spshu (talk) 18:04, 29 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 20:17, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Tik Tok → Tik Tok (song) – per WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT. Much has changed since the last move request from eight years ago. The video app TikTok has become one of the most popular apps in the world, and it's often spelled with a space. If you google "Tik Tok" (with a space), virtually all results and related search suggestions are about the app, not the song. Zanhe (talk) 20:10, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Cape to Cape → ? – The new name of the current article could be -It happens only once and I wan't to create a site for the Cape to Cape mountainbike race. It had already 12 editions and it's part of the most important mountain bike stage series the Epic Series. Malo95 (talk) 17:47, 22 March 2019 (UTC)--Relisted. – Ammarpad (talk) 07:05, 31 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 19:59, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Cydonia (region of Mars) → Cydonia (Mars) – Per WP:PRECISE, this much shorter title is still completely sufficient in disambiguating the article. This article was formerly Cydonia (Mars) until 2007, when it was moved as requested to Cydonia Mensae, which was "reverted" in 2009, likely mistakenly to this unnecessarily long title. I cannot see any other titles using (region of x) to disambiguate. Lazz_R 19:29, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Shaybanids → Abu'l-Khayrids – According to Encyclopædia Iranica, Shaybanids is an obsolete name for the dynasty that is now, and more correctly, referred to as Abu'l-Khayrids:
ABU’L-KHAYRIDS, the name used for the dynasty that ruled the khanate of Bukhara in 906-1007/1500-99. Until recently, this dynasty was incorrectly called in Western literature “Shaybanids” (or “Shibanids”).[9]
KoberTalk 18:58, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Portal:English → Portal:English language – to be consistent with the names of the article (English language) and WikiProject (Wikipedia:WikiProject English Language), and corresponding portals, such as Portal:Bengali language. Please note that all the Portal's subpages would need to be moved at the same time. UnitedStatesian (talk) 17:37, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – United States House of Representatives Democratic Caucus → House Democratic Caucus – Per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:CONSISTENCY (especially with the recently moved articles Senate Democratic Caucus and Senate Republican Conference). Colonestarrice (talk) 17:19, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – The Greens – The Green Alternative → Austrian Green Party – Official translation, common name, and everything is better than the full literal translation "The Greens – The Green Alternative" nobody uses Colonestarrice (talk) 17:05, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Jota (Spanish footballer) → Jota (footballer, born 1991) – The page for “Jota (footballer)” was disambiguated per a concensus reached in the previous move discussion. However, this move is being proposed because it is unclear how this page should be named as an effect of creating that disambiguation page Mrbeastmodeallday (talk) 08:26, 25 March 2019 (UTC). --Relisting. — Amakuru (talk) 15:51, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Running Up That Hill → Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) – I want to bring this back up, as the initial vote was turned down with one opposing reason. Based on everything I have seen, "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" is the full title of the song, even as a single since 1985. JE98 (talk) 02:47, 3 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 15:51, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – The Weakest Link (UK game show) → The Weakest Link – Currently, this is unnecessary disambiguation. Apparently, the current The Weakest Link redirect originally pointed to Weakest Link,[10]. But after the above 2017 merger discussion,[11] most of the content on Weakest Link was merged here, and the redirect was changed accordingly.[12] Weakest Link was subsequently changed to a disambiguation page.[13] I have no other opinion about making the primary topic or redirect something else, or whether the International versions of The Weakest Link page should be moved instead to serve as the board-concept-article of The Weakest Link game show franchise. I'm only concerned that the current situation is unacceptable. Zzyzx11 (talk) 19:11, 24 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. — Amakuru (talk) 15:50, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – List of Phineas and Ferb characters → List of Phineas and Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law characters – Milo Murphy's Law was presented from the outset as being set in the same fictional universe as Phineas and Ferb, in fact in and around the same area and set after the events of the original series; Milo Murphy's Law character Melissa Chase is retroactively established as being one of the onlooking bystanders in the first episode of Phineas and Ferb, explained as having a fear of rollercoasters as a result. In the first season finale of Milo Murphy's Law, the character of Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz shows up, the more typical Phineas and Ferb crossover episode being the second season premiers. After this crossover, the characters of Doofenshmirtz, Perry the Platypus, Major Monogram and Carl joined the cast of Milo Murphy's Law on a permanent basis, in a recurring capacity for all except Doofenshmirtz, whose capacity is a supporting to borderline main one. Since then, even minor characters from Phineas and Ferb, such as Jeremy Johnson, have appeared in the occasional episode of Milo Murphy's Law. Given characters' story arcs are being continued from Phineas and Ferb, it makes the most sense to have both character pages be one, rather than having character information split across two pages once Milo Murphy's Law would have received its own individual page. This marks what the combined page would look like. Thank you. MacCready (talk) 16:09, 1 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 15:13, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – This Person Does Not Exist → StyleGAN – This website is only one of many sites showcasing fully automated human image synthesis with StyleGAN and therefore it would be more beneficial for Wikipedia, its editors and readers to have info on the underlying algorithms and their various use cases instead of just promoting one of many sites where results obtained with StyleGAN are presented to the public. StyleGAN is not limited only to generating images that look like portraits of non-existent human faces unassisted, but could and likely will be used for much more sinister ends. Redress perhaps (talk) 12:28, 3 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 15:03, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Third Avenue (Manhattan) → Third Avenue – This was an undiscussed move requested at WP:RM/TR. The avenue in Manhattan in the Bronx is a clear primary topic and there have been similar discussions in the past at Talk:Fifth Avenue and Talk:Sixth Avenue. epicgenius (talk) 12:49, 3 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 15:01, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – VP6 → VP5 – VP6 only delivered updated software for the VP5 format Flugaal (talk) 14:46, 3 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 14:58, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Luna-Glob → ? – The page title and the content do not match. This page describes the robotic lunar exploration programme of Russia, yet it is titled Luna-Glob, which is just one (Luna 26) of the numerous probes that are planned. A possible solution to this discrepancy is to rename this page Russian Moon exploration programme or Luna programme (Russia). Other paths forwards are listed below. Hms1103 (talk) 20:44, 23 March 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. Danski454 (talk) 18:04, 1 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. — Amakuru (talk) 13:49, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Hughes Communications → Hughes Network Systems – Hughes Network Systems exists as a redirect to the current page, but Hughes Network Systems is the name of the company. requesting here as to not interfere with the former redirect's page history. it looks like it was merged a few years ago from HNS. Melodies1917 (talk) 14:51, 28 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. — Amakuru (talk) 09:47, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Tranquil → Tranquil (disambiguation) – and redirect Tranquil to the primary topic of Tranquillity. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 07:56, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
Elapsed listings
- (Discuss) – Bike Week (Bicycle Week) → Bike Week – This article is titled with a very awkward disambiguator and more importantly unnecessary as the conflicting title is a DAB page. The article should be at the base name and the DAB page (which is useful despite having no other exact matches) should be at Bike Week (disambiguation) (currently a redirect to the DAB). MB 22:15, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Jugendstil, Germany → Jugendstil – Jugendstil redirects to Art Nouveau which is general topic, covers movement globally and doesn't go in depth Sourcerery (talk) 22:08, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Hurricane preparedness for New Orleans → ? – The current name is somewhat unfortunate. Although obviously meant in the sense of "as for New Orleans, hurricane preparedness", in haste I always see it as "preparedness of a hurricane for New Orleans" (rather than the other way around). I'm not sure whether to go with Hurricane preparedness in New Orleans or Hurricane preparedness of New Orleans. The "of" version is more logical to me since we're talking about preparations by the city and it's governing bodies, but the article already uses "in" in prose and I'm not a native English speaker. Daß Wölf 21:37, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Template:Cmt → Template:Mountain summit – Current name is far too vague {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 20:38, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – NHN Entertainment Corporation → NHN Corporation – NHN Entertainment said on March 29 that it would change its corporate name to NHN Corp. as part of its efforts to accelerate its transition into an IT company. The decision, made at the firm’s shareholders’ meeting that morning, will come into effect on April 1. http://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20190329000343 Bethky (talk) 08:11, 29 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Iffy★Chat -- 20:24, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – The Gulf Today → Gulf Today – We have launched a new brand that changed the current name "The Gulf Today" to "Gulf Today" Maryam.a.alnajjar (talk) 12:22, 31 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Iffy★Chat -- 20:21, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Sears Centre → Sears Centre Arena – Actual name of the building does include the word "Arena", as seen in the external links and references throughout the article. Needs admin attention as the article was previously improperly cut-and-paste moved. oknazevad (talk) 03:56, 1 April 2019 (UTC) oknazevad (talk) 03:56, 1 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Iffy★Chat -- 20:19, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Ordre des Technologues Professionnels du Quebec → Ordre des technologues professionnels du Québec – The French syntax requires that no capital letter be used with common nouns except on the first word of the organization's name (the rule is a bit more complicated but it works in the present situation), plus Québec requires an accent ("é") in French Muad (talk) 19:32, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Raid on North Korea's embassy in Madrid → ? – The article primary editor hinted that the present title may not be the right one for this article. I share that sentiment but could not come up with the most suitable title myself, hence this request. – Ammarpad (talk) 19:04, 1 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 18:56, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Serial film → Film serial – To be WP:CONSISTENT with the main category Category:Film serials and almost all sub-categories, which use "film serials", as well as List of film serials and List of film serials by studio. This is also used in books about the topic, such as Film Serials and the American Cinema, 1910-1940 and Encyclopedia of American Film Serials. This is also more WP:CONSISTENT with Film series. Gonnym (talk) 20:08, 1 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 18:54, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Iyami Aje → Aje – As the introduction says, "Iyami Aje is a Yoruba term of respect and endearment used to describe a woman of African ancestry who is considered to be an Aje..." However, the bulk of the article is actually about the concept of aje, which is mentioned 66 times. This includes the titles of books used as sources, none of which use the phrase "Iyami Aje" which is used only 11 times in the article.} We'd have to rename the dab page of course. Doug Weller talk 08:21, 2 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 18:46, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Sydenham (disambiguation) → Sydenham – I don't see a primary topic over the large number of other uses, even just 9 others get almost as many views [[14]], see previous discussion at Talk:Sydenham#Disambiguation required. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:31, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Danbury (disambiguation) → Danbury – Although the Connecticut city does get more views, the city is named after Danbury, Essex. For the same reason as WP:PLURALPT "Because readers and editors are used to seeing titles at the singular form, and can be expected to search for them/link to them in the singular form" WP:USPLACE specifies US settlements should nearly always have the state included and a number of the links to Danbury are for the village in Essex. A Google search shows results that are mixed between the Connecticut one, the Essex one and the Danbury Campervans Volkswagenbut but that's probably because of my location. The redirect has been pointed to the DAB twice and apparently was attempted to be made as a DAB for just Connecticut and Essex at the base name. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:26, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Hong Kong people → Hongkonger – The reason I propose this term as the title is because I feel that "Hong Kong people" is simply not as expressive as "Hongkonger" in terms of a local identity. It is verified by the Oxford Dictionary and it is also a common name used by various publications such as South China Morning Post [15] and Time [16]. HKU also recorded high percentage in the city's acceptance in the term. [17]. But before performing any changes, I would like everyone's input as this is quite a controversial issue, I suppose? Cheers. –Wefk423 (talk) 16:54, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Wikipedia:Community portal → Wikipedia:Community gateway – I propose this move because of the controversy around the Portal: namespace, and the danger of confusion (this in NOT a portal in the sense that the pages in the Portal: namespace are), It would be unfortunate if the strong feelings about Portal:'s tarred this heavily used page, which is a great asset to Wikipedia collaboration. I recommend this move regardless of the outcome of the concurrent page redesign RfC discussion. And of course with any move the relevant page and template content would be changed to match ("Welcome to the Community gateway!", etc.) UnitedStatesian (talk) 05:54, 27 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. bd2412 T 16:42, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Template:Viking → Template:Vikings – Either way, this should be uncontroversial, in accordance with what the current header says. PPEMES (talk) 16:32, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Norsemen → Norse people – Perhaps preferable synonym per WP:PRECISION, as non-gender specified in accordance with scope? This would be per consistency with all interwikilinks, some of which seems also to have chosen the non-gender specific synonym despite equivalent choices in other languages. PPEMES (talk) 16:23, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Backlog
- (Discuss) – Death of Joseph Smith → Murder of Joseph Smith – Proposed new page name is a more appropriate title that better reflects the identity of the article. Smith’s death was clearly and undoubtedly a murder, and typically when there is a Wikipedia page about a death by murder of a person, it is titled “Murder of (person’s name)” instead of “Death of (person’s name)”. Mrbeastmodeallday (talk) 07:17, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Meaningful vote → Parliamentary votes on Brexit – Although the original move is disputed, the mover raised a good point that this page is not only about "meaningful vote", but also included other votes like amendable motion and indicative votes. — 158.182.173.246 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. 158.182.173.246 (talk) 06:04, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Tour of the Basque Country → Itzulia Basque Country – As far as I understand, the race was officially rebranded as 'Itzulia Basque Country' in 2018. This is also the name registered in the UCI calendar for the current event, as well as last year's race (going back to 2017, the race was registered as 'Vuelta al Pais Vasco). More importantly perhaps is that the organisers use the same new name in all languages - there isn't any Tour or Vuelta in their press material in English or Spanish. It's also the name used in all language versions of their official website), and on screen graphics in the international broadcasts. Just 'The Itzulia' and 'La Itzulia'. Media seems to be aboard the train as well. I don't think this is a controversial move, but as there been an earlier discussion on moving the article I put this as a requested move. Kittens n thugs (talk) 17:48, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Ian Alexander (actor) → Ian Alexander – The article for the actor Ian Alexander seems to literally be a thousand times more popular than the other Ian Alexander pages. The actor got over 100,000 views in the past 30 days vs. less than a 100 each for the politician or the footballer. In addition, the article for the actor cites 13 sources vs. just 2 for the footballer and 4 for the politician. It's silly that searching for the name takes you to a disambiguation page and it's likely just because the actor is young and only became notable recently. I've already moved the disambiguation page from Ian Alexander to Ian Alexander (disambiguation) and I've added a disambiguation hatnote to the actor's page. (Obviously if the RM fails I'm fine with those changes being reversed.) WanderingWanda (they/them) (t/c) 00:22, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – War in Afghanistan (1978–present) → ? – I think the titles 'Afghan conflict (1978-present)' or 'Afghan crisis (1978-present)' would be better suited than the current title. The term 'conflict' or 'crisis' is better for this wider spectrum of different conflicts that have taken place since '78. It puts it into line with other article titles like: *Iraq conflict (2003–present) (with Iraq War one part of it) *Ukrainian crisis (with War in Donbass one part of it) *Libyan Crisis (2011–present) (with Libyan Civil War (2014-present) one part of it) Using the same method, we could have e.g. Afghan crisis (1978-present) with War in Afghanistan (2001-present) as one part of this wider series of conflicts. Also I should mention that this article is also named too similar to War in Afghanistan (2001-present). It's not a confusion issue (as said by someone in a previous move request above) - but instead it's to do with accessibility: When searching for 'Afghanistan War' in Google you see the 2001-present article there, not this 1978-present article, partly because the 2001-present article is a lot bigger and known. This 1978-present article needs good distinguishing as a result, which would also greatly help people searching for this article in particular on Google or other search engines instead of the current 2001-present war. I am personally mostly in favor of changing the name to Afghan crisis (1978-present), but anything else similar I would prefer over the current title. Drayqueen (talk) 00:25, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – ExoMars 2020 surface platform → Kazachok – Per precedent set by the move discussion for Rosalind Franklin. It is the official name and common name for the spacecraft per coverage by third party sources [1][2][3]. The name also satisfies guidelines on both concise article titles and precise article titles. A {{Redirect}} hatnote on the top of this article that reads along the lines of ""Kazachok" redirects here. For the traditional Cossacks dance, see Kozachok" would suffice as a way to explicitly point readers to the similarly-named article, if that was where they were headed. According to Pageviews Analysis however, this confusion does not seem to be a problem as barely anybody is searching up the term "Kazachok" to look for "Kozachok" [4][5]. Another look at Pageviews Analysis shows us that for the "Kazachok" name at least, the spacecraft would be the primary topic [6]. – PhilipTerryGraham (talk · articles · reviews) 00:09, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Broccolini → Baby broccoli – This is a request move from amending the current article title for Broccolini to the general industry term for the vegetable/product, which is Baby Broccoli. This request does not concern whether the industry name given to “baby broccoli” makes actual sense. Instead, this request concerns the precision of the article name when readers view the page. In support of the move, I have provided links showing direct evidence that vegetable producers and average consumers alike refer to the vegetable as baby broccoli and not by the trademarked name Broccolini. MWMDL (talk) 19:44, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Arrested Development (TV series) → Arrested Development – This was last suggested at Talk:arrested development seven years ago that I can see, and I think it's past time to check again. Looking at the traffic report ([[18]], it's abundantly clear that the show is the primary topic for the term. Hovering around 150 thousand views/month compared to under 20,000 for the other articles combined. Safrolic (talk) 05:30, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Mainland Southeast Asia → ? – (talk) 17:12, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – State University of Tetova → University of Tetova – The name of the university was recently changed. Please refer to their official website: https://unite.edu.mk/en/ Vepton (talk) 18:14, 26 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. KCVelaga (talk) 02:34, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series → NASCAR Premier Series – When seeing links to this article, even from historical articles predating the Monster sponsorship, the title is retconned to imply Monster sponsorship. This appears to me as blatant advertising. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Monster_Energy_NASCAR_Cup_Series_champions. Some pages with links to "NASCAR Sprint Cup series" end up redirecting to "Monster cup series" which is inaccurate. I would recommend changing the title to "NASCAR Premier Series" as the article then steps through the history of the different sponsorships. Arbitrarycomplexity (talk) 20:59, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Tian Gang → Gang Tian – Virtually all the references cited use Western name order (as is customary for modern era mathematicians that have published in Western journals). There have been several moves in both directions before, all without prior discussion, so maybe we should discuss this to settle it. Note the talk page discussion from 2008 where consensus is also on the side of Western naming order. —Kusma (t·c) 19:19, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Eurobond → External bond – Eurobond (i.e. Eurodollar bonds) can be used in the plural, and Eurobonds (i.e. eurozone-issued bonds) can be used in the singular, making plurality entirely useless for distinguishing between the two topics. The first one is easy, as "External bond" is mentioned in the article as an alternate term, unambiguous and perfect for WP:NATURAL disambiguation. The second one I'm less sure about. The article says "European bonds" but that is ambiguous because it can refer to any bond issued in Europe. "Joint Eurobond", "Eurobond proposal", or "Proposed Eurobond" all sound fine to me. Happy to hear others' ideas. At the end of it, we should turn Eurobond into a disambiguation page and redirect Eurobonds to it, as neither topic is primary. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:49, 27 March 2019 (UTC)--Relisted. – Ammarpad (talk) 17:26, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- Eurobonds → ?
- (Discuss) – Battlecat (record producer) → Battlecat – Battlecat is currently a redirect to Battle Cat, a Masters of the Universe character, but every single incoming link to it refers to the record producer. Therefore this article could well be moved to Battlecat and the difference between the toy/cartoon character and the record producer could be solved with disambiguation hatnotes. JIP | Talk 14:51, 25 March 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. Danski454 (talk) 19:32, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Ike Kaveladze → Irakly Kaveladze – Is his actual name, widely used in RSs, and wp:concise. X1\ (talk) 20:46, 25 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. KCVelaga (talk) 17:47, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Fate/Grand Order (anime) → Fate/Grand Order (franchise) – While the current lead text seems to suggest that this article is about the anime television adaptation, the entire article and infobox actually talk about the whole franchise except the video game Fate/Grand Order (but does mention another video game). Since it serves as the franchise article, it should be named as such per WP:NCTV. Also, as a side note, even if this was the page for the television series, it would have been "(TV series)" per both the television guidelines and the anime-project ones. Gonnym (talk) 13:13, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Christina El Moussa → Christina Anstead – Name changed following second marriage after divorced from her first husband, taking the "Anstead" surname. ApprenticeFan work 16:11, 24 March 2019 (UTC)--Relisted. – Ammarpad (talk) 07:13, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – The Village (2019 TV series) → The Village (U.S. TV series) – Better to distinguish the 2019 American TV series from the two British TV series of the same name – The Village (1993 TV series) and The Village (2013 TV series) – using "by country" disambiguation under WP:NCTV, as "by country" disambiguation is generally considered to be more WP:RECOGNIZABLE in situations such as these. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 20:03, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Linga, Yell → Linga, Bluemull Sound – These islands are not in, but near to the larger islands. Per WP:COMMADIS (and WP:UKPLACE) we only use a comma if the topic is in/on and not merely near the place used for disambiguation, see my comments at Talk:Carbost, Portree. The one near Yell can go at Linga, Bluemull Sound since it is in that[19] and the one near Samphrey can go to Linga, Yell Sound[20]. The rest should have "near" added to the disambiguation to show that their not in the other islands. Little Holm, Scatness is in Cat Firth[21]. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:36, 21 March 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 18:51, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
References
See also
- Wikipedia:Requested moves/Article alerts, which includes a list of recently closed discussions
- Category:Wikipedia title cleanup
- Category:Wikipedia title cleanup (sorted by template)