Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests

Welcome to Requested moves/Technical requests

If you are unable to complete a move for technical reasons, you can request a technical move below. This is the correct method if you tried to move a page, but you got an error message saying something like "You do not have permission to move this page, for the following reasons:..." or "This page could not be moved, for the following reason:..."

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If you are here because you want an experienced editor to approve of your new article or proposed rename, you are in the wrong place.

• Make sure you really need technical assistance before making a request here. Because you are autoconfirmed, you can move most pages yourself. Even if the target page exists, you can sometimes move the page normally if the target is a redirect back to the source page and has 1 revision.
• If this is your first article and you want your draft article moved to the mainspace, please use the submission wizard to submit your draft or user sandbox page for review at Articles for creation instead of listing it here.
• If you need help determining whether it's okay to move the page to a different title, then please follow the instructions at the top of Wikipedia:Requested moves.

To list a technical request: the Uncontroversial technical requests subsection or click the big blue button and insert the following code at the bottom of the list, filling in pages and reason:

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

This will automatically insert a bullet and include your signature. Do not edit the article's talk page, just click the button below.

Request uncontroversial move

To request a reversion of a recent undiscussed move: Review the guidelines at WP:RMUM of whether a reversion of an undiscussed move qualifies as uncontroversial and if so, the Requests to revert undiscussed moves subsection or click the big blue button and insert the following code at the bottom of the list, filling in pages and reason:

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

Request undiscussed-move reversion

Note that in some cases, clerks, such as administrators or page movers may determine that your request for a reversion does not pass the criteria and may move the request to the contested section or open a formal requested move discussion for potentially controversial moves on your behalf.

• If you object to a proposal listed in the uncontroversial technical requests section, please move the request to the Contested technical requests section, append a note on the request elaborating on why, and sign with ~~~~. Consider pinging the requester to let them know about the objection.
• If your technical request is contested, or if a contested request is left untouched without reply, create a requested move on the article talk and remove the request from the section here. The fastest and easiest way is to click the "discuss" button at the request, save the talk page, and remove the entry on this page. A bot will automatically remove contested requests after 72 hours of inactivity.

Administration needed

If your request requires an administrator. Usually, do so if the page has been fully protected or move protected (see this guide to which moves need administrators).

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Technical requests

Edit this section if you want to move a request between sections.

Uncontroversial technical requests

• List of cities in Pakistan by population → List of cities in PakistanList of cities in Pakistan (currently a redirect back to List of cities in Pakistan by population) (move · discuss) – unnecessary disambiguation, one would expect cities to be sorted by such a relevant criteria. no other page HerrHeulsuse (talk) 13:02, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
• List of cities in Sindh by population → List of cities in SindhList of cities in Sindh (currently a redirect back to List of cities in Sindh by population) (move · discuss) – no other list, unnecessary disambiguation HerrHeulsuse (talk) 13:08, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
• List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population → List of cities in Punjab, PakistanList of cities in Punjab, Pakistan (currently a redirect instead to List of populated places in Punjab, Pakistan) (move · discuss) – no other list, unnecessary disambiguation HerrHeulsuse (talk) 13:08, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
• List of cities in Balochistan, Pakistan by population → List of cities in Balochistan, PakistanList of cities in Balochistan, Pakistan (currently a redirect back to List of cities in Balochistan, Pakistan by population) (move · discuss) – no other list, unnecessary disambiguation HerrHeulsuse (talk) 13:08, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
• List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population → List of cities in Khyber PakhtunkhwaList of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (currently a redirect back to List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population) (move · discuss) – no other list, unnecessary disambiguation HerrHeulsuse (talk) 13:08, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
• List of cities in Gilgit-Baltistan by population → List of cities in Gilgit-BaltistanList of cities in Gilgit-Baltistan (currently a redirect back to List of cities in Gilgit-Baltistan by population) (move · discuss) – no other list, unnecessary disambiguation HerrHeulsuse (talk) 13:08, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
• Third Way (Palestinian political party) → Third Way (Palestine)Third Way (Palestine) (currently a redirect back to Third Way (Palestinian political party)) (move · discuss) – compare other national political parties's disambiguation. Third Way (United States), Third Way (France), Third Way (Germany), Third Way (Poland) HerrHeulsuse (talk) 14:06, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

I think this request has merit (WP:CONCISE), but note that not all of the Third Way's are political partices as the requester said. For example, the one in the US is a think tank, the one in France was a social movement, and the one in Poland is a higher-level alliance of smaller political parties. Meanwhile, the one in Palestine really is a political party, as the current article title says. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:33, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Guide to deletion → Wikipedia:Guide to Articles for deletionWikipedia:Guide to Articles for deletion (currently a redirect instead to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion#WP:AFD1) (move · discuss) – While the previous RM technically ended with "not moved", that's only because in the end most participants eventually agreed on a new title that was not included in the original proposal, so the closure was largely procedural. The RM debated the original proposed title, but consensus later shifted to a title similar to "Guide to deletion/to Articles for deletion", which was actually unopposed. Both opposes predated that proposal and their factual claims about scope were convincingly rebutted by the rest of the participants. The closer themselves invited a new title request; and this title is certainly better than the status quo according to almost everyone in the discussion, which is why I don't want to waste more of the community's time with a second bureaucratical process. Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy. Please ping me for every reply, because I won't watchlist this RM/T. FaviFake (talk) 20:05, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Hello User:FaviFake. I'm leaving pings for the other participants in the prior move discussion (which you already linked) because I perceive there were different opinions about what to do next. Participants were User:Spartaz, User:Steel1943, User:fgnievinski, User:BD2412, User:Skarmory and User:Moxy. The closer of that discussion was User:Paine Ellsworth. EdJohnston (talk) 03:54, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

It's never a waste of time to allow other editors enough time to weigh in and give their opinions at a formal RM, which is after all what I actually advised in the closing statement of the previous move request. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 04:10, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Requests to revert undiscussed moves

If your request involves a technical request for reverting a recent undiscussed move, place it here.

Contested technical requests

Do not insert new requests in this section. Only move requests here if they have been contested.

• Madar Junction → Madar Junction railway stationMadar Junction railway station (currently a redirect back to Madar Junction) (move · discuss) – name correction ~2026-43754-06 (talk) 11:45, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

  Automated comment: ~2026-43754-06, a previous request involving Madar Junction → Madar Junction railway station appears to have been made before (diff). — ThilioBot^talk 21:45, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

  Contested per the above please CONFUSED SPIRIT(Thilio).Talk 06:39, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

  Permalink to comment: Link. Justjourney (talk | contribs) 21:50, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

• Ile Oluji Okeigbo → Ile Oluji/OkeigboIle Oluji/Okeigbo (currently a redirect back to Ile Oluji Okeigbo) (move · discuss) – As I have nominated before, the title either needs a slash or a hyphen based on common usage. They are two different towns. Jô^hola 09:34, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

  Automated comment: @Josedimaria:, a previous request involving Ile Oluji Okeigbo → Ile Oluji/Okeigbo appears to have been made before (diff). — ThilioBot^talk 09:35, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

@Josedimaria As contested before We generally do not use slashes in titles. CONFUSED SPIRIT(Thilio).Talk 14:05, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

• Draft:The Witch Boy → The Witch BoyThe Witch Boy (currently a redirect instead to Klarion the Witch Boy) (move · discuss) – This draft is for the graphic novel series by Lee Knox Ostertag, while the current page in the mainspace is a redirect to an unrelated DC Comics character BlorborosOuroboros (talk) 22:31, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

@BlorborosOuroboros "The Witch Boy" alone might not suffice, given that the DC character has been more prominent and for longer than the graphic novel series. I think a move to The Witch Boy trilogy would be better and send clearer signals to our readers about what page they'd be landing on. Red Shogun412 (talk • contribs) 01:09, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

It would be stylized as The Witch Boy trilogy. Red Shogun412 (talk • contribs) 01:10, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Administrator needed

Edit this section only if your request requires an administrator. Usually, do so if the page has been fully protected or move protected (see this guide to which moves need administrators). Place your request in another section if it only requires a page mover.