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:..."
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.
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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.
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}}
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.
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).
Technical requests
[edit]Uncontroversial technical requests
[edit]- MIDC - Andheri metro station (currently a redirect to MIDC – Andheri metro station) → MIDC – Andheri metro station (move · discuss) – dash correction ~2026-53515-47 (talk) 15:03, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Jay Jay Garvi Gujarāt → Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat (currently a redirect back to Jay Jay Garvi Gujarāt) (move · discuss) – WP:COMMMONNAME and WP:CONSISTENT with Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat (song). — Hemant Dabral (📞 • ✒) 12:09, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
- @Dreepy moved it back in January from Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat, from the original Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat (Poem) (dab was removed in-between those, and we have changed from "Garavi" to "Garvi"). Looks like the current title was based on Gujarati phonology, which I am in no position to interpret. Of the listed sources, only both JSTOR sources use "Jai Jai", and one uses "Garvi", the other "Garavi". ( and in that order). I don't see any uses of the macron in Gujarat so far, so that is probably safe to remove.
- It might help to have somebody more familiar with the transliteration weigh in here. ASUKITE 23:41, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
- I have no problem moving it to 'garvi' or 'garavi' whatever the orginal source spells. It's just macron that is unnecessary since ISO transliteration is given there in the article itself. — Hemant Dabral (📞 • ✒) 16:50, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- SK3 → KCNN3 (currently a redirect back to SK3) (move · discuss) – Request to move to official name per WP:COMMONNAME and HGNC nomenclature (HGNC-approved gene symbol is KCNN3), and to resolve disambiguation with VR Class Sk3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43, Folkerts SK-3, and Storekeeper. Rkott (talk) 00:53, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Calcium-activated potassium channel subunit alpha-1 → KCNMA1 (currently a redirect back to Calcium-activated potassium channel subunit alpha-1) (move · discuss) – Request to move to official name per WP:COMMONNAME and HGNC nomenclature (HGNC-approved gene symbol is KCNMA1); current title is excessively long per WP:CONCISE. Rkott (talk) 00:58, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 9 → SCN9A (currently a redirect back to Sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 9) (move · discuss) – Request to move to official name per WP:COMMONNAME and HGNC nomenclature (HGNC-approved gene symbol is SCN9A); current title is excessively long per WP:CONCISE. Rkott (talk) 01:03, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Lü Jia (Nanyue) → Lữ Gia (currently a redirect back to Lü Jia (Nanyue)) (move · discuss) – "Lữ Gia" is the overwhelmingly common name used in English-language scholarship on Nanyue/Nam Việt history (e.g., Taylor, Holmgren), while "Lü Jia" is primarily the Pinyin transcription rather than the established English historiographical convention. This person is from Thanh Hoá Province, Vietnam. Quangtrung.nguyen.2016 (talk) 02:37, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Mild Oppose - Taylor and Holmgren are historians of Vietnamese history I assume. I'm familiar with Taylor's A History of Vietnam but all I could find for Holmgren is Chinese Colonisation of Northern Vietnam from 1980. I have a copy of Record of the Grand Historian translated by Burton Watson that uses Lü Jia. The difference in preference is that one is focused on Vietnamese history and the other Chinese history. The person is obscure enough to be little covered in English literature, so I don't think there's going to be much to go on. Another argument is that this is a native "Vietnamese" person and therefore should be spelled with Vietnamese letters. But this creates some awkwardness because Nanyue and practically all Nanyue-related articles use pinyin since it has been determined to be a "non-Vietnamese" or "Chinese" dynasty in modern times by both Vietnam and China. So is the precedence that individuals in Nanyue should be spelled with Vietnamese if they are determined to be of Vietnamese origin? Are there any other articles that this would be subject to? I'd prefer to just have pinyin and have Vietnamese in parenthesis but I can see why others would feel strongly against this. Qiushufang (talk) 05:47, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Aguiguan → Aguijan (currently a redirect back to Aguiguan) (move · discuss) – Request to move to "Aguijan" to align with common English-language usage, reliable sources, and broader recognition RitaLem (talk) 03:37, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit alpha-1 → GABRA1 (currently a redirect back to Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit alpha-1) (move · discuss) – Request to move to official gene name per WP:COMMONNAME, WP:PRECISE and HGNC nomenclature (HGNC-approved gene symbol is GABRA1). Rkott (talk) 06:51, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit gamma-2 → GABRG2 (currently a redirect back to Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit gamma-2) (move · discuss) – Request to move to official gene name per WP:COMMONNAME, WP:PRECISE and HGNC nomenclature (HGNC-approved gene symbol is GABRG2). Rkott (talk) 06:53, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Mu Online → MU Online (currently a redirect back to Mu Online) (move · discuss) – The official name of the MMORPG is MU Online. TabernasAlmeria (talk) 06:56, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Anyone, how do TITLECAPS and COMMONNAME apply here? Thanks! —1isall (talk | contribs) 13:25, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-5 → CHRNA5 (currently a redirect back to Neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-5) (move · discuss) – Request to move to official gene name per WP:COMMONNAME, WP:PRECISE and HGNC nomenclature (HGNC-approved gene symbol is CHRNA5). Rkott (talk) 07:00, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
Requests to revert undiscussed moves
[edit]- Euro area crisis → Eurozone crisis (currently a redirect back to Euro area crisis) (move · discuss) – Restore the title at the original RM at Talk:Euro_area_crisis/Archive_2#Requested_Move in July 2013. Revert the previous undiscussed moves in 2024 and the one-editor non-RM proposal in 2014. And WP:CONSISTENT (WP:CONSUB) with Eurozone, and WP:COMMONNAME with Ngrams anyway. DankJae 16:18, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
- The article has been moved away from Eurozone crisis over 12 years ago, so the time to revert as recent and undiscussed has in my opinion long passed. The article could still be moved boldly but given the long move history and RM I wouldn't feel comfortable doing so. If another page mover is, go for it, but otherwise please open a new RM by clicking the discuss link above. squawk7700 (talk) 20:08, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
- Yes but the revert is to restore the consensus of a previous RM as opposed to a bold move ages ago without a RM consensus. Crouch, Swale (talk) 21:04, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
- The article has been moved away from Eurozone crisis over 12 years ago, so the time to revert as recent and undiscussed has in my opinion long passed. The article could still be moved boldly but given the long move history and RM I wouldn't feel comfortable doing so. If another page mover is, go for it, but otherwise please open a new RM by clicking the discuss link above. squawk7700 (talk) 20:08, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
- Assimi Goïta → Assimi Goita (currently a redirect back to Assimi Goïta) (move · discuss) – The article was disruptively moved without any consensus or discussion in 2020. Assimi Goita spells his surname without the French diacritic "ï", especially after Mali revoked French language's status in 2024. Assimi uses the spelling "Goita", not "Goïta" on his military uniform: 1, 2 etc. and also uses "Goita" his official X account. Pidgin Muivah (talk) 07:29, 3 October 2026 (UTC)
Contested technical requests
[edit]- Phú Thọ (disambiguation) → Phú Thọ (currently a redirect instead to Phú Thọ province) (move · discuss) – Follow WP:UNIQUE. LOL369YT (talk) 08:34, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
- @LOL369YT Primary redirect is likely okay. This needs an RM. Thanks! —1isall (talk | contribs) 00:08, 3 October 2026 (UTC)
- IMO, this is uncontroversial. Cheromaniii (talk) 08:16, 3 October 2026 (UTC)
- Why exactly do you believe this is uncontroversial? Thanks! —1isall (talk | contribs) 12:50, 3 October 2026 (UTC)
- Unnecessary disambiguation in titles is typically avoided. There may be some other naming conventions in play here though. I'm not an expert in Vietnam-specific placename disambiguation, though I do recall seeing a recent discussion on the topic here somewhere. 162 etc. (talk) 17:35, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Hmm...I wonder which page that discussion you remembered took place. Thanks! —1isall (talk | contribs) 17:37, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Unnecessary disambiguation in titles is typically avoided. There may be some other naming conventions in play here though. I'm not an expert in Vietnam-specific placename disambiguation, though I do recall seeing a recent discussion on the topic here somewhere. 162 etc. (talk) 17:35, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Why exactly do you believe this is uncontroversial? Thanks! —1isall (talk | contribs) 12:50, 3 October 2026 (UTC)
Administrator needed
[edit]- Template:Endflatlist → Template:End flat list (currently a redirect back to Template:Endflatlist) (move · discuss) – Consensus was found to move {{Flatlist}} to {{Flat list}}, and now this template is inconsistent with the parent template. I don't believe this would be controversial, as it more appears that this template was left behind during the move. Axolitl (talk | contribs) 18:52, 3 October 2026 (UTC)
- User:BD2412 who recently moved the parent Template:Flatlist does not object. EdJohnston (talk) 02:42, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
- Template:Endplainlist → Template:End plain list (currently a redirect back to Template:Endplainlist) (move · discuss) – Consensus was found to move {{Plainlist}} to {{Plain list}}, and now this template is inconsistent with the parent template. I don't believe this would be controversial, as it more appears that this template was left behind during the move. Axolitl (talk | contribs) 18:52, 3 October 2026 (UTC)
- User:BD2412 who recently moved the parent Template:Plainlist does not object. EdJohnston (talk) 02:44, 4 October 2026 (UTC)