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This page 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. 48 discussions have been relisted.

October 3, 2026

  • (Discuss) – Dersim massacre → Dersim genocide – "Massacre" describes only one component of the subject. The article covers three military operations that also involved village burnings, deportations, removal of children and forced assimilation. "Genocide" covers that full scope and is the term being increasingly used in recent scholarship, which has grown since the previous move discussions 1. The genocide frame is well represented and ever since previous move discussions, has grown in the academic literature. Some examples of recent sources employing "Dersim Genocide" (some of these already cited in the article) include but are not limited to: * Bilmez & Taş (2026), Dersim Kırım Envanteri: Dokuz Örnek Vaka ve Mekan (Dersim Inventory of Atrocities: Nine Exemplary Cases and Sites), İletişim Yayınları, Istanbul, argues for its designation as genocide. * Atik (2026), "Laughing Through Silence: Humour, Language and Memory in Dersim Narratives", Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism * Bilmez (2025), "An Undeniable Genocide: Dersim 1937–38", in Salih (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Kurdish Genocides, Palgrave Macmillan * Dinç (2025), "Dersim: A Century of State-Led Destruction and Resistance", in Dinç & Hünler (eds.), The Republic of Turkey and Its Unresolved Issues: 100 Years and Beyond, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 53–68, which has a section titled "The Dersim Genocide" and cites several scholars who describe 1938 as genocide * Hanoğlu (2025), "Dersimi Women, Family, and Activism: Navigating and Negotiating Alternative Spaces", and Keskin (2025), "Language and Resistance: The Struggle of Kird/Zaza Women to Preserve Zazakî in the Kirdane and Kirmancîye Regions of Türkiye", chs. 5 and 7 in Hamelink et al., Enacting Citizenship: Kurdish Women's Resilience, Activism and Creativity, Palgrave Macmillan, both of which use the name "Dersim genocide" in the authors' own voice * Bugu Buyuktas (2024), Navigating State Power: Urban Space, Memory, and Affect in Dersim, Turkey, PhD dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles * Deniz (2020), "Re-assessing the Genocide of Kurdish Alevis in Dersim, 1937–38", Genocide Studies and Prevention 2. "Massacre" covers only part of the subject and seems to narrow it down to one aspect too much. Per WP:EUPHEMISM, we should avoid softer wording where a plainer term is accurate and well sourced. The article covers three operations that included village burning, deportation, removal of children and assimilation measures, not only killings. There is enough scholarship (as shown above) to group these together under genocide. 3. In regards to WP:COMMONNAME policy, there are now enough sources to satisfy it for proposed title. "Dersim genocide" is now in common use in reliable sources, including recent peer-reviewed and university-press scholarship. The policy asks for a commonly used name and does not require that the proposed title be the single most frequent one. Also for a historical topic the usage of academic specialists carries more weight than for instance incidental press usage Nobedarê Dunav (talk) 15:13, 3 October 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – Beijing Consensus → China model – Both the existing page name and China model (currently a re-direct) are common enough and describe the same concept, but over time "China model" has become the more WP:COMMONNAME. The more recent, high quality texts currently in the article use "China model" - Li, H. (2025), Li, D. (2024), Meng (2024), Tsang and Cheung (2024), and possibly Zhang (2025) but I could be misremembering Zhang. China model is also probably a bit more explanatory for the general reader, who may not know "Beijing consensus" is a riff on "Washington consensus", so that could be a small benefit too. JArthur1984 (talk) 15:09, 3 October 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – Jeanne and Richard Montbaston → Jeanne de Montbaston – There are precious few records of women working and creating in the medieval period that she deserves a page of her own, particularly since her illustrations in the pas de page of the Roman de la Rose are some of the most famous and widely known in both scholarly and popular culture. Giving her her own page combats the trend of subsuming women's work under their husbands', which is precisely why we do not have more records of the women who were responsible for significant cultural production throughout history. A name change would valorize Jeanne's work as an artist in her own right and help historians and students of women's history.Local Medievalist (talk) 02:49, 26 September 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 03:52, 3 October 2026 (UTC)reply

October 2, 2026

  • (Discuss) – Rax → ? – Searches across GNews, newspapers.com, and the like for just "Rax" turn up entirely information on Rax Roast Beef. Searching just "rax" by itself on GBooks and JSTOR was an endless mess of false positives for other things called "Rax", or words like "ray" or "tax" being misread as "rax" by the OCR. I struggled to find any sourcing on the mountain range at all, as even "Rax + Austria" or other keywords turned up a ton of noise and very little signal. However, this and this suggest the region is called "Rax Massif". There seems to be enough here to suggest that "Rax" is widely understood to reference the fast-food chain above any other topic, or at least that this region is not widely known as "Rax" by itself. However, I admit I'm not as well-versed in geography, so there may be more authoritative sources in terms of naming. Ten Pound Hammer (they/them) • (What did I screw up now?) 18:26, 2 October 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – Mukhtar Tleuberdi → Mukhtar Tileuberdi – I propose moving this article from Mukhtar Tleuberdi to Mukhtar Tileuberdi. “Tileuberdi” is the spelling currently used by official English-language government sources in Kazakhstan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists him as “Mukhtar B. Tileuberdi”, and recent English-language MFA publications consistently use “Mukhtar Tileuberdi”. The same spelling is also used by major international sources, including the Associated Press and Reuters, as well as international organisations such as UNIDO. The article itself also predominantly uses “Tileuberdi” in the body text. Given this usage in reliable English-language sources, “Mukhtar Tileuberdi” appears to be the more appropriate article title under Wikipedia's common-name principle. Sources: Kazakhstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Associated Press; Reuters; UNIDO. Ac1205 (talk) 10:57, 2 October 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – PC → PC (disambiguation) – This should be a redirect to personal computer. Personal computers are far-and-away known as PCs. Almost everything else on the dab page can be abbreviated as PC but usually isn't, with only a few exceptions. The most notable one is political correctness, which is commonly referred to as PC, but political correctness as a term has largely fallen out of use and at this point is much less important than the computer use. Personal computer gets over 70% of identifiable clickthroughs out of the disambiguation page, far more than any of the other topics. Among things actually widely referred to as PC (including political correctness and player character), alongside not having nearly the clickthroughs out of the dab, they're not nearly as important as the personal computer, which ushered in the computer revolution, reshaped the modern economy, allowed widespread access to the Internet, and has fundamentally altered modern life. Ladtrack (talk) 03:41, 2 October 2026 (UTC)reply

October 1, 2026

  • (Discuss) – Christian Haller → Christian Haller (snowboarder) – The base name should be converted into a disambiguation page because there is no clear primary topic. There are naming collisions with Swiss author Christian Haller (winner of the Schweizer Buchpreis) and Swiss-born Olympic-level curler Christian Haller (who recently won a historic gold medal for the Philippines). Because traffic and long-term significance are split among these highly notable individuals, a disambiguation page at the base name best serves Wikipedia readers. Latvvot (talk) 16:43, 1 October 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – Frontier League → National Association of Professional Baseball – The league publicly launched its new identity as the National Association of Professional Baseball (NAPB) on October 1, 2026, updating its official social media accounts and publishing new branding under the name. The league originally [the rebranding in April 2026]. Its [Facebook account] now uses the National Association of Professional Baseball name, and independent reporting, including the [Times-Review], has begun referring to the organization as the NAPB. A previous move was reversed on September 27 because the announcement specified that the league would compete under its new identity beginning with the 2027 season. However, the league has now publicly introduced its new branding ahead of that season. The proposed move would reflect the organization's new identity while preserving its history, records and previous identity as the Frontier League. The former title should remain as a redirect. Slothwahoo (talk) 14:57, 1 October 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – Kingdom of Elmet → Kingdom of Elfed – As may be seen here there has been disagreement on the proper name of this page. I wish to have it changed to Kingdom of Elfed, as Elfed is the standard name for the Brittonic polity which existed prior to 616 in modern studies of the literary and historical material associated with the area. This is muddied by the fact that it continues to have a spectre in place-names in Yorkshire and featured in the poetry of Ted Hughes, but I feel that this is immaterial compared to scholarly work on the polity itself which is the subject of this page. Tipcake (talk) 12:18, 1 October 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – Vietnam stab-in-the-back myth → Vietnam stab-in-the-back legend – Given it's obviously true that it was loss of public support (or at least, loss of government support) that caused the USA to withdraw from Vietnam and hence lose the war, as literally no one thinks that the USA was physically unable to continue fighting due to the Viet Kong conquering most of the disputed area and being on the cusp of invading the USA (the equivalent of the anti-Jewish World War 1 myth from Germany), the current title is unambiguously atrocious. . ~2026-48757-21 (talk) 08:05, 1 October 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – Mental disorder → Mental illness – Drastic failure of WP:COMMONNAME guidelines. Mental illness is rising compared to mental disorder as a commonly used term, while "mental disorder" has been less popular since 1940 and is still dropping. The 2021 failed move attempt to the same target contained opposes saying illness was insulting, but Wikipedia is not censored and there may be names that are technically incorrect or objectionable to some groups, such as Spaniards taking offense at Spanish flu. Wikipedia is an indicator of society at large rather than being censors for words deemed problematic, and must defer to common names when possible. The article can explain that not all mental problems are necessarily illnesses, but this does not change the fact that they are commonly known as such. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 07:45, 1 October 2026 (UTC)reply

September 30, 2026

  • (Discuss) – Shiv Sena (2022) → Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) – All the major media houses and media coverage covers the two factions of Shiv Sena that were split in 2022 by the names Uddhav bloc (the SHS-UBT) and this bloc as Eknath Shinde block or Shinde bloc. The name Shiv Sena (2022) is confusing, completely ambiguous and incorrectly suggests that there are two "Shiv senas" but actually the dispute pending in Supreme Court is to establish who continues the legacy of Shivsena, be ut Shinde bloc or UBT bloc, that can be decided later, but by the convention of Common names and the name commonly used in media reports or common discussion, Shiv Sena (2022) is completely ambiguous. I propose renaming and moving to Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) until final consensus over the successor of the political party that was named Shiv Sena is determined by law and media accepts such recognition. Karan.jr.Singh (talk) 09:47, 23 September 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 23:47, 30 September 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – Ladino → Ladino (disambiguation) – There have been multiple RMs over at Judaeo-Spanish over whether the page should be moved to Ladino. Those extensive discussions have ended in no consensus. I don't think I'll open that can of worms right now. However, Ladino is clearly a a primary-redirect to Judaeo-Spanish. It receives about 70% of views of all topics on the page. (Wikinav is currently broken for me, expect the same to show). The last RM at Judeo-Spanish had strong support for it being the primary topic of Ladino, but this page was never notified in the last one 1brianm7 (talk) 05:37, 18 September 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPathtalk 13:21, 25 September 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. Robloxguest3 (talk) 16:33, 30 September 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – Atlantic (Semitic) languages → Atlantic languages (Afroasiatic) – The current title seems to be a bizarre attempt at disambiguation from the Atlantic languages (a redirect to the primary topic, namely West Atlantic languages). The insertion of the parenthetical in the middle is very unusual and contrived. I'm not convinced that the sources actually refer to it in this way. The ones I was able to check simply use "Atlantic languages", as do hits on Google Scholar mentioning Vennemann's hypotheses. "Semitic" isn't even necessarily an accurate disambiguator, since it seems to be more often described as "Semitidic" (implying para-Semitic; related to but not Semitic). This would generally now be called "Afroasiatic", which is how Baldi and Page (2006) refer to its broader linguistic-familial relationship in their review of Vennemann's 2003 work. Note that the West Atlantic languages belong to the Atlantic–Congo languages not Afroasiatic.
    I've proposed correcting the parenthetical to "Afroasiatic" and moving it to the end where it would usually be expected, but I'm open to better suggestions. I considered "(Vennemann)", but according to the article he's not the only proponent so I don't think it would be appropriate. I also considered Atlantic superstratum as natural disambiguation, but the sources aren't consistent about whether they call it a superstratum/superstrate or substratum/substrate. Baldi and Page (2006) seem to describe it as both; a "superstrate or adstrate" in relation to Germanic, but with "substratal" influence on Insular Celtic. – Scyrme (talk/solidarity) 09:39, 30 September 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – Kamo, New Zealand → Te Kamo, New Zealand – I propose moving this article from ‘’‘Kamo, New Zealand’’’ to ‘’‘Te Kamo, New Zealand’’’. The official name of the suburb has been ‘’‘Te Kamo’’’ since 9 August 2023. Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa / New Zealand Geographic Board altered the recorded name Kamo to the official geographic name Te Kamo, with the final determination published in the New Zealand Gazette. The change was confirmed by the Minister for Land Information. See LINZ: Whangārei suburb Kamo now Te Kamo and NZGB notices – August 2023. The proposed move is consistent with WP:NZPLACE. That guideline states that where a commonly used New Zealand place name is of Māori origin, the spelling defined in the New Zealand Gazetteer should be used where the entry is official. The Gazetteer name is now ‘’‘Te Kamo’’’. I acknowledge that WP:NZPLACE#Changed place names also says that, following a change of place name, the article should be at the name which recent reliable sources indicate has more common usage. There is now evidence, more than three years after the official change, that ‘’‘Te Kamo’’’ has entered current usage. For example: * Whangārei District Council uses ‘’‘Te Kamo’’’ in current material, including its April 2026 notice “Major water pipe upgrade for Te Kamo, Tikipunga and surrounds”. * The Education Review Office uses ‘’‘Te Kamo’’’ in its 2026 material for Te Kamo High School, describing the school as being in Whangārei. * The local community organisation now publishes ‘’‘Te Kamo Connect’’’ and describes its coverage as events and issues “across Te Kamo, Whau Valley and surrounds”. * The National Library of New Zealand catalogue uses ‘’‘Te Kamo’’’ for the suburb and records it as having been altered from Kamo in 2023. This is therefore no longer merely a proposed or very recent official name for which future common usage is uncertain. The official name has been in place since 2023 and is now being used by local government, public bodies, community organisations and other contemporary sources. The article itself already recognises that ‘’‘Te Kamo’’’ is the official name. Moving the article would bring its title into line with the official Gazetteer spelling and the increasing contemporary usage of the name, while ‘’‘Kamo, New Zealand’’’ can remain as a redirect for readers searching under the former name. Gintyfrench (talk) 09:17, 30 September 2026 (UTC)reply

September 29, 2026

  • (Discuss) – 2026 Akçamezra tornado → 2026 Turkey tornado outbreak – This tornado alone fails WP:NTORNADO, as it has lackluster coverage and no coverage past 6+ months of the tornado occurring, especially because it hasn't even been six months since the event. I feel like the outbreak as a whole is more notable than just this tornado, despite this tornado also being historic for the region. While yes, it did get an IF4 rating, there were eight other significant (IF2+) tornadoes, including one IF2.5. Some of these tornadoes also caused more injuries than the IF4. Because of this, I propose that this article be moved back to the outbreak article, which for some reason was changed into this. Lightbulb Noob (talk) 13:37, 29 September 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – Table football → Foosball – The term "foosball" is widely used in North American English and is used by major dictionaries, media outlets, and professional tournament organizations. "Table football" is less common. This move request asks whether current reliable-source usage supports "Foosball" as the article's primary title under Wikipedia's common-name policy. HarvardToast (talk) 06:39, 29 September 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – MS Pascal Lota → Pascal Lota – WP:NCSHIPS specifically: an article about a ship not known to have a prefix should use only the ship's name, if that name is unambiguous. Corsica Ferries , MarineTraffic and Shippax all describe without the MS prefix. Emethigg (talk) 05:31, 29 September 2026 (UTC)reply

September 28, 2026

References

  1. ↑ Ray, V. E., Randolph, A., Underhill, M., & Luke, D. (2017). Critical Race Theory, Afro-Pessimism, and Racial Progress Narratives. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 3(2), 147-158. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332649217692557
  2. ↑ Zamansele Nsele. “Part I: ‘Afropessimism’ and the Rituals of Anti-Black Violence.” Mail & Guardian, 24 June 2020, https://mg.co.za/friday/2020-06-24-part-i-afropessimism-and-the-rituals-of-anti-black-violence/. Accessed 11 Sept. 2026.
  3. ↑ "The Traitors on NBC". Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "Meet The Traitors Season 6 Cast! (Official Bios & Photos)". Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "The Traitors Cast 2027: See All 23 Celebrities in Season 6". Retrieved 20 September 2026.
JoyfullySmile (talk) 14:43, 21 September 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. squawk7700 (talk) 15:08, 28 September 2026 (UTC)reply
  • (Discuss) – Seacret → Seacret Direct – The subject of this article is Seacret Direct LLC, a multi-level marketing company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The infobox trade name, the lead sentence, and the official website listed in the article (seacretdirect.com) all identify the subject as Seacret Direct. The bare title "Seacret" is ambiguous: SEACRET is also the name of Seacret Spa Ltd., an Israeli skincare company that is a separate legal entity with no ownership relationship to Seacret Direct LLC [Israeli Companies Registrar, company no. 514367473]. Seacret Direct LLC was a distributor for Seacret Spa Ltd. for many years; that relationship has ended. A precise title follows WP:PRECISION and prevents readers from confusing the two companies. Disclosure: I am the CEO of Seacret Spa Ltd. and have a conflict of interest, which is why I am requesting this move rather than making it. I am not requesting any change to the article's content. BOAZYAD (talk) 13:22, 28 September 2026 (UTC)reply

September 27, 2026

  • (Discuss) – The Pool of Arches → Pool of the Arches – The definite article ("the") at the front is unnecessary per WP:THE. On the other hand, "the" is needed before "Arches" as reliable sources refer to it pretty consistently as "Pool of the Arches", e.g.: * Nol 2022, p.108 (: "The Pool of the Arches in Ramla and its parallels comprise another type of subterranean installations, the water reservoirs.") * Darke 2024, p.213 (: "Only one of the four is open to visitors today, known as the Pool of the Arches, illuminated with eerie green and red lighting.") * Ashour 2026, pp.121-132 (: "The majority of physical evidence from the early Islamic period in Ramla is not accessible, with only two remaining monuments, namely the White Mosque and Birkat al-ʿAnaziyya (the “Pool of the Arches”).") * BBC 2022 (: "Its ceiling is supported by numerous pointed arches, which have given it the name ‘Pool of the Arches’.") Note that Atlas Obscura and various other random websites should not count as reliable sources (so they are not good evidence per WP:COMMONNAME), though one of these currently cited sources also uses "Pool of the Arches" (). R Prazeres (talk) 04:59, 27 September 2026 (UTC)reply

September 26, 2026

  • (Discuss) – GSC 02652-01324 → TrES-1 – Common usage favors "TrES-#" for these stars rather than the long, unmemorable GSC designations. The reason they're not used (and even redirect to different pages) is that the discoverers of these planetary systems used a non-standard naming scheme, assigning "TrES-#" only to the planet. SIMBAD is insistent on this nomenclature, but most sources don't follow it, instead calling the host star "TrES-#", the planet "TrES-#b" and additional components "TrES-#C" or similar. One article was already moved to "TrES-2A", we can just drop the "A" since it's about the entire (2 stars+planet) system after all. As an alternative, if we want to keep "TrES-#" redirecting to the planets, "TrES-# (star)" could be used. There are also variable star designations and the proper name Pipoltr, but those are even less used than the GSC designations, seemingly not appearing in the literature at all. SevenSpheres (talk) 21:04, 26 September 2026 (UTC)reply

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