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For requested mergers, see Wikipedia:Proposed mergers. For removals, see Wikipedia:Guide to deletion. For page history mergers, see Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen.

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; for example, 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 and new (not yet autoconfirmed) users are unable to move pages.

Requests are generally processed after seven days. If consensus to move the page is reached at or after this time, a reviewer will carry out the request. If there is a consensus not to move the page, the request will be closed as "not moved". When consensus remains unclear, the request may be relisted to allow more time for consensus to develop, or the discussion may be 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.

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, be bold and 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 to article space – Unconfirmed users: add {{subst:submit}} to the top of the article. See Wikipedia:Articles for creation. Confirmed users: Move the page yourself.
• Merging two articles – make a request at Wikipedia:Proposed mergers, or be bold and do it yourself.
• Splitting an article – make a request at Wikipedia:Proposed article splits, 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 previous 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 a prior bold move, and the new title has not been in place for a long time, you may revert the move yourself. 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.

Uncontroversial proposals

Only list proposals here that are clearly uncontroversial but require administrator help to complete (for example, spelling and capitalization fixes). Do not list a proposed page move in this section if there is any possibility that it could be opposed by anyone. Please list new requests at the bottom of the list in this section and use * {{subst:RMassist|Old page name|Requested name|Reason for move}} rather than copying previous entries. The template will automatically include your signature. No edits to the article's talk page are required.

If you object to a proposal listed here, please re-list it in the #Incomplete and contested proposals section below.

• Palme d'Or → Palme d'or — proper case (see fr:Palme d'or) — // laughing man 00:14, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Incomplete and contested proposals

With the exception of a brief description of the problem or objection to the move request, please do not discuss move requests here. If you support an incomplete or contested move request, please consider following the instructions above to create a full move request, and move the discussion to the "Other Proposals" section below. Requests that remain incomplete after five days will be removed.

Other proposals

24 September 2008

• Fernet Branca → Fernet —(Discuss)— The Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy, the entity that manages the words included in the Spanish dictionary) has received a proposition to include the word "Fernet" in the dictionary, also note that Branca is one of many Fernet brands. For more information, see talk page --MakE ^shout! 01:50, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

• Kiev → Kyiv —(Discuss)— Official Name --Vvolodymyr (talk) 00:58, 24 September 2008 (UTC) see talkpage Talk:Kiev/naming Vvolodymyr (talk) 00:58, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

• Doppelgänger (Dungeons & Dragons) → Doppelganger (Dungeons & Dragons) —(Discuss)— In-game spelling doens't use an umlaut. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 00:17, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

23 September 2008

• Vector (geometric) → Vector (directed quantity) —(Discuss)— See the article's talk page. --A r m y 1 9 8 7 ! ! ! 18:58, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

• ESPNEWS → ESPNews —(Discuss)— Current name is all capitalized only because the trademark holder does it that way, current names violates WP:MOSTM. --TJ Spyke 16:32, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

• Carinthia (province) → Koroška —(Discuss)— Not a province but a historical and statistical region within modern Slovenia. Should be titled by its Slovenian name for disambiguation. --Str1977 ^(talk) 15:32, 23 September 2008 (UTC) Str1977 ^(talk) 15:32, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

• Hidalgo (Mexico) → Hidalgo (state) —(Discuss)— potential ambiguity with cities in Mexico called Hidalgo --Aille (talk) 13:55, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

• Lipa (political party) → Party Lime Tree —(Discuss)— English name and used at the official Slovenian government page. The same with Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia → Democratic Party of Slovenian Pensioners and Zares → Party for Real --Eleassar ^{my talk} 11:30, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

• Islamic terrorism → Islamist terrorism —(Discuss)— Wikipedia should not conflate the word "Islamic" with "Islamist." The 9/11 Commission Report correctly uses the term "Islamist" and describes what it means [1], as does author Lawrence Wright [2], and other experts. --Aude (talk) 06:42, 23 September 2008 (UTC) ----Aude (talk) 06:42, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

• Eagles Building (disambiguation) → Eagles Building —(Discuss)— To restore the disambiguation at "Eagles Building". This undoes two changes implemented by other editors, who incorrectly assert that one of two or more specific buildings is the "primary" one. There are now separate and equal articles about two buildings of this name, neither of which is primary. This relates to other similar move requests put forward in recent days. --doncram (talk) 03:44, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

• Chihuahua (Mexico) → Chihuahua —(Discuss)— to revert undiscussed unilateral move, or at least have sort of discussion prior to making such a move --Aille (talk) 00:11, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

• Indiana University Union Board → Indiana Union Board — The correct title of the organization is Indiana Union Board. I created both pages and am attempting to correct my mistake. The page entitled "Indiana University Union Board" should be taken down. The page entitled "Indiana Union Board" should remain. — Knnk417 (talk) 01:23, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

22 September 2008

• Criticisms of Objectivism (Ayn Rand) → ? —(Discuss)— The (Ayn Rand) disambiguation seems superfluos as there are no extant articles of a similar title i.e. Criticisms of Objectivism —the skomorokh 19:29, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

• Channel 4 (British Television Station) → Channel 4 —(Discuss)— An uncommented and controversial move by FMBlogger (talk · contribs) thinks that Channel 4 should be a disambiguation page, with no talk on any page. Also there is only three other pages that are known as 'Channel 4' -- [[ axg ⁞⁞ talk ]] 18:44, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

• Kay R. Hagan → Kay Hagan —(Discuss)— Removes middle initial, which Hagan does not use on her campaign site or in her campaign commercials. Various other sites (ActBlue, EMILY's List, CNN, The News & Observer, etc.) refer to her as simply "Kay Hagan," as well. Bridger (talk) 17:14, 22 September 2008 (UTC) --Bridger (talk) 17:14, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

• The Church → The Church (band) —(Discuss)— This is likely not what most people are expecting when typing in "The Church" (ie, probably the Roman Catholic Church instead), so rename to "(band)" and redirect to Church dab page --70.55.203.112 (talk) 12:16, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

21 September 2008

• Serial Digital Interface → Serial digital interface —(Discuss)— It's not a proper name; plenty of books write in lower case. --Dicklyon (talk) 23:46, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

• Portuguese West Africa → Angola (overseas province) —(Discuss)— I doubt whether this name was ever used officially - banknotes of the time state that they are payable in the "dependencies of the province of Angola" rather than in a "Portuguese West Africa." The name could be an entirely English construction, and a dated, inaccurate one at that. More people are likely to be familiar with the colony under the name Angola than under "Portuguese West Africa." --Gws5597 (talk) 17:51, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

• Portuguese East Africa → Mozambique (overseas province) —(Discuss)— It is doubtful whether the name "Portuguese East Africa" was ever officially used - escudo banknotes issued during this period assert they are payable "in the dependencies of the province of Mozambique" rather than in a "Portuguese East Africa." More people are familar with the colony under the new name than under the current one. I also have extensive information to post from the US Government's Area Handbook for Mozambique (1967) that would also be more appropriate under a new title. --Gws5597 (talk) 17:41, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

• Demography of Italy → Demographics of Italy: {Discuss}: relayed from User talk:Anthony Appleyard#RM question Anthony Appleyard. (talk) 16:01, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

• Christian Stephansen Oftedal → Christian S. Oftedal —(Discuss)— Commonly used form, rather than full name --Barend (talk) 13:02, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

• Pioneer → Pioneer (military) —(Discuss)— Discussion to gauge whether the current article is the term's primary meaning. --Muchness (talk) 12:46, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

• Energy use in the United States → Energy in the United States —(Discuss)— Consistency with other energy articles (eg. Energy in Norway) and the possibility to cover energy production in the same article. --Hartz (talk) 09:32, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

• Settlement Commission → Royal Prussian Settlement Commission in the provinces of West Prussia and Posen —(Discuss)— Wikipedia:Naming conventions (government departments and ministers), use of unambiguous title, correct English translation of the German term --Skäpperöd (talk) 08:38, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

• San‘a’ → Sana'a —(Discuss)— English convention...see talk page for evidenceErudy (talk) 07:06, 21 September 2008 (UTC) --Erudy (talk) 07:06, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

20 September 2008

• Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) → ? —(Discuss)— Inaccurate title. —Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 08:36, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
  • Suggestion Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) → Angel (TV character) or the current accepteable dab term for "television". "Character" wouldn't work as there are about half a dozen characters listed on Angel (disambiguation) (side point: a Angel (character) sub-dab may be needed). Yes, there are other television characters listed, but I think this one is the most likely search under that sub-set. - J Greb (talk) 16:37, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
    • Relisting as consensus seems to be to move the article, but the destination has yet to be decided. JPG-GR (talk) 23:08, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
      • Pardon, but there is an on-going discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Buffyverse#Angel's article title, and the consensus there is not to move the page.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 04:40, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
• Decolonization → Decolonisation —(Discuss)— The article should be moved due to strong national ties to the topic. An article on a topic that has strong ties to particular English-speaking nations should use the appropriate variety of English for those nations. Spelling in the article should therefore reflect the Commonwealth/AU/EU/UK spelling conventions most commonly used in Asia, Africa and Europe. --89.240.197.164 (talk) 17:41, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

• Decolonization of Africa → Decolonisation of Africa —(Discuss)— The article should be moved due to strong national ties to the topic. An article on a topic that has strong ties to particular English-speaking nations should use the appropriate variety of English for those nations. Spelling in the article should therefore reflect the AU/Commonwealth/EU/UK spelling conventions used in Africa and Europe. --89.240.197.164 (talk) 17:20, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

• Ben Williams → Ben Williams (footballer) —(Discuss)— Incoming links and relative notability do not make this football player the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Suggest Ben Williams (disambiguation) is then moved to Ben Williams. --Tassedethe (talk) 15:36, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
  • Has this been mentioned at the talk pages of the articles on the other Ben Williamses? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 16:05, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
    • No. I will add links now. Tassedethe (talk) 17:00, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

• Friar Francke → Master Francke —(Talk:Friar Francke)— Over redirect to name used in English, from one made up by German WP translator. Doubt if anyone is watching this page. Johnbod (talk) 01:05, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Changed from "Meister" to "Master" after discussion on talk page. Johnbod (talk) 15:29, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

• Nancy Bird-Walton → Nancy Bird Walton —(Discuss)— Hyphenation is not needed in the person's name --OZ_Rhett (talk) 00:57, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

19 September 2008

• Chubby Killer→ Birthday bash(2009) --(Discuss)- IMDB's website states this film has been renamed to Birthday Bash (2009) and was still in production as of 05/2008 so Chubby Killer is no longer the correct title.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770731/ .— Ѕandahl ♥ 21:21, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

• Modi'in → Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut —(Discuss)— Modi'in no longer exists, so all of the information given there, and not in the correct article (Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut), should be moved to its correct place. --RaLo18 (talk with me • my contributions) 18:16, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

• Hansraj College → Hans Raj College - (Discuss) - Official name of the college, according to official website [3], relevant text already pasted into the larger article which exists at Hansraj College. Thanks! (Ekabhishek (talk) 05:26, 19 September 2008 (UTC))

• Manchester United TV → MUTV —(Discuss)— The Manchester United television channel has never been known as "Manchester United TV". Its initials may stand for "Manchester United Television", but "Manchester United TV" is not the name of the channel. I also contend that the most common usage of MUTV refers to this television channel, as the other two MUTVs on Wikipedia are university television channels, which have a very narrow spectrum of use. If you search Google for "MUTV -wikipedia" (without quotes), of the first twenty hits, only one refers to Marquette University Television, and it is not until the third page that any hits for Missouri University Television show up. Furthermore, both of those university television channels are known by their longer names, whereas MUTV (the Manchester United one) is only known by one name. Therefore, I suggest that Manchester United TV be moved to MUTV and that MUTV be moved to MUTV (disambiguation). --– PeeJay 16:33, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
  • Relisting. A preponderance of the comments are in favor of the move, but although this is a multimove request, a notification was placed only at Talk:Manchester United TV, the location where editors are naturally most likely to think the primary use of MUTV is Manchester United TV. Suggest placing links to the discussion on the other pages which will feel the effects. Dekimasuよ! 00:42, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Backlog

Move dated sections here after five days have passed (May 28 or older).

• Honor killing → Honour killing —(Discuss)— Changing from American to Commonwealth English, as the phenomenon is more common in Commonwealth countries. --Andjam (talk) 09:48, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

• That's the most hilarious reason for a move request I've ever seen. (For a more logical reason: the article is at "honour".) --erachima talk 09:54, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Don't see the joke myself. Perhaps fortunately, there is no WP:ENGVAR issue over School massacres Johnbod (talk) 17:20, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

• Cusco → Cuzco —(Discuss)— Both popular and academic uses in either English or Spanish are in favor of the Z-spelling. --Zack Holly Venturi (talk) 07:11, 18 September 2008 (UTC)--Zack Holly Venturi (talk) 07:11, 18 September 2008 (UTC)