Wikipedia:Requested moves
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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.
- A title may be disputed, and discussion may be necessary to reach consensus: see § Requesting controversial and potentially controversial moves. The requested move 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 a consensus is reached after this time, a mover will enact the request. If not, the request may be re-listed to allow more time for consensus to develop, or be as "no consensus". See Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions for more details on the process.
The Move review process can be used to contest a move. It is designed to evaluate a contested close of a move discussion to determine if the close was reasonable, or whether it was inconsistent with the spirit and intent of Wikipedia common practice, policies, or guidelines.
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When not to use this page[edit]
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[edit]
Anyone can be bold and move a page without discussing it first and gaining an explicit consensus on the talk page. If you consider such a move to be controversial, 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[edit]
If you are unable to complete a technical move, request it below.
- To list a technical request: edit the Uncontroversial technical requests subsection and insert the following code filling in pages and reason:
This will automatically insert a bullet and include your signature. Please do not edit the article's talk page.{{subst:RMassist|current page title|new page title|reason = reason for move}}
- 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.
Uncontroversial technical requests[edit]
- Against the Law → Against the Law (album) (move · discuss) – Not primary topic; also, less clear article title. George Ho (talk) 15:24, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- Against the Law (disambiguation) → Against the Law (move · discuss) – Dabpage should hold the base title. George Ho (talk) 15:24, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Contested technical requests[edit]
Requests to revert undiscussed moves[edit]
- Can't Stop the Love (Neon Jungle song) → Can't Stop the Love (song) (move · discuss) – Only one song with this name with an article on Wikipedia. 76.116.198.27 (talk) 14:11, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Requesting controversial and potentially controversial moves[edit]
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 article 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[edit]
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 10 April 2017" and sign for you.
Use the code |talk=yes
to add separate locations for survey and discussion.
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[edit]
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.
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{{subst:Requested move |new|reason=why}} |
Wikipedia:Requested moves → new – why Example (talk) 16:19, 10 April 2017 (UTC) |
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{{subst:Requested move|?|reason=why}} |
Wikipedia:Requested moves → ? – why Example (talk) 16:19, 10 April 2017 (UTC) |
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{{subst:Requested move |new|reason=why|talk=yes}} |
Wikipedia:Requested moves → new – why Example (talk) 16:19, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
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{{subst:Requested move |new1=x|current2=y|new2=z|reason=why}} |
– why Example (talk) 16:19, 10 April 2017 (UTC) |
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{{subst:Requested move |new1=?|current2=y|new2=?|reason=why}} |
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Commenting in a requested move[edit]
All editors are welcome to contribute to the discussion regarding a requested page move. It is a place for rational discussion of whether an article should be renamed.
There are a number of practices that most Wikipedians use in such discussions:
- When editors recommend a course of action, they usually do so in bold text, e. g., Support or Oppose, which is done by surrounding the word with three single quotes on each side, e.g.
'''Support'''
. - Start comments or recommendations on a new bulleted line (that is, starting with *), and sign them by adding
~~~~
to the end. If you are responding to another editor, put your comment directly below theirs, making sure it is indented (using multiple *s). - Please disclose whether you have a vested interest in the article, per WP:AVOIDCOI.
- Please have a look at the article before making a recommendation. Do not base your recommendation solely on the information supplied by the nominator or other editors. To understand the situation, it may also help to look at the history of the article. However, please read the earlier comments and recommendations, as well as prior Requested Moves. They may contain relevant arguments and further useful information.
When participating, please consider the following:
- Ideally editors should be familiar with WP:Article titles, WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, and WP:MOS (among others) which sets forth community norms for article titles.
- The debate is not a vote; please do not make recommendations on the course of action to be taken that are not sustained by arguments.
- When making your case or responding to others, explain how the proposed article title meets/violates 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.
- Do not make conflicting recommendations; if you change your mind, modify your original recommendation rather than adding a new one. The recommended way of doing this is to use strike-through by enclosing a retracted statement between <s> and </s> after the *, as in "•
SupportOppose".
Also, just a reminder that reasonable editors will sometimes disagree, but valid arguments will be given more weight than unsupported statements. When an editor offers arguments or evidence that do not explain how the proposed article title meets/violates policy, they may only need a reminder to engage in constructive, on-topic discussion. But a pattern of 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 a dispute resolution process outside the current Requested Move process.
Closing instructions[edit]
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.
Relisting[edit]
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. 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 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 to notify relevant WikiProjects of the discussion using the template {{RM notification}}. Applicable WikiProjects can often be determined by means of the banners placed at the top of the talk page hosting the move request.
Current discussions[edit]
- This section lists all requests filed or identified as potentially controversial which are currently under discussion.
Do not attempt to edit this list manually; a bot will automatically update the page soon after the {{subst:Requested move}} template is added to the discussion on the relevant talk page. The entry is removed automatically soon after the discussion is closed. To make a change to an entry, make the change on the linked talk page. |
This list is also available in a page-link-first format.
April 10, 2017[edit]
- (Discuss) – Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard → Wikipedia:Bot noticeboard – Like WP:BOTN currently says, "Although its target audience is bot owners, any user is welcome to leave a message or join the discussion here." The rename would make it clear that this page is a catch-all discussion board for bot issues. While the original purpose may have been to help bot owners in particular, it's certainly evolved beyond that over the years. We'd also move archives and other subpages as well. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:07, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Sabrina Celeste Barbita → Sabrina Barbitta – name is Sabrina Barbitta per [1] Joeykai (talk) 15:26, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Andhra Pradesh Cricket Association → Andhra Cricket Association – per WP:COMMONNAME and their website Vin09 (talk) 08:22, 3 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 11:37, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – FA WSL → FA Women's Super League – As per WP:NCA, We don't normally title articles using acronyms unless that name is overwhelmingly used for the subject. In this case, while the name is often referred to as the WSL, the full name is also commonly used, including in the competition's own logo, as can be seen in its infobox. It is also common in media usage, e.g. by the BBC here. By way of comparison, we have articles at FA Women's Premier League not FA WPL, English Football League not EFL, Scottish Professional Football League not SPFL etc. "FA" can stay abbreviated, as it's an additional descriptor rather than a main part of the competition's name, and "Football Association" in full isn't regular usage here. Jellyman (talk) 07:08, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Manuel Uribe → Manuel Uribe Garza – The main title header of this article was moved on 9 October 2008 from Manuel Uribe Garza to Manuel Uribe with the edit summary, "If we drop the "Garza", which most sources don't use, then perhaps people will stop confusing him with Jose Luis Garza". Subject thus became the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC by default, but does not appear to be prominent enough to hold that position. The two others at the Manuel Uribe (disambiguation) page — Manuel Uribe Ángel, "father of medicine of Antioquia", and Manuel Uribe y Troncoso, are both listed with matronymics, unless "Uribe y Troncoso" is considered as one surname. An alternative proposal may be to use a qualifier, although Manuel Uribe (obese man) may not seem satisfactory to some / many !voters. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 09:24, 8 March 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:50, 1 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:52, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Alicia Koplowitz, 7th Marquise of Bellavista → Alicia Koplowitz – On 6 March 2017 she lost in court her right to be called the Marquise of Bellavista. http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/sur-de-la-florida/article138467653.html ★ Iñaki ★ (Talk page) ★ 02:08, 3 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:48, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Samples of monospaced typefaces → List of monospaced typefaces – title should reflect the content: a list of examples 68.151.25.115 (talk) 15:35, 2 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:47, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Samples of sans serif typefaces → List of sans serif typefaces – title should reflect the content: a list of examples 68.151.25.115 (talk) 15:35, 2 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:47, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Foreign relations of Iraqi Kurdistan → Foreign relations of Kurdistan Region – "Iraqi Kurdistan" is a geographical term refering to the Kurdish area in Iraq. Not all of "Iraqi Kurdistan" is under Kurdish control, therefore its misleading and plain wrong to call this article "Iraqi Kurdistan". Ahmedo Semsurî (talk) 13:10, 2 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:46, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Samples of script typefaces → List of script typefaces – title should reflect the content: a list of examples 68.151.25.115 (talk) 15:35, 2 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:46, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Samples of serif typefaces → List of serif typefaces – title should reflect the content: a list of examples 68.151.25.115 (talk) 15:35, 2 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:46, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Kim Yeri → Yeri (singer) – Kim Yeri is a combination of Kim's stage name: Yeri, and Kim's birthname: Kim Ye-rim. Since she is better known as Yeri, the article should be moved into the more relevant namespace, this will also keep it inline with other Red Velvet members better known by stage names. Abdotorg (talk) 12:26, 2 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:45, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Bring on the Night (song) → Bring On the Night (song) – In these titles, "on" is not a preposition, but part of the phrasal verb "bring on", so it should be capitalized per MOS:CT. Compare Bring On the Rain and Bring On the Dancing Horses. Darkday (talk) 11:47, 2 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:44, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- Bring on the Night (film) → Bring On the Night (film)
- Bring on the Night (TV series) → Bring On the Night (TV series)
- Bring on the Night (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) → Bring On the Night (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Bring on the Night (disambiguation) → Bring On the Night (disambiguation)
- Bring on the Night → Bring On the Night
- Bring on the Girls → Bring On the Girls
- Bring on the Girls! → Bring On the Girls!
- Bring on the Girls (film) → Bring On the Girls (film)
- Bring on the Comets → Bring On the Comets
- Bring on the Snakes → Bring On the Snakes
- Bring on the Lucie (Freeda Peeple) → Bring On the Lucie (Freeda Peeple)
- Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain → Chuck Norris: Bring On the Pain
- (Discuss) – Isurus hastalis → Carcharodon hastalis – the new name for the species. I could not put in the requested moves place because it kept on causing a error message Flow 234 (Nina) talk 10:58, 2 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:44, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Samples of simulation typefaces → List of simulation typefaces – title should reflect the content: a list of examples 68.151.25.115 (talk) 15:35, 2 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:42, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – John McCrea (musician) → John McCrea – We're coming up on one year of the illustrator being moved from the undisambiguated title, and the musician is still quite obviously the primary topic, with 89% of pageviews (compared to 86% last time around). Now that "sudden flips" is no longer an issue, there's no reason not to give readers what they're looking for. Nohomersryan (talk) 05:26, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Sia Furler → Sia (musician) – Okay, I get that this has been discussed a billion times now, but I really think at this point, it is perfectly appropriate to revert the article back to "Sia (musician)". Most of my reasons are in agreement with the successful move request from November 2014, and she is definitely just known by her first name, Sia, per WP:COMMONNAME. I saw that the move request back to "Sia Furler" in April 2015 mentioned that her last name is sometimes used in news articles, but at this point, I think very few people really know that her last name is Furler because she just goes by her first name when it comes to music. It has been two years since the last move request, and in that time she has had even bigger hit songs, such as "Cheap Thrills" and "The Greatest". Plus, her discography page is titled Sia discography, not "Sia Furler discography". So therefore, I think now is the right time to get rid of Sia's last name from the article title and replace it with "(musician)". 76.116.198.27 (talk) 04:57, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Greater Western Sydney Giants Netball → Giants Netball – There's no indication that the club or league actually refers to them as anything other than Giants Netball. There's mention of the word 'club' or 'Greater Western Sydney' on the team website or the website of the actual league and in general Media the team appears to be referred to as simply 'Giants', or perhaps occasionally GWS (see here). The club does appear to stylise itself as GIANTS Netball, which could be mentioned in the article. Do people agree with the requested move? Jono52795 (talk) 03:06, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – List of Sheikh-ul-Islams of the Ottoman Empire → Şeyḫülislām of the Ottoman Empire – The spelling of the title (Sheikh-ul-Islam) is inconsistent with the main article (Shaykh al-Islām) and its not the Ottoman expression. I would not be opposed to retaining the "List of ..." title, but I am not sure the best way to pluralise şeyḫülislām: as şeyḫülislāms or following the Turkish Wikipedia as şeyhülislamları. Srnec (talk) 16:38, 1 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:16, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Couplet (Chinese poetry) → Antithetical couplet – WP:NATURAL. It doesn't have to be in Chinese (e.g. Photos 8 & 9 in the gallery) or poetic (e.g. Photos 5 & 6). Timmyshin (talk) 00:39, 2 April 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:10, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Jason Mitchell (actor) → Jason Mitchell – WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The actor gets the most pageviews and is the most significant. The football player isn't really that notable and the DJ host is a brief mention in a short unsourced article. Nohomersryan (talk) 01:01, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – X2 (film) → X2: X-Men United (film) – Based on WP:OFFICIALNAMES and WP:SUBTITLES, as well as:
1. The film is an American U.S. film and made in the U.S., where its' title is X2: X-Men United with subtitle included, therefore we should use the country of origin as the title of origin. This is an example of Precision and Conciseness of WP:CRITERIA.
2. The Director of this Film himself states that the subtitle makes sense for the film title, and he is the film's creator. It is not a marketing slogan, it is part of the film's U.S. title.
3. As per MOS:FILM Naming Conventions, specifically AACR2 7.0B1, the title card of a film's starting title sequence does not always state the proper film title, such as the in-film title card to Fast & Furious 6 displaying "Furious 6", which is clearly the wrong title; also The X-Files: Fight The Future having a title card that only displays "The X-Files", the name of the TV show, even though "Fight the Future" is known as the first movie; or how Van Helsing, which has no title card, and that movie is not nameless. So this should be used as precedent. So we must look to the containers or containers (labels) (which is the second order of preference) from the official VHS/DVDs/Blu-ray Discs in the U.S., which display and show that the subtitle is part of the original title to the film.
4. The UK title of this film is "X-Men 2" and in other parts of the world it is known as "X2", yet those are not the original U.S. titles. We can make a note of these other alternative international titles in the intro paragraph. But we cannot mistake those for the article title as those are not official names of the film and only variants.
Points 1 and 2 take root under Official Names.
Please take a look at the many different packaging styles in the country of origin, the original and not international variant packaging, they all have the subtitle displayed exactly as the other films of the series, clearly showing it is not a marketing slogan: Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3 | Link 4 | Link 5 | OST Cover Title Clearly, it is not a "slogan", but a subtitle same as The Last Stand is to X3 or First Class, Days of Future Past, and Apocalypse are to the rest of the series. Please consider changing this article's film title to its' official title from the country of origin stated by the director himself. Cheers. Wufan10304 (talk) 00:39, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
April 9, 2017[edit]
- (Discuss) – Bình Tân District, Vĩnh Long → Bình Tân District, Vĩnh Long Province – The articles Vĩnh Long, Trà Vinh, Sóc Trăng etc. are currently occupied by cities not provinces. These districts, towns and communes are located in provinces, not cities. Per WP:CONSISTENCY to avoid confusion. Timmyshin (talk) 15:33, 24 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:52, 1 April 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:24, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- Châu Thành District, Trà Vinh → Châu Thành District, Trà Vinh Province
- Châu Thành District, Tiền Giang → Châu Thành District, Tiền Giang Province
- Châu Thành District, Sóc Trăng → Châu Thành District, Sóc Trăng Province
- Tân An, Long An → Tân An, Long An Province
- Tân An, Bắc Giang → Tân An, Bắc Giang Province
- Châu Thành District, Long An → Châu Thành District, Long An Province
- Tân Thạnh District, Long An → Tân Thạnh District, Long An Province
- Châu Thành District, Kiên Giang → Châu Thành District, Kiên Giang Province
- Châu Thành District, Hậu Giang → Châu Thành District, Hậu Giang Province
- Châu Thành District, Đồng Tháp → Châu Thành District, Đồng Tháp Province
- Phú Tân District, Cà Mau → Phú Tân District, Cà Mau Province
- Châu Thành District, Bến Tre → Châu Thành District, Bến Tre Province
- Phước Long District, Bạc Liêu → Phước Long District, Bạc Liêu Province
- Tân Châu, An Giang → Tân Châu, An Giang Province
- Chợ Mới District, An Giang → Chợ Mới District, An Giang Province
- Châu Thành District, An Giang → Châu Thành District, An Giang Province
- Phong Điền District, Cần Thơ → Phong Điền District, Cần Thơ Province
- Vĩnh Thạnh District, Cần Thơ → Vĩnh Thạnh District, Cần Thơ Province
- (Discuss) – VT-4 → VT-4 (United States) – VT-4 (tank) is 30X more popular. page views. Mark Schierbecker (talk) 21:22, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics → RTCA, Incorporated – RTCA is the offical name, but RTCA is ambiguous. Thus, use an existing redirect; proposed and supported since 2012 on Talk:Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics Klbrain (talk) 16:25, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Je ne sais pas pourquoi (Kylie Minogue song) → Je ne sais pas pourquoi – Per WP:SONGDAB, "further disambiguation is only required when multiple songs or albums of the same name have articles". There is only one semi-notable topic with this title - and it is a small section of the I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) article, which includes a short sentence about the French translation. This can easily be expressed in a hatnote, or a separate disambiguation page. Arguments could also be made relating to WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Thanks, TheKaphox T 14:28, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Clearwater Lakes → Wiyâshâkimî Lake – The lake was offically renamed in february 2016 [2]. The name retake the traditionnal Cree name, who lac à l'Eau Claire and Clearwater Lake come from. Fralambert (talk) 13:30, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Luka Magnotta → Murder of Lin Jun – per WP:NCRIME and WP:CRIME the article subject is only notable for the commission of this crime. Hack (talk) 13:29, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – NBC Universo → Universo (TV network) – Not completely sure, but I am in belief that due to last week's rebranding, the channel is now just simply called "Universo". 2601:8C:4001:DCB9:E53C:109C:73E6:7F3A (talk) 15:16, 25 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 10:48, 2 April 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Winged Blades Godric 11:05, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Josip Broz (born 1947) → Josip Joška Broz – Per French, Polish and Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia. Charles Essie (talk) 19:14, 31 March 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Winged Blades Godric 11:02, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – MIPS instruction set → MIPS architecture – See Talk:MIPS instruction set#move MIPS architecture to MIPS instruction set 50504F (talk) 04:41, 1 April 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Winged Blades Godric 10:58, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – 2009 Cow's Head Protests → Cow head protests – Move request as per the original page title, which is now a redirect page. The year in the current title is redundant as there are no ambiguities with other page titles. 185.106.103.11 (talk) 04:53, 1 April 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Winged Blades Godric 10:55, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – University of Hanover → Leibniz Universität Hannover – I believe the naming of this article is up for discussion. I have suggested Leibniz Universität Hannover, taking into account WP:COMMONNAME, but am willing to see other suggestions. Sources for suggesting Leibniz Universität Hannover: Google news: *https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=%22Leibniz+Universit%C3%A4t+Hannover%22&* 5,080 results for Leibniz Universität Hannover *https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=%22University+of+Hannover%22 739 results for University of Hannover * https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&tbm=nws&q=%22University+of+Hanover%22&* 2,990 results for University of Hanover (some use the title Leibniz University of Hanover also) In world rankings: * QS uses Leibniz Universität Hannover https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/leibniz-universit%C3%A4t-hannover/undergrad * Times uses Leibniz Universität Hanover https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/leibniz-universitat-hannover *ARWU uses University of Hannover http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/University-of-Hannover.html I welcome further discussion Aloneinthewild (talk) 10:19, 1 April 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Winged Blades Godric 10:53, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Girlfriends → Girlfriends (U.S. TV series) – There's 3 other movies called "Girlfriends", a British reality show with the same name, and even though it was very popular it has not been on in 9 years, so therefore I believe this is not the primary topic and that "Girlfriends" should redirect to Girlfriend. 76.116.198.27 (talk) 02:55, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Za'atar → Za'tar – Za'tar more accurately represents the actual pronunciation of this word. It is a two syllable word, not a three syllable word. Even the IPA representation shown in the article ([ˈzaʕtar]) indicates that normal transliteration should be za'tar. I tried to manually move this page to Za'tar, but I think because Za'tar was already redirected to this misspelling, it would not work. Thank you. Akhooha (talk) 00:36, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
April 8, 2017[edit]
- (Discuss) – Mind control → Brainwashing – This seems to be the most commonly used name for this topic. Even within the article itself and its sources. Redddogg (talk) 22:54, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Mallory Knox (band) → Mallory Knox – It's not enough to oppose this being the primary topic on the grounds that the character came first. Fall Out Boy named themselves after someone from The Simpsons, yet no parenthesis there. Unreal7 (talk) 21:46, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – List of Inazuma Eleven GO → List of Inazuma Eleven GO episodes – Per WP:A&M standard. The problem is that the second page already exists as a redirect so I can't move it by myself. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 21:06, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Comcast Cable → Xfinity – The Comcast triple play service has been called Xfinity for 7 years now. As an Xfinity customer myself, I believe at this point, most people know Xfinity by the name Xfinity, not Comcast Cable. In fact, in the 2010s, Comcast is now more of a mass media company, having acquired companies like NBCUniversal and DreamWorks Animation. So I think at this point, the article should be renamed "Xfinity", as it is not just a cable provider anymore. 76.116.198.27 (talk) 19:54, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Footballer of the Year in Russia → Footballer of the Year in Russia (Sport-Express) – Rename back. Another similar award Footballer of the Year in Russia (Futbol) exist. 194.50.51.252 (talk) 11:15, 23 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. — Amakuru (talk) 14:14, 31 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:11, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – A New Hope → A New Hope (disambiguation) – A New Hope should redirect to Star Wars (film), and then a link to A New Hope (disambiguation) should be put at the top of Star Wars (film). Muscle mass (talk) 12:29, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Cheltenham Park Hotel → DoubleTree by Hilton Cheltenham – As part of my job, I would like to ask to move this article to the new hotel's name, as it was re-branded and now is known with its new name. The information can be verified in the following article: http://news.doubletree.com/index.cfm/newsroom/detail/31435 Valgetova (talk) 10:55, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Combat Service Support → Combat service support – This is not a proper name. Even the hatnote says it is for a generic use of the term. The article itself uses lower case except in the lead sentence. Chris the speller yack 03:28, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Gateway Geyser → Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park – While the fountain existed before the rest of the park, it is now but one element within the park, and I am preparing to expand this article to include the overlook and statue as well. Expansion is one of the reasons for moving a page (bullet #5), when the scope of an article broadens. There may not be enough resources available to establish a new, separate article for the park and still keep this one, which means to cover both in one article, I believe it should follow Wikipedia's naming convention for places rather than for works of art as it is currently. This would follow the example of "The Way", probably the most recognizable element of Laumeier Sculpture Park, where the individual sculpture is covered within the article named for the whole park. In this case, the fountain name, Gateway Geyser would remain in bold in the article lead due to a redirect that would be created here, and this would have no impact on searchability on the web or within Wikipedia. RM2KX (talk) 02:58, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Borough (New York City) → The five boroughs of New York City – per WP:COMMONNAME. The name most commonly used is the five boroughs. Couldn't that be the name of the page? LakeKayak (talk) 02:28, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
April 7, 2017[edit]
- (Discuss) – Gorsuch → Gorsuch (surname) – It is implausible at this point that the primary topic of this term will be anything other than the United States Supreme Court Justice. Other names on the page (and the surname as a topic) fall far by the wayside in comparison. Move this page so that this title can redirect to Neil Gorsuch. bd2412 T 22:09, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Lesnoy, Zelenogradsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast → Lesnoy, Kaliningrad Oblast – The name should be changed back. Fixer88 (talk) 21:48, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Homosexuality and Roman Catholicism → Homosexuality and the Catholic Church – Per WP:Consistency in accordance with Catholic Church, Category:Catholic Church, Talk:Catholic Church in Armenia, etc. Chicbyaccident (talk) 18:39, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Humble (Kendrick Lamar song) → Humble (song) – Only song with that title. 86.176.4.145 (talk) 17:43, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Battle of Tabqa Dam (2017) → Battle of Tabqa (2017) – Half of Tabqa Dam and the airbase has already been captured by the SDF and Tabqa city is now besieged. "Battle of Tabqa" is a better name for the operation which includes the airbase, the dam, and the city. Editor abcdef (talk) 07:09, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Tomahawk (axe) → Tomahawk – Sangdeboeuf (talk) 06:11, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams → Love, Lust, Faith, and Dreams – Correct grammar with comma after "Faith". ❂stringDTD❂ 04:09, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
April 6, 2017[edit]
- (Discuss) – ⅋ (EP) → & (The Moth & The Flame EP) – "⅋" is a character that is not supported by all equipments and web browsers. External sources refer to it as "&" instead. © Tbhotch™ (en-2.5). 19:50, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Toy Story 4 → Draft:Toy Story 4 – The film is still in pre-production, as evidenced by the fact that Don Rickles died before he could record his lines, not too long ago, and more evidence comes here. Kailash29792 (talk) 18:54, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Mount Saint Joseph Academy (Boston, Massachusetts) → Saint Joseph Preparatory High School – I am the Marketing Specialist for Saint Joseph Preparatory High School in Brighton, MA (http://www.saintjosephprep.org/). Recently, I have been trying to change/alter the name of our Wikipedia page. Currently, it says Mount Saint Joseph Academy. However, once you read some of the information on the page, you will learn that the school shut down in 2012 and Saint Joseph Prep was established. I am able to change all of the information on the page but I cannot find out how to change the actual name of the article. If someone could assist, that would be extremely helpful. Thanks! Ms.ShumanSJP (talk) 16:42, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths’ Own) → Royal Lancers – As per WP's policy of WP:COMMONNAME, this should be at the short form name, in line with all other British Army regiments on Wikipedia, none of which have the suffix as part of the article title Hammersfan (talk) 16:28, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Template:Roman Catholic Archbishops of Brisbane → Template:Catholic Archbishops of Brisbane – This template was moved today. However, it is currently the only one named as such, and that would be problematic per WP:Consistency in accordance with the other equivalent contents of Category:Catholic ordinaries navigational boxes. Chicbyaccident (talk) 16:28, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Seven virtues → Catholic virtue ethics – Alternative name: Catholic ethics. Reason: much of the current article of the seven virtues has developed into an overview of Catholic ethics, or more specifically Catholic virtue ethics. However, naturally, another article regarding the seven virtues could also be kept by extracting parts of the content of the current article. Chicbyaccident (talk) 16:24, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – WITI (TV) → WITI-TV – U.S. TV station articles seem to be standardly disambiguated with the "-TV" appended to the station call letters (e.g. KPIX-TV), rather than by parenthetical disambiguation. Not sure why this one uses the latter, but as I said that seems to be non-standard. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 14:47, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India) → Ministry of Communications and Information Technology – disambiguation not needed -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · count) 13:34, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Book:Roman Catholicism → Book:Catholic Church – Per WP:Consistency with Catholic Church, Category:Catholic Church (see also: Talk:Catholic Church in Armenia), etc. What's more, probably quite a few links to this book also then needs to be edited, preferably by bot. Chicbyaccident (talk) 13:25, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – St Pancras railway station → St Pancras International railway station – St Pancras International is the train stations official name, and is the name used on station platforms and signs and therefore Wikipedia should refer to it as such Arkeys (talk) 13:00, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Money's Too Tight (to Mention) → Money's Too Tight (To Mention) – The word "to" is capitalised in this consensus, it's at the start of an open bracket Hadji87 (talk) 14:27, 26 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:56, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Richard Eckersley (footballer) → Richard Eckersley – WP:TWODABS. Unreal7 (talk) 14:41, 18 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:30, 29 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:27, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Vidya Iyer → Vidya Vox – She's professionally known as Vidya Vox, as seen from her official website, youtube channel and some other coverage. 'Vidya Vox' is more commmon and popularly known, and should be used to reference her. RoCo(talk) 07:38, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Fall of Fallujah (2014) → Fall of Fallujah (2013–2014) – There is consensus about dates mentioned in the infobox, and date spreads between 2013 and 2014. So please move. Crashed greek (talk) 05:59, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Cathedral of Saint Paul, National Shrine of the Apostle Paul (Saint Paul) → Cathedral of St Paul (Minnesota) – current title is very long and awkward, and, while ghits are not everything, current title ghits are far, far less than my requested title. so, WP:commonname would definitely apply. my proposed title would also be in line with WP:NCCL. -- Aunva6talk - contribs 03:17, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards → Box Office Entertainment Awards – This name is commonly used in news articles like http://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/21669/aldub-and-other-kapuso-celebs-dominate-the-2016-box-office-entertainment-awards/story/ http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/news/123245-john-lloyd-cruz-bea-alonzo-coco-martin-vice-ganda-box-office-entertainment-awards-guillermo-mendoza and http://www.pep.ph/news/62252/john-lloyd-bea-vice-coco-vic-ai-ai-lead-winners-at-the-box-office-entertainment-awards Janbryan (talk) 01:39, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Humberto Silva → Humberto Luis Gomes da Silva – It is not the common name of the subject, as can be seen by accessing the references in the original portuguese article version, as well as the english one. Juliocesar.f.silva (talk) 01:27, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Ivan Šarić → Ivan Saric – English Wikipedia fonts cannot distinguish between Ivan Saric and Ivan Šarić, thus having two separate disambiguation pages — one for each form — is counterintuitive. All variations of this name should be listed within a single dab page. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 00:51, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Bowi (EP) → Bowi – This is the only article titled "Bowi". There's no other with this name; this was apparently moved to disambiguate with Bowj, a small Iranian village with a whopping population of 132 that is apparently sometimes known as Bowi. The disambiguation page can be kept if "see also"s are deemed necessary. Nohomersryan (talk) 00:42, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
April 5, 2017[edit]
- (Discuss) – Pence (disambiguation) → Pence – Due to the recent spike in notability of Mike Pence which will most likely remain historical, I think this needs to be discussed due to a possible lack of a primary topic. Steel1943 (talk) 22:00, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Isaac Abravanel → Isaac Abarbanel – Sid Leiman's article (see above) marshals impressive proofs that this is the correct pronunciation. Additionally, in all Orthodox circles this is the comon pronunciation. Abravanel is an invention of Academia. Zeke921 (talk) 18:16, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Sergio Dutra Junior → Junior Dutra – According to the player's official Facebook page and his current team's player profile. MYS77 ✉ 17:58, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Roberto Junior Fernández → Gatito Fernández – Per WP:COMMONNAME, and according to Brazilian sources Globo Esporte, Lance!, ESPN Brasil, Gazeta Esportiva and Spanish sources Última Hora. MYS77 ✉ 17:56, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – First Cameron ministry → Cameron–Clegg coalition – Having read the previous arguments over this article's title above, I was indeed cautious about opening another request here. However, having pondered over this article's title for quite some time now, I remain unconvinced that the present title is the WP:COMMONNAME rather than the WP:OFFICIALNAME. First of all, virtually nobody in Britain remembers this government as the "First Cameron ministry". There are 0 results for the term in Google Books, so one would assume this isn't the official title of the government either. The most common name for it is probably "The Coalition Government" or simply "The Coalition". Given how imprecise those two titles are, I'm proposing we retitle this article to Cameron–Clegg coalition, which incidentally has over 450 results in Google Books. I decided against Cameron–Clegg ministry for two reasons: (1) as with the present title there are zilch results for it in Google Books (2) unlike Lord Sunderland or Lord Townshend, Cameron undoubtedly had the most power as an individual in this government. Instead, Clegg's position is more comparable to that of Charles James Fox in the Fox–North coalition, which despite being led officially by the Queen's great-great-great-granddad, was in reality run by Lord North and Fox. I don't mean to ramble, but there is an interesting parallel between that 18th-century coalition and this 21st-century one: in April 1783 North and Fox "combined their forces in the House of Commons to throw out the Shelburne ministry and then formed a government of their own". Replace Shelburne with Brown and this multiple sentence could easily apply to Cameron and Clegg. Talking about Nick Clegg, another complaint I would have about the present title is how it understates his importance in the government (I mean, he isn't even mentioned in the lead section). Despite his seemingly modest leverage over the Conservatives when it came to policy, Clegg was undoubtedly the most powerful deputy prime minister since Clement Attlee. Unlike Attlee, Clegg was serving as deputy in a peacetime coalition government preoccupied by domestic issues in the aftermath of a major recession. Thus he was probably more influential than Attlee was under Churchill, when it came to partisan matters concerning government policy. This tweet by Clegg in 2016 pillorying the last ministry is worth a look. In conclusion, the present title is nothing more than (as Gymnophoria brilliantly noted) "peculiarly ecclestical". I am yet to find a journalist or academic using the present title to refer to this government anywhere online, without having seen it off Wikipedia. --Nevé–selbert 15:14, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Bibi Jones → BiBi Jones – As the article itself has already shown in the lead for quite many years BiBi Jones is her (self-chosen) proper screen name and should therefor of course also be the title. What I read on WP:MOS, Wikipedia:Article titles, Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization) or Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters does not really say much (rather nothing) about a capitalized letter in the middle of a word. It rather explains to use sentence case, which is not relevant here, and always gives as only example of uncapitalized beginnings eBay. However, I think that example of a proper name is comparable to this one here. Moreover, there is no difference to e. g. LeVar Burton. The Bibi version, which is also mentioned in the end of the lead is only the result of lazyness and shouldn't be a reasonable title. SamWinchester000 (talk) 14:48, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Don Mason → Don Mason (baseball) – The subject of this two-sentence stub does not rise to the level of WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 14:44, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Notre Dame de Paris → Notre-Dame de Paris – Consistency with proper name and article text juju (hajime! | waza) 22:02, 20 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:34, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Rio Puerco (Rio Grande) → Rio Puerco (Rio Grande tributary) – The draft convention for river/tributary disambiguation is inconsistent with normal disambiguators. See preliminary discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rivers#Tributary naming convention. Parenthetical identifiers should say what kind of thing the topic is (the generic class, subject, or context per WP:NCDAB). If we agree on these, we can re-draft the convention and work on others. Dicklyon (talk) 04:38, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Denis Johnson (disambiguation) → Dennis Johnson (disambiguation) – A majority of the entries say "Dennis Johnson" rather than "Denis Johnson". GeoffreyT2000 (talk, contribs) 02:52, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Pepita → Pumpkin seed – WP:ENGLISH Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:37, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – George Frederic Muntz → George Frederick Muntz – Appears to be a spelling error. Cannot move it due to some kind of error when trying to move. Thunderstorm008 (talk) 22:48, 23 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:10, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Singaporean integration referendum, 1962 → Singapore national referendum, 1962 – The WP:COMMONNAME and WP:PRECISEname of this referendum is "Singapore National Referendum" (which is in turn derived from the Singapore National Referendum Bill (See the link for a background). *A search in Google Scholar shows 87 results for(Singapore national referendum), 1 result for (Singaporean national referendum) and 0 results for (Singaporean integration referendum) *The term "integration" has not been used in any reliable sources. In fact a Google search of "Singaporean integration referendum" shows only Wikipedia mirrors or derived sources *Using "Singaporean" here instead of "Singapore" is against the common usage (and also incorrect because Singaporean
is not exactly a demonym for people of Singapore, is usually a noun used for citizenship). The adjective for Singapore is "Singapore". Almost every single source mentioning the referendum calls it "Singapore national referendum". The One source which uses Singaporean actually does so because of the former title of this Wikipedia article]. It should be noted that long back this article was originally at Singapore national referendum, 1962, so I am simply trying to move it back to the original title. Lemongirl942 (talk) 12:51, 10 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. — JFG talk 05:09, 24 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:09, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – German mistreatment of Soviet prisoners of war → German persecution of Soviet prisoners of war – The current title appears rather mild; compare with: NAZI PERSECUTION OF SOVIET PRISONERS OF WAR from ushmm.org. The search for "nazi persecution of soviet prisoners of war" (w/o quotes) brings up a variety of sources, with rather strong language (link), such as: *"...systematic destruction of Soviet prisoners of war was an integral component of German policy..." Peter Longerich *"... Soviet prisoners of war see victims, Nazi Persecution Soviet..." *"The Policies of Genocide: Jews and Soviet Prisoners of War in Nazi Germany" Gerhard Hirschfeld. Etc. "Persecution" seems to fit better, given the magnitude of the crime. K.e.coffman (talk) 00:42, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
April 4, 2017[edit]
- (Discuss) – San Bernardino Associated Governments → SBCTA – Agency Changed name [1]
References
- 108.184.113.46 (talk) 07:16, 27 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:22, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Mobile Telephony of Serbia → MTS (Telekom Srbija) – Mobile Telephony of Serbia no longer exists, and it's abbreviation mt:s is no longer in use. It was replaced with a new consumer brand "mts", by the owner of both Mobile Telephony of Serbia and mts. Serceg (talk) 20:18, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Clare Fischer & Salsa Picante Present "2 + 2" → Clare Fischer & Salsa Picante Present 2+2 – or perhaps just 2+2 (album). The album cover doesn't show the quote marks, and the L.A. Times obituary doesn't include them either. The current article title also includes spaces to the right and left of the "+", which I suspect are also not really part of the proper title and are just there to try to make the title visually attractive. Perhaps the "Clare Fischer & Salsa Picante Present" is just a prefix lead-in to the actual title, which is just 2+2 – the name of the quartet. The BBC obituary and another article just call it 2+2 without the prefix. —BarrelProof (talk) 00:47, 23 March 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Primefac (talk) 17:05, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Oldham Roughyeds → Oldham R.L.F.C. – Following the discussion at Talk:Toronto Wolfpack regarding ignoring sources we know are factually wrong, I believe it's time to take another look at renaming this article. At the Wolfpack talk page, it was decided that although several sources claim that the club is the first trans-Atlantic professional sports club, we would not include this line in the article due to the fact it is clearly wrong as several other examples of trans-Atlantic pro sports teams can be provided. This issue here for Oldham is, some sources still refer to the club as Oldham Roughyeds as if it's the clubs official name, yet we *know* from several other sources, including the club itself, that the name of the club is Oldham R.L.F.C., with Roughyeds being the clubs official nickname. To put this into context, it's like having the Hull City A.F.C. article at Hull City Tigers or back in RL terms, having the Halifax R.L.F.C. article at Halifax Blues. Some sources: Official Oldham RLFC Twitter displaying the clubs name while using the nickname as the handle, Official club website again using the nickname as a handle, while clearly displaying the offical club name at the top of the page and Love Rugby League, widely used by Wikipedia as a reliable source for RL articles, using the clubs proper name – Just a quick final note, the reason I'm proposing the "R.L.F.C." suffix instead of "RLFC" is to conform to the standard on Wikipedia as per Hunslet R.L.F.C., St Helens R.F.C. and Hull F.C. etc.. Skemcraig (talk) 12:42, 22 March 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Primefac (talk) 16:57, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – The Conjuring (franchise) → The Conjuring Universe – The poster for Annabelle: Creation referred to this series as "The Next Chapter in The Conjuring Universe", as did its trailer. A single piece of marketing for Kong Skull Island referring to the film as being set in the "MonsterVerse" warranted the page's name being changed from Godzilla-Kong Cinematic Universe, so there is no reason the same doesn't apply here. The trailer for Annabelle: Creation also featured a logo for "The Conjuring Universe", and the Annabelle film has spawned a film series of its own. I would have kept this page as "The Conjuring (franchise)" if the studio hadn't given the series a name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NotExsisting (talk • contribs) 16:28, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – David Musuľbes → David Musulbes – I'm not sure why the apostrophe is in the title. It's not commonly used for his name and is not necessary for transliteration. —МандичкаYO 😜 19:41, 15 March 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Primefac (talk) 16:09, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Stratton: First into Action → Stratton (film) – Film title is referred to in all included sources and external links as simply "Stratton" with no subtitle. BOVINEBOY2008 19:48, 27 March 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Primefac (talk) 15:15, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Nigel Dabingyaba → Nigel Dabinyaba – Incorrect spelling on surname. Shown here on ESPN's website and here on FIFA's own website. - J man708 (talk) 00:50, 28 March 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Primefac (talk) 15:13, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Greens and the Left Party of the Future → Green Left Party – The article clearly states that this is the party's current name. Charles Essie (talk) 15:05, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Passion Fruit (song) → Passion Fruit (Fujifabric song) – There's a proposal to remove "Drake" from Talk:Passionfruit (Drake song) (released on March 28, 2017) which looks like it will pass as proposed. The problem is that the moment we remove the artist "Drake" from the Drake song, this obscure - but charting - 2007 Japanese indie single is going to start picking up hits from Drake fans who are innocently following the Youtube etc. spelling of "Passion Fruit", not the authorized Drake spelling. This is not a big deal, and in English sources Passion Fruit (Shillelagh Sisters song) 1984, a redirect, is more common than the Fujifabric song anyway. Per WP:SMALLDETAILS English sources are not consistent for the Drake song so let's cut readers a break. In ictu oculi (talk) 10:44, 28 March 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Primefac (talk) 15:00, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Fengshan District → Fongshan District – As with Tamsui, where the local government has chosen not to name its district by Hanyu Pinyin, the Kaohsiung City Government also does not name its districts by Hanyu Pinyin, but Tongyong Pinyin instead.[1] Per WP:PLACE#Use_English: "If no name can be shown to be widely accepted in English, use the local name."
References
- ^ "Administrative Districts". 高雄市政府. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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- Nanzi District → Nanzih District
- Qianjin District, Kaohsiung → Cianjin District
- Qianzhen District → Cianjhen District
- Qijin District, Kaohsiung → Cijin District
- Xiaogang District → Siaogang District
- Xinxing District, Taiwan → Sinsing District
- Qieding District, Kaohsiung → Cieding District
- Luzhu District, Kaohsiung → Lujhu District
- Qiaotou District → Ciaotou District
- Liugui District, Kaohsiung → Liouguei District
- Ziguan District → Zihguan District
- Qishan District → Cishan District
- Jiaxian District → Jiasian District
- Namaxia District → Namasia District
- Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung → Tauyuan District
- (Discuss) – Christ Church, Bergen → Old Christ Church, Bergen – I'm a member of a church in Bergen called "Kristkirken i Bergen" (which translates to "The Chirst Church in Bergen"). Christ Church is a living and active community of more than 300 people, and when people search for my church I want them to find it and not this old church that was destroyed in 1531. I want to make a page for my church under the name "Christ Church, Bergen" and to do so this page needs to be moved to a different name. I think that "Old Christ Church, Bergen" or possibly "Christ Church on Holmen, Bergen" would be a more suitable name for this historic church. 2food (talk) 12:05, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Mass Appeal → Mass Appeal (play) – Per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. There are several articles of the same name, including Mass Appeal (song) and Mass Appeal (media). I don't think the play is primary for the term. 153.229.2.253 (talk) 09:38, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Logoli language → Logooli language – More common spelling, matching the standard orthography of the language (called "Lulogooli" with the language prefix, as in Joseph Olindo Ndanyi's work Amang'ana go lulimi lwo Lulogooli). On Google Books, "Logoli language" gets ~66 results, whereas "Logooli language" gets ~708 results. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 05:30, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Catalunya Sí que es Pot → Catalonia Yes We Can – With rare exceptions, the preferred language for article titles on English Wikipedia is English. Nevermore27 (talk) 03:08, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Asian Television Award → Asian Television Awards – Same rationale as Talk:Academy Awards#Suggested move. The official site is asiantvawards.com. Ghits: 206,000 for "Asian Television Awards" vs. 11,600 for "Asian Television Award". Timmyshin (talk) 01:52, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Multilayer → ? – Per WP:NOUN adjectives are not proper article names, and should be redirected to nouns. Srleffler (talk) 01:32, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Legendary Years (album) → Legendary Years – Unnecessary disambiguation. Gorobay (talk) 00:37, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
April 3, 2017[edit]
- (Discuss) – Xing Tian → Xingtian – Reflecting sources and proper transliteration of Chinese. Obscure topic. Furthermore, the first main contributor who used reliable sources had this article on "Xingtian", which was later merged in the older uncited "Xing Tian" article (only because it was older). And I, the second main contributor who used reliable sources, see the same thing in the sources. Note: Article history on the current "Xingtian" needs to be retained. Cold Season (talk) 22:31, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Causa Guttenberg → Guttenberg plagiarism scandal – WP:COMMONNAME & WP:ENGLISH. Known as "Guttenberg plagiarism scandal" in English language sources; see sample search results; "Causa Guttenberg" is a German-language term (pls see link); it's not something that an English-lang reader would expect to use when discussing a scandal. K.e.coffman (talk) 21:35, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – The Boat Race → The Boat Races – "The Boat Race" apparently has changed to "The Boat Races" to include the women's race too. The logo has now changed too, where it hadn't in 2015 (above). SethWhales talk 20:53, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Better Off Alone (Alice Deejay song) → Better Off Alone – No chart tables for either of the other topics and even the dab page has more views.[3] Unreal7 (talk) 20:48, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Jackie O (radio host) → Jackie O – All of the incoming links to this title are for the DJ, not the First Lady. Unreal7 (talk) 20:31, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Orzo (pasta) → Orzo – WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Only other use of "orzo" on WP with an article is Caffè d'orzo, an Italian coffee-like beverage made from barley which gets only a fraction of the page views [4] The third use mentioned on the dab page is the Italian word for barley. This article was originally at Orzo, until it was moved without discussion in 2010 to make room for the then-brand-new Orzo dab page at Orzo, first to Risoni[5] and then minutes later to Orzo (pasta) [6]. That dab page was really unnecessary (and still is unnecessary) per WP:TWODABS. В²C ☎ 18:20, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Neman → Neman (disambiguation) – and redirect Neman to Neman River: by all accounts it its the main meaning Staszek Lem (talk) 17:49, 3 April 2017 (UTC). Staszek Lem (talk) 17:49, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
Elapsed listings[edit]
- (Discuss) – Dargwa people → Dargins – most common English name; Google Scholar finds 571 Dargins, 57 Darginians and 6 "Dargwa People", Google Books finds 2160 Dargins, 135 Darginians and 6 Dargwa People; Bogomolov.PL (talk) 16:04, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Signal (electrical engineering) → Signal (information theory) – The target article covers the topic of signals more broadly than just an electrical engineering context. The proposed target captures the full meaning of the term. —swpbT 13:41, 3 April 2017 (UTC) —swpbT 13:41, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Liz Claiborne (fashion designer) → Liz Claiborne – Move article to undisambiguated redirect, no disambiguation needed now a hatnote explains where the company is now located. Mabalu (talk) 11:04, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Reichsarbeitsdienst → Reich Labour Service – Per WP:COMMONNAME & WP:ENGLISH; quite common for English-language literature to use Reich Labor Service or Reich Labour Service -- no need for the difficult to read and comprehend German-language term K.e.coffman (talk) 07:24, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Wikipedia:Being blocked hurts → User:Herostratus/Being blocked hurts – Essays that represent extreme minority viewpoints and seem to be owned by a particular user belong in userspace, not project space. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:42, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
Backlog[edit]
- (Discuss) – Something Something... Unakkum Enakkum → Unakkum Enakkum – Although the CBFC certificate still includes the original title (it also reads, ALIAS 'UNAKKUM ENAKKUM', see here from 0:00 to 0:03), "Something Something" is officially not part of the title (see from 0:28 to 0:49). Kailash29792 (talk) 09:28, 4 March 2017 (UTC) Relisted. Jenks24 (talk) 11:55, 12 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 10:17, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Red Detachment of Women (ballet) → Red Detachment of Women – The ballet is surely the primary meaning. The 1970 film version is and adaptation of it. PatGallacher (talk) 15:42, 8 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. Anarchyte (work | talk) 10:16, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
- (Discuss) – Saint George's Cross → St. George's Cross – * I may have made a mistake with the Saint George's Cross move, St. (or St) looks to be the common n-gram name]. The way I looked at it was that it was Saint George's cross, referring to the individual who is the namesake of the cross, and missed that it seems to be a proper name. I was going with MOS:SAINTS on this and missing that it was a proper name. My apologies. Then again, would MOS:SAINTS apply, and negate the common name policy, thus rendering the page name Saint George's cross, lower-case 'c'? Maybe, but probably not. (EDIT a few minutes later: Well, maybe. Lower-case "c" is a red-link but maybe it's accurate] Randy Kryn 00:35, 22 March 2017 (UTC) --Relisting. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:27, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
References[edit]
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in the talk page section with the requested move to show references there.See also[edit]
- Wikipedia:Requested moves/Article alerts, which includes a list of recently closed discussions
- Category:Wikipedia title cleanup
- Category:Wikipedia title cleanup (sorted by template)