Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests

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

• To list a technical request: the Uncontroversial technical requests subsection and insert the following code at the bottom of the list, filling in pages and reason:

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

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

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Uncontroversial technical requests

• These Are "The Damned" → The Damned (1962 film) (move · discuss) – According to the page's history, it seemed that c.7 years ago, this film's confusing titles and release dates caused a number of flubs. In the UK, it's just titled The Damned; in the USA, it was These Are the Damned. And the very first theatrical release date, which is what we always classify a film by, was in Australia 1962. However, its first UK premiere was 1963.
  
  So first somebody attempted to change it to the US title; then when somebody reverted it back to the simple The Damned, they also apparently added (1963 film) rather than (1962 film)—to distinguish from others, like a 1969 film by the same name. And just to make matters worse, the lede paragraph here erroneously refers to it as a 1961 film—which I'll fix now. (That's a misinterpretation of film wrap-up vs. cinemas probably.)
  
  So I was hoping to correct it all by swapping the redirect "(1962 film)" with the main article "(1963 film)"……Except "(1962 film)" had more than 1 edit. So I tried to do the A-B-C page move method, but I failed and I didn't want to create further problems. So I just need help at this point, please!
  
  Could an admin please move the main film article's content onto the page titled The Damned (1962 film)? Afterwards, the following should all be redirects based on alternative names or incorrect names, just in case: ReDir.#1: The Damned (1963 film); RD #2: These Are the Damned; & RD #3: These Are "The Damned" (the latter because the poster has it stylized as such, w/ quotation marks). I apologize for the complications, but I appreciate the assistance in advance, thank you. --Cinemaniac86^Talk_Stalk 10:39, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

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Contested technical requests

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• Battle of Paštrik → Battle of Pashtrik (currently a redirect back to Battle of Paštrik) (move · discuss) – Current name of the mountain the battle was fought around has been Pashtrik since 2021; name of the battle should be renamed accordingly. ZionniThePeruser (talk) 20:10, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

  @ZionniThePeruser As the battle itself happened before the renaming, this would need evidence that the battle itself is now commonly spelling "Pashtrik" in reliable sources. --Ahecht (TALK
  PAGE) 21:12, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

• COMITIA → Comitia (convention) (move · discuss) – MOS:ALLCAPS; renaming to Comitia is also fine lullabying (talk) 02:49, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment that is a primary topic change if it moves to "Comitia" ; that would need a full-up move request. IIRC "COMITIA" is an acronym -- 65.92.246.77 (talk) 04:35, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
• Radiation zone → Radiative zone (currently a redirect back to Radiation zone) (move · discuss) – All sources in page agree on "radiative zone", please see analysis at Talk:Radiation_zone#Renaming_to_Radiative_zone.. The name exists as a redirect now, they could swapped. The edit history on the current redirect page, radiative zone, is insignificant. Thanks. Johnjbarton (talk) 22:26, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@Johnjbarton Neither ngram, nor scholar ([1] vs [2]) agree with that assessment. I suggest you run a full RM discussion for this move. Raladic (talk) 22:37, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@Raladic Your citations for "Radiation zone" are for a different topic. eg " A New Perspective on Earth's Radiation Zone" "Earth's Inner Radiation Zone" and so on. Johnjbarton (talk) 23:14, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@Raladic what do you mean by "run a full RM discussion " Johnjbarton (talk) 23:17, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

A full WP:RSPM Requested Move Discussion at the article talk page to ensure community consensus agrees with you.

Things could be complicated if there's differing use of what Radiation zone refers to vs Radiative zone as you just mentioned above and it appears we don't have an article for the Earths Radiation zone if that term is indeed not always used synonymously with the current articles title?

Either way, it sounds like a bigger community discussion on this is warranted, given that it appears to be two terms that may or may not refer to the same or not same thing, so it does not appear to be an uncontroversial technical move, which is what this noticeboard is for. Raladic (talk) 23:44, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

• Jade Thirlwall → Jade (singer) (currently a redirect instead to Jade (given name)) (move · discuss) – She goes mononymously in her solo work, that can be checked on all streaming platforms and her official website. Bluemoon878 (talk) 23:20, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

I suggest opening a full discussion on this since there are other singers with the name Jade, be it with or without their surname/family name. – robertsky (talk) 02:29, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

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