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=reason for move}}

  This will automatically insert a bullet and include your signature. Please do not edit the article's talk page.
• 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

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• KTTU (TV) → KTTU-TV (currently a redirect back to KTTU (TV)) (move · discuss) – Suffix added to callsign effective 5/16/2024 Mvcg66b3r (talk) 07:50, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
• Special Ops: Lioness → Lioness (American TV series) (currently a redirect back to Special Ops: Lioness) (move · discuss) – old name has been reinstated but old article has 2 edits (which is more than 1) CapnZapp (talk) 14:07, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
• Baetylus → Baetyl (currently a redirect back to Baetylus) (move · discuss) – "Baetylus" is a transliteration of the Greek term, in English writing the object is unanimously described as a betyl or baetyl, for example https://www.jstor.org/stable/1357633 and https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095502916 and https://jordantimes.com/news/local/gods-nabataeans-unveiling-ancient-belief-systems-through-%E2%80%98betyls%E2%80%99-studies and https://www.livius.org/articles/religion/baetyl/ and https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baetyl. The name "baetyl" is the most common search-result, followed by "betyl", with "baetylus" the least. https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=betyl%2Cbaetyl%2Cbaetylus&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3. Pogenplain (talk) 15:46, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Requests to revert undiscussed moves

If your request involves reverting a move, place it here.

Contested technical requests

Do not insert new requests in this section. Only move requests here if the requested move has been contested.

• NoBull → NOBULL (move · discuss) – The official company name is NOBULL, not NoBull, and is always stylized NOBULL Jcostas81 (talk) 13:01, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

  Oppose per MOS:TRADEMARK HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 13:30, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

  It should be Nobull, I think, based on third-party news articles pretty evenly using Nobull or NOBULL. E.g., CNBC, Business Insider. I see rather fewer with "NoBull" (MOS:CAMELCASE) or "No Bull". SilverLocust 💬 18:01, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

• The Color of Crime (book) → The Color of Crime: Racial Hoaxes, White Fear, Black Protectionism, Police Harassment and Other Macroaggressions (currently a redirect back to The Color of Crime (book)) (move · discuss) – Per WP:SUBTITLE. JohnCWiesenthal (talk) 15:21, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

I think the proposed title violates WP:CONCISE. Bensci54 (talk) 16:16, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

I would oppose that per WP:SUBTITLE and WP:CONCISE. Graham (talk) 21:33, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

• Namboothiri (disambiguation) → Namboothiri (currently a redirect instead to Nambudiri) (move · discuss) – WP:NOPT Jax 0677 (talk) 00:26, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

This is likely correct now as a WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT as a spelling variant of the caste (Nambudiri), which is a broad article that itself serves a disambiguating purpose by including links to notable people therein. And examples of people with the surname may be partial title matches except to the extent they are known mononymously (which does appear to be the case with Namboothiri (artist)). SilverLocust 💬 03:31, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

• Israel in the Iran–Iraq War → Israeli support for Iran during the Iran–Iraq war (currently a redirect back to Israel in the Iran–Iraq War) (move · discuss) – moving the article to its original title that is now a redirect. Damian Lew (talk) 19:44, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Damian Lew: The last stable title was "Israel's role in the Iran–Iraq [W/w]ar" for about 7-8 years. The title you're requesting hasn't been in place since 2015, and proved to be controversial. I would be fine with reverting the move from 8 month ago by a WP:BLOCKEVADING user, but for the original title you'll need to open a requested move with a substantive reason to prefer that title. SilverLocust 💬 20:41, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

• User:Kepler-1229b/Assan language → Assan language (move · discuss) – Page incubated in userspace, but now that it is done, it should be moved into the article namespace. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 17:35, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Kepler-1229b: Please just copy your changes (while again including an edit summary that you translated content from fr:Assane) to the existing redirect, which has significant history. Since you are the only one who has edited your userspace draft, there is no need to move the page for attribution. SilverLocust 💬 20:50, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

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