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Technical requests
[edit]Uncontroversial technical requests
[edit]- Luther Nikita → Nikita Luther (currently a redirect instead to 2018 World Series of Poker) (move · discuss) – The redirect is no longer necessary, because an article about her exists. TurboSuperA+(connect) 08:25, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- MIM-72 Chaparral → M48 Chaparral (currently a redirect back to MIM-72 Chaparral) (move · discuss) – MIM-72 is the designation of the missile fired by the M48 Chaparral weapon system. RulanIndustries (talk) 17:28, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
- 8th Mizoram Legislative Assembly → 8th Mizoram Assembly (currently a redirect back to 8th Mizoram Legislative Assembly) (move · discuss) – WP:CONSISTENT with all other articles of state assembly terms. — Hemant Dabral (📞 • ✒) 14:50, 1 July 2025 (UTC)
- List of ministers of foreign affairs of Namibia → Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Namibia) (currently a redirect back to List of ministers of foreign affairs of Namibia) (move · discuss) – To align with the other articles about Namibian government structure where the ministry has an article, and the ministers are listed in it Pgallert (talk) 15:52, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children → The Good News Club (book) (currently a redirect back to The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children) (move · discuss) – new name more concise Therapyisgood (talk) 00:56, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Not contesting—just asking how you think we should resolve WP:MISPLACED: making the Good News Club a redirect to Good News Club? Or making it into a disambiguation page? Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 01:17, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Rotideypoc41352: I would make the Good News Club a redirect to Good News Club and just include a hatnote at Good News Club about the book. Thoughts? Therapyisgood (talk) 01:33, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Sounds good to me! Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 01:50, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Rotideypoc41352: I would make the Good News Club a redirect to Good News Club and just include a hatnote at Good News Club about the book. Thoughts? Therapyisgood (talk) 01:33, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Not contesting—just asking how you think we should resolve WP:MISPLACED: making the Good News Club a redirect to Good News Club? Or making it into a disambiguation page? Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 01:17, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Dessiatin → Desiatina (currently a redirect instead to Historical Russian units of measurement) (move · discuss) – "Desiatina" is the most common form (compare: https://scholar.google.pl/scholar?q=%22desiatina%22+land vs e.g. https://scholar.google.pl/scholar?q=%22dessiatin%22+land ; also plural https://scholar.google.pl/scholar?q=%22desiatinas%22+land vs https://scholar.google.pl/scholar?q=%22dessiatins%22+land ); even "desiatin" (single "s") is more common (which can be checked in the same way). The current redirect to "Historical Russian units of measurement" was created when there was no article on "desiatina". Kamdenek (talk) 14:28, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Shriram Lagoo → Shreeram Lagoo (currently a redirect instead to Shriram Lagoo) (move · discuss) – The name of his spelling is officially Shreeram and not Shriram. You can check the spelling when his name is shown in the film credits 2409:40E0:2C:C9DC:28E5:92FF:FE58:69F5 (talk) 03:43, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Shahbaz Khan (actor) → Shahbaaz Khan (currently a redirect instead to Shahbaz Khan (actor)) (move · discuss) – Chatterjee]] 2409:40E0:2C:C9DC:28E5:92FF:FE58:69F5 (talk) 03:43, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Draft:BAF Shaheen College Kurmitola → BAF Shaheen College Kurmitola (currently a redirect instead to BAF Shaheen Colleges#BAF Shaheen College Kurmitola) (move · discuss) – Move to mainspace; the draft is complete, properly sourced, and meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines. 0ximjub43r (talk) 09:14, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Yukawa interaction → Yukawa coupling (currently a redirect back to Yukawa interaction) (move · discuss) – Synonyms but Yukawa interaction is confused with Yukawa potential and couplings is more regularly used. Move not possible per pre-existing redirect. ReyHahn (talk) 10:02, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Yevanic language → Yevanic (currently a redirect back to Yevanic language) (move · discuss) – no other page with "Yevanic" in title, so "language" is unnecessary. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 12:56, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
Requests to revert undiscussed moves
[edit]Contested technical requests
[edit]- James Bond 007: Nightfire → James Bond 007: NightFire (currently a redirect back to James Bond 007: Nightfire) (move · discuss) – Move James Bond 007: Nightfire to James Bond 007: NightFire and 007: Quantum of Solace to Quantum of Solace (video game), as these are as the names of the games appear in press releases. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:7F0:90B2:12F9:B843:E03D:572A:1355 (talk) 00:23, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
- Wikipedia does not choose its articles titles by looking only at press releases. — BarrelProof (talk) 13:42, 1 July 2025 (UTC)
- 007: Quantum of Solace → Quantum of Solace (video game) (currently a redirect back to 007: Quantum of Solace) (move · discuss) – Move James Bond 007: Nightfire to James Bond 007: NightFire and 007: Quantum of Solace to Quantum of Solace (video game), as these are as the names of the games appear in press releases. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:7F0:90B2:12F9:B843:E03D:572A:1355 (talk) 00:23, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
- Wikipedia does not choose its articles titles by looking only at press releases. — BarrelProof (talk) 13:42, 1 July 2025 (UTC)
- 007: Licence to Kill → Licence to Kill (video game) (currently a redirect back to 007: Licence to Kill) (move · discuss) – Move 007: Licence to Kill to Licence to Kill (video game), James Bond 007: Nightfire to James Bond 007: NightFire and 007: Quantum of Solace to Quantum of Solace (video game), as these are as the names of the games appear in press releases. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:7F0:90B2:12F9:B843:E03D:572A:1355 (talk) 01:06, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
- Wikipedia does not choose its articles titles by looking only at press releases. — BarrelProof (talk) 13:42, 1 July 2025 (UTC)
- These three moved to contested - a discussion may be ideal and can include all three if you wish. ASUKITE 13:46, 1 July 2025 (UTC)
- The Unsleeping Eye (novel) → The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe (currently a redirect back to The Unsleeping Eye (novel)) (move · discuss) – This British novel’s article uses a title only used on an out of print American edition instead of the book’s original British title which is also used by the in-print American edition. Sipiso (talk) 17:39, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Article states that "Death Watch" is another title that's been used, because of the movie adaptation. Should be discussed to determine correct title, though I suspect the above request is correct. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 18:50, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Paraona bicolor → Eilema bicolor (move · discuss) – Updated taxonomy in accordance with Volynkin, 2024 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381113072_On_the_taxonomy_of_the_Oriental_genus_Paraona_Moore_with_descriptions_of_a_new_genus_a_new_species_and_introduction_of_new_synonymies_Lepidoptera_Erebidae_Arctiinae_Lithosiini TheLivingDanish1 (talk) 19:55, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
- Why does Eilema bicolor currently redirect to a different species? * Pppery * it has begun... 18:13, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
- There are two different species. One is from North America and was described by Grote in 1864, the other is from Madagascar and was described by Toulgoët in 1968. The current circumscription of Eilema restricts it the Old World, but under the rules of zoological nomenclature, Toulgoët's species will need a new specific epithet if it is placed in Eilema. I'm really surprised that somebody publishing in 2024 failed to check whether they were creating a homonym. The linked reference says "The species is herein tentatively placed in the genus Eilema, to which the majority of the Madagascan Lithosiini is still associated, until the generic revision of the Madagascan footman moths is published (Volynkin, in prep.)." Hopefully Volynkin will fix the homonym in his upcoming publication. For now, I'd suggest making Eilema bicolor into a disambiguation page. Plantdrew (talk) 17:00, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- Plantdrew always knows what he's talking about and has clarified things for me many times. If he supports it. I support it. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 22:20, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- I've created the bare skeleton of a dab. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 00:28, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- Why does Eilema bicolor currently redirect to a different species? * Pppery * it has begun... 18:13, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
- Eero (wireless networking brand) → Eero (move · discuss) – complete move after moving Eero to Eero (disambiguation) —Locke Cole • t • c 00:12, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
- I dunno... Are we saying that this is WP:PRIMARYTOPIC including long-term significance criteria? I'm on the fence and won't formally oppose if anyone feels different, but with traffic of only ~136 hits/day, it doesn't seem like that many people are searching for this in the first place. Academically, Books and Scholar search results for "eero" provide several possibilities. In an attempt to remove advertising results, trying to search on duckduckgo, the results are still the router system, but the sidebar is Eero Saarinen... Why him? I don't know, but his traffic is also higher than the brand as well (top hit in books). -2pou (talk) 18:15, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
- The page views for the router company article are 10× what the given name/surname article gets. Because of all the page moves recently, it's hard to see whether people visiting the original Eero article clicked through to the wifi/router company but my suspicion is they did. Regardless, readers come here to read the router/wifi article more than the name dab page. —Locke Cole • t • c 18:51, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
Why him?
Because he was the architect of the Gateway Arch, among other iconic structures in the U.S. Calling him "Saarinen" is ambiguous because of his father, also an architect. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 05:49, 1 July 2025 (UTC)
- I dunno... Are we saying that this is WP:PRIMARYTOPIC including long-term significance criteria? I'm on the fence and won't formally oppose if anyone feels different, but with traffic of only ~136 hits/day, it doesn't seem like that many people are searching for this in the first place. Academically, Books and Scholar search results for "eero" provide several possibilities. In an attempt to remove advertising results, trying to search on duckduckgo, the results are still the router system, but the sidebar is Eero Saarinen... Why him? I don't know, but his traffic is also higher than the brand as well (top hit in books). -2pou (talk) 18:15, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
- @Locke Cole Proposed primary topics should be discussed as potentially controversial. GTrang (talk) 17:32, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- The given name article has been moved back to Eero. Discussion is needed to make the wireless router the primary topic. GTrang (talk) 17:38, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
- West Bengal Cuisine → Cuisine of West Bengal (currently a redirect back to West Bengal Cuisine) (move · discuss) – Consistent with first sentence:
The cuisine of West Bengal encompasses the cooking styles, traditions, and recipes associated with the modern Indian state of West Bengal.
No capital 'C' in 'cuisine', because it is not a proper name. NLeeuw (talk) 13:36, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Nederlandse Leeuw It appears that "State cuisine" is a lot more common looking at Category:Indian cuisine by state or union territory, so probably the first sentence should be updated instead, agree on the capitalization of cuisine though. Or maybe "West Bengali cuisine" in line with the parent article Bengali cuisine - also note there's an eponymous category - Category:West Bengal cuisine that should probably stay in sync if there's a change to the article title. Raladic (talk) 23:31, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- List of recipients of the Paralympic Order → Paralympic Order (currently a redirect instead to Paralympic symbols#Paralympic Order) (move · discuss) – Better (wider) scope – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 16:21, 2 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Finnusertop It is currently a list article of recipients, so the current title seems appropriate in line with WP:NCLIST - are you planning to change the scope of the article to actually explain the Paralympic Order award in greater detail and transform the article from the list article that it currently is? Raladic (talk) 23:45, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
Administrator needed
[edit]- Costume Designers Guild Awards 2004 → 7th Costume Designers Guild Awards (currently a redirect back to Costume Designers Guild Awards 2004) (move · discuss) – All other CDG Awards ceremonies are numbered like 9th, 10th, etc. Therefore, it would be best to rename these two for 2004 and 2005, respectively, into the 7th and 8th ceremonies as well. LordTort (talk) 18:41, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Costume Designers Guild Awards 2005 → 8th Costume Designers Guild Awards (currently a redirect back to Costume Designers Guild Awards 2005) (move · discuss) – All other CDG Awards ceremonies are numbered like 9th, 10th, etc. Therefore, it would be best to rename these two for 2004 and 2005, respectively, into the 7th and 8th ceremonies as well. LordTort (talk) 18:46, 4 July 2025 (UTC)
- Looks like both this 2005/8th and the 2004/7th above have some history at the redirect and a note about it, so might need an admin to take a look at this to swap them to verify whether it's fine we lose it or not. Beyond that, I agree with the nominator on swapping in line with the others of the series per WP:TITLECON. Raladic (talk) 23:28, 4 July 2025 (UTC)