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Hi, RM regulars. Hope you're doing well. Last year, a discussion resulted in consensus to create a bot to clerk WP:RMT (archived discussion). In the past few days, discussion on this bot has been occurring at Wikipedia:Bot requests#Clerk Requested Moves/Technical. Since the original discussion on the bot was a while ago, I thought I'd notify you all. Cheers, Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 03:29, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all. Just an update on the bot, it has been granted a 7 day trial. If you notice any problems with its edits, please do let me know on the BRFA, thanks. — Tenshi! (Talk page) 17:13, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Belated barnstar and thanks for everyone who made the RMT clerk-bot possible:

• Tenshi Hinanawi for all their continuous hard work, creating and now helping the bot when it throws an exception!
• DreamRimmer for keeping the BRFA process running smoothly
• robertsky for his excellent suggestions at BRFA
• Zippybonzo who started the original discussion
• 2pou, who closed it

Cheers! Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 07:33, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A little belated, but I'll just quickly say thanks to all involved, I've been less active than I'd like to be lately but it's good to know that it's finally running Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 11:39, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the requirements at WP:BOLDMOVE:

Autoconfirmed editors may move a page without discussion if all of the following apply:

• No article exists at the new target title;
• There has been no previous discussion about the title of the page that expressed any objection to a new title; and
• It seems unlikely that anyone would reasonably disagree with the move.

This should be clarified as either:

Jruderman (talk) 20:52, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The meaning is "any new title", because such comments are by extension a minimal endorsement of the current title. I do not believe this actually needs to be rephrased for clarity, but if it does, it could be altered to "There has been no previous discussion about the title of the page that expressed any objection to moving the page." Dekimasuよ! 11:26, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, objection to moving the page to Title A will likely hold for Title B as well; opposition specifically to Title B does not strictly need to have been voiced for a bold move to be theoretically off the table. Primefac (talk) 11:46, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Late here, but this has always been my read, as well. If someone objected to some other proposed move, they were on some level defending the current title. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 00:49, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There appears to be a weird stray bullet with no text after it for me, probably due to the weirdness with the span tags. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks. 2A0E:1D47:9085:D200:AD44:7CF5:AF22:94CC (talk) 15:36, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reporting. Fixed: Special:Diff/1295755718. —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 17:32, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I created the article User:Judhisthir Reang about an Indian politician. I would like it moved to Judhisthir Reang as a public article. Please help move it from my user page to article space. Thank you! Judhisthir Reang (talk) 15:36, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved your page to Draft:Judhisthir Reang, as it is not currently suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia. Please add additional independent reliable sources that discuss the subject in detail. This is both to demonstrate notability as well as give verification for facts about a living person. Primefac (talk) 16:36, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a missing point in the closing instructions. The instructions start with point 1: determine the consensus.

The first point should be to check the guidelines that are the basis for the RM per the bullet points following the sub-heading "When participating, please consider the following" in the "Commenting on a requested move" section. If the move request meets the guidelines, and what editors opposing the RM say contravenes the guidelines, it shouldn't matter how many people oppose the move.

As the same guidelines for closing an RM say, "This is not a vote". HandsomeFella (talk) 11:47, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Part of determining consensus is doing that; there are at least two explanatory essays linked at Wikipedia:Requested moves § Closing a requested move and Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions § Determining consensus that expand on that sort of point. I'm not sure that we need to explicitly say "make sure this move is valid", because the whole point of a move discussion is to determine if it is a valid move. Primefac (talk) 11:59, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My sad experience though is that many closing editors seem to be just counting votes.

I think I've seen somewhere that there is a way to "appeal" a move that one thinks was carried out erroneously.

How do I go about it if I have an RM closed as "not moved" based on votes rather than what guidelines say? Is there a procedure for "appealing" a "not moved" closure too? HandsomeFella (talk) 13:12, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

According to WP:MR, Move review is a process to formally discuss and evaluate a contested close of Wikipedia page move discussions (emphasis added). If you disagree with a close, by all means contest it, regardless of the result itself. Primefac (talk) 13:24, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'd like to request an article be moved from my user space to public space (from User:Logan06767 (User:Logan06767 - Wikipedia) to 'India May'. This article is about an American politician running for state office in Iowa. Logan06767 (talk) 19:40, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now.

Hi Logan06767 and welcome to Wikipedia :)

I recommend you move the page to your WP:SANDBOX while you're working on it.

Also, we will need reliable sources supporting the content before we can move the article into the article space.

I recommend you review some of our WP:Getting started and WP:A primer for newcomers#On building an article to help you familiarize yourself with our guidelines on writing a great article for Wikipedia :) You are also welcome to go to the WP:TEAHOUSE if you should have any further questions. Raladic (talk) 20:02, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]