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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: edit 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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Technical requests[edit]

Uncontroversial technical requests[edit]

T+2 (currently a redirect to Settlement (finance)) → T+1 (currently a redirect instead to Settlement (finance)) (move · discuss) – Please swap (round-robin) these two titles for stock market settlement periods and have T+2 redirect to T+1 (it is vice versa now), since US and Canada markets have this week switched to T+1 and that should be the main article Richard J Kinch (talk) 04:19, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think this might need a discussion; it's not quite WP:OFFICIALNAME, but the reasoning seems to come close to it. I also wonder if there would be better title than either T+1 or T+2, as both are narrower than the scope of the article. BilledMammal (talk) 04:40, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'd have thought Merging the whole thing into Settlement (finance) would make the most sense. This is a closely related topic to that, and there's nowhere near enough content overall to justify it being split out like this.... — Amakuru (talk) 06:36, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done. I've merged this. — Amakuru (talk) 10:29, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Rkinch: If that's all, can we be given the go-ahead to de-list this request? Intrisit (talk) 11:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

West African Football Union → WAFU (currently a redirect instead to Wafu) (move · discuss) – Pageviews conducted on these provide arguable evidence. The page that the target title redirects to (Wafu) is already a DAB page. Intrisit (talk) 11:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requests to revert undiscussed moves[edit]

Contested technical requests[edit]

American open-wheel car racing → Indy car racing (currently a redirect back to American open-wheel car racing) (move · discuss) – WP:COMMONTERM RegalZ8790 (talk) 18:57, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is it though? I'm not sure "indy car" really saw much use before the 1990s, retconning the entire history of American racing is at least worth a discussion. 162 etc. (talk) 05:02, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
if i can chime in, the page is an overview of Indy car racing only, which has been known by that name since the 1950s. If it was an full histort of American racing it would also discuss the other open-wheel disciplines such as sprint cars, midget cars, super modifieds and modifieds. Not to mention the non-open-wheel of NASCAR and Drag Racing. The article itself is clear that the common term is Indy car. thank you 2605:59C8:10F0:1410:396E:69B0:4005:79DF (talk) 13:46, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Though it isn't, Formula cars are also called indy cars, according to some authorities. So any open-wheel open-cockpit single-seat racing prototype/specialty series/race would be indy car racing, not just American ones, including formula, including spec racing. -- 65.92.244.237 (talk) 05:14, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Belgica metro station → Belgica (Brussels Metro) (move · discuss) – Bélgica (Madrid Metro) is formatted in this manner 65.92.244.237 (talk) 10:29, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
All entries at Category:Brussels metro stations are of the form X metro station, and this matches the standard for rail transport stations across the whole project so certainly the proposed move should not go ahead as specified. Arguably it's the Madrid metro stations which do not follow that format and should probably be renamed... On the specific question of whether further disambiguation is needed between the Brussel and the Madrid Belgicas, it seems like the diacritic (Belgica vs Bélgica) is sufficient here per WP:SMALLDETAILS so I'd recommend leaving the Brussels one exactly as it is. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 11:13, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bélgica itself (with the diacritic) redirects to Belgium, and Brussels is in Belgium... -- 65.92.244.237 (talk) 11:42, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The current title meets WP:NATURAL. Maybe it's Bélgica (Madrid Metro) that needs moving? Either way, yes, this is not uncontroversial. Steel1943 (talk) 14:20, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Attempted assassination of Robert Fico → Shooting of Robert Fico (currently a redirect back to Attempted assassination of Robert Fico) (move · discuss) – Moving the article to the current title was jumping to ungrounded conclusions, and as such shouldn't happen here. The requested title was the original article's title. Now it is a redirect page with more edits in the history, so I cannot move it back. The content of the article state that the attack was not meant to kill him. IHaveBecauseOfLocks (talk) 14:29, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IHaveBecauseOfLocks, given that this was a subject of discussion on the talk page and elsewhere, an unilateral move may be contentious. Please open a RM discussion. – robertsky (talk) 16:01, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

David TC Davies → David T. C. Davies (currently a redirect back to David TC Davies) (move · discuss) – Per MOS:INITIALS. While the subject may prefer it styled this way, the reliable sources do not follow suit, which is the key point in the policy grounds for an exception style SchroCat (talk) 18:04, 28 May 2024 (UTC) - SchroCat (talk) 18:04, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SchroCat: The article was moved from David T. C. Davies to its current title less than a year ago, so this would require further discussion. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 19:49, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Over two years ago, actually. But yes, there needs to be a requested move discussion before restoring this reverted move. You can open an RM by clicking "discuss" on this request. SilverLocust 💬 05:39, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Environmental impact of the Israel–Hamas war → Environmental damage caused by the Israel–Hamas war (currently a redirect back to Environmental impact of the Israel–Hamas war) (move · discuss) – This was a good faith move, that involved some minimal discussion, but the way to move controversial topics is through a move request. Since this page is currently on the main page, we can wait until its off the main page before we move it back to avoid a redirect. VR _{(Please ping on reply)} 04:37, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion is discussion. The mover linked https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Environmental_damage_caused_by_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war#Suggested_rename and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:DYK#Environmental_damage_in_the_Gaza_Strip_caused_by_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war where there was WP:CONSENSUS at least. If you think the rename should be what you propose, then file a new move request at WP:RM. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 11:09, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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