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to create a page">How to create a page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_creation" title="Wikipedia:Article creation">Article creation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Editing" title="Help:Editing">Editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_process" title="Wikipedia:Deletion process">Deletion process</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar 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page manipulation"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Linking_and_page_manipulation" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Linking and page manipulation"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_moves/Technical_requests" title="Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests">Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests</a> is a common place for editors both new and old to seek assistance. It's also a part of projectspace which editors, especially newer ones, may not entirely understand the inner workings of. Many editors are confused about whether a move they can't perform themselves should be placed under "Uncontroversial technical requests" or "Administrator needed". The overwhelming majority of moves most editors will take to RM/TR do not require an administrator, but some will; this page explains what requests should be placed where. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_moves_require_administrators?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_moves_require_administrators?"><span id="What_moves_require_administrators.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_moves_require_administrators?"></span>What moves require administrators?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_moves_require_administrators?"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:When_to_place_technical_requests_in_%22Administrator_needed%22&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: What moves require administrators?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Moves require administrators when non-administrators are prevented via <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PROTECT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PROTECT">protection</a> from executing the move. Specifically, when the page at its current title is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MOVP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MOVP">move-protected</a> or its intended title is <i>fully</i> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SALT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SALT">creation-protected</a>, an admin needs to perform the move. </p><p>Move protection, to the surprise of some editors, does not permit <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PMR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PMR">page movers</a> to edit through it. Move protection was established long prior to the unbundling of page mover rights <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Page_mover/Archive_1#RFC_-_Proposed:_"Page_mover"_permission_to_be_created" title="Wikipedia talk:Page mover/Archive 1">in 2016</a>, and many extant move protections were placed in the 2000s due to persistent page move vandalism now handled through the <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Titleblacklist" title="MediaWiki:Titleblacklist">title blacklist</a>. Many of these protections have since been lifted in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive333#Review_of_indefinitely_move-protected_articles" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive333">a review</a> of indefinite move protections, but some have since slipped through the cracks. Frustratingly for page movers, many admins continue to indefinitely move-protect pages during transient move wars even when an RM is open, making these RMs difficult for page movers (the significant majority of RM closers) to close when they resolve days later. </p><p>Similarly, if the target title is fully "salted" (creation-protected), only admins are able to move to it. Be careful to check that this is indeed a full salt; many pages are only 'ECP' salted and can be made by any extended-confirmed (500+ edits and 30+ days tenure) editor. Please note that salted titles are often such because they have been repeatedly deemed inappropriate. New editors seeking to have a page, especially a draft, moved to a salted title may be strongly encouraged to go through the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFC">Articles for Creation</a> process to ensure the article is actually appropriate for inclusion in Wikipedia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_case:_title_blacklist" data-mw-thread-id="h-Special_case:_title_blacklist-What_moves_require_administrators?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Special_case:_title_blacklist-What_moves_require_administrators?"></span>Special case: title blacklist<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Special_case:_title_blacklist-What_moves_require_administrators?"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:When_to_place_technical_requests_in_%22Administrator_needed%22&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Special case: title blacklist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Contrary to the warning given when trying to perform them, title blacklist moves are <i>not</i> admin-only!</b> Creating a page on the title blacklist, or moving a page to a blacklisted title, is possible for all administrators, page movers, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TPE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TPE">template editors</a>. As page movers make up the majority of RM/TR's watchers, these moves can be performed by almost anyone watching the page and are correctly placed under "Uncontroversial technical requests". </p><p>The source of the confusion here is that the <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Titleblacklist-forbidden-edit" title="MediaWiki:Titleblacklist-forbidden-edit">error message</a> given to people without any of those user rights attempting to create a page at a blacklisted title only mentions administrators. Consensus has not yet formed for an alternative wording, so people place blacklisted moves under "Administrator needed". Nonetheless, these moves can be executed by any page mover. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_moves_do_not_require_administrators?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_moves_do_not_require_administrators?"><span id="What_moves_do_not_require_administrators.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_moves_do_not_require_administrators?"></span>What moves do not require administrators?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_moves_do_not_require_administrators?"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:When_to_place_technical_requests_in_%22Administrator_needed%22&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: What moves do not require administrators?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In short, everything else. Edge cases exist that this page cannot cover, but the substantial majority of moves not involving protected articles are doable by any page mover. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Page_mover_right" data-mw-thread-id="h-Page_mover_right-What_moves_do_not_require_administrators?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Page_mover_right-What_moves_do_not_require_administrators?"></span>Page mover right<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Page_mover_right-What_moves_do_not_require_administrators?"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:When_to_place_technical_requests_in_%22Administrator_needed%22&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Page mover right"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PMR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PMR">page mover</a> right allows editors to perform a variety of page moves otherwise impossible for non-admins. Page movers can move pages without leaving a redirect (allowing for moving a page to a title that currently redirects to it), move all of a page's subpages at once, and move pages over pre-existing redirects as long as they only have a single edit, along with a variety of more niche permissions. </p><p>Not everyone making their first foray to RM/TR is aware the page mover right exists, let alone that most people who patrol the page have it rather than <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ADMIN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ADMIN">the bit</a>. This can lead people to assume moves they can't personally do can only be enacted by administrators. Gently correct this misconception when it arises, perhaps with a link to this very page. </p><p>Because of RM/TR's page mover dominance, requests placed under "Administrator needed" often take longer to be resolved; some may sit there for extended periods while requests around them are handled. 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