Help:Renaming a page

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Renaming (moving) a Page

There are several reasons why you might wish to rename a page:

• The title has been misspelled.
• The title does not follow the naming conventions.
• The scope of the article has been reduced, extended or otherwise changed.

The terms "rename" and "move" mean the same in this context.

A page can not be moved if it is in the image or category namespace. To change the name of an image, one needs to upload it again, and copy the image description. To change the name of a category, one needs to change all category tags, and copy the editable part.

How to

Note that you have to be logged-in and have edit permission to rename a page this way.

With the correct page displayed, click on the "Move" tab near the top of the page. You'll be asked for a new name for the page and why you are moving it.

Click the "move page" button and the page will be renamed to the new title. The old title will become a redirect page, so any links to the old title will still go to the new page.

Page histories

The "move page" function keeps the entire edit history of the page, before and after the move, in one place, as if the page were always named that way. So, you should avoid moving a page by cutting all the text out of one page, and pasting it into a new one; old revisions, notes, and attributions are much harder to keep track of if you do that.

Move-protected pages

Administrators can protect pages from moves. If a page is protected from moves only, the "Move this page" link will not be available. In this case, you can ask that an administrator move it for you, or you can manually move the page, by copying the contents to the new page and redirecting the old page to the new page. However, this is generally not recommended, and users are asked to request the moves instead.

Pages that are protected from editing are automatically protected from moves.