Help:Moving a page
<languages/> Template:PD Help Page <translate> Moving (renaming) a page means giving it another name.</translate> <translate> This is done by using the "<tvar name="1">move</tvar>" action of [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Navigation#Page Tabs</tvar>|tab]] "<tvar name="3">More</tvar>" at the top.</translate> <translate> The tab is not visible if you are not logged in.</translate> <translate> Then simply enter the new name and click "<tvar name="1">Move page</tvar>".</translate> <translate> Normally you would want to leave the "<tvar name="1">Move associated talk page</tvar>" option ticked.</translate>
<translate> If you move page "A" to a new title "B", this operation will do the following:
- Renames the title of page "A" as "B"</translate>
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- Renames all the editing history of page "A" as of page "B" as well</translate>
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- Creates a new page "A", whose content is a [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Redirects</tvar>|redirect]] to page "B"
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<translate> The second point is important.</translate> <translate> By using the "<tvar name="1">Move</tvar>" feature, you also move the editing history, which is desirable in most situations.</translate> <translate> The editing history allows people to see how the contents of the page were built up, and who contributed what.</translate> <translate> If you move contents around by copying and pasting (not using the move feature), you do not achieve this (see also <tvar name="1">Help:Tracking changes</tvar>).</translate>
<translate> When the move operation leaves behind a redirect (see <tvar name="1">Help:Redirects</tvar>), it should not result in any broken links except the possibility of double redirects – that is, pages redirecting to "A" which becomes a redirect itself.</translate> <translate> You might want to hunt down pages or other redirects which link in to the redirect, and change their text to link directly to the new title.</translate> <translate> The "<tvar name="1">What links here</tvar>" feature, which can be used through the link in the <tvar name="2">Tools</tvar> (at bottom of the [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Navigation#Sidebar</tvar>|sidebar]]) is useful when doing this.</translate>
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Undo a move
</translate> <translate> As with almost all wiki editing, a move operation can be reversed (by any user).</translate> <translate> To reverse a move operation, simply move the page back, e.g. move page "B" back to "A".</translate>
<translate> The page title "B" will still be left behind, as a redirect from "B" to "A".</translate> <translate> Any user can remove the redirect and propose that the page be deleted. However the final deletion will require sysop privileges (see <tvar name="delete">Help:Deletion and undeletion</tvar>).</translate>
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Moving a page without creating a redirect
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[[Template:Lm|right|350px|thumb|<translate> Relevant option highlighted</translate>]]
<translate> Users with the <tvar name="1">suppressredirect</tvar> [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Help:User rights</tvar>|user right]] can optionally move a page without creating a redirect. This is particularly useful when undoing a move.
When the right is enabled, one additional check box will appear when one needs to move a page (see picture at right).
URL parameters
These query strings can be added to the URL of <tvar name=1>Special:MovePage</tvar> in order to fill out fields and check boxes in advance. </translate>
| <translate> Parameter</translate> | <translate> Meaning</translate> |
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wpOldTitleNs=n
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<translate> Namespace number of existing page</translate> |
wpOldTitle=
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<translate> Title of existing page</translate> |
wpNewTitleNs=n
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<translate> Target namespace number</translate> |
wpNewTitle=
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<translate> Target page title</translate> |
wpMovetalk=1
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<translate> Move talk page, if one exists.</translate> |
wpReason=
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<translate> Text for reason field</translate> |
wpWatch=1
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<translate> Watch source and target pages</translate> |
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Mass renaming / moving
</translate> <translate> MediaWiki does not offer a special page with which to perform a batch operation for page moves.</translate> <translate> There may be alternatives, depending on your situation:</translate>
- Extension:Replace Text
- MoveBatch.php: <translate> a maintenance script for renaming a batch of pages.</translate>
- Manual:Pywikibot/movepages.py
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Moving subpages
Users with the <tvar name="1">move-subpages</tvar> [[<tvar name="2">Special:MyLanguage/Help:User rights</tvar>|user right]] can optionally move [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Subpages</tvar>|subpages]] of a page (up to 100), preserving its "tree" structure. If you specify the root page you want to move in the title (by visiting <tvar name="4">Special:MovePage</tvar>/Some page), the special page displays the subpages of that root page.
See also
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- [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Redirects#Suppressing_a_redirect</tvar>|Help:Redirects#Suppressing a redirect]]
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