Wikipedia:Requested moves/Current discussions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This list is also available in a page-link-first format and in table format. 121 discussions have been relisted.

Shortcuts
This page lists all requests filed or identified as potentially controversial which are currently under discussion.

March 22, 2026

  • (Discuss) – Macedonian Karaman → Macedonian Shepherd DogMacedonian Shepherd Dog – Macedonian Shepherd Dog - Karaman. The dog is registered on the website of the Fédération Cynologique Internationale as the Macedonian Shepherd Dog - Karaman. It is also described in the same way by Macedonian authors in the sources cited in the article. I think the article should be renamed in this regard into Macedonian Shepherd Dog, because the name under which it currently exists is not entirely accurate. Jingiby (talk) 06:10, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – Maghrib → Maghrib (disambiguation)Maghrib (disambiguation) – Maghrib is a variant spelling of Maghreb and is very common in scholarly writing, since it is the standard transliteration of the Arabic term in the most commonly used systems. The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition has an article on al-Maghrib but not on the prayer, which is covered in the article on salat. Ngrams show capital-M Maghrib much more popular than maghrib. I think it is safe to treat the Maghreb as the primary topic for Maghrib and make it a redirect at least. Srnec (talk) 21:06, 14 March 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. 1isall (talk | contribs) 00:41, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

March 21, 2026

  • (Discuss) – Eram massacre → Eram, India – What is this article about? The intro para is about a village, the pagename is about a massacre. Is the nominal topic the massacre, which is the half of the article, or the village? If it is the village, it needs to be renamed. If it is the massacre, the village info should be deleted and a summary replacing it. -- ~2026-16263-22 (talk) 22:38, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – McD.L.T. → McDLTMcDLT – The more common rendition. There used to be an article about this topic at that title, but it was deleted in 2007. (So, the target title has relevant history) 3df (talk) 19:30, 14 March 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. 1isall (talk | contribs) 21:10, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – Indoor golf → Golf simulatorGolf simulator – This article as it currently stands appears to be trying to cover some general umbrella concept of any golf that takes places indoors (although for some reason excludes miniature golf?), but in actuality is 95% an article about golf simulators with a small, unsourced section about indoor driving ranges tacked on. That last section, if sources can be found to support it, would be better off moved to the driving range article and just allow this article to cover a single topic. Maybe I should've just boldly moved this, but I figure a discussion first will avoid any reverts. Also, for transparency, I did recently remove another small section that I believed to be redundant. -- Fyrael (talk) 20:56, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – MSC 2025 → 2025 MLBB Mid Season Cup – "MSC" is already a very ambiguous term; it could mean practically anything. So to avoid any further confusion, I propose the articles to be renamed to the full name of the tournament. I used "MLBB" instead of "Mobile Legends: Bang Bang" to be consistent with the M-Series articles (i.e. MLBB M7 World Championship). MarcusAbacus (talk) 16:55, 14 March 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 19:22, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
    • MSC 2024 → 2024 MLBB Mid Season Cup
    • MSC 2023 → 2023 MLBB Southeast Asia Cup
    • MSC 2021 → 2021 MLBB Southeast Asia Cup
    • MSC 2019 → 2019 MLBB Southeast Asia Cup
  • (Discuss) – Akıncılar → Akıncılar, Akıncılar – Looking at the various topics listed at Akıncılar (disambiguation), the one with the highest readership interest is Louroujina. There is also a district called Akıncılar District, in which the town that currently has its article at the base name "Akıncılar" is located, and there are also various other identified towns and villages and neighborhoods that have this name. The "primary topic" town has a population only around 2,500 people, so it is just a small town, not a major city. Moreover, "Akıncılar" is also the name of a hacker group that claimed credit for a website attack that followed the Charia Hebdo satire publication. Overall, it does not seem clear that the reader would almost certainly be looking for the current "primary topic" town if they look for "Akıncılar". Pageview data is here. (The pale yellow curve in that pageview illustration is hard to see, but it is worth noticing.) —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 01:27, 7 March 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 04:17, 14 March 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. CNC (talk) 18:41, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – Super Smash Con → Supernova (tournament) – Event is no longer called Super Smash Con as of 2024. Both lede and infobox already reflects this name change, saying it's "formerly known as Super Smash Con". Logo will have to be updated as well, likely uploaded under WP:NFC as I believe it's copyrighted. SmittenGalaxy | talk! 15:25, 14 March 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 16:37, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – Proposed 2008 Basque status referendum → 2008 Basque status referendum attempt – Per WP:PRECISE, "titles should unambiguously define the topical scope of the article". However, the current titles are somewhat misleading by hinting at the votes being mere "proposals" (such as Proposed second Scottish independence referendum), rather than actually attempted votes (in both cases, the legal framework for these two specific referenda to be held on a specific date was approved, even with specific questions, but the votes were not held due to subsequent, outside circumstances). The proposed names would be more in line with the structure provided by WP:NCELECT and WP:NCEVENT ([when/date] [where/country name or adjectival form + type] [what]), as well as WP:CONSISTENT with other similar articles (see 2011 Greek economy referendum attempt or 2015 Tanzanian constitutional referendum attempt). The new names would also be slightly more WP:CONCISE, though not by a much deal. Impru20talk 11:38, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – Regina (freedwoman) → Tombstone of ReginaTombstone of Regina – Per WP:BIO1E: the only thing known about this person is this tombstone. See footnote 1 (I just added in a quote to clarify): Bédoyère, de la, Guy (2001). Eagles over Britannia. The Roman Army in Britain. Tempus. p. 160, 222-223. 84: Tombstone of Regina, Catuvellaunian freedwoman and wife of Barates the Syrian, from South Shields, Arbeia. The sculpture is one of the most celebrated from Roman Britain and Regina has become almost the 'archetypal' Romano-British woman whose enslavement was followed by legal and social integration into the exotic complexity that was the Roman Empire. The architectural style is unequivocally Eastern Empire, though Regina's posture is reflected in tombstones of women across Britain and the Roman world... The best-known woman from all Roman Britain, apart from Boudica, is Regina, wife and freedwoman of one Barates the Palmyrene, buried at South Shields (RIB 1065) (see 84)... The only other instance of a British wife is Verecunda Rufilia, wife of Excingus, who died at the age of 35 (RIB 621). A Dobunnian woman, she was buried at Templeborough... Onceinawhile (talk) 11:01, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – Neolithic ashmounds → Neolithic ashmounds of the Deccan Plateau – Most accurate description should be "Neolithic ashmounds of the Deccan Plateau" rather than the current title which is too generic. 3Daxial2424 (talk) 08:03, 14 March 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 06:38, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – Goleta postal facility shootings → 2006 Goleta postal facility shooting – A lack of other notable shootings at postal facilities in Goleta does not imply that a year is not necessary, factors such as how identifiable the incident does, and this incident does not appear to reach that level of notoriety. Please note that WP:NCWWW states that most events titles should say when, where, and what happened. Years are not WP:OVERPRECISION or only usable for disambiguation (if this were the case, then part of NCWWW would be basically irrelevant, and guidelines and policies should work in harmony, not in opposition to one another). Readers should not be confused if there have been other notable shootings at postal facilities in Goleta because if there had been, it should be mentioned and linked to in the article, like with the distinguish template. Additionally, I changed "shootings" to "shooting" as the incident was notable for the shooting that happened at the Goleta Processing and Distribution Center, and that is one location and per WP:CONSISTENT, it should just be called "shooting". The current title can imply that there were multiple postal facilities in Goleta which were attacked. Raskuly (talk) 05:07, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – 2026 New York City bombing attempt → 2026 Gracie Mansion bombing attempt – "New York City bombing attempt" suggests that more than just Gracie Mansion was the subject of a bombing attempt, when it was only Gracie Mansion that the was the subject of a bombing attempt. PersonMan922 (talk) 02:32, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

March 20, 2026

  • (Discuss) – Orlando factory shooting → 2017 Orlando factory shooting – A lack of other notable shootings at factories in Orlando does not imply that a year is not necessary, factors such as how identifiable the incident does, and this incident does not appear to reach that level of notoriety. Please note that WP:NCWWW states that most events titles should say when, where, and what happened. Years are not WP:OVERPRECISION or only usable for disambiguation (if this were the case, then part of NCWWW would be basically irrelevant, and guidelines and policies should work in harmony, not in opposition to one another). Readers should not be confused if there have been other notable shootings at factories in Orlando because if there had been, it should be mentioned and linked to in the article, like with the distinguish template. Raskuly (talk) 21:49, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – Woughton (parish) → WoughtonWoughton – Per the discussion at #Drop the "(parish")"? with User:JMF. The naming errors seem to have been sorted out. The edit history of Woughton which was recently redirected here could be moved to Woughton on the Green as I previously suggested and either the article restored or just delete it and move this article to "Woughton". There doesn't appear to be a settlement called just "Woughton", there only seems to be "Woughton on the Green". I think we should also look at what to do with Woughton on the Green (parish) as we probably don't need a SI at that title so it could be redirected to this article as the other "Woughton on the Green" parish hasn't existed since 2012 at least not by that name. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:53, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – University at Albany, SUNY → University at AlbanyUniversity at Albany – I am proposing this move for a few reasons: # For consisteny with the University at Buffalo, the only other SUNY campus stylized as "University at". It's not University at Buffalo, SUNY... # Google Trends shows a significant preference towards "University at Albany" over the current page title of "University at Albany, SUNY"; it's a difference large enough that even when subtracting any hits that come up for both strings, the shorter form is still clearly preferred. # Local news sources overwhelmingly refer to the university without SUNY appended to its name. I checked recent coverage of UAlbany at news10.com, timesunion.com, and wamc.org, and found numerous uses of University of Albany and UAlbany but very few uses in running text of the current page title. For reference, a Google search of "university at albany suny" site:timesunion.com turns up three pages of results, including a few false positives, while dozens of pages worth of results are returned when searching for "university at albany" site:timesunion.com. # In the national press, the trend continues. The New York Times uses the proposed title more way more than twice as often as the current one, as does The Washington Post. # The university's own style guide says that the university, when not being referred to with its full name nor the short form UAlbany, should be called the University at Albany. I'm aware of the official name guidelines, but in this case the independent sources agree as well. # While yes, it is true that most of the major college rankings include SUNY somewhere in their title for the institution, for example U.S. News and Niche (these are "claimed" profiles of the institution), these rankings are targeted primarily at high school students researching colleges who may recognize the brand name of the system more than the individual university (they do the same for UBuffalo and other SUNY system schools). The usage of the system name while covering the university for this specific audience should not supersede the wider usage of the simpler name in general SIGCOV of the institution. The usage of the acronym in rankings is also not universal, as the Shanghai Ranking site does not. For reference, there was an RM with the same title proposal in 2023 that closed as no consensus (pinging @Skarmory and BarrelProof) and an RM to move this title to "SUNY Albany" in 2024 that failed (@Theparties, Zzyzx11, ElKevbo, Eyer, and Epicgenius). Though I can't find a guideline on it, it would not surprise me if there has been some sort of consensus in the past that adding an acronym to a page title that not not help readers' understanding of the topic would be discourged. BhamBoi (talk) 18:51, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship → FIVB Men's Volleyball World Cup – On March 5, 2026, the FIVB officially announced that its flagship event, the World Championship, has been rebranded as the FIVB Volleyball World Cup effective starting with the 2027 edition. This move is intended to align the sport with the branding of other major global sports. However, a defunct tournament known as the "FIVB World Cup" already exists (last held in 2019). To maintain encyclopedic clarity: # The rebranded World Championship should take the primary title, as it remains the premier international competition and inherits the historical lineage of the 1949–2025 championships. # The defunct World Cup (1965–2019 for men's and 1973–2019 for women's) should be moved to a title with a year-range qualifier to distinguish it as a separate, historical event. # The name order should follow the recent consensus, putting the gender (men's or women's) before the sport (volleyball). Sources: FIVB, WorldofVolley, and VolleyTimes. ꕥ 𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 ꕥ →𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚖𝚎← 12:28, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – Amaravathi, Palnadu district → Amaravati, Palnadu district – Amaravati is the correct spelling (without 'h') is recognised by AP State Government whereas, Amaravathi with 'h' is the another city located in Maharashtra. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-17552-78 (talk) 09:46, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – Boaty McBoatface → Boaty McBoatface (underwater vehicle) – The primary topic of Boaty McBoatface is the boat that was subject of the internet poll. Boaty McBoatface should be a redirect to that section. Therefore I suggest renaming this article to make place for that, I'm open to other suggestions for a disambiguator. PhotographyEdits (talk) 02:17, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
  • (Discuss) – Mathcounts → MathCountsMathCounts – The page mostly refers to the subject as MathCounts so I'm not sure why it isn't the same for the title. I also wouldn't hate MATHCOUNTS but I think it looks unpleasant. Speedrunz (talk) 02:07, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

March 19, 2026

March 18, 2026

March 17, 2026

March 16, 2026

March 15, 2026

Elapsed listings

Backlog

Malformed requests

Possibly incomplete requests

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI