Pages are renamed by
moving them to new target names. This procedure preserves the page's
edit history. Please do not rename a page by copying/pasting its content to a new page name. If you have an
autoconfirmed account (an account that is at least four days old and has made more than 10 edits), you can move a page yourself, but please first review
Wikipedia:Article titles. If you still wish to rename the page, go to it, click the
Tools drop-down menu at the top on the old vector legacy look (near the
View history button and
Watchlist star), and choose
Move. On the new vector look, simply click
Move under
Tools in the right margin. You can then specify a new name for the article. The old page name will automatically become a
redirect to the new page. However, if it isn't possible for you or you think the move would be at all controversial you should request the move on the talk page using the
Template:Requested move. Even where a move is uncontroversial, if the desired target page name
already exists and is other than a
redirect with only one edit, you will need an
administrator or
page mover to move the page for you, which can be requested at the
technical requests section of requested moves. Hope this helps.
This is a Help desk template. If you are looking for a template to request a page move, see
Template:Rename.
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