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If you are unable to complete a move for technical reasons, you can request technical help below. This is the correct method if you tried to move a page, but you got an error message saying something like "You do not have permission to move this page, for the following reasons:..." or "The/This page could not be moved, for the following reason:..."

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  • To list a technical request: edit the Uncontroversial technical requests subsection and insert the following code at the bottom of the list, filling in pages and reason: 
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Technical requests

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Uncontroversial technical requests

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This seems like it might be controversial. Could it imply that Houthi Yemen is not part of Yemen (like West Virginia and Virginia)? Houthis seem like a contentious topic in general. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 05:19, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This depends on how you would define Yemen at the moment. Areas under Houthi control have their own government, with their own armed forces, parliament (and everything that makes up a state). They are pretty much a Quasi-state and have their own de facto borders. This article functions like Syrian Salvation Government and Syrian Interim Government 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 13:21, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In March 2023 there was some suspected vandalism around this matter that led to indefinite protection against page moves (though we could do it here). Perhaps there was confusion about her use of pre- and post-divorce surnames around that time. Has the matter since been settled? ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:31, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Contested technical requests

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This is not obviously uncontroversial. There was a move to lowercase a year and a half ago. The current opening sentence is the result of unexplained recent edits (two and a half months ago) by a user account that has no other edit history. A good way to fix the mismatch is to revert those two edits. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 04:06, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Dumpling → Dumplings (currently a redirect back to Dumpling) (move) – as per the first line in the text. JacktheBrown (talk) 20:52, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:SINGULAR applies here. * Pppery * it has begun... 04:36, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    And there was a consensus declared less than three months ago not to do that in an RM discussion of January 2025. It is not necessary for the opening sentence term to exactly match the article title, and the sentence can be easily rephrased if desired. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 04:30, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nathan Newman (writer) → Nathan Newman (move · discuss) – Nathan Newman is the most notable individual associated with the name "Nathan Newman". The current disambiguation as "Nathan Newman (writer)" is unnecessary and potentially confusing as Newman is a screenwriter and film director as well as an author. According to Wikipedia’s guidelines, the article for the most notable person with a given name should use the unqualified name? WinnFree44 (talk) 15:36, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    This article was only created in the last couple of days, and I'm not sure there's any evidence that it's a clear WP:PRIMARYTOPIC yet, with Nathan Newman the engineering professor being the other contender. Note that UtherSRG reverted a move on the engineer's article earlier today. Probably a disambiguation page, with neither topic being primary, will be the eventual outcome but I'd suggest leaving it a while for the longer-term page views etc. to become clear.  — Amakuru (talk) 22:26, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd like to keep this discussion open. As per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, where the primary topic should be the one most commonly associated with the name and especially in regards to long-term significance, Nathan Newman (writer) is the clear primary topic. The current disambiguation as 'Nathan Newman (writer)' is both limiting and quite misleading due to Newman being notable in other creative fields. Additionally, Nathan Newman (engineer) does not appear to meet the primary topic criteria at all. Two of his six sources are now dead links, and the remaining ones are primarily from the same college website, limiting any independent verification of his prominence. Especially e.g. in comparison to major independent sources on Nathan Newman (writer)'s page – New York Times, Washington Post, NPR etc. So I do think the unqualified name 'Nathan Newman' is the most appropriate and natural title. 82.14.135.82 (talk) 00:41, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Elimelech (biblical figure) (currently a redirect to Elimelech) → Elimelech (move · discuss) – Remove unnecessary parentheses/disambiguator Yeshivish613 (talk) 16:20, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure if the disambigutor is truly unnecessary due to Elimelech of Lizhensk, Elimelech Szapira, and Elimelech Biderman. The biblical figure might be the primary topic for the article namespace that only uses the singular name, and if so this request makes sense but a new disambig page and various hatnotes would help. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 16:27, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I did this via {{db-move}} without seeing that request was contested. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:58, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If nobody disputes that recent move, I have no objections and you can consider this request to be fulfilled uncontroversially. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:22, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Kilopylae I don't agree with this name change. The article is about cones from all coniferous trees, not just the Pinaceae family. Changing the name to just pine cone would be a change in the scope of the article. cyberdog958Talk 10:57, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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