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There are several possibilities for why you will want to rename a page (one that you have found or created):
- 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. They just refer to different models for picturing the operation:
- rename: keep the page but give it another name; the page history is now attached to the new name; a new page with the old name is created which redirects to the new name and which page history records the renaming.
- move: move the contents and the page history to a new page; change the old page into a redirect; change the page history into one that only records the renaming.
Since the system marks the page with the old name as new page, it applies the first of the two models. This model avoids "changing the history", a kind of "historical revisionism". An oddity is that the renaming itself, which can be considered an important event in the history of the page, is not recorded as such; it is recorded indirectly, namely in the history of the redirect page.
It is not possible to rename an image or image description page. Instead, upload it again under the new name.
[golygu] How to
Note that you have to be logged in to rename a page this way; regarding the set preferences:
- there is no button for this in the nostalgia skin;
- the button is in the quickbar, so this must be on (oddly, only sysops have additionally a link at the bottom of the page).
When you've got your article up, click on the move link at the top of the page. You'll be asked for a new name for the article, and given the option to also move the article's talk page. (Unless you know what you're doing, it's safest to say yes.) Click the "move page"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. However, note that double redirects (pages that redirect to the original article), will not automatically follow to the new article, so you will have to refer them manually.
