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21: 309:}}) which have hardcoded page names. After closing the move and moving the talk page and its archived subpages, the bot settings need to be updated or the archiving bot will stop archiving the moved talk page. In some circumstances, this will involve updating (moving) a hard-coded bot subpage. 83:
Whether any one of the below clean-up tasks is required will depend on the circumstances of the move. Some of the most involved clean-up tasks are limited to moves which introduce a change in "topic structure", for example when an article is moved to a title which previously referred to a
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will need their page title in the template edited from the old name to the new name. Until this is altered, the old page title, which usually becomes a redirect to the new title, will appear as a blue wikilink instead of as the unlinked page name in boldface type (see
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A "search and replace" tool may be helpful here, though it should not be applied blindly. For example, "chocolate bar" should not be replaced if it occurs in a direct quote, a name, the title of a reference, etc.
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A change in topic structure occurs when some title A previously referred to topic X, and after the move refers to topic Y (where X or Y may be the subject of a mainspace article or a disambiguation page).
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if and only if it is the primary topic. If your moves have the effect of demoting a page from or promoting it to primary topic, the corresponding disambiguation page should be updated accordingly.
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wikilinks across the project which used to link to an article about a planet but now link to a disambiguation page. All these links should be replaced with
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In most cases, the running text of an article will refer to the article subject by the title term, and will begin with
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moving to the basename). In rare cases, one topic may have its name usurped by a different topic. An example is at
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should be updated to place the new title first, and replace generic instances of "chocolate bar" with "candy bar":
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If there are many wikilinks that need to be replaced, consider using a semi-automated tool like
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If the talk page is automatically archived, it will have archiving bot settings (such as with {{
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It explains concepts or processes used by the Knowledge (XXG) community. It is not one of
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hatnote would need to be added so that readers could navigate from that page to
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to allow users to navigate between topics that share a name. For example, if
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This most commonly occurs when an article is promoted to be the
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Pages which are subsidiary to the moved page should have titles
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A change to topic structure may necessitate adding or removing
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It is especially important to fix mistargeted wikilinks for
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in the template namespace. For example, the editnotice for
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may need to be updated, removed, or inserted. For example:
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In that case, an article about a 291:{{DEFAULTSORT:Germanotta, Stefani}} 587:Knowledge (XXG) article title help 387:Template:Editnotices/Page/0.999... 317:Move related pages for consistency 14: 19: 502:marked for deletion as orphaned 481:, with the base name holding a 261:would need to be replaced with 88:Update the prose of the article 559:from an ambiguous title (e.g. 94:a bolded instance of the title 1: 457:was moved from the base name 277:{{DEFAULTSORT:Mull, Isle of}} 307:User:ClueBot III/ArchiveThis 263:{{DEFAULTSORT:Islam, Yusuf}} 259:{{DEFAULTSORT:Stevens, Cat}} 99:For example, if the article 519:Update disambiguation pages 220:Update sidebars and navbars 603: 361:Trouble (Cat Stevens song) 343:Category:Cat Stevens songs 226:sidebar or navbar template 49: 511:, or filing a request at 469:Fix mistargeted wikilinks 437:) or vice versa (e.g. if 325:with it. For example, if 107:, the opening paragraph: 582:Knowledge (XXG) renaming 553:Mercury (disambiguation) 477:were moved to the title 463:Shinola (retail company) 271:were moved to the title 237:Update default sort keys 103:were moved to the title 365:The eponymous template 357:Cat Stevens discography 341:and subcategories like 337:The eponymous category 577:Knowledge (XXG) how-to 531:Add or remove hatnotes 78:navigational templates 455:modern retail company 84:disambiguation page. 473:Suppose the article 429:for a name (e.g. if 367:Template:Cat Stevens 349:using the criterion 339:Category:Cat Stevens 303:User:MiszaBot/config 257:, then the existing 241:In certain cases, a 208:. A wide variety of 178:Commonwealth English 156:chocolate bar brands 154:. 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Index

how-to guide
Knowledge (XXG)'s policies or guidelines
consensus
Shortcut
WP:POSTMOVE
moving a page
navigational templates
a bolded instance of the title
Chocolate bar
Candy bar
Commonwealth English
American English
confection
chocolate
nuts
fruit
caramel
nougat
wafers
chocolate bar brands
American English
Commonwealth English
confection
chocolate
nuts
fruit
caramel
nougat
wafers
candy bar brands

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