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Help:How to move a page

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Most users will find the "Move" option in a drop-down menu at the top right of the screen, labelled "More", after "History" and the "Watchlist" star (see picture). It may be under a menu labelled "Page" if you have enabled "MoreMenu" at
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Give a reason for the move (which is like an edit summary). Although filling out the "Reason" field isn't required, you should state a reason for the page move.
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Choose whether to also move the page's talk page (this box should usually be left checked). This box is not present if the page has no talk page.
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If the old page was protected, its protection settings will be generally automatically copied to the new page, and thus be recorded in the
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On Knowledge (XXG), a page can usually be renamed if the already existing title is incorrect or needs to be changed; this is called
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If the page is for the main encyclopedia, choose "(Article)" from the drop-down box. Otherwise choose the appropriate
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button and, if successful, the page will be renamed to the new title. The old title will become a
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was enabled, the settings will be moved but they will not be logged against the new page title.
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page name) and a "move has succeeded" message will be displayed, on a page looking like this:
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It explains concepts or processes used by the Knowledge (XXG) community. It is not one of
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If there is no "move" link at the top of the page at all, the page is most likely
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appears when you move your mouse cursor over the small drop-down menu, shown here.
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To the right of the text box, enter the new name of the page as the "New title".
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Go to the page that you want to move. There is no need to click "Edit".
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into place. The intended article name is entered without any prefixes.
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The layout of the screen will be different if you have selected a "
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Click the "Move" option, and fill in the details of your move.
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Do not move or rename a page by copying/pasting its content,
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For detailed guidance on how and when to move a page, see
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Index

Knowledge (XXG):How to rename a page
Knowledge (XXG):Moving a page
how-to guide
Knowledge (XXG)'s policies or guidelines
consensus
Shortcuts
H:MOVE
HELP:MOVE
WP:VECTOR2022
the talk page
namespace
base title
userspace draft
article space
edit history

move
skin

userspace draft
logged in
autoconfirmed account
technical section of requested moves
controversial and potentially controversial moves
Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets
skin
protected
technical move request page
namespace prefix
redirect page

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