User talk:CommonsDelinker/commands/Category moves

Category moves

Category:Pages with template:bots
Request for a non controversial name change of a category:

All moves/name changes have to follow Commons policy. Please do not request changes that may be controversial.

You are fully responsible for the requested category move.

Please remember to include an explanation and your username to new requests. This makes it easier for admins to process them.

If requesting multiple moves for the same reason, please copy-and-paste the reason in.
Good explanations are short, clear, and concise, such as "typo", "full name", "consistency with related categories", and so on. Longer explanations are useful in complicated issues.

Use the following command template (please fill out all fields and stick on the exact format):

{{move cat|Old cat name|New cat name|3=Explanation|user={{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}}
Example
{{move cat|Nice, Palais de Nice|Palais de Nice|3=The first word "Nice" is unnecessary.|user={{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}}

Updating references to the new category name is the duty of the requester. Update all references to the new category name where needed. This part of the task is not automated. (Use the "What links here" tab to find out which categories or pages are still linked to the old category name.)

Category:Commons admin backlog#CommonsDelinker/commands/Category%20moves

Category move commands

Rename Category:Railway Museum in Warsaw to Category:Stacja Muzeum in Warsaw (1 entries moved, 207 to go) (Requested by Bonvol)
Reason provided: Railway museum uses the new name for 10 years – Admin: Approve

Requests without sections

Rename Category:Els Magraners to Category:Els Mangraners (0 entries moved, 3 to go) (Requested by AlbertRA)
Reason provided: genuine and correct place name of the neighborhood – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Coats of arms of the Latin Empire to Category:Attributed coats of arms of the Latin Empire (0 entries moved, 8 to go) (Requested by Qbli2mHd)
Reason provided: Includes arms of Philip of Courtenay, titular Latin emperor after Byzantium retook Constantinople; these were later attributed to previous Latin emperors. – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Flags of the Latin Empire to Category:Attributed flags of the Latin Empire (0 entries moved, 9 to go) (Requested by Qbli2mHd)
Reason provided: Designs based on the arms of Philip of Courtenay. – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Boogie Board (Note-taking device) to Category:Boogie Board (0 entries moved, 7 to go) (Requested by Belbury)
Reason provided: No need for the disambiguation – Admin: Approve
@Belbury: I think the disambiguation is needed. There is something else commonly called boogie board. --Auntof6 (talk) 00:34, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
Comment: I'm not sure about this category move, because: If Gerhard Richter did not accept the photos here (he is 93 years old and a well-known German artist), they have to be deleted, because there is no FOP in Germany inside churches or other buildings. --176.1.13.166 22:23, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Rename Category:Stykkisholmúr Rear Range Light to Category:Súgandiseyjarviti (0 entries moved, 27 to go) (Requested by Steinninn)
Reason provided: Obvious error – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Category navigational templates for municipalities to Category:Category navigational templates for municipalities in Cuba (0 entries moved, 15 to go) (Requested by 176.1.10.36)
Reason provided: All templates in the category are for municipalities in Cuba now, see Category:Category navigational templates for Cuba. A Category:Category navigational templates for municipalities in Cuba is better than 2 categories with the same 15 subcategories. – Admin: Approve
Other idea for this move: Only the content of the category should be moved to the new name. The templates have the category directly in the template, so the bot can move them.
Therefore I created Category:Category navigational templates for municipalities in Cuba, then the bot can't move the category, but only all templates in the category.
Afterwards, the old category can and should be refilled with 3 subcategories and 3 templates that are now in Category:Category navigational templates for country subdivision. —176.1.10.36 17:43, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
Rename Category:Narre Warren railway station to Category:Narre Warren railway station, Melbourne (0 entries moved, 6 to go) (Requested by Numbermaniac)
Reason provided: Consistency with rest of Category:Pakenham railway lineAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Výstavba tramvajového kolejiště na Václavském náměstí (2024) to Category:Výstavba tramvajového kolejiště na Václavském náměstí (3 entries moved, 1,704 to go) (Requested by Osidor)
Reason provided: Correct name is without the year. – Admin: Approve
I don’t understand any Czech, but please read the editnotice above the edit window or read the beginning of this page: no controversial moves here.
Looking at the two version histories of the category now and of the target name of the category, I see some kind of edit war since yesterday about the name of the category, a revert after the move and the category not being anymore on the name, where the older category versions since 2024 were. These are on the target name now, therefore I think, the redirect shouldn’t be deleted now with those old category versions. Is it possible to get the old category versions until yesterday back to the actual category name which has been edited very much since yesterday by merging all those versions there? I’ve rarely seen a Commons category which has been edited so much on one day by so many different users. Another category move now has to be discussed between those users. —176.1.17.247 19:32, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
And please note that there are 1,291 files in that category, so that every move is a big workload for bot and servers. There really has to be a consensus first for a category name, where it can stay without further moves. But it would be a very good idea to create subcategories for those many files. —176.1.16.30 22:10, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
I should leave the year in the category name. Who knows whether there won't be another exhibition soon? --Schlosser67 (talk) 09:14, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
Rename Category:Kommandeure Drag.-Rgt.(1.württ.)Nr.25 to Category:Commanders of Dragoner-Regiment „Königin Olga“ (1. Württembergisches) Nr. 25 (0 entries moved, 6 to go) (Requested by 176.1.5.73)
Reason provided: proper name as parent category:Dragoner-Regiment „Königin Olga“ (1. Württembergisches) Nr. 25, and "Commanders" in English – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Kommandeure Ul.-Rgt.(1.württ.)Nr.20 to Category:Commanders of Ulanen-Regiment „König Wilhelm I.“ (2. Württembergisches) Nr. 20 (0 entries moved, 21 to go) (Requested by 176.1.5.73)
Reason provided: proper name as parent category:Ulanen-Regiment „König Wilhelm I.“ (2. Württembergisches) Nr. 20, and "Commanders" in English – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Friedrich Loeffler Denkmal (Frankfurt (Oder)-Markendorf) to Category:Memorial stone for Friedrich Loeffler by Walter Kreisel in Markendorf (0 entries moved, 16 to go) (Requested by 176.1.9.28)
Reason provided: misspelling without hyphens or comma between "Friedrich Loeffler" and "Denkmal", it’s better to take the English name at Wikidata d:Q121286615 with creator and location and without 2 pairs of brackets – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Paddock Viaduct to Category:Paddock Viaduct (Fort Worth) (0 entries moved, 11 to go) (Requested by Schlosser67)
Reason provided: For uniqueness. There is a bridge with the same name in Huddersfield, England for which a category exists. – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Abai Kunanbaev to Category:Abay Kunanbaiuly (49 entries moved, 0 to go) (Requested by Nurtenge)
Reason provided: English wikis use the transliteration of the name from Kazakh, not Russian (Wikipedia, Wikisource). – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Bahnhofsplatz (Mainz) to Category:Bahnhofplatz (Mainz) (0 entries moved, 58 to go) (Requested by ManuelB701)
Reason provided: Officially without "s" in name, see also Bahnhofplatz (Q1749924) (including street sign) and Wikipedia article – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Wilton Park to Category:Wilton Park, West Yorkshire (0 entries moved, 14 to go) (Requested by Schlosser67)
Reason provided: To distinguish from other objects with the same name – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre to Category:Forest Hill Chase (0 entries moved, 16 to go) (Requested by Numbermaniac)
Reason provided: Matches Wikipedia article; official name does not include "Shopping Centre". – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:LVL UP EXPO to Category:LVL Up Expo (0 entries moved, 3 to go) (Requested by Oornery)
Reason provided: Unnecessary all caps – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:LVL UP EXPO 2025 to Category:LVL Up Expo 2025 (0 entries moved, 123 to go) (Requested by Oornery)
Reason provided: Unnecessary all caps – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Members of the Partido Republicano (Chile) to Category:Members of the Republican Party (Chile) (0 entries moved, 21 to go) (Requested by Regioncalifornia)
Reason provided: Title should be in English – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Partido Republicano (Chile) to Category:Republican Party (Chile) (0 entries moved, 11 to go) (Requested by Regioncalifornia)
Reason provided: Title should be in English – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Sitting by legs to Category:Sitting by leg posiition (0 entries moved, 13 to go) (Requested by Sennecaster)
Reason provided: Per CFD discussionAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Nursing homes in Leeds to Category:Nursing homes in the City of Leeds (0 entries moved, 18 to go) (Requested by Schlosser67)
Reason provided: Covers the whole metropolitan borough, not only the unparished area of Leeds – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Nursing homes in Bradford to Category:Nursing homes in the City of Bradford (0 entries moved, 5 to go) (Requested by Schlosser67)
Reason provided: Covers the whole metropolitan borough, not only the unparished area of Bradford – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Rhine at Trechtingshausen to Category:Rhine in Trechtingshausen (21 entries moved, 0 to go) (Requested by ManuelB701)
Reason provided: Standardisation with existing categories – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Order Stara planina to Category:Order of Stara Planina (0 entries moved, 8 to go) (Requested by R'n'B)
Reason provided: per Commons:Language policyAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Paddock Viaduct to Category:Paddock Viaduct, Forth Worth (0 entries moved, 11 to go) (Requested by Schlosser67)
Reason provided: To distinguish from a bridge with the same name in England – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Holt Head to Category:Holt Head, West Yorkshire (0 entries moved, 27 to go) (Requested by Schlosser67)
Reason provided: for uniqueness - same place name exists elsewhere – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Wilton Park to Category:Wilton Park, Birstall, West Yorkshire (0 entries moved, 14 to go) (Requested by Schlosser67)
Reason provided: for uniqueness - same place name exists elsewhere – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Eastmoor to Category:Eastmoor, West Yorkshire (0 entries moved, 45 to go) (Requested by Schlosser67)
Reason provided: To distinguish from places with the same name elsewhere – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Optician shops in Leeds to Category:Optician shops in the City of Leeds (0 entries moved, 26 to go) (Requested by Schlosser67)
Reason provided: Covers the whole metropolitan borough, not only the unparished area of Leeds – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Music Inspired by My Little Pony to Category:Music inspired by My Little Pony (0 entries moved, 2 to go) (Requested by Anon126)
Reason provided: Consistent casing – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Generation Z in the graffiti to Category:Generation Z in graffiti (0 entries moved, 27 to go) (Requested by Belbury)
Reason provided: Ungrammatical "the" – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Trains on the Caldervale Line to Category:Trains on the Calder Valley Line (1 entries moved, 70 to go) (Requested by Schlosser67)
Reason provided: Line has been renamed some years ago – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Zx-calculus to Category:ZX-calculus (2 entries moved, 25 to go) (Requested by Bumpf)
Reason provided: fix capitalization of ZX as it's built from the Z and X operations – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Berry Brow to Category:Berry Brow, West Yorkshire (0 entries moved, 64 to go) (Requested by Schlosser67)
Reason provided: to distinguish from another place with the same name – Admin: Approve

Requests with sections


Category:Shops in Allentown, Pennsylvania

Rename Category:Beverage Distributors in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Category:Beverage distributors in Allentown, Pennsylvania (0 entries moved, 7 to go) (Requested by The Bushranger)
Reason provided: tree name conformity; caps – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Wholesale Grocers in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Category:Wholesale grocers in Allentown, Pennsylvania (0 entries moved, 16 to go) (Requested by The Bushranger)
Reason provided: caps) – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Card and Gift Shops in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Category:Gift shops in Allentown, Pennsylvania (0 entries moved, 9 to go) (Requested by The Bushranger)
Reason provided: tree name conformity; caps – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Dry Goods in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Category:Dry goods shops in Allentown, Pennsylvania (0 entries moved, 49 to go) (Requested by The Bushranger)
Reason provided: tree name conformity; caps – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Hobby, Toy, and Game Shops in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Category:Hobby shops in Allentown, Pennsylvania (0 entries moved, 8 to go) (Requested by The Bushranger)
Reason provided: tree name conformity; caps – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Kitchen Goods and Cutlery in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Category:Restaurant supply stores in Allentown, Pennsylvania (0 entries moved, 1 to go) (Requested by The Bushranger)
Reason provided: tree name conformity; caps – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Carpet and Wallpaper Stores in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Category:Carpet and wallpaper shops in Allentown, Pennsylvania (0 entries moved, 13 to go) (Requested by The Bushranger)
Reason provided: tree name conformity; caps – Admin: Approve

Categories: animals with other animals

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Rename Category:Comparison of Elephas and Loxodonta to Category:Elephas maximus and Loxodonta africana (0 entries moved, 13 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum)
Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Elephants with lions to Category:Loxodonta africana and Panthera leo (0 entries moved, 8 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum)
Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve
@Ellicrum: There is at least one image of a lion with an Indian elephant in that category, making your proposed name inaccurate. The common names are fine here. The same goes for Category:Leopards with other animals, Category:Lions with other animals, and Category:Giraffes with lions. —Zacwill (talk) 12:56, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Hello @Zacwill:
I had also noticed the presence of that illustration of a lion with an Asian elephant in a circus setting. My initial plan was simply to move that file to the more general categories "Panthera leo with other species" and "Elephas maximus with other species". So the category in question here should indeed be reserved for the two African mammals, where there are still a few dozen uncategorized files in savanna environments.
That said, I can understand your hesitation regarding the renaming of this specific category. However, we are not dealing with the same situation for the other categories listed here. Vernacular names can certainly work (and of course, we can keep the redirect), but the idea remains to standardize the titling with all other similar categories, which mostly rely on the scientific names. As for "Giraffes with lions" specifically, I don’t see why we would use the preposition in this case. --Ellicrum {bablute [...]} 21:26, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
Rename Category:Connochaetes taurinus with Equus quagga to Category:Connochaetes taurinus and Equus quagga (0 entries moved, 86 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum)
Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Phacochoerus africanus with Equus quagga to Category:Equus quagga and Phacochoerus africanus (0 entries moved, 10 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum)
Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Leopards with other animals to Category:Panthera pardus with other species (0 entries moved, 17 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum)
Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Lions with other animals to Category:Panthera leo with other species (0 entries moved, 47 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum)
Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Giraffes with lions to Category:Giraffa and Panthera leo (0 entries moved, 47 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum)
Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories – Admin: Approve
Rename Category:Buphagus erythrorhynchus on Giraffa to Category:Buphagus erythrorynchus and Giraffa (0 entries moved, 39 to go) (Requested by Ellicrum)
Reason provided: Standardization of titles of similar categories. Furthermore, the spelling Buphagus erythrorynchus seems to be the most preferred. – Admin: Approve



Rename Category:Human autopsies to Category:Autopsies (0 entries moved, 0 to go) (Requested by Mvolz)
Reason provided: After the other categories have been moved, the redundant "human" can be removed from this category. – Admin: Approve

Category:Els Magraners

Rename Category:Els Magraners to Category:Els Mangraners (0 entries moved, 3 to go) (Requested by AlbertRA)
Reason provided: genuine and correct place name of the neighborhood – Admin: Approve

. AlbertRA (talk) 14:00, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

Rutelinae by country categories

Rename Category:Rutelidae by country to Category:Rutelinae by country (0 entries moved, 9 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Chile to Category:Rutelinae of Chile (0 entries moved, 11 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Germany to Category:Rutelinae of Germany (0 entries moved, 6 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Germany by state to Category:Rutelinae of Germany by state (0 entries moved, 1 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Bavaria to Category:Rutelinae of Bavaria (0 entries moved, 1 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Upper Franconia to Category:Rutelinae of Upper Franconia (0 entries moved, 1 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Kulmbach to Category:Rutelinae of Kulmbach (0 entries moved, 2 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Greece to Category:Rutelinae of Greece (0 entries moved, 3 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Italy to Category:Rutelinae of Italy (0 entries moved, 3 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Lombardy to Category:Rutelinae of Lombardy (0 entries moved, 1 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Trentino-South Tyrol to Category:Rutelinae of Trentino-South Tyrol (0 entries moved, 1 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Trentino to Category:Rutelinae of Trentino (0 entries moved, 16 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Veneto to Category:Rutelinae of Veneto (0 entries moved, 1 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Japan to Category:Rutelinae of Japan (0 entries moved, 14 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Latvia to Category:Rutelinae of Latvia (0 entries moved, 7 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Mexico to Category:Rutelinae of Mexico (0 entries moved, 4 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of the United States to Category:Rutelinae of the United States (0 entries moved, 34 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:Rutelidae of Vietnam to Category:Rutelinae of Vietnam (0 entries moved, 8 to go) (Requested by Monster Iestyn)
Reason provided: Rename for consistency with main category Category:RutelinaeAdmin: Approve
Rename Category:DCW/Events and meetups to Category:Deoband Community Wikimedia events (0 entries moved, 23 to go) (Requested by Aafi (DCW))
Reason provided: Harmonisation, for example Category:Wikimedians of Kerala UG Events. – Admin: Approve
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