 | This page documents one of Memory Alpha's guidelines. The standards and practices described below are widely accepted and should not be substantively changed without consensus. If you have any questions, suggestions, or complaints, please post them on the talk page. |
Occasionally, an article needs to be renamed. In these cases, you can follow this guideline to suggest and perform a proper renaming. For a list of unresolved rename suggestions, see Category:Memory Alpha pages to be renamed.
Anyone can suggest that a page be renamed, and anyone can perform the move itself, though it is important to update any incoming links to the new title.
- To suggest renaming an article, add the renaming notice template to the page that you think should be moved. For example, put {{rename to|NEW TITLE}} on top of the page to suggest that it should be renamed to "NEW TITLE". (If you are not sure what the new name should be, use template without a parameter, i.e. {{rename to}}.) This template will invite discussion about this suggestion on the talk page. As a courtesy, put either "move suggested" or "rename suggestion" in the edit summary, to additionally make other users aware of this.
- Explain on the talk page the reason(s) you think the page should be moved under a heading with the title "Rename", or something similar.
- If, after seven to ten days, there's consensus, the article can be renamed by moving the article to the new title. See rename a page for more information, and remember to update any incoming links after a move.