Help:Moving a page

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Moving (renaming) a page means giving it another name. This is done by using the "move" tab at the top. Then simply enter the new name and click "Move page".

If you move page "A" to a new title "B", this operation will do the following:

  1. Renames the title of page "A" as "B"
  2. Renames all the editing history of page "A" as of page "B" as well
  3. Correct the links of all Pages linking to page "A" so that they link to page "B" (This is done by MovePage extension)

The second point is important. By using the "Move" feature, you also move the editing history, which is desirable in most situations. The editing history allows people to see how the contents of the page were built up, and who contributed what. If you move contents around by copying and pasting (not using the move feature), you do not achieve this (see also Help:Tracking changes).

Undo a move

As with all wiki editing, a move operation can be reversed (by any user). To reverse a move operation, simply move the page back, e.g. move page "B" back to "A".