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Hello, SilverLocust. Your account has been granted the "extendedmover" user right, either following a request for it or demonstrating familiarity with working with article names and moving pages. You are now able to rename pages without leaving behind a redirect, move subpages when moving the parent page(s), and move category pages.

Please take a moment to review Wikipedia:Page mover for more information on this user right, especially the criteria for moving pages without leaving a redirect. Please remember to follow post-move cleanup procedures and make link corrections where necessary, including broken double-redirects when suppressredirect is used. This can be done using Special:WhatLinksHere. It is also very important that no one else be allowed to access your account, so you should consider taking a few moments to secure your password. As with all user rights, be aware that if abused, or used in controversial ways without consensus, your page mover status can be revoked.

Useful links:

• Wikipedia:Requested moves
• Category:Requested moves, for article renaming requests awaiting action.

If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 02:09, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you again, Ingenuity (since you also granted the temporary permissions). SilverLocust 💬 02:19, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, SilverLocust. Found you by checking for the last editor to complete a move at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests (thank you for your work). I am hoping you can help direct me on a different type of "Technical request". I have come across a couple of articles (both are redirect pages) that have italic titles - but should not. A. Blytt (incorrect name) and A.Blytt (correct name) are the taxonomic author abbreviations for Axel Gudbrand Blytt when showing his Author citation (botany). These author abbreviations are not meant to be italicized - see Byltt's entry at IPNI. Is there a way that I am able to "de-italicize" an article title? If not, is there a page, like the Requested moves/Technical requests page, where requests like this can be made? Jmg38 (talk) 23:59, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmg38: The redirect-category template ((R from taxonomic author abbreviation)) was set to automatically italicize the title. That is done with WP:DISPLAYTITLE rather than page moves. I think I have fixed the issue by removing that from the template.

(I am happy to help with this sort of thing if I can figure out the answer. I don't think there is a specific page for help with titles, but there is always the WP:Help Desk for questions or WT:WikiProject Tree of Life/WT:WikiProject Plants for taxonomy- or botany-related questions.) SilverLocust 💬 00:43, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

THANKS!! You da'man. Or, da'mam. Or, da'wording of your choice. Thanks for this. Jmg38 (talk) 01:50, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would guess that the basic elements used to create ((R from taxonomic author abbreviation)) were copied over from ((R from alternative scientific name)), which also deals with taxonomic wording, but only the scientific name itself would be in italics. Despite 22 years of history, still new things to add – and old things to touch up – in Wikipedia. Just like anything else. Thanks again. Jmg38 (talk) 01:59, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I really like your template, but I think it would be best implemented inside ((Requested move/dated)) (and maybe ((Requested move/end)), though I don't think it being in archived discussions is really that useful). Still, it's nice to have a way to discern sysop-only moves before closing the RM. – MaterialWorks 16:54, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@MaterialWorks: I suppose you're right that an optional parameter like |move_protected=yes could be added to ((Requested move/dated)). It would look like this (testwiki) during the RM and would be removed when closing. I haven't checked if that would confuse RMCD bot or (less importantly) AAlertBot. One effect would be that User:TheTVExpert/rmCloser would currently add the parameter to ((old move)) (and would fail to move the page even if "move directly" is selected by an admin closer using rmCloser) when closing a single-move RM with the parameter, since it treats ((Requested move/dated|New name|move_protected=yes)) as suggesting the destination New name|move_protected=yes (see test diff). I think it would have no impact on User:Andy M. Wang/closeRM or User:DannyS712/PageMoverClosure. SilverLocust 💬 19:05, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]