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An article's address was fixed forever once created (the TODO's "Move/rename an article"). This builds it as decided on 10/13/2026.

Moving

• Move article under Moderator controls in the version history. The form takes the new name and the title, and has "Leave a redirect at the old name", ticked by default.
• Every version, its uploaded files and its watchers move to the new name, in one transaction. The search index is keyed on versions, so it follows them and is then refreshed.
• With the box ticked, the old name gets a live redirect version ("Moved to …"), and links in other articles keep working through it. Links aren't rewritten.
• An article can be moved back over redirects that point to it, which are removed. Any other article or pending version at the new name blocks the move.
• Names follow the same rules as [[links]]: not empty, at most 255 characters, no leading or trailing space, none of [ ] | < > " # ? % / \.

Templates

• Template lookup now follows a redirect to another Template: page, one step only. Articles using a moved template keep showing it if a redirect was left.
• Moving a template that articles use, directly or through a template name that redirects to it, shows how many, and needs a second, explicit confirmation.

Permission

• New u_wiki_move ("Can move an article to a new name"). Like the other wiki moderation permissions, the migration gives it to whoever has m_.

Also

• Unit tests for the name rules. The README describes moving, and the item is removed from docs/TODO.md.

Claude tested this on a seed-forum board with the wiki fixtures, as wiki_moderator:

• moving an article with two versions, two files and a watcher, with a redirect, then moving it back over its own redirect without one;
• the taken, invalid and same-name errors;
• moving a used template: the warning, refusal without the second confirmation, and the article still showing the template through the redirect;
• a guest being refused.

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Investigated and written by Claude on behalf of William Jacoby (bonelifer).

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