Help:Moving a page

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Who can move pages?

On LabVIEW Wiki, anyone with a user account can move pages. If you don't have a user account, create one now. If you have a user account, login to start moving pages.

When to move pages?

You should only move pages if the title of a page doesn't comply with the page naming conventions. For example:

  • Spelling error in the title
  • Wrong capitalization (see LabVIEW Wiki:Manual of Style)
  • Wrong article namespace
  • Unnecessary use of abbreviations
  • ...

Do not move pages to satify your own conventions. LabVIEW Wiki is a collaborative platform, so conventions should be discussed before being enforced without consent by the community.

How to move pages?

  • Go to the page you want to move.
  • Select Options > Move. A page move dialog will appear.
  • Insert the title of the new page.
  • Insert a brief explanation why the move is necessary under "Reason".
  • Press Move page to complete the process.

Note, that the old page still exists and automatically redirects to the new page. After moving a page, make sure to update any existing links in the wiki to the new page:

  • Go to the old page.
  • Under the Tools section on the left, select What links here. This will open a list of pages that include links to the current page.
  • Open each page in the list
    • Open the page editor
    • Find all links to the old page and replace them by links to the new page
    • Save your changes (make sure to include a brief summary)
  • Make sure that there are no remaining pages that link to the old page

The old page must not be deleted!

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