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A Special page follows no such rules. Its title displays no namespace, and can change its pagename. See for example the title of any page listed at Special:SpecialPages. A virtual page is not a page name stored in the database as wikitext. Special pages are automatically generated in HTML.
If the new title already exists and isn't just a redirect to the old title, with no history, and you are not an administrator, the wiki will tell you that you can't rename the page. If this happens, list the move at Requested moves , or (if the replacement of the existing page merits further discussion) nominate the existing page for deletion ...
enwp.org is not controlled by the Wikimedia Foundation, so it could stop working or change purpose at any time. The second form can make a long page name into a short code. It uses pageid , which remains accurate even if the page is moved.
If you click edit on any existing page or page section and then change the title of the page shown in the URL of your browser's address bar to the name of a non-existent page, and then hit return/enter, the resulting page shown will be the same as if you clicked on a red link, allowing you to create a page by the title entered. For example ...
The old title will become a redirect page, so any links to the old title will still go to the new page. However, note that double redirects (pages that redirect to the original page), will not automatically follow to the new page, so you will have to refer them manually (as explained at How to fix a double redirect and Checking for double ...
On Wikipedia, renaming might refer to: Moving a page to a different name; most users can do this, via the Move tab (you must be autoconfirmed to have a Move tab) . If you can't do this on a page you wish to move (note that some pages are move-protected), you can make a request at Wikipedia:Requested moves.
When a URL or domain name is given, putting both a plain-English title or description and the URL is often more informative: for example, European Space Agency website, www.esa.int. If the URL or domain name is displayed, make it as simple as possible; for example, if the index.html is superfluous, remove it (but be sure to check in preview ...
If the link should be to another section with the title or a title that differs only in capitalization (Example vs. EXAMPLE), append to the linked title _2, _3, and so on, without a space (or 2, 3, and so on with a space), counting from the top of the destination page and without regard to whether a section is a section or a subsection. For ...