History Administrivia / HowToMoveAPage

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[[folder:Opening pages.]]

[[folder:Moving content.]]

[[folder:Changing wicks.]]

[[folder:Changing page types.]]

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So, you need to move a page, but you're not sure on the how. That's where this quick guide comes in. Unfortunately, we don't have an auto mover tool available to the general public, and all {{wick}}s will need to be changed by hand anyway. Regardless of why a page is being moved, most of the procedure is the same regardless of whether it's a rename, a Administrivia/{{Namespace}} migration, or a TropeTransplant. Our example is going to be a namespace migration from a Main page to a VideoGame namespace. Ads have been disabled for visual reasons and screen shots have been cropped to show important components. All scaled images are clickable to an Image Shack unscaled version.

Once the wicks have been cleaned out, the related to page should look roughly like this[[note]]the first wik is one of those bugs I mentioned, the second is a page that lists it in large numbers and will be worked on later[[/note]]:

Clicking the "preview" page will show you a what the page will look like on the standard screen resolution, it is wise to use this feature. Once the page is properly formatted, click the "save" button which will finish the page. It should look like a normal page now.

If you are doing a rename, don't forget to post links to the TropeRepairShop discussion and a YKTTW for the page you are moving before hollering, if there are any of these.

You should see a screen resembling the following (actual type will vary depending on what it's set as to begin with. See WhatPageTypesMean for the various options):

Report trope renames in [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=mpsec5f7y4p492v5gegy57qj this thread]] and note them in the RenamedTropes page.

If you want to rename a trope, see EverythingYouWantedToKnowAboutChangingNames.

First, if you're moving a thread in conjunction with a Trope Repair Shop thread, holler from that thread. If you're moving a page to its proper NameSpace, use the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13089408750A90860100&page=1 Namespace Migration Thread]] and pick a post, it doesn't matter which. For this example, we're using generic entries, and are working from the Namespace Migration Thread. Once there, click the [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/error.png holler button]]:

To open the new, unmade, page either modify the url (this will be shown later) or create a link in the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/conversations.php?topic=00000000000000000000001j Sandbox]] that you can click. In this case, the link would be [=VideoGame.{{Mabinogi}}=] which will give us VideoGame.{{Mabinogi}} (a / can be used instead of a period if you wish to hide the NameSpace).

In much the same way as moving a page to a Namespace, you will be copying and pasting the contents over. However, in the case of our example, there are two works with the same name, leading to shared subpages. You can either hard split them, or soft split them. We are going to soft split these pages. Now, one of them does not have a characters sheet yet, but we're setting one up preemptively to keep the tropes separate and make it all nice and pretty. See Administrivia/HowToSplitAPage for other options.

'''How to move reviews''': You can move reviews yourself. This is how: Go to the review page (it's the rightmost button of the subpage bar). On the top right immediately above the review box, you will see a button that says “correct subject”. Click on it. A new screen will appear with two new input boxes, the first saying “namespace”, the second “wiki page”. “Main” will appear as the default namespace in the upper box. Delete “Main” and enter the namespace to which the page has moved[[note]]Assuming that you are moving a page from Main/ to another namespace, which will be the usual case.[[/note]], then type the name of the page in the second box, using WikiWords. Click the “submit” button just below. Everything should be fine now.

Now, replace the entire link with the appropriate one. Ensure that the work title is italicized and the Namespace is hidden[[note]]do this by using a / instead of a . between the namespace and title[[/note]]. Ensure that any single word pages have curly brackets around the name so that they are linked properly.

# Save your edit, with an {{Edit Reason|s}} like "Fixing page type". You should now be looking at the normal wiki page with the broken redirect.

Report trope renames in [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=mpsec5f7y4p492v5gegy57qj this thread]] and/or note them in the RenamedTropes page.

At this point, you wait for the moderator to respond telling you that the subpages have been moved. Once this is confirmed you will turn the original page into a redirect so any inbounds[[note]]links from external sites[[/note]] can find the page they're looking for. Or turn the page into a disambiguation page, whichever is appropriate.

Instead of copying, you can hit delete or simply start typing your [[TextFormattingRules redirect coding]]:

In much the same way as moving a page to a Namespace, you will be copying and pasting the contents over. However, in the case of our example, there are two works with the same name, leading to shared subpages. You can either hard split them, or soft split them. We are going to soft split these pages. Now, one of them does not have a characters sheet yet, but we're setting one up preemptively to keep the tropes separate and make it all nice and pretty. See HowToSplitAPage for other options.

Next, you'll need to highlight all the text[[hottip:*:you can do this by hitting the "ctrl" and "a" keys at the same time or through the context menu on the option "select all"]] and copy it[[hottip:*:you can do this with "ctrl" and "c" or through the context menu(pictured)]]:

You will now paste the resulting text block on the new page[[hottip:*:this can be done with "ctrl" and "v" or through the context menu (shown)]]:

'''How to move reviews''': You can move reviews yourself. This is how: Go to the review page (it's the rightmost button of the subpage bar). On the top right immediately above the review box, you will see a button that says “correct subject”. Click on it. A new screen will appear with two new input boxes, the first saying “namespace”, the second “wiki page”. “Main” will appear as the default namespace in the upper box. Delete “Main” and enter the namespace to which the page has moved[[hottip:*:Assuming that you are moving a page from Main/ to another namespace, which will be the usual case.]], then type the name of the page in the second box, using WikiWords. Click the “submit” button just below. Everything should be fine now.

Now, replace the entire link with the appropriate one. Ensure that the work title is italicized and the Namespace is hidden[[hottip:*:do this by using a / instead of a . between the namespace and title]]. Ensure that any single word pages have curly brackets around the name so that they are linked properly.

Once the wicks have been cleaned out, the related to page should look roughly like this[[hottip:*:the first wik is one of those bugs I mentioned, the second is a page that lists it in large numbers and will be worked on later]]:

At this point, you wait for the moderator to respond telling you that the subpages have been moved. Once this is confirmed you will turn the original page into a redirect so any inbounds[[hottip:*:links from external sites]] can find the page they're looking for. Or turn the page into a disambiguation page, whichever is appropriate.

So, you need to move a page, but you're not sure on the how. That's where this quick guide comes in. Unfortunately, we don't have an auto mover tool available to the general public, and all {{wick}}s will need to be changed by hand anyway. Regardless of why a page is being moved, most of the procedure is the same regardless of whether it's a rename, a {{Namespace}} migration, or a TropeTransplant. Our example is going to be a namespace migration from a Main page to a VideoGame namespace. Ads have been disabled for visual reasons and screen shots have been cropped to show important components. All scaled images are clickable to an Image Shack unscaled version.

'''Moving relationships for tropes:''' There is a relationship button on the upper right side of any trope page, visible with two little black persons.

Before moving the page, remove the relationships from the old page by clicking the blue square. Readd them on the new page by adding them to the box "add a parent/add a kid" on the tool.

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If you're doing a wik migration for namespace/ptitle killing, report it in [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13089408750A90860100 this thread]] and [[Sandbox/WickNamespaceMigration this page]] so everything can be tracked.

Do this until all wicks have been replaced. If you run across a blank page, ignore it, it's a bug.