Template:Rename: Difference between revisions

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|<div class=messagebox rename style=padding:0.75em>[[File:Rename icon.svg|left|48px|Suggested rename of this page.<br>Image source: [[Wikimedia Commons]].]]&nbsp;&nbsp;It is requested that this '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' article, section, or [[Special:Categories|category]] be <u>[[WikiIndex:Naming conventions|renamed]]</u> to '''''[[:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]''''' because {{{2}}}.  Please [[{{{3|:{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAMEE}}}}}|discuss]].</div>
|<div class=messagebox rename style=padding:0.75em>[[File:Rename icon.svg|left|48px|Suggested rename of this page.<br>Image source: [[Wikimedia Commons]].]]&nbsp;&nbsp;It is requested that this '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' article, section, or [[Special:Categories|category]] be <u>[[WikiIndex:Naming conventions|renamed]]</u> to '''''[[:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]''''', because {{{2}}}.  Please [[{{{3|:{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAMEE}}}}}|discuss]].</div>
|}<includeonly>[[Category:Articles to be renamed|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly><noinclude><br>
|}<includeonly>[[Category:Articles to be renamed|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly><noinclude><br>
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<code><nowiki>{{Rename|</nowiki>''<nowiki>new better name of article or category</nowiki>''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''<nowiki>reason for suggestion</nowiki>''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
<code><nowiki>{{Rename|</nowiki>''<nowiki>new better name of article or category</nowiki>''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''<nowiki>reason for suggestion</nowiki>''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>


Please replace the ''<tt>new better name of article or category</tt>'' text with the actual preferred new name of the article or [[Special:Categories|category]].  Please indicate on their specific [[talk page]] the reason for the [[WikiIndex:Naming conventions|rename]].  When requesting a category rename, correct or better grammar is a strong reason, as is changing a plural into a singular.  (For categories, it is an absolute given that a category will contain more than one article within, so there is no need to use a pluralised name.)
Please replace the ''<tt>new better name of article or category</tt>'' text with the actual preferred new name of the article or [[Special:Categories|category]].  This {{tag|Housekeeping templates|housekeeping template}} automatically detects the [[WikiIndex:Namespace conventions|namespace]] in which it is being used, therefore, there is no need to include the namespace identifier for the new name suggestion.  Please indicate on their specific [[talk page]] the reason for the [[WikiIndex:Naming conventions|rename]].  When requesting a category rename, correct or better grammar is a strong reason, as is changing a plural into a singular.  (For categories, it is an absolute given that a category will contain more than one article within, so there is no need to use a pluralised name.)


Articles, sections or categories tagged with this '''rename''' {{tag|Housekeeping templates|housekeeping template}} will be automatically added to [[:category: Articles to be renamed]].
Articles, sections or categories tagged with this '''rename''' template will be automatically added to [[:category: Articles to be renamed]].


;''See also
;''See also
*[[Template:Merge]]
*[[Template: Merge]] — to be used on two existing articles or categories


[[Category:Articles to be renamed| ]]</noinclude>
[[Category:Articles to be renamed| ]]</noinclude>