Wikipedia talk:Cleaning up after a move
Moving archived talks
[edit]When updating the archive locations for bots like ClueBot or sigmabot upon a move, can the old archived pages be automatically renamed from their old headers somehow? For example, when the Kyiv article was renamed - a user manually renamed each archive page. Another user even reverted some renames with justification that it broke the bot.
This seems like it is not future proofed. Tule-hog (talk) 20:05, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Tule-hog: If the user carrying out the move has the page mover right, they have the option to move the subpages at the same time as the primary move.
- Without knowing what Place Clichy (talk · contribs) meant by "it breaks the structure of the archive pages", I can't comment on the last point, other than to say that a bot wasn't mentioned but a structure. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:31, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks; going forward, I will submit move requests for articles with numerous archive subpages via WP:RMT to make sure they go properly. Tule-hog (talk) 21:43, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Redrose64 and Tule-hog: honestly I don't really remember, but I believe that my comment was a reference to the links in the archive boxes at the top of Talk:Kyiv and each archive page. IIRC I objected to a move where the mover did not fix the incoming links to the page. I strongly suggest, when moving such a page, that you check all incoming links (incl. talk pages) and fix them, knowing that some of them may be automated. Place Clichy (talk) 22:01, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Place Clichy: That should not be necessary. Page moves leave a redirect behind, and this ensures that inward links will continue to work. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:01, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, but that doesn't work when these links are generated automatically using the current page title, as can be the case for archive boxes. All I'm suggesting is a check. Place Clichy (talk) 02:35, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- If the subpages (whether archive or not) are moved along with the primary page, the
{{archive}}at the top of each archive subpage will take care of itself. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 07:39, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- If the subpages (whether archive or not) are moved along with the primary page, the
- Yes, but that doesn't work when these links are generated automatically using the current page title, as can be the case for archive boxes. All I'm suggesting is a check. Place Clichy (talk) 02:35, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Place Clichy: That should not be necessary. Page moves leave a redirect behind, and this ensures that inward links will continue to work. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:01, 3 August 2024 (UTC)