User:TarnishedPath/MovePlus
| Description | Helps with all activities related to page moves |
|---|---|
| Authors | TheTVExpert, BilledMammal |
| Maintainer | No formal maintainer. I have been assisted by a few editors at WP:US/R with patching bugs. |
| First released | April 13, 2025 |
| Version | 2.3.0 |
| Updated | October 17, 2025 |
| Source | User:TarnishedPath/MovePlus.js |
MovePlus is a script that assists with all activities related to moves. It began as an expanded version of TheTVExpert's rmCloser script, which was forked by BilledMammal into their Move+ script. Since BilledMammal being inactive I now host a copy in my userspace which has had a few bug patches.
Recent notable changes
[edit]- November 6, 2025: Various updates to improve event handler management, interval tracking and cleanup, and error handling.
- October 19, 2025: Patch to fix issue where {{not a vote}} was removed on closure.
- July 22, 2025: Patch issue with the usage of a global constant which was causing the script not to load when used with other scripts which also used the same global constant.
- June 21, 2025: Patch issue with Articles for creation Wikiproject banners which caused the script to crash.
- April 13, 2025: Split from BilledMammal's Move+ to patch issue with documenting notifications of WikiProjects where the Wikiproject name was longer than expected.
Installation
[edit]To install the script, add:
importScript('User:TarnishedPath/MovePlus.js'); // Backlink: [[User:TarnishedPath/MovePlus.js]]
Usage
[edit]Requested move closures
[edit]Navigate to a talk page with the requested move that you want to close or relist. At the top of the requested move, click the "Close", "Relist", or "Notify WikiProjects" button, depending on the action you are doing. If you click "Close", then select the result of the discussion, add an optional closing comment, and click "submit".
If you select "Moved" it will present you with two check boxes:
- Close as uncontested
- Specify different title
Close as uncontested provides a default close summary and modified edit summary for moves that receive no participation. Specify different title provides a list of proposed moves, and allows the closer to specify targets different from the ones initially proposed.
If you click "Relist", add a relisting comment and confirm by clicking "Confirm relist". If you click "Notify WikiProjects", select a WikiProject from the list of WikiProjects with banners on the page, and click "Notify selected WikiProject".
General page moves and link retargeting
[edit]Navigate to any page and from the "More" drop-down list select "Move+". You will be presented with two options:
- Move pages
- Retarget page links
If you select "Move pages", fill in the moves, enter an explanation and click "Submit". The explanation will be used for the edit summary and for any technical requests submitted.
If you select "Retarget page links" fill in one or two pairs of links to retarget, enter an explanation that will be used for the edit summary and click "Submit". Edits will begin immediately, with the screen displaying the current progress.
Page moves
[edit]After submitting the close or the list of moves it will present you with a list of valid options for each move. These can include:
- Move directly
- Move via Round Robin
- Submit a technical request
If you submit a technical request it will automatically place the move in the correct section; "Uncontroversial technical requests" or "Administrator needed".
It will also present you with a list of valid sub-options for each move. These can include:
- Suppress redirect
- Move subpages
- Move talk page
You will also see some information about the target page, including any protections it has, and whether it has had more than one revision.
Features
[edit]Round Robin
[edit]Move+ includes support for round robin moves, including the post-move cleanup. For this cleanup, it makes the following assumptions:
- Redirects that target themselves should target the page they were moved from
- Redirects that target pages other than themselves should continue to target that page
- Unless the location is now occupied:
- All pages that were moved should be targeted with a redirect from their previous location
- All redirects that were moved should have a duplicate redirect created in their previous location
These assumptions can be changed; editors who disagree with them should open a discussion on the talk page.
Multi-action
[edit]Move+ allows for moves to be actioned with a single click, by selecting "Move all". If selecting it will implement every listed move, with the currently specified sub-options. These are rate limited to prevent rejection by the system; 8 moves per minute for most editors, 16 moves per minute for page movers, 40 moves per minute for admins.
Most users will have only one option for each move and this will be the action chosen. For some moves admins will have two; to overwrite a page with history, or to move via a round robin. If "Move all" is selected the system will move the pages via a round robin.
Link correction
[edit]Move+ includes support for correcting page links following round robin moves that don't result in redirects to new title. It will update links within the namespace the page was moved from, as well as category and template namespace. However, it will not update links within archives.
It is hard limited to twenty edits per minute, but will normally operate at a lower rate.
It currently cannot update links that are not within square brackets, such as {{main|Page Title}}; these still need to be updated manually.
Warning: This functionality can result in edits to hundreds of pages. Ensure you have configured it correctly and monitor it as it progresses.
Bugs
[edit]Please report any bugs on this script's talk page.
Known issues
[edit]- 17/05/2024 - For move closures the script will see the current page as being the current of the first move proposed, even when that isn't the case, such as when the discussion is held on a different page.
- 19/05/2024 - Script handles page-move rate limit, but does not handle API rate limit or edit rate limit.
- 28/05/2024 - Script now partially handles edit rate limit
- 21/07/2024 - Script fails when asked to move to a title starting with a lower case letter