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→‎Tidying up: Rewrite. Was very unclear, missed steps, wasn't updated to list changes povides by software changes, etc.
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===Tidying up===
Whichever of these various options you take, moving pages will create [[Wikipedia:double redirect|double redirects]] in any redirects that pointed to the original page location. These must be fixed; click on the "What links here" button of the new page location to check for them. It is the responsibility of the admin doing the move to fix these, though periodically a bot will fix any you miss.
 
When you complete an entry on this page (whether the move was accepted or rejected), ''don't forget to remove the'' <nowiki>{{move}}</nowiki> ''tag from the talk page'' and if a discussion on the move exists on the talk page please add and sign a comment to indicate whether the move was accepted or rejected. Also, '''remove the entry''' from this page (do not simply strike it through).▼
 
You should probably leave a message on the talk page too. There are a few options for this. One is to use the templates {{tl|Polltop}} and {{tl|Pollbottom}} (although some editors prefer {{tl|discussion top}} and {{tl|discussion bottom}}), much like the [[WP:AfD]] debate closing templates {{tl|at}} and {{tl|ab}}. The other is just to leave a statement much like the templates {{tl|moved}} and {{tl|notmoved}}. For requests that for some reason didn't apply the {{tl|move}} template to the talk page of the article, you can inform the user and/or article with a statement similar to the statement the {{tl|notmovedmalformed}} template leaves.▼
▲When you complete an entry on this page (whether the move was accepted or rejected), ''don't forget to remove the'' <nowiki>{{move}}</nowiki> ''tag from the talk page'' and if a discussion on the move exists on the talk page please add and sign a comment to indicate whether the move was accepted or rejected. Also, '''remove the entry''' from this page (do not simply strike it through).
▲You should probably leave a message on the talk page too. There are a few options for this. One is to use the templates {{tl|Polltop}} and {{tl|Pollbottom}} (although some editors prefer {{tl|discussion top}} and {{tl|discussion bottom}}), much like the [[WP:AfD]] debate closing templates {{tl|at}} and {{tl|ab}}. The other is just to leave a statement much like the templates {{tl|moved}} and {{tl|notmoved}}. For requests that for some reason didn't apply the {{tl|move}} template to the talk page of the article, you can inform the user and/or article with a statement similar to the statement the {{tl|notmovedmalformed}} template leaves.
 
It's worth periodically checking either [[:Category:Requested moves]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Template:Move here] to see if any pages missed this step. Checking either of these regularly has the side-benefit of finding pages where people added the <nowiki>{{Move}}</nowiki> tag to the page, but didn't realize they needed to edit WP:RM as well.
 
Admins volunteering to do tidying tasks should [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requested_moves&action=watch watch the requested moves] page for new notices.
 
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