Manual:Page moving

Moving a page causes the page title to change while the page id remains the same. If a redirect is created under the moved page's former page title, it will have a new page id. Pages can be moved using Special:MovePage (SpecialMovepage.php) or API:MoveAPI:Move (ApiMove.php).

Moving a page, and then moving it again, can create double redirects.

Database

There are two possible kinds of page move log actions: move and move_redir. The latter refers to a move over a redirect.

API

A page move log event has a "move" sub-element, e.g. <move new_ns="0" new_title="Foo" suppressredirect="" />

Hooks

Hooks that pertain to page moves are:

• SpecialMovepageAfterMoveManual:Hooks/SpecialMovepageAfterMove (MovePageForm::doSubmit)
• TitleMoveCompleteManual:Hooks/TitleMoveComplete (Title::moveTo)
• AbortMoveManual:Hooks/AbortMove (Title::isValidMoveOperation)

See also

• Manual:$wgMaximumMovedPagesManual:$wgMaximumMovedPages
• Help:Moving a pageHelp:Moving a page