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Renaming Book Pages

How do I rename a Book Page? When I change the name of the Book Page, it seems that the link to the old page is broken and I have copy the old content to the new page that was created as a result of renaming. TIA!

--Rjbfigueroa (discuss • contribs)

@Rjbfigueroa: Can you give an example of a page you wanted to move, and where you wanted to move it to, so we can see what happened?

Fwiw, here's how to move a page, if you're using Vector skin (in the desktop interface, rather than the mobile one): View the page you want to move (not its talk page). There should be a control bar at the top of the browser, and way over on the far right of it there should be a dropdown menu. The only option on that menu should be either "rename" or "move"; use that. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs)

Changing a "directory"

Hi,
In the Oberon book, I've been advised to change "Oberon/S3/" to "Oberon/ETH Oberon/". This is more than one change. There is at least one directory and several pages under Oberon/S3/. Most of these pages are original as created by me or have been revised once or twice by me. Few or none have been changed by another editor. I understand how to move a page to a new location. Alternatively I can create a new page and mark the old one for deletion. Pertinent question: is a deleted page archived or deleted absolutely? Deletion would avoid the clutter of links from moving. Which is preferable in this case: move or recreate and delete? Thanks, ... PeterEasthope (discuss • contribs) 14:16, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

@PeterEasthope: A few miscellaneous technical points, fwiw.

• An admin can move a page and all its subpages, and can do it without leaving redirects behind.
• We ordinarily prefer to move pages, to keep the edit history; partly for copyright purposes, but also as, really, historical record of the evolution of the page.
• Deleted pages remain in the wiki database; they're visible to admins, and can be undeleted.

--Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 15:27, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Pi zero.

"An admin can move a page and all its subpages, and can do it without leaving redirects behind."

A third possibility I had failed to notice.

"We ordinarily prefer to move pages, to keep the edit history; partly for copyright purposes, but also as, really, historical record of the evolution of the page."

OK; to respect advised name usage, please move Oberon/S3 and everything below that to Oberon/ETH_Oberon. (Or "Oberon/ETH Oberon" if the underscore is implicit.) After the move I can search out links to S3/* and fix them. Earlier today I should have requested such a move for the sitemap page rather than recreate the page and request deletion. Similarly in earlier cases.

"Deleted pages remain in the wiki database; they're visible to admins, and can be undeleted."

Absolutely appropriate. Thanks, ... PeterEasthope (discuss • contribs) 16:31, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

@PeterEasthope: Done. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 17:12, 25 June 2020 (UTC)