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Why cant i move pages, has this been disabled?

I want to move Manual:Pywikipediabot/Use_on_non-WMF_wikis to Manual:Pywikipediabot/Use_on_non-Wikimedia_foundation_wikis

For reference, Project:Current_issues would probably be a better place to ask that type of question.

Probably its because Manual:Pywikipediabot/Use_on_non-WMF_wikis uses flagged revs, and only people who have the ability to sight stuff can move pages that use flagged revisions ( the movestable right is needed). [personally I'm not really sure having that right restricted is a good thing for this wiki].

correction: It appears this post is incorrect. Sorry about that.

thank you bawolff, you are always consistently so helpful! happy new year.

Please don't copy-paste to overcome a problem with moving. Copy-paste violates the site copyright as there is no trail to the page history and thus no credit to authors and even if you add a link in the edit summary, it really can make a mess as any edits to the new page would have to be history merged (see also Manual:Administrators). Fortunately, nobody edited the page before I noticed this thread. I deleted the copy-paste and undid the redirect and then moved the page, as well as the talk page and subpage, the right way. Let me know if you see any issues with where things are.

thank you.

I am, however, confused about why you couldn't move the page unless you tried after you had created the paste version (in which case you would have been unable to make the move due to the existing page). You should have the correct user rights as they appear to belong to all autoconfirmed users. I've asked Bawolff if they understand the issue (see User_talk:Bawolff#Moving_pages)

i did not see a "move" tab.

Using Vector skin.

Internet explorer 9.0

Screen shot:

Click the arrow next the Watch star and "Move" should appear

I must of misread the special:usergrouprights. Whoops (maybe I was going through that page too fast. I saw the original page was sighted, which made me think it was some sort of flagged revs issue, and noticed the movestable right).

Re: Igottheconch: normally the move tab is in the drop down box beside the star icon for watching, is there anything in that drop down?

I must of misread the special:usergrouprights. Whoops (maybe I was going through that page too fast. I saw the original page was sighted, which made me think it was some sort of flagged revs issue, and noticed the movestable right).

Re: Igottheconch: normally the move tab is in the drop down box beside the star icon for watching, is there anything in that drop down?