Spurious Error Message When Attempting To Move An Article Page
When attempting to move Palestinian territories—I can't do this directly because the move arrow drop-down doesn't appear on my monitor between the add-to-your-watchlist star and the search box, but I can try by directly using the URL —I see the message: "Unable to proceed This image name or media file name is protected. When uploading files to Wikipedia, please use a file name that describes the content of the image or media file you're uploading and is sufficiently distinctive that no-one else is likely to pick the same name by accident."
But I'm not trying to upload or move an image, I'm trying to move an article. I wouldn't be surprised if the article is protected, but the usual padlock icon indicating protection doesn't appear in the usual place on the article page.
Actually I'm not really trying to move the page. I just want to look at the move log, which I can do for the talk page, but not the article. Oh, I see. There's a way to look at the move log without actually trying to initiate a move: .
Oh, I see. I can go to which is easy to overlook, just under the page title for Palestinian territories: Revision history.
Now I see that it is protected:
- 02:57, 14 May 2008 NawlinWiki (talk | contribs) protected Palestinian territories (no reason to move this page w/o discussion )
So, I, with some effort, just backed into understanding everything here. It would be nice though, if a move attempt like mine above still showed the move logs (no reason why it couldn't), and when failing due to protection, also showed the protection log. Thanks, Wbm1058 (talk) 14:50, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
- At the top of every history page, there is a link "View logs for this page", immediately below the page title. This link is present even if there are no log entries. However, page moves are always logged against the old name, not the new. --Redrose64 (talk) 17:35, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
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