mw wiki page move

mw wiki page move FROM TO [flags]

Move a page to a new title, preserving its history and leaving a redirect at the old title. Pages already redirecting directly to their intended existing destination are skipped. Other existing destinations are refused.

With –prefix, FROM and TO are literal title prefixes: every matching page keeps its suffix. Omit wildcards. Prefix moves include matching redirects and work across namespaces. Use –dry-run to inspect the complete plan without moving pages.

–limit N selects at most N pending source pages, sorted by title. Already-moved pages do not count towards the limit, so rerunning a limited batch advances to the next pages. The default, 0, selects all pending matches. The same limit applies to dry runs. Associated talk pages requested with –move-talk are additional to this limit. For an already-moved content page, an outstanding talk-page move must be handled explicitly.

MediaWiki automatically bot-marks move log entries when the authenticated session has the bot right. –bot requires that right on every request after login, including during a dry run, and fails if it is unavailable. Bot-marked entries can still be shown in Recent Changes. Bot passwords must include the high-volume editing grant as well as permission to move pages.

Batches stop on the first error; earlier moves remain in place. Inspect the reported results before retrying a partial batch. –move-talk also asks MediaWiki to move associated talk pages; talk-page errors are reported even if the content page moved successfully.

Options

--bot

Require the bot right so MediaWiki bot-marks the move log entries

--dry-run

Read and display the move plan without moving pages

--interval <duration>

Delay between moves to respect wiki rate limits (for example, 10s) Default: 0s.

--limit <int>

Maximum number of pending source pages to move; already-moved pages are skipped (0 means all)

--move-talk

Also move associated talk pages when present

--prefix

Move every page with the literal FROM prefix, replacing it with TO

--reason <string>

Reason recorded in the move log Default: a Wikimedia CLI page move.

Global options

--anon

Use anonymous access instead of saved credentials

--help

Help for this command

--no-interaction

Do not ask any interactive questions

--password <string>

Wiki login password (or bot password)

--password-file <string>

Read the login password from a file

--profile <string>

Saved profile name or REALM/NAME

--realm <string>

Shared-login realm (wikimedia and wikibase-world are built in)

--username <string>

Wiki login username (use Name@bot for a bot password)

-v, --verbose <count>

Increase output verbosity. Example: --verbose=2 or -vv

--wiki <string>

Wiki URL or API endpoint

Examples

mw wiki page move 'Old title' 'New title' --profile wikimedia/addshore --wiki www.mediawiki.org
mw wiki page move --prefix 'Cli/ref/mw_docker' 'Cli/ref/mw_dev' --wiki www.mediawiki.org --dry-run

See also

• mw wiki page