Wikipedia:Page mover/delete-redirect

Proposal

• Grant delete-redirect to page movers
• Add the following text to Wikipedia:Page mover#Flags granted:

By default, a move cannot be carried out if there is already a page at the target title, unless that existing page is a single revision redirect pointing to the title that is being moved to replace it. If that page is a single revision redirect with a different target, the delete-redirect right may be used to simplify the need for round-robin page moves by allowing page movers to delete the redirect, regardless of the redirect's target. This will generate a deletion log entry for the target page.

Background

Currently pages can be moved by non-administrators in two cases. In the typical case, the target is a red link and the page is moved to the unoccupied title. In the second case, the target is a one-revision redirect which points back at the page to be moved. In December 2020 MediaWiki added the delete-redirect user right which allows editors to move pages when the target is a one-revision redirect to any title.

Trusted editors with experience moving pages may be added to the page mover user group by any administrator. Among other abilities, page movers may override the title blacklist and move pages without leaving a redirect behind. Like other non-admin editors, page movers can currently only overwrite a one-revision page during a move if it is a redirect pointing at the to-be-moved page.

Three classes of deletions made by page moves

Type of deletion listed at Special:Log/delete	Description	Who can do this
"Page deletion"	Deletion of a page with more than one edit or a redirect which doesn't target the to-be-moved page	Users with the delete right (administrator user group)
"Redirect overwrite"	Deletion of a single revision redirect that targets the page moved from	Users with the move right (autoconfirmed user group)
	Deletion of a single revision redirect that targets a different page than the page moved from	Users with the delete-redirect (currently no one)

Example use cases

• Move Draft:Example BLP to Example BLP, where Example BLP already exists as a redirect to a related topic
• Dealing with page move vandalism (if A is moved to B and then C, with redirects left behind, this would allow page movers to move C directly back to A)