Can a Free Space Title be changed

Question

I currently have a free space page entitled Duchesne Quest.  It was not being used so I thought to "Recycle" the page and now have used and developed it for a family story with photos.  So now, this page is really not a Quest it is totally different.  How do I change the name from "Duchesne Quest" to "A Memoir of my Mother" ?  In edit mode I did change the Page Name but it does not seem to follow through to my watch list.

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Hello Nicole!

In case you want to create a new free-space profile (with the "new" name) and merge the existing free-space profile you want to "rename" into the new one, use the special form to merge free-space profiles:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:MergeSpace

(Good news! The content on your existing profile won't be lost)

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Thanks Rubén, I was going to cross that bridge when I got to it.  I wondered how the merge was going to be done.  Excellent, thank you so much for the link.

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You are very welcome, Nicole!

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When people click on it, they get to the page with the new title.  (I went to your Contributions list.  I was surprised to fine even that, as I have a private page that I thought was totally invisible!)  As it is private, no one can see the details.  But it seems to me you have accomplished what you want already by the change of name.

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Thank you Ros and Rubén - it all worked out. Yeahhhh !!!

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Julie,  I think I was doing the "deed" as you were checking it out.  So all is good and I did accomplished what was needed.

Answer 1

You can change it to A Memoir - and don't forget to save the change! BUT...

The reason it is still showing as the Quest in your Watchlist is because the Watchlist shows what the URL is.  And the URL is still the Quest.  The only way you are going to change this is by creating a brand new page, calling it A Memoir of my Mother (which it will appear as on your Watchlist) and merging the Memoir and the Quest together.

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Thanks Ros, I appreciate your help;  and you know... I thought I should have started a new page after I had done all the work on this one.  Oh well, Wiki and learn, that's what it is all about.    Thanks again Ros.