Community Suggestion: Changing article names across the world
Changing article names across the world
New Feature Addition · World management · Created by TheShyahCollective
declined
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
There is no way to change the name of an article wherever it is mentioned.
How does this feature request address the current situation?
By being able to change the name of an article and have it auto update all the places where that article name was mentioned would eliminate the time it takes to remember all the places that article is mentioned and then go and manually re-link each.
What are other uses for this feature request?
The Team's Response
Thanks for the suggestion! This is not possible for technical reasons, although this other accepted suggestion (not implemented yet) might cover a similar usecase: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/voting/suggestion/03adc2ae-1554-43db-af0f-7360ec64006e/view. If you're a Guild member (Master tier or above) you also have the "Referenced in" panel in Advanced Edit, which you can use to get a list of all articles that link to that article: https://www.worldanvil.com/learn/article-guides/referenced-in-panel
Current score
28/300 Votes · +4710 points
Votes Cast
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+1
by Blossom Tree Art
on 2025-04-16 14:48 -
+300
by bpivik
on 2025-04-15 22:04 -
+300
by lexraevision
on 2025-04-13 02:09 -
+1
by Proshyak
on 2025-04-10 20:42 -
+1
by A Rambunctious Dryad
on 2025-04-10 17:39 -
+300
by atrippuk
on 2025-04-10 08:51 -
+100
by AmlaHlad
on 2025-04-07 14:02 -
+300
by ThePouil
on 2025-04-07 12:39 -
+1
by storyauthor
on 2025-04-05 04:23 -
+100
by Gregorian
on 2025-04-04 15:58 -
+100
by kalvorp
on 2025-04-04 06:26 -
+300
by ADG_Portfolio
on 2025-04-04 04:30 -
+300
by Feline_Jedi
on 2025-04-03 23:51 -
+300
by EleKTriiK
on 2025-04-01 18:24 -
+300
by CrocOsnake
on 2025-03-31 21:41 -
+1
by shafeman
on 2025-03-30 19:42 -
+300
by A Sneaky Dwarf
on 2025-03-29 22:53 -
+300
by ss2020
on 2025-03-29 17:31 -
+300
by A Sneaky Orc
on 2025-03-29 16:02 -
+300
by A Beloved Bananafolk
on 2025-03-26 16:11 -
+300
by Scalenex
on 2025-03-26 13:19Admittedly this seems like it would be very hard to program, so I don't expect the team to do it. But this would very useful feature
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+100
by bphilippe
on 2025-03-26 06:26 -
+1
by gisampaio271
on 2025-03-25 20:02 -
+1
by Michael Chandra
on 2025-03-25 06:45Asides from the accepted suggestion mentioned, using a variable also lets you change things in a single spot.
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+1
by Those2Nerds
on 2025-03-25 03:19This recently-accepted feature request covers this already: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/voting/suggestion/03adc2ae-1554-43db-af0f-7360ec64006e/view
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+1
by AuraGuard
on 2025-03-24 22:23 -
+100
by chairlegcharlie
on 2025-03-24 21:42 -
+1
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+300
by TheShyahCollective
on 2025-03-24 16:33
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