diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 3b790165981..9a2e7aa1e31 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -591,6 +591,10 @@ Some default configuration options have changed:
 * Added Latvian localization (lv)
 * (bug 6472) Fix regression in Special:Export with multiple pages
 * Update to Macedonian translation (mk)
+* Allow page moves over historyless self-redirects. Such are usually created
+  as part of namespace rearrangements, and it's easier to clean them up if
+  we can move over them.
+* Show some error results in moveBatch.php
 
 
 == Compatibility ==
diff --git a/includes/Title.php b/includes/Title.php
index 6c29bc6695b..da0e589034f 100644
--- a/includes/Title.php
+++ b/includes/Title.php
@@ -2009,19 +2009,24 @@ class Title {
 
 		if ( !$obj || 0 == $obj->page_is_redirect ) {
 			# Not a redirect
+			wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": not a redirect\n" );
 			return false;
 		}
 		$text = Revision::getRevisionText( $obj );
 
 		# Does the redirect point to the source?
+		# Or is it a broken self-redirect, usually caused by namespace collisions?
 		if ( preg_match( "/\\[\\[\\s*([^\\]\\|]*)]]/", $text, $m ) ) {
 			$redirTitle = Title::newFromText( $m[1] );
 			if( !is_object( $redirTitle ) ||
-				$redirTitle->getPrefixedDBkey() != $this->getPrefixedDBkey() ) {
+				( $redirTitle->getPrefixedDBkey() != $this->getPrefixedDBkey() &&
+				$redirTitle->getPrefixedDBkey() != $nt->getPrefixedDBkey() ) ) {
+				wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": redirect points to other page\n" );
 				return false;
 			}
 		} else {
 			# Fail safe
+			wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": failsafe\n" );
 			return false;
 		}
 
diff --git a/maintenance/moveBatch.php b/maintenance/moveBatch.php
index ae470084824..8d7141cd4e9 100644
--- a/maintenance/moveBatch.php
+++ b/maintenance/moveBatch.php
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ for ( $linenum = 1; !feof( $file ); $linenum++ ) {
 
 	print $source->getPrefixedText();
 	$dbw->begin();
-	$source->moveTo( $dest, false, $reason );
+	$err = $source->moveTo( $dest, false, $reason );
+	if( $err !== true ) {
+		print "\nFAILED: $err";
+	}
 	$dbw->immediateCommit();
 	print "\n";