diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -1652,6 +1652,7 @@
     'NuanceQueueEditEngine' => 'applications/nuance/editor/NuanceQueueEditEngine.php',
     'NuanceQueueEditor' => 'applications/nuance/editor/NuanceQueueEditor.php',
     'NuanceQueueListController' => 'applications/nuance/controller/NuanceQueueListController.php',
+    'NuanceQueueNameTransaction' => 'applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceQueueNameTransaction.php',
     'NuanceQueuePHIDType' => 'applications/nuance/phid/NuanceQueuePHIDType.php',
     'NuanceQueueQuery' => 'applications/nuance/query/NuanceQueueQuery.php',
     'NuanceQueueSearchEngine' => 'applications/nuance/query/NuanceQueueSearchEngine.php',
@@ -6765,6 +6766,7 @@
     'NuanceQueueEditEngine' => 'PhabricatorEditEngine',
     'NuanceQueueEditor' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor',
     'NuanceQueueListController' => 'NuanceQueueController',
+    'NuanceQueueNameTransaction' => 'NuanceQueueTransactionType',
     'NuanceQueuePHIDType' => 'PhabricatorPHIDType',
     'NuanceQueueQuery' => 'NuanceQuery',
     'NuanceQueueSearchEngine' => 'PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine',
diff --git a/src/applications/nuance/editor/NuanceQueueEditEngine.php b/src/applications/nuance/editor/NuanceQueueEditEngine.php
--- a/src/applications/nuance/editor/NuanceQueueEditEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/nuance/editor/NuanceQueueEditEngine.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         ->setKey('name')
         ->setLabel(pht('Name'))
         ->setDescription(pht('Name of the queue.'))
-        ->setTransactionType(NuanceQueueTransaction::TYPE_NAME)
+        ->setTransactionType(NuanceQueueNameTransaction::TRANSACTIONTYPE)
         ->setIsRequired(true)
         ->setValue($object->getName()),
     );
diff --git a/src/applications/nuance/editor/NuanceQueueEditor.php b/src/applications/nuance/editor/NuanceQueueEditor.php
--- a/src/applications/nuance/editor/NuanceQueueEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/nuance/editor/NuanceQueueEditor.php
@@ -14,89 +14,10 @@
   public function getTransactionTypes() {
     $types = parent::getTransactionTypes();
 
-    $types[] = NuanceQueueTransaction::TYPE_NAME;
-
     $types[] = PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_VIEW_POLICY;
     $types[] = PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_EDIT_POLICY;
 
     return $types;
   }
 
-  protected function getCustomTransactionOldValue(
-    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
-    PhabricatorApplicationTransaction $xaction) {
-
-    switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
-      case NuanceQueueTransaction::TYPE_NAME:
-        return $object->getName();
-    }
-
-    return parent::getCustomTransactionOldValue($object, $xaction);
-  }
-
-  protected function getCustomTransactionNewValue(
-    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
-    PhabricatorApplicationTransaction $xaction) {
-
-    switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
-      case NuanceQueueTransaction::TYPE_NAME:
-        return $xaction->getNewValue();
-    }
-
-    return parent::getCustomTransactionNewValue($object, $xaction);
-  }
-
-  protected function applyCustomInternalTransaction(
-    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
-    PhabricatorApplicationTransaction $xaction) {
-
-    switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
-      case NuanceQueueTransaction::TYPE_NAME:
-        $object->setName($xaction->getNewValue());
-        break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  protected function applyCustomExternalTransaction(
-    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
-    PhabricatorApplicationTransaction $xaction) {
-
-    switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
-      case NuanceQueueTransaction::TYPE_NAME:
-        return;
-    }
-
-    return parent::applyCustomExternalTransaction($object, $xaction);
-  }
-
-  protected function validateTransaction(
-    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
-    $type,
-    array $xactions) {
-
-    $errors = parent::validateTransaction($object, $type, $xactions);
-
-    switch ($type) {
-      case NuanceQueueTransaction::TYPE_NAME:
-        $missing = $this->validateIsEmptyTextField(
-          $object->getName(),
-          $xactions);
-
-        if ($missing) {
-          $error = new PhabricatorApplicationTransactionValidationError(
-            $type,
-            pht('Required'),
-            pht('A queue must have a name.'),
-            nonempty(last($xactions), null));
-
-          $error->setIsMissingFieldError(true);
-          $errors[] = $error;
-        }
-        break;
-    }
-
-    return $errors;
-  }
-
-
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/nuance/storage/NuanceQueueTransaction.php b/src/applications/nuance/storage/NuanceQueueTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/nuance/storage/NuanceQueueTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/nuance/storage/NuanceQueueTransaction.php
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 final class NuanceQueueTransaction extends NuanceTransaction {
 
-  const TYPE_NAME = 'nuance.queue.name';
-
   public function getApplicationTransactionType() {
     return NuanceQueuePHIDType::TYPECONST;
   }
@@ -13,29 +11,7 @@
   }
 
   public function getBaseTransactionClass() {
-    return 'NuanceSourceTransactionType';
+    return 'NuanceQueueTransactionType';
   }
 
-  public function getTitle() {
-    $old = $this->getOldValue();
-    $new = $this->getNewValue();
-    $type = $this->getTransactionType();
-
-    $author_phid = $this->getAuthorPHID();
-
-    switch ($type) {
-      case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CREATE:
-        return pht(
-          '%s created this queue.',
-          $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid));
-      case self::TYPE_NAME:
-        return pht(
-          '%s renamed this queue from "%s" to "%s".',
-          $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
-          $old,
-          $new);
-    }
-
-    return parent::getTitle();
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceQueueNameTransaction.php b/src/applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceQueueNameTransaction.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceQueueNameTransaction.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+final class NuanceQueueNameTransaction
+  extends NuanceQueueTransactionType {
+
+  const TRANSACTIONTYPE = 'nuance.queue.name';
+
+  public function generateOldValue($object) {
+    return $object->getName();
+  }
+
+  public function applyInternalEffects($object, $value) {
+    $object->setName($value);
+  }
+
+  public function getTitle() {
+    return pht(
+      '%s renamed this queue from %s to %s.',
+      $this->renderAuthor(),
+      $this->renderOldValue(),
+      $this->renderNewValue());
+  }
+
+  public function validateTransactions($object, array $xactions) {
+    $errors = array();
+
+    if ($this->isEmptyTextTransaction($object->getName(), $xactions)) {
+      $errors[] = $this->newRequiredError(
+        pht('Queues must have a name.'));
+    }
+
+    $max_length = $object->getColumnMaximumByteLength('name');
+    foreach ($xactions as $xaction) {
+      $new_value = $xaction->getNewValue();
+      $new_length = strlen($new_value);
+      if ($new_length > $max_length) {
+        $errors[] = $this->newInvalidError(
+          pht(
+            'Queue names must not be longer than %s character(s).',
+            new PhutilNumber($max_length)));
+      }
+    }
+
+    return $errors;
+  }
+
+}