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::* Unless the name of the article contains a proper noun, only the first word should be capitalised. | ::* Unless the name of the article contains a proper noun, only the first word should be capitalised. | ||
== Technical limitations == | |||
::* Ampersands ('''&''') should never replace the word "and", unless the credit actually contains one, or the title actually uses one. For instance, the ampersands in [[Northwest Imaging & FX]] and ''[[Love & Monsters]]'' are fine, but ''[[Mad Dogs & Englishmen]]'' is incorrect, since the title is ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]''. (The deciding forum discussion is [[Forum:"&" or "and"?|here]].) | ::* Ampersands ('''&''') should never replace the word "and", unless the credit actually contains one, or the title actually uses one. For instance, the ampersands in [[Northwest Imaging & FX]] and ''[[Love & Monsters]]'' are fine, but ''[[Mad Dogs & Englishmen]]'' is incorrect, since the title is ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]''. (The deciding forum discussion is [[Forum:"&" or "and"?|here]].) | ||
::* Article names cannot contain the characters |, #, <, >, {, }, [, and ]. For advice about how to handle a page which ''should'' include one of these characters, like [[2 entertain|2{{!}}entertain]] or [[Man 1|Man #1]], please see [[:Template:wrongname|this discussion]]. | ::* Article names cannot contain the characters |, #, <, >, {, }, [, and ]. For advice about how to handle a page which ''should'' include one of these characters, like [[2 entertain|2{{!}}entertain]] or [[Man 1|Man #1]], please see [[:Template:wrongname|this discussion]]. | ||
::* It is technically ''possible'' for article titles to contain single quotation marks, and it usually works without incident. After all, a single quotation mark is simply an apostrophe. However, it's recommended that single quotation marks be replaced by double quotation marks, especially when the article title needs to be italicised. This is because the single quotation mark has a meaning in [[Help:wiki markup|wiki markup]], whereas the double quotation mark does not. | ::* It is technically ''possible'' for article titles to contain single quotation marks, and it usually works without incident. After all, a single quotation mark is simply an apostrophe. However, it's recommended that single quotation marks be replaced by double quotation marks, especially when the article title needs to be italicised. This is because the single quotation mark has a meaning in [[Help:wiki markup|wiki markup]], whereas the double quotation mark does not. | ||
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The core naming conventions of this wiki are that:
- Article names should be in singular form, not plural. So: Time Lord not Time Lords. An exception would be a group such as The Beatles, or an organisation such as the United Nations, as the official, legal names of these are in plural form.
- Unless the name of the article contains a proper noun, only the first word should be capitalised.
Technical limitations
- Ampersands (&) should never replace the word "and", unless the credit actually contains one, or the title actually uses one. For instance, the ampersands in Northwest Imaging & FX and Love & Monsters are fine, but Mad Dogs & Englishmen is incorrect, since the title is Mad Dogs and Englishmen. (The deciding forum discussion is here.)
- Article names cannot contain the characters |, #, <, >, {, }, [, and ]. For advice about how to handle a page which should include one of these characters, like 2|entertain or Man #1, please see this discussion.
- It is technically possible for article titles to contain single quotation marks, and it usually works without incident. After all, a single quotation mark is simply an apostrophe. However, it's recommended that single quotation marks be replaced by double quotation marks, especially when the article title needs to be italicised. This is because the single quotation mark has a meaning in wiki markup, whereas the double quotation mark does not.
