Forum:Naming conventions

Alright, so there's been some dispute regarding how articles should be named. Well, the rules of article naming for stories are already well-established, but not so much for factual articles, the reason I created this topic.

Here are the basic rules that I've been going by when making articles; I used Wikipedia's basic naming convention as a reference when coming up with this.

Tense
Article titles should be singular tense except when referring to the name of something, such as an organization. Races would fall under the category of a singular tense.

Example:

If there was an article about the Harbingers as a race, the article title would be "Harbinger" instead of "Harbingers". However, if there was an organization named Harbingers, the article referring to that organization would be called "Harbingers" instead. (This is also why I still think the Titan article should be called "Titan" instead of "Titans". They are still a race of beings just like any other.)

Category titles should always be plural on the other hand.

The word "The" is generally unnecessary for factual articles as the first word. For example, I wouldn't say "The Dhragolon Federal Monarchy". Instead it would just be "Dhragolon Federal Monarchy". However, if the "The" is actually part of the name of the organization, then it should stay.

Capitalization
The first word of an article or category should always be capitalized along with any proper nouns. Any other words should be lower cased. This is different from the capitalization conventions of the title of a story.

Example:

If there was an article about Dhragolon religions, the factual article would be titled "Dhragolon religions". However, if it was the name of a story, it would instead be titled, "Dhragolon Religions".

Well, that's what I've come up with. What are your thoughts on this? Leave your feedback and comments below. Krayfish 03:36, March 15, 2012 (UTC)