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BrWiki:Policy/NamingFrom BrWiki(Redirected from WW:NAME)
Policies ยป Policy/Naming
This policy has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that all users should follow.
Naming Conventions for Specific Article TypesItem ArticlesArticles about items present in Birthright, should have their article named exactly as they are in Birthright, including capitalization. For example, Linen Cloth. Adventure ArticlesAdventures should be named with the "Adventure:" prefix, followed by the exact name of the Adventure. If a Adventure line has the same name for multiple Adventures, the first Adventure by that name should follow the previous convention and further Adventures in the line should be disambiguated with parenthetical text signifying the Adventure part, i.e. (2), (3). If there are two Adventures by the same name, but they are different for parties of different backgrounds/alignments you can:
These rules ensure that anyone typing in Adventure:Adventure Name will be able to find the Adventure they want. The original icon should have a disambiguation link at the top pointing to the second article. For example, Adventure:Chen's Empty Keg, Adventure:Chen's Empty Keg (2).
Lore Character ArticlesCharacter pages should be listed under the character's full name, excluding titles such as "King" or "the Destroyer" unless it is regarded as part of the name, e.g. Rhoubhe Manslayer, Michael Roele. NPC ArticlesNPCs (non-player characters) should be listed under the name that is displayed in-game, including case, e.g. High Executor Darthalia. API ArticlesAPI function descriptions are prefixed with "API " and then exactly as the function name, with the same capitalization and no whitespace. For example, API GetShapeshiftFormCooldown. Object methods use spaces rather than colons, e.g. API Font GetFont. See API Notation and Conventions for details. Guild PagesPersonal ArticlesPersonal articles, including almost all fan fiction and player character articles, should be located as subpages of the author's user page. See WW:PA. Other ArticlesAll other page names should have the first word capitalized (which is done automatically) and any additional words in lowercase. The exception is that proper nouns are always capitalized. For example, Help:Starting a new page versus Darien Avan. It will not matter whether the first letter is capitalized or not on any pages linking to your new page, i.e. darien Avan and anuirean will still take you to the correct pages. These page names should also not include definite or indefinite articles ("the" and "a/an") at the beginning of the page name. For example, use Shadow World to refer to the location, not The Shadow World. There are a few important exceptions to this rule: "the", "a" or "an" is included at the start of an name if that word is always capitalized whenever the page name appears in text. This applies to adventure pages, the titles and chapter names of books or other publications, games, and similar works. The second exception is awnsheghlien like the Gorgon or the Sphinx. For these, include the definite article so they can be differentiated from pages that are discussing the similarly named monsters, i.e. gorgon, sphinx. For example,
But the following do include the definite article
Additional naming rulesPluralityNormally, all articles are named in the singular form, e.g the article describing the general properties and history of dragons is named dragon. Exceptions to this rule:
Parenthetical TextParenthetical text to distinguish page names, such as in Sword & Crown (adventure) and Sword & Crown (event), should generally be in lower case. Only capitalize it if it is a proper name or title, such as Battle of Deismaar (History of Cerilia), or an acronym such as in Events (API). As for code in linking to each of these, you can type
Subpages and NamespacesFor the purpose of capitalization, after the colon for a namespace is considered the start of the article title. For example, BirthrightWiki:Policy. Additionally each subpage is considered the start of an article name. For example, BirthrightWiki:Policy/Naming not BirthrightWiki:Policy/naming. Race name caseAs per the writing policy, race names ("humans", "dwarves", etc) are written in lowercase in BirthrightWiki. This also goes for when they appear in page names. Note that "nationalities" are capitalized, i.e. "Anuirean". Obviously, the MediaWiki software will always capitalize the first word in the page title, and there is nothing we can do about that. This rule is only relevant for when a race is mentioned later in a page title.
Category NamesCategory names are put into title case, so the link would be to Category:Druid Spells. This makes them easier to distinguish from article names, and should not create a problem with linking since they rarely occur in running text. For further details on category naming, see the category policy. Plurality and Case Redirects
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