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==Title Rules== | ==Title Rules== | ||
* All titles should be made singular except in rare cases when there is a plural subject that is only ever | * All titles should be made singular except in rare cases when there is a plural subject that is only ever referred to in the plural sense. This only applies to the main namespace. | ||
* Sometimes it is necessary to differentiate one page from another with the same title. This is done by adding a subtitle within parentheses after the main title. This subtitle is to be treated with the same capitalization rules as the main title and it has its own separate first and last word (i.e. one word subtitles would always be capitalized in addition to the main title's own first and last words). | * Sometimes it is necessary to differentiate one page from another with the same title. This is done by adding a subtitle within parentheses after the main title. This subtitle is to be treated with the same capitalization rules as the main title and it has its own separate first and last word (i.e. one word subtitles would always be capitalized in addition to the main title's own first and last words). | ||
* Page titles should not include any of a character's individual titles (honorary titles, royalty titles, self-appointed titles, reputation titles, etc.) and should only include the character's actual name and nothing else. If a character is commonly referred to with a title, that can be noted in the opening paragraph but not the page title. See [[Zelda]] as an example. | * Page titles should not include any of a character's individual titles (honorary titles, royalty titles, self-appointed titles, reputation titles, etc.) and should only include the character's actual name and nothing else. If a character is commonly referred to with a title, that can be noted in the opening paragraph but not the page title. See [[Zelda]] as an example. | ||
===Special Rules for Individual Namespaces=== | ===Special Rules for Individual Namespaces=== | ||
The rules already listed apply to the main namespace. The same rules apply to other namespaces but certain namespaces on the wiki have their own additional rules for page titles. | The rules already listed apply to the main namespace. The same rules apply to other namespaces, unless otherwise noted, but certain namespaces on the wiki have their own additional rules for page titles. | ||
===Interview=== | ===Interview=== | ||
*Particularly notable interviews that have their own name are simply named as such. | *Particularly notable interviews that have their own name are simply named as such. | ||