CargoAdmin, Bureaucrats, Moderators (CommentStreams), fileuploaders, Interface administrators, newuser, Push subscription managers, Suppressors, Administrators
14,662
edits
USApedia:Naming convention: Difference between revisions
m
Text replacement - "Saintapedia" to "USApedia"
m (Text replacement - "Saintapedia" to "USApedia") |
m (Text replacement - "Saintapedia" to "USApedia") |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
'''Naming conventions''' explains titles for wiki articles. | '''Naming conventions''' explains titles for wiki articles. | ||
Titles for articles must meet certain conventions in | Titles for articles must meet certain conventions in USApedia. For example, acronyms are discouraged and in most cases not allowed. Parenthetical statements are also discouraged. Common names are preferred over specific names, except to avoid acronyms. This guideline page details all of the accepted naming conventions on [[USApedia]]. | ||
== | ==USApedia== | ||
TBD | TBD | ||
==Make sure your title is specific== | ==Make sure your title is specific== | ||
When creating a title for your article, make sure that it is specific enough that it won't cause confusion for other | When creating a title for your article, make sure that it is specific enough that it won't cause confusion for other USApedia users. For example, an article titled "Leadership" should discuss leadership qualities and related information, as opposed to the leadership of a specific country. | ||
==Choose titles that will be valid indefinitely== | ==Choose titles that will be valid indefinitely== | ||
| Line 32: | Line 32: | ||
==Corporate branding== | ==Corporate branding== | ||
The inclusion of '''organizational names within topical article titles''' is discouraged. | The inclusion of '''organizational names within topical article titles''' is discouraged. USApedia is organization-neutral and topic-focused. | ||
USApedia can manage the information explosion more effectively if we work topically not organizationally in wiki space. So organizationally nesting an intelligence topic discourages outside contributors, perpetuates issue “ownership” attitudes, and is not inclusive. | |||
For example, Mobility Analysis is more inclusive than NNSA Mobility Analysis. Likewise, Fidel Castro is more inclusive than a CIA Fidel Castro article. | For example, Mobility Analysis is more inclusive than NNSA Mobility Analysis. Likewise, Fidel Castro is more inclusive than a CIA Fidel Castro article. | ||
| Line 56: | Line 56: | ||
===Slashes=== | ===Slashes=== | ||
Slashes hold a special meaning in | Slashes hold a special meaning in USApedia as a designator for [[subpages]]. They also imply hierarchy. Use of slashes in an article's name is highly discouraged as there are many different ways the same message can be conveyed without the use of a slash. In fact, unless greater specificity is needed to resolve a [[disambiguation]] issue, make the title as specific as possible and use links within the article to say how it relates. | ||
====Exceptions==== | ====Exceptions==== | ||
| Line 62: | Line 62: | ||
===Colons=== | ===Colons=== | ||
Colons are used to categorize and therefore are highly discouraged. Only in rare and special cases should they be used. Instead of ''Iraq: Collection Requirements'', use ''Iraqi Collection Requirements''. In most cases, a colon can be avoided by changing the form of one word. Colons are to be avoided, not just because they represent poor title design, but also because they appear to be referring to | Colons are used to categorize and therefore are highly discouraged. Only in rare and special cases should they be used. Instead of ''Iraq: Collection Requirements'', use ''Iraqi Collection Requirements''. In most cases, a colon can be avoided by changing the form of one word. Colons are to be avoided, not just because they represent poor title design, but also because they appear to be referring to USApedia's formal categorization using namespaces (for example, [[USApedia:Guidelines]]). Finally, in the event that ''Iraq'' were to be made a formal namespace in the future, articles that begin with ''Iraq:'' may pose a problem. | ||
===Parentheses=== | ===Parentheses=== | ||
| Line 98: | Line 98: | ||
== Related == | == Related == | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:USApedia]] | ||
[[Category:Help]] | [[Category:Help]] | ||