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-Naming pages properly is important, because naming them improperly makes it difficult to find pages, and also to create other pages which may have similar meanings. This page will talk some about why this is important, and also give some conventions for good naming. Enjoy.
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+'''Naming pages properly''' is important, because naming them improperly makes it difficult to find pages, and also to create other pages which may have similar meanings. This page will talk some about why this is important, and also give some conventions for good naming.
+''Need help with naming pages properly? [http://forums.starbase118.net/index.php/forum/539-wiki-helpdesk/ Start a new thread in the Wiki Helpdesk forum.]''
 ==Unique Names==
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 So too, here on the Wiki, each page's name is its own unique identifier. Your first priority in naming is always to keep this in consideration.
+* Right: '''Enterprise shuttlebay'''
+* Wrong: Shuttlebay
 ==Specificity==
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 This leaves "Tristan Scott Wolf," as my character name. We probably don't need to use the "Scott" part, because most people don't know that's my character's middle name. So we're down to "Tristan Wolf." But do we do it forward, or backward?
-Putting the last name first is usually the best, like so: "Wolf, Tristan." Here's why: because we're using ranks normally in SIM, most people are known as something like "FltAdml. Wolf." Last names are slightly more common in SIM than first names, so people will likely look for the last name first. There are, of course, exceptions to the rule, but we simply deal with those on a case-by-case basis.
+As such, the general guideline is:
+* Generally, you would title it First Name Last Name like '''[[Tristan Wolf]]'''
+* If say, your character is a Bajoran, such as Kira Nerys, even though Kira is the last name, you would title it '''Kira Nerys'''. The same goes for any culture where last name first name is written. (Such as '''Ishikawa Keiko''')
+** Of note, you should probably not include middle names. It is exceedingly unlikely they will be commonly referred by it.
+* For characters that have more specificity about them, you would add it in parenthesis
+** Mirror universe characters get '''(mirror)'''
+** Alternate universe characters get '''(alternate)'''
+** Clones get '''(clone x)''', where x is the number. Try to resist putting descriptors there - for example, if you have Tristan Wolf (good clone), and the clone becomes evil, that name may become confusing!
+** Double characters (such as Bynar) should get something like '''11001010 (01010111)''' to indicate they are a double character.
-'''However''', if your character is more commonly known by their "first" name, then we need to change this a little. For example, the staff member "Hollis Caley" is called "Hollis" because he is a Bajoran. So his character page would be called "Hollis Caley."
+==Lowercase second and subsequent words==
+Do not capitalize second and subsequent words unless the title is a proper noun (such as a name) or is otherwise almost always capitalized.
-==Lowercase second and subsequent words==
+* Right: '''John Wayne'''
-Do not capitalize second and subsequent words unless the title is a proper noun (such as a name) or is otherwise almost always capitalized (for example: John Wayne, but Computer game).
+* Right: '''Computer game'''
+* Wrong: Computer Game
 Due to technical limitations inherent to the MediaWiki software, the first letter in an article title always needs to be a capital letter. Ordinarily this isn't a problem, but it poses an issue when a proper noun's first letter is lowercase (for example, eBay).
 ==Prefer singular nouns==
-In general only create page titles that are in the singular, unless that noun is always in a plural form in English (such as scissors or trousers).
+In general only create page titles that are in the singular, unless that noun is always in a plural form in English.
+* Right: '''Scissors'''
+* Right: '''Trousers'''
+* Right: '''Enterprise shuttlebay'''
+* Right: '''Phaser'''
+* Wrong: Enterprise shuttlebays
+* Wrong: Phasers
 ==Redirect adjectives to nouns==
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