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The way I've been doing it is this: if a planet has an indigenous sentient population, I'll name the planet page after whatever the people call it (ie. Earth as opposed to Sol III). Unlike our solar system, however, the other planets that DON'T have populations, will get named after their stellar positioning in the system (ie. Should be Sol I, not Mercury, Sol II, not Venus - though the naming would be mentioned/explained in the page write-up). Again...no real rule here, though maybe we want to make one and stick with it.-[[User:Varaan|Varaan]] 11:15, 3 June 2008 (EDT) | The way I've been doing it is this: if a planet has an indigenous sentient population, I'll name the planet page after whatever the people call it (ie. Earth as opposed to Sol III). Unlike our solar system, however, the other planets that DON'T have populations, will get named after their stellar positioning in the system (ie. Should be Sol I, not Mercury, Sol II, not Venus - though the naming would be mentioned/explained in the page write-up). Again...no real rule here, though maybe we want to make one and stick with it.-[[User:Varaan|Varaan]] 11:15, 3 June 2008 (EDT) | ||
:What? Giving up so easily? ;) Okay, how about we do it this way then: | |||
:#If there are people living on the planet, and they have given it a different name from what the stellar positioning would be, we title the page after the planet's "name." We still mention the stellar positioning in the description. We also make a redirect page from the stellar position name to the planet "name" page. | |||
:#If there are no people living on the planet, we title the page after the stellar positioning, and mention the name given to the planet (if there is one) in the description. We also make a redirect page from the planet "name" page to the stellar position name. | |||
:Ex. Sol system - each planet would be Sol, I, Sol, II, etc with the names "Mercury", "Venus" etc mentioned in the description. "Sol III" however would only be a redirect page to "Earth". | |||
:Question: What if people didn't live there, then did? ie. Sol IV becomes inhabited (people living on Mars). Should the page name still be Sol IV, or should it be "Mars"? -[[User:Varaan|Varaan]] 11:33, 3 June 2008 (EDT) | |||