About:Naming articles

Language

• English - As this guide is currently only made for an English option, ensure the titles are in English. Where a local name is also commonly used in English, it would be advisable to create a redirect on that page to the English page. As an example, Napoli redirects to Naples.
• Roman Alphabet - Avoid using characters that aren't from the Roman Alphabet.

Ambiguous Titles

Some titles might have two or more possible connotations. If this is the case, then you can ensure the title isn't ambiguous by adding the country name in brackets.

Examples:

• Victoria (Australia)
• Santiago (Chile)

If the title is generally not confusing, but does have a possibility of confusion, then it may be better to use the ambiguous title for the article that would be the most logical one.

Examples:

• Melbourne : despite the fact that there is also a Melbourne in Florida, most people would understand Melbourne to refer to the city in Australia.
• Georgia: Although Georgia is a state in the US, the country Georgia is a larger topic and therefore deserves to have the title reserved. The US State is titled Georgia (USA).

For all such ambiguous titles, it is recommended to also straight away create a Disambiguation Article. That article should list the possible meanings associated with a certain title. To create a disambiguation, place the word 'disambiguation' in brackets behind the ambiguous title.

Examples:

• Melbourne (disambiguation)
• Georgia (disambiguation)
• Santiago (disambiguation)
• Victoria (disambiguation)

More about Ambiguous Titles

Sub Articles

Articles describing a suburb, neighbourhood or district of a city should be named with the city name in it to avoid confusion.

Examples:

• Melbourne/St Kilda
• Toronto/China Town

Special Characters

You can use pretty much any character when naming a wiki article, however, for organisational reasons it is best to avoid the forward slash and the colon.

• / - The forward slash is used in URLs to denote a sub article (ie. Melbourne/Inner City or Melbourne/Fitzroy) and should therefore be avoided in other situations.
• : - The colon is used in some special articles (like the one you're reading now). Unless an article falls under a broad topic that warrants having multiple articles fall under it, try to avoid the colon.

For technical reasons we have disallowed the use of ampersands, question marks and hashes in titles.
Here's why:

• ? - Used to denote URL variables
• & - Used to separate URL variables
• # - Used to denote an anchor link