Naming Conventions
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General conventions
Lowercase second and subsequent words in titles
Convention: Do not capitalize second and subsequent words unless the title is a proper noun (such as a name) or is otherwise almost always capitalized.
Prefer singular nouns
Convention: In general only create page titles that are in the singular, unless that noun is always in a plural form in English. For example, a page should be named "School District" rather than "School Districts".
Use common names of persons and things
Convention: Use the most common name of a person or thing that does not conflict with the names of other people or things. For a person, this will generally follow this format: <First Name> <Last Name>. Example: Justin Timberlake
Be precise when necessary
Convention: Please, do not write or put an article on a page with an ambiguously named title as though that title had no other meanings. If all possible words have multiple meanings, go with the rule of thumb of naming guidelines and use the more popular term.
Prefer spelled-out phrases to abbreviations
Convention: Avoid the use of abbreviations, including acronyms, in page naming unless the term you are naming is almost exclusively known only by its abbreviation and is widely known and used in that form.
Use of "and"
Sometimes two or more closely-related or complementary concepts are most sensibly discussed on a common page rather than a page each. Where an overarching name is not practicable, use each individual name in the article title, joined by "and".
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