Wikipedia talk:Article titles/Archive 3

message: Not sure if this has already been discussed, or if it's off-topic here. Is it Wikipedia policy to consider Middle East a continent distinct from Asia? Also, is it common to club Egypt with the Middle Eastern countries, perhaps because Egypt is Arab? Ambarish 23:39, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Continents

message: Is there any uniform method for referring to case names in law? Or should we just follow good judgement and local citation rules? Bbtommy 18:01, 16 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Case citations 

message: #Nunh-huh
#Bbtommy
#Ruhrjung (We are discussing the titles of the articles, right? I think the default ought to be full names instead of initials.)
#User:Dwheeler 
#Tkinias
#Musashiwashi (I fully agree with Ruhrjung)
#Oliver P. (re full names: we should use whatever form of a name is most common in the real world)
# Paul Pogonyshev (nbsp's could be put automaticaly by software backend)
#Ebear422 I think the rhythm is wrong without spaces.  I can do without the dots.
#LarryGilbert (C. S. Lewis was Clive Staples Lewis, not CliveStaples Lewis!)
#Herbee because it's the logical thing to do.
#80.255 19:17, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  With spaces 

message: #Viajero
#Taku - in encyclopedia, more compact is better.
#:Wiki is not paper - Ec
#:But the size of the display is limited.
#Elf - I'm a Chicago devotee, myself, but in this case I prefer no spaces
#Stan Shebs - just seems more "natural"
#SimonP - looks much better
#Hajor - with all necessary redirects, of course.
#DavidWBrooks - makes breaks at end of line less likely (e.g., A. / A. Milne)
#:Use "nbsp" where you think that matters - Ec
#::No, please don't. Markup like nbsp is very confusing to new editors with no prior knowledge of HTML. Angela
#Wik
#Morven - looks better to me.
#Tannin
#Angela - seems to be the most common way of doing it
#Emsworth
#Sam Spade
#Ryan_Cable
#Jmabel
#J-V Heiskanen - very slight preference, best to have one though.
#Piglet - more flowing and clearer in my opinion
#Rich0 - looks nicer and is more concise
#ugen64 00:36, Apr 22, 2004 (UTC) - isn't this the most common way?
#Alcarillo 18:09 26 Apr 2004 (UTC) - I raised this on the J.R.R. Tolkien page; it's simply not modern usage, and using the spaces looks ridiculous, even when not using monospace type. Moreover, this is an online resource, not a book, so following (outdated) style guides for print isn't correct.
#older ≠ wiser 17:26, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Without spaces 

message: * Jerzy : Vote here should be only re article titles; in fact, i lean twd no spaces in article titles (which are already widened on the page by enlarged font), and probably in lists (which profit from compactness), but spaces in running text (aiding a reader in having info in the back of their mind, on the occasions when they pause to write a name carefully, what the logical and formal standard is).  That would mean piping running-text links to such names; that may be tolerable, since the names in question are not that common.
* Anthony DiPierro Why not whatever is more popular on a case by case basis?
* Nunh-huh : on what basis is it asserted that "Modern typographical practice in book and newspaper publishing leans towards the latter" when book publishing and newpaper publishing clearly differs on this particular question of style? Way to skew the vote!
**It is asserted on the basis of observation. Contemporary books and newspapers have dropped the spaces, and as far as I can tell, have been doing so since ~1960s. It appears to be a case that the style guides no longer reflect the reality -- or that they guidelines are tailored for other purposes, such as scholarly manuscripts. Look around you, can you find a book or magazine with initials formatted with spaces??? -- Viajero 09:49, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  No-vote comments 

message: I'm about to write an architecture article on the Auditorium Building in Chicago.  I was wondering if there's any convention on architecture.  I'm hesitant to use Auditorium Building as that just seems like disambiguation nightmare, so I've considered Auditorium Building, Chicago, and [[Auditorium Building {Sullivan)]].  Comments anyone? Isomorphic 02:37, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Buildings