Naming Policy

## General Conventions

### Page Names

* **Page names always begin with a capital letter**: No matter what the circumstance or word that may start the article title. (This is a software requirement.)
* **Spaces in the title of your page**: If you are creating a page with more than one word in the title, using an underscore between the words is the same as a space. (This is a software requirement.) (e.g. Together\_Through\_Time = Together Through Time).

* **The following words should not be capitalized in a page name unless they are the first word: (see above)**

* at
* by
* from
* in
* on
* or
* to
* with
* de
* van

* **Capitalize EVERY word in the title (except as above)**: The convention prevents the confusion of whether certain words should be capitalized or not.

* **Do not use a pound symbol (#) in page names**: The # symbol is reserved in html code to signify links to a specific area of a page. For more information on this subject, please refer to our help file on how to edit. (This is a technological restriction.)

* **Do not begin a top-level page name with a slash (/ or \)**: Using the / symbol at the beginning of a page name can cause unexpected behavior. (This is a software requirement.) Using a slash inside a page name is acceptable. If a page called 'foo' already exists, you can use a forward slash to create sub-pages of 'foo'. (e.g. 'foo/bar') In this case, the forward slash symbol (/) is reserved in our software code to signify a separation between sub-pages. If 'foo' does not yet exist, the page will be called 'foo/bar' and no sub-page will be created.

* **Avoid using a period (aka full-stop) (.) at the end of an page name**: In certain cases having a period at the end of your page name can cause some very unexpected and unwanted results. This is not a requirement as this only occurs when the page is viewed with certain web-browsers.

## Articles

### Band Members

* Band Member articles are perhaps the most notable in-universe articles of the whole TWRP Wiki. In order to maximize that notability and improve awareness through internal and external search engines, a stage name is thehe preferred way for the name of an article.
* **Band Member Entries**: Band Member entries should be listed by their official stage name. Never refer to a band member by their out-of-character name.
Other casual aliases or familiar names should never be the name for an article unless there is no other option.
	+ If a stage name is given:
		- Stage name should be written using the general naming conventions
		- Latest (current) stage name is better when it's been equally used through the career. Bombus Tron, not the Great Bombus)
		- Any titles that appear within the proper stage name will be written completely. (e.g. *Doctor, Commander*, instead of *Dr., Comdr.*)

* **Multiple Articles of the same name**
	+ Articles receive a parenthesis to specify the difference between two or more articles with the same name, (e.g. *Lazerhorse (Song), Lazerhorse (Person).)*

### Disambiguation Pages

* Disambiguation pages will be created for names used by more than one character or concept.

### Albums/EPs/Compilations/Singles

#### Page Names

* Albums, EPs, Compilations, and Singles should utilize a single, standard page, for all information about their various appearances.
* When sharing a name with anything else, the entry should have a descriptor in parenthesis after its name. Albums should have (Album) after its name, EPs should have (EP), and so on.

## Singles

### Page Names

* Singles names should be the song's full release title as it appears on the official release, including ***The*** at the beginning of the article if it is used.
* If there are different versions of the same single, the page name should reflect the spelling of the first release.

## Video Series

### Page Names

* **Naming Video series**
	+ If no release title is yet known, or it shares its name with an existing character, the words Video series should be added in parenthesis following the title, and not capitalized.
* **Naming Episodes**
	+ All episodes should be named using its full title instead of the Episode number.
	+ When an episode shares its name with an existing page, the word episode should be added in parenthesis following the title, and not capitalized, as it is out-of universe information.
	+ When an episode shares its name with an episode from another series, the name of the TV series should be added in parenthesis following the title.