=Naming Conventions for Specific Article Types= ==Item Articles== Articles about items present in WoW, should have their article named exactly as they are in WoW, including capitalization. For example, [[Linen Cloth]]. ==Quest Articles== Quests should be named with the "Quest:" prefix, followed by the exact name of the quest. If a quest line has the same name for multiple quests, the first quest by that name should follow the previous convention and further quests in the line should be disambiguated with parenthetical text signifying the quest part, i.e. (2), (3). If there are two quests by the same name, but they are different for Horde and Alliance you can: *Make article explaining both sides of the quest *Make two articles, one with the exact name of the quest and a second disambiguated with either (horde) or (alliance). These rules ensure that anyone typing in ''Quest:Quest Name'' will be able to find the quest they want. The original icon should have a disambiguation link at the top pointing to the second article. For example, {{quest|Chen's Empty Keg}}, {{quest|Chen's Empty Keg (2)}}. ==Character Articles== Character pages should be listed under the character's full name, excluding titles such as "King" or "the Destroyer". E.g. [[Arthas Menethil]], [[Terenas Menethil II]], [[Blackhand]], [[Uther Lightbringer]]. ==Other Articles== All other articles should have the first word capitalized (this is unavoidable) and any additiona words in lowercase. The exception is that proper nouns are always capitalized. For example, [[Help:Starting a new page]]. These articles should also not include definite or indefinite articles ("the" and "a/an") at the beginning of the page name. For exmaple, use [[First War]] to refer to the event, not [[The First War]]. There is an important exception to this rule: "the", "a" or "an" is included when it would be capitalized if it appeared in text. This applies to, quest articles, guild articles, titles of books, games, and similar works. =Additional naming rules= All articles should be in singular form. An exception to this rule is made for names that are always plural, such as the [[Knights of the Silver Hand]]. == Parenthetical Text == Parenthetical text to distinguish page names, such as in [[The Sundering]], should generally be in lower case. Only capitalize it if it is a proper name or title, such as [[War of the Spider (History of Warcraft)]]. As for code in linking to each of these, you can type <code>[[The Sundering (book)|]]</code> and arrive at these two links: [[The Sundering|The Sundering]]. The parser will appropriately cosmeticly drop what is found in parentheses. == Subpages and Namespaces == For the purpose of capitalization, after the colon for a namespace is considered the start of the article title. For example, [[WoWWiki:Policy]]. Additionally each subpage is considered the start of an article name. For example, '''WoWWiki:Policy/Naming''' not '''WoWWiki:Policy/naming'''. == Category Names == Category names are put into title case, so the link would be to [[:Category:Druid Spells]]. This makes them easier to distinguish from article names, and should not create a problem with linking since they rarely occur in running text. =Additional Resources= *[[Help:Disambiguation]] *[[WoWWiki:Disambiguation]] *[[Help:Starting a new page]]