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The title of an article should be ''exactly'' the term used in-game. For characters who have "nick-names," use the most common/obvious one (eg [[Big Smoke]]). Neither British nor American spellings are preferred, but use those used ingame if possible, and try to remain consistent. If there are multiple possible names, or multiple possible spellings, create redirect pages for those and redirect them to the main article. | The title of an article should be ''exactly'' the term used in-game. For characters who have "nick-names," use the most common/obvious one (eg [[Big Smoke]]). Neither British nor American spellings are preferred, but use those used ingame if possible, and try to remain consistent. If there are multiple possible names, or multiple possible spellings, create redirect pages for those and redirect them to the main article. | ||
Use plurals when referring to types of things, eg [[Missions]], [[Vehicles]], [[Hidden Packages]]. Don't include punctuation or words such as "the", unless it is part of the actual name (eg [[In | Use plurals when referring to types of things, eg [[Missions]], [[Vehicles]], [[Hidden Packages]]. Don't include punctuation or words such as "the", unless it is part of the actual name (eg [[In The Beginning...]]). | ||
When referring to specifically one game, say <code>[objects plural] in [long game name]</code>. For example: [[Missions in GTA Vice City]], not ''GTA Vice City Missions'' or ''Missions (GTA Vice City)''. | When referring to specifically one game, say <code>[objects plural] in [long game name]</code>. For example: [[Missions in GTA Vice City]], not ''GTA Vice City Missions'' or ''Missions (GTA Vice City)''. | ||
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If referring to a game, use "GTA Vice City". If referring to a city, use "Vice City". See [[Project:Consistency]] for more examples. | If referring to a game, use "GTA Vice City". If referring to a city, use "Vice City". See [[Project:Consistency]] for more examples. | ||
Titles should be in title case, with capitalization of almost all words - except for internal articles, prepositions and conjunctions (eg in/the/a/is/if/to). | Titles should be in title case, with capitalization of almost all words - except for internal articles, prepositions and conjunctions (eg in/the/a/is/if/to); however, when these words are capitalized in-game, they should also be capitalized as the title of the article. | ||
Examples: | Examples: | ||