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===Page Titles=== | ===Page Titles=== | ||
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 | 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 in-game 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 The Beginning...]]). | 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...]]). | ||
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When an article shares a name with another article, such as two different games having missions with the same name, or a character's name also being the name of a mission, they must be disambiguated. | When an article shares a name with another article, such as two different games having missions with the same name, or a character's name also being the name of a mission, they must be disambiguated. | ||
The title of each page should be clarified, often by adding an extra word to explain which subject the page is about. If a name is used for a mission and a character, use [[Big Smoke | The title of each page should be clarified, often by adding an extra word to explain which subject the page is about. If a name is used for a mission and a character, use [[Big Smoke]] without an extra word for characters and [[Big Smoke (mission)]] for mission names. | ||
If there is a different character/mission/vehicle with the same name in two different games/cities, specify the game/city name with its acronym, eg [[Downtown (Vice City)]]. This can extend to others, such as [[GTA San Andreas Cheats (PC)]] and [[GTA San Andreas Cheats (360]] | If there is a different character/mission/vehicle with the same name in two different games/cities, specify the game/city name with its acronym, eg [[Downtown (Vice City)]]. This can extend to others, such as [[GTA San Andreas Cheats (PC)]] and [[GTA San Andreas Cheats (Xbox 360)]] | ||
However, if one of the versions is a lot more prominent than the other, you can leave one page at its name, and only specify the less-important page. For example [[Big Smoke]] is the character, and links to [[Big Smoke (mission)]], which is less prominent. Likewise that [[Vice City]] refers to the city in the GTA III era, more than the less-prominent GTA 1 rendition; and [[GTA]] refers to the series rather than [[GTA 1]]. | However, if one of the versions is a lot more prominent than the other, you can leave one page at its name, and only specify the less-important page. For example [[Big Smoke]] is the character, and links to [[Big Smoke (mission)]], which is less prominent. Likewise that [[Vice City]] refers to the city in the GTA III era, more than the less-prominent GTA 1 rendition; and [[GTA]] refers to the series rather than [[GTA 1]]. | ||
If there are more than | If there are more than two pages with the same name (or similar), you should create a disambiguation page at that page name (eg [[City Hall]]), use the {{template|disambig}} tag, and link to each possible page. Each of those pages should be named as above. You can include other links to pages with similar names, eg at [[City Hall]]. | ||
On each disambiguated page, or if there | On each disambiguated page, or if there are possible variations or misspellings of a name, add a ''did you mean'' clause at the top of the page, eg: | ||
<nowiki>:''This page refers to ____. Did you mean [[link]]?''</nowiki> | <nowiki>:''This page refers to ____. Did you mean [[link]]?''</nowiki> | ||