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See [[Grand Theft Wiki:Consistency]] for detailed information on language and naming pages. | See [[Grand Theft Wiki:Consistency]] for detailed information on language and naming pages. | ||
==Game Names== | |||
The biggest concern surrounding consistency here is the use of game names in text, section headings and page titles. | |||
Games should always be shown with "GTA" or "Grand Theft Auto" at the start. This is to avoid confusion with place names - [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City|GTA Vice City]] vs [[Vice City]] | |||
*Full form: [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] (with colon) | |||
*Short form: [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City|GTA Vice City]] (without colon) | |||
It is acceptable to link to either the full or short form of game titles. | |||
Note that [[Grand Theft Auto 1|GTA 1]] and [[Grand Theft Auto 2|GTA 2]] use english numbers (1 and 2), whilst [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]] use roman numberals (III and IV). We must follow the convention of the game's actual name. The exception is [[GTA 1]] which is ''technically'' called "Grand Theft Auto" but we always refer to it as GTA 1. | |||
Also note that the numbered games do not have colons in the title ([[Grand Theft Auto III]] vs [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]). Colons should never be used in the short forms. | |||
Abbreviated titles (GTASA) should only be used where the game names need to be repeated many times. This includes large tables, long lists, or very complicated paragraphs that keep swapping between game names. Where possible, there should be a key to show which abbreviation means what. Never use these abbreviations as shorter links to be. | |||
;For the game's own page: | |||
Use the full form in the title and the opening sentence, ie [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]. | |||
;For pages about part of the game: | |||
Use the short form, such as [[Vehicles in GTA Vice City]] | |||
;For other pages: | |||
Generally, use the short form in the any part of the text, any lists or tables (ie "The Cheetah is a car in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|GTA San Andreas]]") | |||
;For GTA 1: | |||
For the first GTA game, which was just called "Grand Theft Auto", we always refer to it as "Grand Theft Auto 1" or "GTA 1". This is to avoid any confusion, and to allow people to just link to [[Grand Theft Auto|GTA]] whenever they mean the series of games (which is more frequent than meaning the first game). | |||
You can use the long form whenever you wish to be formal, such as in the opening sentence. However, do not do this if you are listing more than one game: (''"The '''Bobcat''' is the trusty pick-up truck that is featured in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]], [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]."'') | |||
Note that other sites (such as [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]) use the long "correct" titles in every instance, but pages like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_Grand_Theft_Auto:_Liberty_City_Stories List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories] really do look silly. Notice that Wikipedia also says "List of" at the start of the title on many pages - that is also something that we do not do here on Grand Theft Wiki. | |||
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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 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. | 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. | ||