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#'''General philsophy''':Use the most general title you can about your subject, when you feel a Williamsian can write something meaningul about the general title (ie, even if you can't)::example: you want to write about the awesome beec in the forest garden for tree climbing. start/edit "Tree climbing"::example: you want to write about cheap places to ski. start/edit "skiing" and start a section in it on going cheaply. hope you or someone else will write the preface on generally skiing at williams::example: you want to write about great spots to hang hammocks on campus. "Hammocking" is the most general title, but is there something meaningful to write on "hammocking" besids where to do it? This is arguable. Start/edit "hammocking" with a section on places, or start/edit "hammock spots". Someone can always create "hammocking" and link to/move your content later. '''Singular vs. Plural nouns'''
#Use '''-ing Verbs'''
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''This is a draft of a policy being worked on by the [[Willipedia board]]. It has no effect until approved by board consensus.''
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Prefer_singular_nouns wiki link]
:willi rule of thumb: when the main focus of an article will be to define or give the history of the subject, use a singular noun (broomball, Mountain Day). when listing and explaining instances of the subject -- especially when ''defining'' what the title means would be silly for willipedia -- use a plural (Pranks, Classes).
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Use_gerund_of_verbs wiki link]
:for activities, common practices, and the like, try to use the most basic but most unique gerund verb applicable. Instead of "Great places to ski" use "Skiing" and, after talking generally a little about skiing at williams, have a section on "places" if you wish.
:When what would otherwise be a section gets large and detailed/complex enough to be its own article (Skiing cheaply) use the shortest descriptive title you can (Skiing cheaply vs. Ways you can ski cheaply) and be sure to link to this article in a (perhaps empty) section of the main article.
'''sentence-style capitalization''':[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#General philsophyLowercase_second_and_subsequent_words wiki link]:Use even though the most general title you can about of something, like an encyclopedia article, typically has all words campitalized, Willipedia is different. capitalize your subject, when title as though you feel were writing a Williamsian can write something meaningful about the general title (i.e., even if you can't)sentence::example: you want to write about the awesome beech first word in the forest garden for tree climbing. start/edit "Tree climbing"::example: you want to write about cheap places to ski. start/edit "skiing" and start a section in it on going cheaply. hope you or someone else title is capitalized (the program will write the preface on generally skiing at williamsforce this)::example: you want to write about great spots to hang hammocks on campus. "Hammocking" is the most general titleall other words are lowercase, but is there something meaningful to write on "hammocking" besids where to do it? This is arguable. Start/edit "hammocking" with a section on places, or start/edit "hammock spots". Someone can always create "hammocking" and link to/move your content later.unless they are proper nouns
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Be_precise_when_necessary
