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===Singular vs. Plural nouns===
<div style="float:top"><font size="-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Prefer_singular_nouns ''Wikipedia origin'']</font></div>
Most of the time, a singular noun is preferred. When the main focus of an article will be to explain, define, or give the history of the subject, use a singular noun (eg. [[broomball]], [[Mountain Day]], [[crusty]]). "Guide to X" often becomes "X".
For some topics, however, defining seems totally unnecessary -- "Class" or "Prank" are good examples. It's outside the scope of Willipedia to explain what a class or prank is, but we ''are'' quite likely to want to talk about instances of [[Classes]] and [[Pranks]]. In such cases, where the content will be listing and explaining instances, use the plural.
===Use -ing verbs===
<div style="float:top"><font size="-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Use_gerund_of_verbs wiki link''Wikipedia origin'']</font></div>:for 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; instead of "How to X", have a section on consider "placesX-ing" if you wish.:When what would otherwise be a section of an article gets large and detailed/complex enough to be its own article (Skiing cheaply) , use the shortest descriptive title you can (, such as [[Skiing cheaply vs. ]] instead of "Ways you can ski cheaply) and ". Whatever name you choose, be sure to link to this the detail article in a the article it was spun from (perhaps emptyas in [[Skiing]]'s [[Skiing#Lift Passes|Lift Passes]] section) section of the main article.
===Sentence-style capitalization===
