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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Prefer_singular_nouns ''Wikipedia origin'']
→Singular vs. Plural nouns
Effort is wasted when someone starts an article "Prank" when it really could have been added to (or already was in) "[[Pranks]]". Using naming conventions lets us use content to its fullest extent, and build on what's there already. Much of the below is adapted from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions Wikipedia's naming conventions].
<span style="float:right">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Prefer_singular_nouns ''Wikipedia origin'']</span>===Singular vs. Plural nouns===
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]]).
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===