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Use 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. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Prefer_singular_nouns '-ing Verbs'Wikipedia origin''] ===Use -ing verbs===
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'''names of ===Naming students and alums'''===
'''===use full name of a place to be unambiguous'''===
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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].
===Singular vs. Plural nouns===<span float:right>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Prefer_singular_nouns wiki link]</span>:willi rule Most of thumb: the time, a singular noun is preferred. when 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]]). 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.
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Lowercase_second_and_subsequent_words wiki link]
:even though the title of something, like an encyclopedia article, typically has all words campitalized, Willipedia is different. capitalize your title as though you were writing a sentence
::all other words are lowercase, unless they are proper nouns
:ex: Dodd Dining Hall, Hopkins Hall, Mark Hopkins House (notice all these words in these are capitalized, as they are all proper names)
:if you're feeling very helpful, create a disambig page at the name that forks to many related pages. ie, "Dodd"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Be_precise_when_necessary