Appropedia:Page naming
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Warning: Do not use & # < > [ ] | { } in page titles. (It will cause errors and the saved page will not be accessible.)
- This is a proposed Appropedia guideline. You can edit it, or discuss it on the talk page or at the Appropedia policy discussion page.
- For now, this should be considered an essay by one or more Appropedians, and not as a policy or guideline.
General guidelines[edit source]
Page names in Appropedia should:
- Tell readers at a glance what the general subject area is (E.g. "Smithville Local Exchange Trading System" and "SLETS (Smithville Local Exchange Trading System)" are both good, rather than just "SLETS". (Help:Redirects can be created from the other names.) "Pete's efficient stove" is better than "Pete's project")
- have only the first letter of the first word capitalized, e.g. Appropriate technology, unless it is:
- a proper name,
- the name of an organization,
- the title of a publication.
- be a complete name rather than an acronym, except where:
- the acronym is better known,
- the acronym is part of a longer article name - in which case the full meaning should be made clear in the beginning of the page.
- be a unique name (i.e. not just the general topic name. For a personal project, "Ruth's mango orchard" is better than "Mango orchard".)
- use very few, or better yet, no symbols - especially ampersands (&). Due to technical clashes, the following characters can never be used in page titles: & # < > [ ] | { } If you create a page with one of these characters by accident, and can't access the page, take these steps:
- If you have a copy of the page (e.g. by clicking "back" and then copying everything in the edit box) then make a new page with that same text.
- An admin can delete the page for you. If you don't have a copy, tell them and they can copy the page for you (with effort) before deleting the old copy. (Instructions for admins at Help:Correcting bad titles.)
Specific guidelines[edit source]
Following are hints on naming different types of pages
Topics[edit source]
The name of the page should describe the specific subject area. The title should be, as far as possible:
- Brief
- Accurate
- Easy to understand
- Consistent with common usage
Project[edit source]
- Organization name_Project type - Example: AEF Greywater
- Project location_Project type - Example: Occidental Greywater
- Your name_Project type - Example: Aleiha's parabolic solar cooker (although without the apostraphe may be better).
Organization[edit source]
- Full organization name - Example:Potawot
Organization chapters[edit source]
- EWB NameOfChapter - Example: EWB Australia
How to[edit source]
- Detailed name, describing exactly what is being instructed in the article - Examples: How to measure stream flow rate, How to avoid the heat island effect.
Program[edit source]
- Full name of program, Example: Parras summer program
Supplies[edit source]
- Yourareaname_supplies - Example:Humboldt CA Supplies (although Humboldt California supplies would be better)
Coordination[edit source]
- Name of organization, program, project or location where coordination is taking place - hoped for final product name.
- For global coordinations, just use the hoped for final product name, Example: Low cost computer guide
Resource[edit source]
This is for resources that would be placed under a topic. These pages are almost always under another category as well. Please peruse the other categories, to see if there is one that can direct your naming better.
Thesis[edit source]
- Name of your thesis - Example: Water management and culture in Indonesian cities
See also[edit source]
- Help:Moving a page - how to rename (move) a page.