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I think we need to decide on the article naming convention. For example, we have the [[ARC-920]], the abbreviated name of the Asymmetric Recoilless Carbine-920, as the article name. But, we also have the [[M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon]] (''pant'') as the article name for the rocket launcher. One uses the abbreviated designation, while the other uses the entire designation. There is a similar problem with vehicles: [[AV-14 Hornet]] (designation + nickname) and [[M12 Force Application Vehicle]] (designation and no nickname). These are just some examples. There are a lot more. —[[User:Spartan331|<span style="color:silver;">S331</span>]] [[File:Bubbleshieldhud.svg|14px]]<sub>([[User talk:Spartan331|COM]] • [[Special:Contributions/Spartan331|Mission Log]] • [[User profile:Spartan331|Profile]])</sub> 00:56, 26 May 2012 (EDT) | I think we need to decide on the article naming convention. For example, we have the [[ARC-920]], the abbreviated name of the Asymmetric Recoilless Carbine-920, as the article name. But, we also have the [[M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon]] (''pant'') as the article name for the rocket launcher. One uses the abbreviated designation, while the other uses the entire designation. There is a similar problem with vehicles: [[AV-14 Hornet]] (designation + nickname) and [[M12 Force Application Vehicle]] (designation and no nickname). These are just some examples. There are a lot more. —[[User:Spartan331|<span style="color:silver;">S331</span>]] [[File:Bubbleshieldhud.svg|14px]]<sub>([[User talk:Spartan331|COM]] • [[Special:Contributions/Spartan331|Mission Log]] • [[User profile:Spartan331|Profile]])</sub> 00:56, 26 May 2012 (EDT) | ||
:So, I guess we should use the following naming convention: just short abbreviation for weapon articles (i.e. ARC-920 over long-title-here-yay!) and designation with nickname for vehicle articles (i.e. M12 FAV Warthog instead of M12 Flalala-Alalala-Vlalala)? Of course, ship articles won't follow this style.— <span style="font-size:16px; font-family:OrbitronMedium;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 06:40, 26 May 2012 (EDT) | :So, I guess we should use the following naming convention: just short abbreviation for weapon articles (i.e. ARC-920 over long-title-here-yay!) and designation with nickname for vehicle articles (i.e. M12 FAV Warthog instead of M12 Flalala-Alalala-Vlalala)? Of course, ship articles won't follow this style.— <span style="font-size:16px; font-family:OrbitronMedium;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 06:40, 26 May 2012 (EDT) | ||
::In general, I think it would be more apt to keep article titles as concise as possible, while the full title of the subject would be spelled out in the introductory paragraph in bold. This would come in extremely handy in cases like the M41 SSM M-''etc''... This could also be applied to other overlong titles we have alternate names for, like the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order-''numbers'']] - why not just call it "Cole Protocol"? | |||
::Similarly, I've been thinking we should follow Wikipedia's general format when it comes to characters, using the name the character is most commonly known as in the article title instead of the full name - e.g. "Catherine Halsey" instead of "[[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey]]" or "Preston Cole" as opposed to [[Preston Jeremiah Cole]]. Much easier to link, since the full name is barely ever used in normal contexts anyways. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 08:12, 27 May 2012 (EDT) | |||