FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions

This page offers best practices in naming articles, categories, images, files, and templates on FamilySearch Wiki.

= Policies specific to FamilySearch Wiki =

The following policies were vetted in the FamilySearch Wiki contributor forum and arrived at by a vote of at least 2:1.

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= Resources =

General
Category:Wikipedia naming conventions Wikipedia:Naming conventions Wikipedia:Naming conflict Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)

Special rules for templates
Spaces in the name are allowed, e.g.  . The first character (only) is not case-sensitive, so   and   are the same template, but   and   are not. The template name in general should be short. Many on Wikipedia are abbreviations.

Special rules for namespaces
Only a system admin can create a namespace. Namespaces should be created only after much discussion. The name should be a single word. Headings: Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Section headings Help:Section - Creation and numbering of sections Categories: Wikipedia:Naming conventions &amp; categories