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+== New Wiki Articles==
+*All new Wiki articles must be cleared with Wiki Administration. The ability of creating a new article will be assigned as needed per projects.
 == Naming an article  ==
+*These instructions are for Wiki Administration and for those working on specific Wiki projects.
+*[[User:Batsondl/Sandbox 27#Naming_Geographical_Wiki_Articles|Specific instructions]] are available regarding new locality Wiki articles.
-Use the following to help you name a general wiki page correctly. '''Instructions on how to name geographical or place wiki articles are [[User:Batsondl/Sandbox 27#Naming_Geographical_Wiki_Articles|below]].'''
+=== Concise Article Titles ===
+*Wiki articles are to be concise and accurate to the content on the page. Leave out unnecessary words or punctuation
-=== Be clear and concise  ===
-Make sure that the article name clearly and concisely communicates what a user may find in the article. '''Remove any unnecessary words or punctuation.'''
 === Capitalization  ===
 *Capitalize each word in the title of the article except for:
 **Articles: a, an, the
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 === Gender Neutral  ===
 Article names should be gender neutral.
-=== Ambiguous titles  ===
+=== Ambiguous Titles  ===
 FamilySearch Wiki is international, so any article with a general title such as "Census" should really cover the entire globe. On occasion, the preferred name for an article, while correct, may be ambiguous. In these cases the practice is to either extend the article title with more specific information or add a term in parenthesis after the article title, so that the article name is unambiguous. If you are writing an article which applies to one locality only, then this should be made clear in the name of the article, such as ''Censuses in England'' or ''Scottish Census''.
-=== Omit name of the article author  ===
-Because this is a wiki, content becomes stronger and more accurate as the community adds to it. If an author's name is in the title it gives credit to the original author when changes are made by other users. It also gives the illusion that the author owns the wiki article.
-=== Using key words  ===
-When giving a name to a page or a new article think about how native language speakers would search for that article. Use the same key words you would use in searching for the article in the title you give it, including variations of the locality name. [[FamilySearch Wiki:Disambiguation|Avoid ambiguous]] words or phrases.
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