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:{{!xt|Lincoln County, Montana, United States Genealogy}} | :{{!xt|Lincoln County, Montana, United States Genealogy}} | ||
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=== England, Scotland, Wales === | === England, Scotland, Wales === | ||
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=== Canada === | === Canada === | ||
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===Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland=== | ===Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland=== | ||
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:{{xt|Hallen, Jämtland County, Sweden Genealogy}} | :{{xt|Hallen, Jämtland County, Sweden Genealogy}} | ||
:{{xt|Holeby, Maribo County, Denmark Genealogy}} | :{{xt|Holeby, Maribo County, Denmark Genealogy}} | ||
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===Argentina, Spain, Austria, France and Other Countries in the Wiki=== | ===Argentina, Spain, Austria, France and Other Countries in the Wiki=== | ||
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Revision as of 12:03, 22 August 2024
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This page explains a policy, a widely accepted standard that all contributors should normally follow. |
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This page offers policies and best practices in naming wiki articles.
New Wiki Articles[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- These instructions are for Wiki Administration and for those working on specific Wiki projects.
- Specific instructions are available regarding new locality Wiki articles.
Concise Article Titles[edit | edit source]
- Wiki articles are to be concise and accurate to the content on the page. Leave out unnecessary words or punctuation
Capitalization[edit | edit source]
- Capitalize each word in the title of the article except for:
- Articles: a, an, the
- Coordinating Conjunctions: and, but, or, for, nor, etc.
- Prepositions (fewer than five letters): on, at, to, from, by, etc.
- Do not use all uppercase letters - use initial caps on each word in a title except when this conflicts with place naming standards or grammar rules.
- Correct
- Census Records of the United States
- Incorrect
- CENSUS RECORDS OF THE UNITED STATES
Things to Avoid[edit | edit source]
- Avoid the use of pronouns and descriptive adjectives
- Do not start article names with "A," "The," or "An" if possible
- Avoid characters such as / + { } [ ] ( )
- Avoid abbreviations, acronyms, and postal codes
- Replace "&" with "and" unless it is part of a formal name
Gender Neutral[edit | edit source]
Article names should be gender neutral.
Ambiguous Titles[edit | edit source]
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.
Naming Geographical Wiki Articles[edit | edit source]
Adding "Genealogy" to title[edit | edit source]
To improve the rankings of wiki articles in Google and other search engines, the word, "Genealogy" is added to the end of all geographical wiki article titles. A geographical topic page, such as Alabama Probate Records, should not have the word, genealogy added to its title.
- Examples
- Finland Genealogy
- Holwell, Bedfordshire Genealogy
No Abbreviations[edit | edit source]
Do not use abbreviations in naming a place.
- Correct
- Montgomery County, Maryland Genealogy
- Incorrect
- Montgomery Co., MD Genealogy
Ascending order of jurisdictions[edit | edit source]
When adding place names to article titles, add jurisdictions in ascending order (smallest to largest).
- Correct
- Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland Genealogy
- Incorrect
- Maryland, Montgomery County, Rockville Genealogy
- Exceptions
- Articles about FamilySearch Historical Record Collections
Diacritics[edit | edit source]
Diacritics should not be used in the title of a locality article unless there is no English version of the country or locality. For example, use Mexico, not México. The version of the country name in its native tongue using diacritics when applicable should be included at the top of the article page to allow the Wiki search engine to retrieve the correct page for the user.
- Correct
- Mexico Genealogy
- Incorrect
- México Genealogy
- Exceptions
- When English version of the locality is not known, use the spelling and diacritics found in the native tongue of the country.
Proper use of the diacritics can be found in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog.
Country names in English[edit | edit source]
Use the form of a current country's name as it appears in the CIA World Factbook.
Locality articles should only contain the English form of the country in the title and should not include diacritics. The version of the country name in it's native tongue using diacritics when applicable should be included at the top of the article page to allow the Wiki search engine to retrieve the correct page for the user. Redirects can also be made for incorrectly titled locality articles already found in the Wiki.
- Correct
- Bavaria, Germany Genealogy
- Incorrect
- Bayern, Germany Genealogy
When a widely accepted English name, exists for a former country or empire, we should use it. For example, New Spain rather than Virreinato de Nueva España, Ottoman Empire rather than دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه or Osmanlı İmparatorluğu.
Country Name vs. Nationality[edit | edit source]
Any locality Wiki pages and locality topic pages should only include the country name and not the nationality in the title. For example, it is Mexico Probate Records not Mexican Probate Records. Nationality can be used in other situations such as articles about immigration. For example, Chinese in America.
Disambiguation[edit | edit source]
It is often the case that the same geographic place-name will apply to more than one place, or to a place and to other things of interest to genealogists such as a tribe or language; in either case a disambiguation page will be necessary and the articles about locations need to be more specific by adding all jurisdictions to the title. See FamilySearch Wiki:Disambiguation.
Administrative sub-divisions[edit | edit source]
Names of classes of places should follow English grammar rules. In particular, when dealing with administrative subdivisions, we write of "United States counties" and "Cook County, Illinois," or of "Russian oblasts" and the "Moscow Oblast," but we use "Chinese and Roman provinces," not "Chinese sheng" or "Roman provinciae."
Special Guidelines by Country[edit | edit source]
United States[edit | edit source]
- For county and state pages, list two jurisdictions.
- Correct
- Alabama, United States Genealogy
- Warren County, Ohio Genealogy
- For towns/cities pages, include the county and the state.
- Correct
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Genealogy
- Portland, Cumberland County, Maine Genealogy
- Always use “County” when describing a United States county in an article name.
- Exceptions
- Louisiana uses "Parishes" instead of counties and Alaska uses "Boroughs."
- Do not use "United States" in the title of town or county wiki articles.
- Correct
- Charleston, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi Genealogy
- Lincoln County, Montana Genealogy
- Incorrect
- Charleston, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States Genealogy
- Lincoln County, Montana, United States Genealogy
England, Scotland, Wales[edit | edit source]
- For county pages, list two jurisdictions.
- Correct
- Bedfordshire, England Genealogy
- Dunbartonshire, Scotland Genealogy
- For parishes, list three jurisdictions.
- Correct
- Aberdour, Fife, Scotland Genealogy
- St Mary Woolnoth with St Mary Woolchurch Haw, London, England Genealogy
- Englefield, Berkshire, England Genealogy
- Incorrect
- Aberdour, Fife Genealogy
- St Mary Woolnoth with St Mary Woolchurch Haw, London Genealogy
- Englefield, Berkshire Genealogy
- Do not use the word, County in naming the article
- Exceptions
- County Durham
Canada[edit | edit source]
- For province pages, list two jurisdictions.
- Correct
- Alberta, Canada Genealogy
- For county pages, list three jurisdictions.
- Correct
- Essex County, Ontario, Canada Genealogy
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland[edit | edit source]
- For county pages, list two jurisdictions.
- Correct
- Jämtland County, Sweden Genealogy
- Maribo County, Denmark Genealogy
- For parish/city pages, list three jurisdictions
- Correct
- Hallen, Jämtland County, Sweden Genealogy
- Holeby, Maribo County, Denmark Genealogy
Switzerland[edit | edit source]
- For canton pages, list two jurisdictions.
- Correct
- Genève Canton, Switzerland Genealogy
- For parish/city pages, list three jurisdictions
- Correct
- Bergdietikon, Aargau Canton, Switzerland Genealogy
- Always use “Canton” when describing an Switzerland Canton.
Germany[edit | edit source]
- For Kreis/Landkreis, list three jurisdictions.
- Correct
- Höxter, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Genealogy
- For parish/city pages, list four jurisdictions including the Kreis/Landkreis
- Correct
- Sandebeck, Höxter, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Genealogy
- For more information, please contact wikisupport@familysearch.org
Ireland[edit | edit source]
- For county pages, list two jurisdictions.
- Correct
- County Kerry, Ireland Genealogy
- For parish/city pages, list three jurisdictions including the type of parish.
- Correct
- Aghadoe Civil Parish, County Kerry, Ireland Genealogy
- Always use “County” before the county name when describing an Irish county.
- Exceptions
- King's County and Queen's County
Mexico[edit | edit source]
- Do not include any jurisdiction names (state) in the title of the articles.
- Correct
- Baja California, Mexico Genealogy
- Calotmul, Noreste, Yucatán, Mexico Genealogy
- Incorrect
- Baja California State, Mexico Genealogy
Argentina, Spain, Austria, France and Other Countries in the Wiki[edit | edit source]
- Include the country in all locality article titles
- Correct
- Alagoas, Brazil Genealogy
- Penang, Malaysia Genealogy
- Chaco, Argentina Genealogy
- Bukovina, Austria Genealogy
- Nazca, Ica, Peru Genealogy
- Incorrect
- Alagoas Genealogy
- Bukovina Genealogy
- Do not list the type of jurisdiction in the name of the article.
- Correct
- Ain, France Genealogy
- Incorrect
- Ain Department, France Genealogy
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