FamilySearch Wiki:Naming Conventions

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

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. Template:Train topics. The first character (only) is not case-sensitive, so {{cleanup}} and {{Cleanup}} are the same template, but {{cfd}} and {{cfD}} are not.

The template name in general should be short. Many on Wikipedia are abbreviations.

Namespaces:
Only the system admin can create a namespace. Namespaces should only be created 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 & categories