Wikiversity:Naming conventions

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A naming convention describes useful rules for naming things to aid participants in quickly locating and understanding what something is about. This policy describes Wikiversity's naming conventions. For information on how to organize content see Wikiversity:Namespaces.

Contents 1 Keep names short and simple 2 Casing 3 Acronyms and abbreviations 4 See also

[edit] Keep names short and simple

Names should describe what the focus of a page or section is generally about, and should be easily recognized and understood by the majority of English learners. Learners and educators often have different expectations.

Names that require specialized knowledge should be avoided. For example while "Vulpes vulpes" might be immediately recognized by a species specialists, "red fox" is more likely to be immediately recognized by the majority of English learners who wish to learn about red foxes. Another example is course and lesson numbers. Schools generally decide their own curriculum and what to cover in each lesson or course. Schools may change their requirements from year to year, and different schools may have different requirements.

[edit] Casing

Use title or sentence case for page and section headings. Be consistent in your use of casing for all section headings on a page, and for all pages that are part of the same course or curriculum.

[edit] Acronyms and abbreviations

Spell out abbreviations and acronyms. Many acronyms have more then one possible meaning, and are not universally understood. For example USA could be "United States of America" or "Union of South Africa".

[edit] See also

• Wikiversity:Manual of Style#Article names