Wikiversity:Naming conventions

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A naming convention describes useful rules to aid participants in quickly understanding what the intentions of something are by how it is named. This policy describes Wikiversity's naming conventions. For information how to organize content see Wikiversity:Namespaces.

Contents 1 Keep names short without being ambiguous 2 Be descriptive without being verbose 3 Casing 4 Acronyms and abbreviations 5 See also

[edit] Keep names short without being ambiguous

Names should be easily recognized and understood by the majority of English learners. Avoid using names that require specialized knowledge in page titles and section headings. 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.

[edit] Be descriptive without being verbose

Names should describe what a page or section is about. Avoid using course numbers and lesson numbers in page names wherever practical.

[edit] Casing

Use title or sentence case for page and section headings. All section headings on a page should use a consistent casing.

[edit] Acronyms and abbreviations

Spell out abbreviations and acronyms. Many acronyms have more then one possible meaning. For example USA could be "United States of America" or "Union of South Africa".

[edit] See also