UniWiki:Manual of Style/Titles: Difference between revisions

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== Typographic effects ==

Do not attempt (with HTML, Unicode, wikimarkup, inline images, or any other method) to emulate any purely typographic effects used in titles when giving the title ~~in Wikipedia~~, though an article on a work may also include a note about how it is often styled, e.g. in marketing materials. When giving such a stylization, it is not italicized or placed in quotation marks as a title; this confuses readers, who are apt to think such markup is part of the stylization when it is not.

Do not attempt (with HTML, Unicode, wikimarkup, inline images, or any other method) to emulate any purely typographic effects used in titles when giving the title on the UniWiki, though an article on a work may also include a note about how it is often styled, e.g. in marketing materials. When giving such a stylization, it is not italicized or placed in quotation marks as a title; this confuses readers, who are apt to think such markup is part of the stylization when it is not.

* Right: {{xt|'''''~~Alien 3~~''''' (stylized as ~~ALIEN3~~) is a ~~1992 American science-fiction horror film~~.}}

* Right: {{xt|'''''Eve Online''''' (stylized as EVE Online) is a space MMO published by Icelandic gaming company Crowd Control Productions.}}

* Wrong: {{!xt|''~~ALIEN3~~'' ~~initially received mixed reviews from critics~~.}}

* Wrong: {{!xt|''EVE Online'' occupies a unique niche among MMOs.}}

For typographic effects that do not represent actual mathematical or scientific usage, it is preferable to use HTML or wiki markup, not Unicode equivalents, for superscript and subscript. When giving a stylization, do not attempt to mimic specific fonts, font size quirks, uneven letter placement, coloration, letters replaced with images, unusual upper- or lower-casing, or other visual marketing ~~{{crossref|~~(see [[WP:Manual of Style/Trademarks]], [[WP:Manual of Style/Capital letters]])}}.

For typographic effects that do not represent actual mathematical or scientific usage, it is preferable to use HTML or wiki markup, not Unicode equivalents, for superscript and subscript. When giving a stylization, do not attempt to mimic specific fonts, font size quirks, uneven letter placement, coloration, letters replaced with images, unusual upper- or lower-casing, or other visual marketing ''(see [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Trademarks]], [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters]])''.

If a stylization that readers might look for can be created as an article title, [[WP:Redirect|redirect]] it to the actual article~~, and include {{tlx|Redirect from stylization}} on the redirect page: [[ALIEN³]]~~.

If a stylization that readers might look for can be created as an article title, [[Wikipedia:WP:Redirect|redirect]] it to the actual article.

[[Semantic markup]] in titles may be preserved if it conveys meaning not just decoration, especially if omitting it would make the title difficult to understand or cause it to not copy-paste correctly:

[[Wikipedia:Semantic markup|Semantic markup]] in titles may be preserved if it conveys meaning not just decoration, especially if omitting it would make the title difficult to understand or cause it to not copy-paste correctly:

* {{xt|1=''E=mc²: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation'' by David Bodani (2001)}}

* {{xt|{{cite web |title=4.5.1: The a element |url=http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/text-level-semantics.html#the-a-element |work=HTML5: A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML |year=2014 |publisher=World Wide Web Consortium}}}} (This should not be done for titles inside {{cs1}} and {{cs2}} templates, however, as it will negatively affect COinS metadata.)

To ensure correct copy-pasting, it is preferable to use Unicode superscript or subscript characters when possible, rather than HTML or wiki markup, which are purely typographic (Unicode <code>²</code> is not the same character as <code>2<code> with superscript markup).

== Abbreviation of long titles ==

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 == Typographic effects ==
-{{Main|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks}}
+{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Trademarks}}
-Do not attempt (with HTML, Unicode, wikimarkup, inline images, or any other method) to emulate any purely typographic effects used in titles when giving the title in Wikipedia, though an article on a work may also include a note about how it is often styled, e.g. in marketing materials. When giving such a stylization, it is not italicized or placed in quotation marks as a title; this confuses readers, who are apt to think such markup is part of the stylization when it is not.
+Do not attempt (with HTML, Unicode, wikimarkup, inline images, or any other method) to emulate any purely typographic effects used in titles when giving the title on the UniWiki, though an article on a work may also include a note about how it is often styled, e.g. in marketing materials. When giving such a stylization, it is not italicized or placed in quotation marks as a title; this confuses readers, who are apt to think such markup is part of the stylization when it is not.
-* Right: {{xt|'''''Alien 3''''' (stylized as ALIEN<sup>3</sup>) is a 1992 American science-fiction horror film.}}
+* Right: {{xt|'''''Eve Online''''' (stylized as EVE Online) is a space MMO published by Icelandic gaming company Crowd Control Productions.}}
-* Wrong: {{!xt|''ALIEN<sup>3</sup>'' initially received mixed reviews from critics.}}
+* Wrong: {{!xt|''EVE Online'' occupies a unique niche among MMOs.}}
-For typographic effects that do not represent actual mathematical or scientific usage, it is preferable to use HTML or wiki markup, not Unicode equivalents, for superscript and subscript. When giving a stylization, do not attempt to mimic specific fonts, font size quirks, uneven letter placement, coloration, letters replaced with images, unusual upper- or lower-casing, or other visual marketing {{crossref|(see [[WP:Manual of Style/Trademarks]], [[WP:Manual of Style/Capital letters]])}}.
+For typographic effects that do not represent actual mathematical or scientific usage, it is preferable to use HTML or wiki markup, not Unicode equivalents, for superscript and subscript. When giving a stylization, do not attempt to mimic specific fonts, font size quirks, uneven letter placement, coloration, letters replaced with images, unusual upper- or lower-casing, or other visual marketing ''(see [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Trademarks]], [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters]])''.
-If a stylization that readers might look for can be created as an article title, [[WP:Redirect|redirect]] it to the actual article, and include {{tlx|Redirect from stylization}} on the redirect page: [[ALIEN³]].
+If a stylization that readers might look for can be created as an article title, [[Wikipedia:WP:Redirect|redirect]] it to the actual article.
-[[Semantic markup]] in titles may be preserved if it conveys meaning not just decoration, especially if omitting it would make the title difficult to understand or cause it to not copy-paste correctly:
+[[Wikipedia:Semantic markup|Semantic markup]] in titles may be preserved if it conveys meaning not just decoration, especially if omitting it would make the title difficult to understand or cause it to not copy-paste correctly:
 * {{xt|1=''E=mc²: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation'' by David Bodani (2001)}}
-* {{xt|{{cite web |title=4.5.1: The <span style="font-family: monospace;">a</span> element |url=http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/text-level-semantics.html#the-a-element |work=HTML5: A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML |year=2014 |publisher=World Wide Web Consortium}}}} (This should not be done for titles inside {{cs1}} and {{cs2}} templates, however, as it will negatively affect COinS metadata.)
-To ensure correct copy-pasting, it is preferable to use Unicode superscript or subscript characters when possible, rather than HTML or wiki markup, which are purely typographic (Unicode <code>²</code> is not the same character as <code>2<code> with superscript markup).
 == Abbreviation of long titles ==