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Actual medium of publication or presentation is not a factor; a video feature only released on video tape, disc or the Internet is considered a "film" for these purposes, and likewise an e-book is a book, a webcomic is a comic strip, a music album only available from the artist on a limited-edition USB drive is a real album, a TV series only available via streaming services is still a series, etc. | Actual medium of publication or presentation is not a factor; a video feature only released on video tape, disc or the Internet is considered a "film" for these purposes, and likewise an e-book is a book, a webcomic is a comic strip, a music album only available from the artist on a limited-edition USB drive is a real album, a TV series only available via streaming services is still a series, etc. | ||
''Minor works'' (any specifically-titled subdivisions of italicized major works) are given in quotation marks. ''(See {{section link|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Text formatting|When not to use italics}} for details.)'' | |||
Website titles may or may not be italicized depending on the type of site and what kind of content it features. Online magazines, newspapers, and news sites with original content should generally be italicized ({{xt|''Salon.com''}} or {{xt|''The Huffington Post''}}). Online encyclopedias and dictionaries should also be italicized ({{xt|''Scholarpedia''}} or {{xt|''Merriam-Webster Online''}}). Other types of websites should be decided on a case-by-case basis. | Website titles may or may not be italicized depending on the type of site and what kind of content it features. Online magazines, newspapers, and news sites with original content should generally be italicized ({{xt|''Salon.com''}} or {{xt|''The Huffington Post''}}). Online encyclopedias and dictionaries should also be italicized ({{xt|''Scholarpedia''}} or {{xt|''Merriam-Webster Online''}}). Other types of websites should be decided on a case-by-case basis. | ||
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* Speeches, lectures, and conference presentations (only if given a specific title) | * Speeches, lectures, and conference presentations (only if given a specific title) | ||
This convention also applies to songs, speeches, manuscripts, etc., with no known formal titles but which are conventionally referred to by lines from them as if they were titles: {{xt|Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech}}.<ref>The title given to Martin Luther King Jr.'s [[I Have a Dream|"I Have a Dream" speech]] appears in quotation marks because it is derived from a line in the speech; the title given to Nixon's [[Wikipedia:Checkers speech|Checkers speech]] does not appear in quotation marks because it is derived from the name of a dog mentioned in the speech, rather than a passage quoted from the speech.</ref> | This convention also applies to songs, speeches, manuscripts, etc., with no known formal titles but which are conventionally referred to by lines from them as if they were titles: {{xt|Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech}}.<ref>The title given to Martin Luther King Jr.'s [[Wikipedia:I Have a Dream|"I Have a Dream" speech]] appears in quotation marks because it is derived from a line in the speech; the title given to Nixon's [[Wikipedia:Checkers speech|Checkers speech]] does not appear in quotation marks because it is derived from the name of a dog mentioned in the speech, rather than a passage quoted from the speech.</ref> | ||
The formatting of the title of a pamphlet, which is on the divide between a booklet or short book on the one hand and a leaflet or brochure on the other - specifically, whether to italicize the title or place it within quotation marks - is left to editorial discretion at the article in question. Anything that has been assigned an [[Wikipedia:ISBN|ISBN]] or [[Wikipedia:ISSN|ISSN]] should be italicized. Another rule of thumb is that if the work is intended to stand alone and to be kept for later reference, or is likely to be seen as having merit as a stand-alone work, italicize it. Use quotation marks if the item is entirely ephemeral, trivial, or simply promotional of some other work or product. | The formatting of the title of a pamphlet, which is on the divide between a booklet or short book on the one hand and a leaflet or brochure on the other - specifically, whether to italicize the title or place it within quotation marks - is left to editorial discretion at the article in question. Anything that has been assigned an [[Wikipedia:ISBN|ISBN]] or [[Wikipedia:ISSN|ISSN]] should be italicized. Another rule of thumb is that if the work is intended to stand alone and to be kept for later reference, or is likely to be seen as having merit as a stand-alone work, italicize it. Use quotation marks if the item is entirely ephemeral, trivial, or simply promotional of some other work or product. | ||
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* Works named by a generic title: {{xt|Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler ...}}, {{xt|Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 ...}}, {{xt|The Magnificat by Schütz}}, {{xt|... the Adagio sometimes attributed to Albinoni.}} | * Works named by a generic title: {{xt|Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler ...}}, {{xt|Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 ...}}, {{xt|The Magnificat by Schütz}}, {{xt|... the Adagio sometimes attributed to Albinoni.}} | ||
* Smaller parts of larger works when they are simply numbered sequentially, and the title appears that way in the work (or a preponderance of reliable sources about the work): {{xt|''To Kill a Mockingbird'', Part One, Chapter 1}} | * Smaller parts of larger works when they are simply numbered sequentially, and the title appears that way in the work (or a preponderance of reliable sources about the work): {{xt|''To Kill a Mockingbird'', Part One, Chapter 1}} | ||
===Series titles=== | ===Series titles=== | ||
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== Typographic effects == | == 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 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. | 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|'''''Eve Online''''' (stylized as EVE Online) is a space MMO published by Icelandic gaming company Crowd Control Productions.}} | * Right: {{xt|'''''Eve Online''''' (stylized as EVE Online) is a space MMO published by Icelandic gaming company Crowd Control Productions.}} | ||
* Wrong: {{!xt|''EVE Online'' occupies a unique niche among MMOs.}} | * 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 ''(see | 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/Capital letters]])''. | ||
If a stylization that readers might look for can be created as an article title, [[Wikipedia:WP:Redirect|redirect]] it to the actual article. | If a stylization that readers might look for can be created as an article title, [[Wikipedia:WP:Redirect|redirect]] it to the actual article. | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||