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* Capitalize the title's initial letter (except in rare cases where the first letter is purposely lowercase), but otherwise follow [[Wikipedia:Letter case#Sentence case|sentence case]], not title case; e.g., {{dothis|Funding of EVE University projects}}, not {{notthis|Funding of EVE University Projects}}. This does not apply where title case would be expected were the title to occur in ordinary prose. See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization)|Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization)]] for more details. | * Capitalize the title's initial letter (except in rare cases where the first letter is purposely lowercase), but otherwise follow [[Wikipedia:Letter case#Sentence case|sentence case]], not title case; e.g., {{dothis|Funding of EVE University projects}}, not {{notthis|Funding of EVE University Projects}}. This does not apply where title case would be expected were the title to occur in ordinary prose. See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization)|Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization)]] for more details. | ||
* Do not use {{notthis|A}}, {{notthis|An}}, or {{notthis|The}} as the first word ({{dothis|Economy of the Caldari State}}, not {{notthis|The economy of the Caldari State}}), unless it is an inseparable part of a name ({{dothis|The | * Do not use {{notthis|A}}, {{notthis|An}}, or {{notthis|The}} as the first word ({{dothis|Economy of the Caldari State}}, not {{notthis|The economy of the Caldari State}}), unless it is an inseparable part of a name ({{dothis|The Kalevala Expanse}}) or it is part of the title of a work (''{{dothis|The Seven Events of the Apocalypse}}'', ''{{dothis|The Scope}}''). | ||
* Titles should normally be [[Wikipedia:Noun|nouns]] or [[Wikipedia:Noun phrase|noun phrases]]: {{dothis|Early life}}, not {{notthis|In early life}}.<ref>Using phrases like {{dothis|In early life}} is acceptable for section headings.</ref> | * Titles should normally be [[Wikipedia:Noun|nouns]] or [[Wikipedia:Noun phrase|noun phrases]]: {{dothis|Early life}}, not {{notthis|In early life}}.<ref>Using phrases like {{dothis|In early life}} is acceptable for section headings.</ref> | ||
* The final character should not be a punctuation mark unless it is part of a name ({{dothis|Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!}}) or an abbreviation ({{dothis|Inverness City F.C.}}), or a closing round bracket or quotation mark is required ({{dothis|[[Kronos (ship)]]}}). | * The final character should not be a punctuation mark unless it is part of a name ({{dothis|Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!}}) or an abbreviation ({{dothis|Inverness City F.C.}}), or a closing round bracket or quotation mark is required ({{dothis|[[Kronos (ship)]]}}). | ||