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== Abbreviation of long titles ==

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When it is impractical to keep repeating a long title in the same article, it is permissible to use a commonly-used abbreviation of it. This is usually introduced on second mention, with a parenthetical "hereafter": {{xt|"It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (hereafter "ITEOTWAWKI")}}. Some other examples include ''{{xt|OED}}'' for ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', ''{{xt|LOTR}}'' for ''The Lord of the Rings'', and ''{{xt|STII:TWOK}}'' for ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (it is not necessary to use [[Wikipedia:Camel case|camel case]], as in ''LotR'', unless common usage prefers such a spelling). Such an abbreviation need not be mentioned in the [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Lead section|lead section]] of the article unless the work is very commonly known by the abbreviation (e.g., ''{{xt|GTA}}'' for the ''Grand Theft Auto'' video game series), or the lead is long and the abbreviation is needed in the lead. Such abbreviations follow the italics or quotation-marked style of the full title.

When it is impractical to keep repeating a long title in the same article, it is permissible to use a ~~[[WP:Verifiability|source~~-~~attested]]~~ abbreviation of it. This is usually introduced on second mention, with a parenthetical "hereafter": {{xt|"It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (hereafter "ITEOTWAWKI")}}. Some other examples include ''{{xt|OED}}'' for ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', ''{{xt|LOTR}}'' for ''The Lord of the Rings'', and ''{{xt|STII:TWOK}}'' for ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (it is not necessary to use [[camel case]], as in ''~~{{xtg|~~LotR}}'', unless ~~most of the [[WP:Identifying reliable sources|reliable sources]] prefer~~ such a spelling). Such an abbreviation need not be mentioned in the [[WP:Manual of Style/Lead section|lead section]] of the article unless the work is very commonly known by the abbreviation (e.g., ''{{xt|GTA}}'' for the ''Grand Theft Auto'' video game series), or the lead is long and the abbreviation is needed in the lead. Such abbreviations follow the italics or quotation-marked style of the full title.

A common convention in literary and film reviews is to use the first major word or two from the title (or subtitle, for franchise works) in the same manner, e.g. {{xt|Roger Ebert gave ''Eternal Sunshine'' a rating of ..."}}, for ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind''. Although this approach may be also used on ~~Wikipedia~~, it can seem unencyclopedically colloquial if used for works that have short titles to begin with. Also avoid this usage if confusion could occur, as when the abbreviated form could refer to another element in the same franchise that is also mentioned in our article ({{!xt|''Shannara'' adapts literary high fantasy ...}} would not work well at ~~our~~ article on ''[[The Shannara Chronicles]]'', because "Shannara" appears in the titles of the books on which the TV series is based). Abbreviated forms should be retained as-is in direct quotations (and may be clarified if necessary with square-bracketed editorial insertions).

A common convention in literary and film reviews is to use the first major word or two from the title (or subtitle, for franchise works) in the same manner, e.g. {{xt|Roger Ebert gave ''Eternal Sunshine'' a rating of ..."}}, for ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind''. Although this approach may be also used on the UniWiki, it can seem unencyclopedically colloquial if used for works that have short titles to begin with. Also avoid this usage if confusion could occur, as when the abbreviated form could refer to another element in the same franchise that is also mentioned in our article ({{!xt|''Shannara'' adapts literary high fantasy ...}} would not work well at the Wikipedia article on ''[[Wikipedia:The Shannara Chronicles|The Shannara Chronicles]]'', because "Shannara" appears in the titles of the books on which the TV series is based). Abbreviated forms should be retained as-is in direct quotations (and may be clarified if necessary with square-bracketed editorial insertions).

It is common to shorten a reference to a work in a series to just its subtitle on second and later mention, or when the context already makes it clear what the overarching title is.

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 == Abbreviation of long titles ==
-<!-- This section is linked to from WP:Manual_of_Style/Use_sourceable_abbreviations -->
+{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Abbreviations}}
-{{main|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations}}
+When it is impractical to keep repeating a long title in the same article, it is permissible to use a commonly-used abbreviation of it. This is usually introduced on second mention, with a parenthetical "hereafter": {{xt|"It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (hereafter "ITEOTWAWKI")}}.  Some other examples include ''{{xt|OED}}'' for ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', ''{{xt|LOTR}}'' for ''The Lord of the Rings'', and ''{{xt|STII:TWOK}}'' for ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (it is not necessary to use [[Wikipedia:Camel case|camel case]], as in ''LotR'', unless common usage prefers such a spelling).  Such an abbreviation need not be mentioned in the [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Lead section|lead section]] of the article unless the work is very commonly known by the abbreviation (e.g., ''{{xt|GTA}}'' for the ''Grand Theft Auto'' video game series), or the lead is long and the abbreviation is needed in the lead.  Such abbreviations follow the italics or quotation-marked style of the full title.
-When it is impractical to keep repeating a long title in the same article, it is permissible to use a [[WP:Verifiability|source-attested]] abbreviation of it. This is usually introduced on second mention, with a parenthetical "hereafter": {{xt|"It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (hereafter "ITEOTWAWKI")}}.  Some other examples include ''{{xt|OED}}'' for ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', ''{{xt|LOTR}}'' for ''The Lord of the Rings'', and ''{{xt|STII:TWOK}}'' for ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (it is not necessary to use [[camel case]], as in ''{{xtg|LotR}}'', unless most of the [[WP:Identifying reliable sources|reliable sources]] prefer such a spelling).  Such an abbreviation need not be mentioned in the [[WP:Manual of Style/Lead section|lead section]] of the article unless the work is very commonly known by the abbreviation (e.g., ''{{xt|GTA}}'' for the ''Grand Theft Auto'' video game series), or the lead is long and the abbreviation is needed in the lead.  Such abbreviations follow the italics or quotation-marked style of the full title.
-A common convention in literary and film reviews is to use the first major word or two from the title (or subtitle, for franchise works) in the same manner, e.g. {{xt|Roger Ebert gave ''Eternal Sunshine'' a rating of ..."}}, for ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind''. Although this approach may be also used on Wikipedia, it can seem unencyclopedically colloquial if used for works that have short titles to begin with. Also avoid this usage if confusion could occur, as when the abbreviated form could refer to another element in the same franchise that is also mentioned in our article ({{!xt|''Shannara'' adapts literary high fantasy ...}} would not work well at our article on ''[[The Shannara Chronicles]]'', because "Shannara" appears in the titles of the books on which the TV series is based).  Abbreviated forms should be retained as-is in direct quotations (and may be clarified if necessary with square-bracketed editorial insertions).
+A common convention in literary and film reviews is to use the first major word or two from the title (or subtitle, for franchise works) in the same manner, e.g. {{xt|Roger Ebert gave ''Eternal Sunshine'' a rating of ..."}}, for ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind''. Although this approach may be also used on the UniWiki, it can seem unencyclopedically colloquial if used for works that have short titles to begin with. Also avoid this usage if confusion could occur, as when the abbreviated form could refer to another element in the same franchise that is also mentioned in our article ({{!xt|''Shannara'' adapts literary high fantasy ...}} would not work well at the Wikipedia article on ''[[Wikipedia:The Shannara Chronicles|The Shannara Chronicles]]'', because "Shannara" appears in the titles of the books on which the TV series is based).  Abbreviated forms should be retained as-is in direct quotations (and may be clarified if necessary with square-bracketed editorial insertions).
 It is common to shorten a reference to a work in a series to just its subtitle on second and later mention, or when the context already makes it clear what the overarching title is.