Wikipedia:Article title dos and don'ts

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| guideline = Wikipedia:Article titles

| shortcut1 = WP:TITLEDD

| main = Titles tell readers what an article is about.

| caption = Article titles should be precise, recognizable, and neutral. Generally:

| do1 = Use the most common name in English for the subject

| do2 = Follow the pattern of similar articles

| do3 = Use sentence case, and prefer singular nouns

| do4 = Check for special naming conventions

| do5 = Create redirects from other plausible titles

| do6 = If necessary, disambiguate as naturally as possible

| do7 = If the topic is ambiguously named, use a hatnote or dab page

| do8 =

| do9 =

| dont1 = Make titles longer than necessary

| dont2 = Use judgmental words in descriptive titles

| dont3 = Start with "A", "An", or "The" except in proper names

| dont4 = Put titles in quotes; use formatting templates instead

| dont5 = Use special characters if avoidable

| dont6 = disambiguate more than necessary

| dont7 = Create subsidiary titles that look like subpages

| dont8 =

| dont9 =

| seealso =

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