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General [[Help:Guidelines|guidelines]] on '''page names'''. | General [[Help:Guidelines|guidelines]] on '''page names'''. | ||
| − | * Avoid page names like "Trip to Wales", | + | * Avoid page names like "Trip to Wales". Instead, make the page name quite specific - something like "Open boating trip to Llangollen on 11 July 2009". |
| − | * Page names can be quite long - up to 255 characters - so they need not be | + | * Page names can be quite long - up to 255 characters - so they need not be abreviated. |
* Page names may includes spaces. These will generate URLs with underscores, but the spaces will be displayed. | * Page names may includes spaces. These will generate URLs with underscores, but the spaces will be displayed. | ||
| − | * Page names may include dashes | + | * Page names may include dashes to indicate a structure. This may be better: "Open boating trip to Llangollen - 11 July 2009" |
| − | + | * Page names connot include any of the following characters: # < > [ ] | { } | |
| − | + | * It is best to avoid colons in page names. Colons are used to indicate wiki namespaces. | |
| + | * It is best to avoid % + and ? in page names. They are allowed, but do cause problems in specific cases. | ||
==More== | ==More== | ||
{{HelpGuidelines}} | {{HelpGuidelines}} | ||
| + | * Wikipedia guidelines on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Page_name page names] | ||
Revision as of 23:26, 21 May 2009
General guidelines on page names.
- Avoid page names like "Trip to Wales". Instead, make the page name quite specific - something like "Open boating trip to Llangollen on 11 July 2009".
- Page names can be quite long - up to 255 characters - so they need not be abreviated.
- Page names may includes spaces. These will generate URLs with underscores, but the spaces will be displayed.
- Page names may include dashes to indicate a structure. This may be better: "Open boating trip to Llangollen - 11 July 2009"
- Page names connot include any of the following characters: # < > [ ] | { }
- It is best to avoid colons in page names. Colons are used to indicate wiki namespaces.
- It is best to avoid % + and ? in page names. They are allowed, but do cause problems in specific cases.
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