WikiIndex:Naming conventions: Difference between revisions

:''Not to be confused with [[WikiIndex:Namespace conventions]].

If you want to [[WikiIndex:Add a Wiki|add a wiki]] to [[WikiIndex]], the new page should be named according to the following naming conventions:

; First of all, don't worry if you get it wrong!  We can [[Special:MovePage|rename]] pages (not easily [[Special:Categories|categories]]).

* We normally have the page here at WikiIndex the same as the actual [[wiki]] being referenced.

* We normally don't include the domain, such as '.com' or '.org', or other [[wp:top-level domain|top-level domain]] (TLD).  Exceptions to this are when two similar [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]], with identical primary names, but have differing TLDs; such as [[Wikkii.com]] and [[Wikkii.Org]].

* We normally don't include the word 'wiki' at the end, unless the name of the wiki specifically includes 'wiki'.

 

Wiki sites with separate wikis written in individual [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]] should get a separate page for each language version in the catalogue here.

Create one main page for an overview of the whole thing (which usually includes a '[[:Category:Portal|portal]]' url), using the [[template:MultilingualMain]] to generate the infobox; and one subpage to that for each language version.  The main page follows the usual naming conventions and gets categorised (via the MultilingualMain template) as <code>language = [[:Category:Wiki Multilingual|Multilingual]]</code>, the subpages get the name of the main page with the [[wp:ISO 639|ISO code of the language]] appended after either a <s>slash</s>, dash or within brackets. <!--There should be an automatically generated breadcrumb navigation that leads you back to the main page.  (This way we can have clear and differentiated information on the wiki with individual size/statistics measures for example and the page names have a logical, machine friendly structure. (- Appending three characters to the path/URL of a wikis main page gives you the appropriate subpage for a special language version.) At least the naming may be understood without knowledge of the particular language.)-->

*Example: [[JurisPedia (en)]]

To link from the main page to the subpages there is the [[Template:Language versions|template ''language versions'']], although this template provides no reverse navigation links.<!--this template fails to provide reverse breadcrumb navigation back to the MultilingualMain page-->

*Currently we are using [[CamelCase]] or [[free link]]s, or both (as a note, [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] is inherently confused on internal page naming).  For all new pages, please respect the naming convention of the actual wiki we are referencing.

**Community portal – [[WikiIndex:Community portal]]

**Current events – [[WikiIndex:Current events]]

There has previously been a debate over whether to make category names singular or plural, at [[WikiIndex talk:Community portal#singular versus plural]].  For example, should we use [[:Category:Languages]] or [[:Category:Language]]?

Questions about naming are some of the top

[[WikiIndex:FrequentlyAskedQuestions|FrequentlyAskedQuestions]].