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The following page creates guidelines for the systematic names of articles.

Titles

Capitalization

The search engine is case-sensitive. Like in normal English usage, all proper nouns should be capitalized.

Capitalize all theorems, lemmas, postulates, axioms, laws, formulas, etc.
Nothing else but proper nouns should be capitalized.
If in doubt, contact a sysop.

More discussion here

Nouns

Generally, nouns should be used. For example, bisection should be used instead of bisect.

Singular nouns

Plural nouns should be avoided. A convention for categories is undecided.

Contests

Main article: AoPS Wiki:Contest Problem Standards

For contest pages, the year should go before the contest name. A compilation of all of the problems should be located at YYYY Contest Problems. All of the solutions go to subpages at YYYY Contest Problems/Problem #. The answer key goes to YYYY Contest Answer Key.

Sections

Every non-trivial word in a section header should be capitalized without exception, like the title of a book.

Alphabetization

Pages can be alphabetized in categories. Mathematicians should have last name first, like [[Category:Mathematicians|Zeitz, Paul]]

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-The follow page creates guidelines for the systematic names of articles.
-== Capitalization ==
+The following page creates guidelines for the systematic names of articles.
+== Titles ==
+=== Capitalization ===
 The search engine is case-sensitive. Like in normal English usage, all proper nouns should be capitalized.
+* Capitalize all theorems, lemmas, postulates, axioms, laws, formulas, etc.
+* Nothing else but proper nouns should be capitalized.
+* If in doubt, contact a [[A:ADMIN|sysop]].
+More discussion [{{SERVER}}/community/h97741 here]
+== Nouns ==
+Generally, nouns should be used. For example, [[bisection]] should be used instead of [[bisect]].
+=== Singular nouns ===
+Plural nouns should be avoided. A convention for categories is undecided.
+=== Contests ===
+{{main|AoPS Wiki:Contest Problem Standards}}
+For contest pages, the year should go before the contest name. A compilation of all of the problems should be located at <tt>YYYY Contest Problems</tt>. All of the solutions go to subpages at <tt>YYYY Contest Problems/Problem #</tt>. The answer key goes to <tt>YYYY Contest Answer Key</tt>.
+== Sections ==
+Every non-trivial word in a section header should be capitalized without exception, like the title of a book.
+== Alphabetization ==
-* Capitalize all non-trivial words in anything with any of the following words in it:
+Pages can be [[Help:Category|alphabetized in categories]]. Mathematicians should have last name first, like <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Mathematicians|Zeitz, Paul]]</nowiki></tt>
-**Theorem
-**Axiom
-**Postulate
-**Principle
-*definitely do not capitalize these:
-**Identity
-**Rule
-**Function
-* Always capitalize mathematical terms like Cosine or Sine that are not part of the general English language.
-* If in doubt, contact an [[A:ADMIN|sysop]].
-More discussion [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=97741 here].
+== See Also ==
-== Contests ==
+* [[AoPS Wiki:Contest Problem Standards]]
-For contest pages, the year should go before the contest name. If there is a compilation sheet of all of the problems, it should be located at <tt>YYYY Contest Problems</tt>. All of the solutions go to subpages at <tt>YYYY Contest Problems/Problem #</tt>. The answer key goes to <tt>YYYY Contest Answer Key</tt>.
-==Sections==
+[[Category:AoPS Wiki|Naming convention]]
-Every non-trivial word in a section header should be captitalized without exception, like the title of a book.
+[[Category:Guideline|Naming convention]]
-[[Category:AoPSWiki|Naming conventions]]

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