Help:Page Naming

Capitalizing
For all types of pages, major words in the title of the page should be capitalized. For example: Subring Generated by Unity of Ring with Unity. It is also generally better not to start a page name with "A" or "The", as this makes it significantly harder to find pages alphabetically in their categories. For example: Pythagorean Theorem, not The Pythagorean Theorem.

So as to promote consistency, be informed that in particular, the following words are not considered to be "major" and ought to be used in their lowercase form when naming a page:

Prepositions, pronouns and conjunctions:
 * and, as, by, for, from, if, iff, in, its, minus, no, not, of, on, or, over, plus, that, then, such that, to, under, with, with respect to, which, whose

Short verbs, such as:
 * are, equals, has, have, implies, is

Letters in formulas are not capitalized. See Help:Page Naming.

Naming Proofs
It is not necessary to begin the name with "Proof of ...", and this should be avoided. Since is a collection of proofs, it is assumed that each page is going to be a proof of something. This also makes searching for articles much easier.

Names with Formulas
If the name of a page contains mathematical statements, the following formatting practices should be adhered to:

Eg: (1+2)x3. Eg: 1 = 3/3 != 3/4.
 * Put no spaces between numbers/elements that are added, subtracted, divided, or multiplied together.
 * Do, however, put spaces between elements that are put into equality or inequality with one another, and please use != to signify inequality.

Namespaces
When you would like to create a page for a definition, all you have to do different from naming a proof is to add  in front of the name. So for example if you wanted to create a page for the definition of calculus you would name the page: Definition:Calculus

Also, after you create the page, be sure to add the definition to the appropriate "Definitions" categories (see Category:Definitions).

The same method that is used for Definitions is also used to name and categorize axiom and symbols pages. Simply substitute  or   for   in the page name and, mutatis mutandis, in the category name. See Help:Categories.

Multiple Names
Some mathematical concepts have several names, according to the sources you consult. Which of these names is used in is largely a matter of happenstance.

However, if one of the names of a concept is for a particular mathematician, that name is to be used in preference.

An example of this is Definition:Chebyshev Distance, which is otherwise known as the Definition:Maximum Metric or the Definition:Chessboard Metric.

See also Help:Also known as.

Disallowed Characters
The following characters should not be used in page names:
 * 1) < > [ ] | { } * & $ @

Accented Characters
A theorem named after someone gets this exact name, including accented characters.

For search convenience, a redirect can be set up. See Help:Redirects

Definition Equivalences
See also Help:Multiple Definitions

A page on which the equivalence of two or more definitions is proved, gets the name:
 * Equivalence of Definitions of [Concept that is Defined]

Disambiguation Pages

 * For more information about disambiguation, see Help:Disambiguation

The technique of disambiguation serves to resolve conflicts arising from multiple concepts or results having the same name.

It is generally to be used only if the concepts are unrelated; for theorems, disambiguation is always required.

To disambiguate a page, first ensure that the page (if it exists) previously on the place the disambiguation will be is given an appropriate new title.

Take care to update any links to the page (which can be viewed using the "What links here" option in the menu, under Toolbox) to the new page before installing the disambiguation. If this is an involved and long-winded task, an appropriate invocation of Template:WIP may be added to the disambiguation page to signify the task is still unfinished.

When this is all taken care of, replace the content of the page with:


 * Disambiguated Page 1
 * Disambiguated Page 2
 * Etc.

It is understood that when the disambiguation resides in the  namespace, it is to be placed in Category:Definitions. Disambiguations of theorems needn't be added to a category.

Each entry may feature a short line describing the particular page it links to, but this isn't required.

When the disambiguation is finished, it is a good idea to put an instance of the About template at the top of every page it disambiguates.

Instructions on how to use this template can be found by following the link above.