This page contains information about naming conventions for articles. The concerns the page title, not what it is called in article text. For example, this policy is referred to as "the Naming Conventions," but the actual page title is "Star Wars Fanon:Naming conventions."
Singular titles[]
Titles of articles must be in singular form, not plural (e.g. Human, not "Humans"). Exceptions:
- Names of fan-fiction works (e.g. First Impressions, not First Impression)
- The formal name of an organization (e.g. Republic Marines, not "Republic Marine"—the former is the name of the group, while the latter is the term for a member of that group)
Names for characters[]
Generally, characters should have the first letters of their names and surnames capitalized.
- Examples:
- Obi-Wan Kenobi instead of Obi-Wan kenobi
- Darth Revan instead of Darth revan
Any characters' titles should not be in the name of the article. Darth is not considered a title but a name, therefore it is allowed to be in the name title.
- Examples:
- Palpatine instead of Emperor Palpatine
- John Smith instead of Captain John Smith
For articles such as droid lines or system names, unless the name contains (or is) a proper noun, none of the words should be capitalized.
- Examples:
- Corellian system instead of Corellian System (the same applies for sector names)
- B-1 battle droid instead of B-1 Battle Droid
If an article does not have a known name, either because the author does not wish to create a name or a name has not been provided in source material such as fan fiction, "unidentified" should be used in the title.
- Examples:
- Unidentified Plagueis apprentice
- Unidentified religious order (Tatooine)
Character article titles should have the full name of the person instead of partial names or nicknames, unless a character was generally known by a shortened version of a name.
- Examples:
- Ussej Padric Bac instead of Ussej Bac
- But Rin Sakaros instead of Katherine Valadyn Sakaros
Use clone troopers' numbers instead of their nicknames in article titles. Nicknames may be used if a trooper's numerical designation is not known.
- Example: CC-2224 instead of Cody.
Disambiguation brackets[]
Round brackets (parentheses) should be used to create disambiguation articles; in that manner we can recognise characters who share the same name. Example: Revan (Jedi) and Revan (Sith). Remember to put a space before the first bracket.
Proposal[]
Two or more editors could want to write some fanon involving a specific character (for example you could want to write something about Revan). Proposed solutions:
1 - Create a disambiguation page (example "Revan") containing the related links (examples: Revan (MaulYoda) and Revan (Ewoksfist)) if the character has different authors.
2 - Create paragraphs into the article (example Revan) with subdivisions to distinguish the various versions (in this manner: ==MaulYoda== ==Ewoksfist==).
Vehicles[]
Name vehicles, aircraft, and starships according to their designation and function, and common nickname if they have one, but do not include manufacturer name. For example: T-65 X-wing starfighter instead of Incom X-wing, or X-wing starfighter, or T-65.
Vehicle models are not capitalized (e.g. "Example-class cruiser", not "Example-class Cruiser"), with the exception of "Star Destroyer", which always is. The word "class" is never capitalized.