Forum:CT Archive/Naming policy amendments, Part 2

As a followup to the recent previous Naming policy CT, there are several more naming conventions that have since cropped up in discussions that I believe should also be codified. Please note that any redirects/redlinks represent article titles that will be created or moved with this policy. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 00:14, October 21, 2014 (UTC)

Vote 1: Be precise when possible
I propose a second sub-bullet to item 2 of this section in the Naming policy, which further explains how to title articles when multiple names are used in source for a single subject. I use Golm as the example because I recently moved it to Bothawui Prime, only to realize that I shouldn't have because "Golm" is used again following Atlas in The Last Jedi.

2) [...]
 * If a non-character subject is known by two or more names across multiple sources with no clear in-universe chronological naming precedence, use the name most commonly presented in sources (example: Golm instead of Bothawui Prime). Name proliferation may be trumped by a clear and/or consistent intention to rename a subject, in which case the name presented in the most recently published source takes precedence (example: TIE/sh VIP shuttle).

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 * 1) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 00:14, October 21, 2014 (UTC)

Vote 2: Singular nouns
For some reason, this section in the policy page is titled "Prefer singular nouns" and worded as a "generality," as if this were an option. This is a requirement, and it should be worded as such. I propose rewording this section as follows:

'''Create in-universe article titles using singular nouns unless a subject is always presented in a plural form (examples: electrobinoculars, stun cuffs). Note that category names follow different pluralization conventions (example: Category:Black Sun members).'''

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 * 1) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 00:14, October 21, 2014 (UTC)

Vote 3: Disambiguation
In the previous CT, we created a new "Disambiguation" section that outlines how to title disambiguating articles. One of the clauses we established was that species articles will take precedence over other subjects, such as a characters and starships. In writing this, I just kind of overlooked that similar rules will need to apply for other subjects as well, including planets, etc. So, branching off the existing policy statement regarding species, I now present an expanded and improved system:

1) Precedence shall be granted to articles on planets, species, characters, and starships in that order, pursuant to this section's clause regarding major subjects taking precedence overall. Examples:
 * Planet: Voss, Voss (species), and Voss (Imperial officer)/Voss (stormtrooper); Daltarri and Daltarri (species)
 * Species: Zeer and Zeer (clone trooper)/Zeer (criminal)
 * Character: Anakin Solo and Anakin Solo (Imperial II-class Star Destroyer)
 * Note the following exceptions:
 * If a species is substantially more significant than its planet namesake, precedence shall be granted to the species and not the planet (example: Falleen and Falleen (planet); Anzat and Anzat (planet))
 * If a given subject is explicitly identified as having inspired the name of another subject, the original namesake shall be granted precedence (example: Pernicar and Pernicar (planet)), although this exception may be waived if the inspired subject is a major topic (example: Endor and Endor (planet)).

2) Precedence shall be granted to subjects that can be considered original namesakes for other subjects with competing titles (example: Dagger and all other subjects named Dagger).

3) Officially-licensed Star Wars Legends subjects shall be granted precedence over subjects that were non-canon within the Expanded Universe (example: Tantive V and Tantive V (CR90 corvette)) as well as subjects from unlicensed sources (example: Zender and Zender (planet)).

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 * 1) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 00:14, October 21, 2014 (UTC)

Vote 4: Starships
Our current Naming policy section on starships is insufficient. I propose an expanded system that covers more methods for how to disambiguate competing starship titles:

To disambiguate individual starships, add the ship class in parentheses to the vessel's name.
 * The parenthetical descriptor need only specify the abbreviated ship class (example: Relentless (Pellaeon-class)) unless the abbreviated class name applies to multiple ship classes, in which case the full ship class name shall be specified (example: Vanguard (Defender-class light corvette), because "Defender-class" may refer to several different ship classes).
 * If a ship class does not include "-class" as part of its name, specify the full class name in parentheses (example: Luminous (GR-75 medium transport), Mantooine (CR90 corvette)).

When using a conjectural name or when the class is unknown, use starship instead of simply ship (example: Jabitha (starship) instead of Jabitha (ship)). If a ship type is known, use as specific a term as possible (example: Aurora (Star Dreadnought), Luminious (battlecruiser)).

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 * 1) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 00:14, October 21, 2014 (UTC)