Forum:CT Archive/Naming policy amendments

I would like to propose several amendments to Naming policy that I believe are due to be standardized. They will take place in multiple votes, which I now present below. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk)

Vote 1: Disambiguation
This will create a new subsection under "General rules" called "Disambiguation" with multiple points:

Articles with identical competing titles should typically be disambiguated via a parenthetical descriptor, and the central title should then become a disambiguation page (example: Dono serves as a disambiguation page for Dono (Onderonian) and Dono (Squib)). The following exceptions apply: Article titles shall avoid the parenthetical descriptor unless there is another article subject with an identical competing title.
 * Major subjects shall be granted precedence over lesser-known subjects (example: Battle of Hoth, Executor), and disambiguation pages may be created from there as necessary (example: Battle of Hoth (disambiguation), Executor (disambiguation)).
 * Article subjects with canonically-confirmed titles shall be granted precedence over conjectural titles (example: Battle of Sagma and Battle of Sagma (Galactic Civil War)).
 * Genuinely-named characters shall be granted precedence over impostors or other aliases (example: Odan and Odan (impostor)).
 * Species shall be granted precedence over other subjects, such as characters and starships (example: Zeer and Zeer (clone trooper)/Zeer (criminal)).

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 * 1) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 23:22, October 6, 2014 (UTC)

Vote 2: Real-world people
This will replace the second sentence of the first paragraph of the "Real-world people" subsection:

'Likewise, title all real-world actors, artists, crew members, production people, etc., according to their actual credited name in a Star Wars'' work(s) (example: Billy Dee Williams instead of William December Williams). If a real-world person is credited as two different names between multiple Star Wars works, use the most recent credited name and turn the alternate name into a redirect (example: Steve Blum instead of Steven Jay Blum).'''

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 * 1) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 23:22, October 6, 2014 (UTC)

Vote 3: Canon and Legends
This will add a new sentence to the "Canon and Legends" subsection (note: the intention here is for this to apply as long as we continue to grant precedence to Legends over Canon):

Redirects that apply to both Canon and Legends versions of an article subject will redirect to the Legends version by default (example: Tarkin will redirect to Wilhuff Tarkin, not Wilhuff Tarkin/Canon).

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 * 1) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 23:22, October 6, 2014 (UTC)

Vote 4: Characters
This will effectively create a new subsection titled "Characters" under "Specific rules." Already-existing subsections "Clone troopers" and "Twi'leks" will be merged under this new subsection, and a third section titled "Unidentified characters" will be created:

Conjecturally-titled character articles shall use "Unidentified" at the beginning of the title unless a title uses a possessive or relationship (example: Judder Page's father, Meetra Surik's Jedi Master).

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 * 1) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 23:22, October 6, 2014 (UTC)