Wikipedia:Naming conventions (long lists)
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This page is a naming conventions guideline for Wikipedia, reflecting how authors of this encyclopedia address certain issues. This guideline is intended to help you improve Wikipedia content. Feel free to update this page as needed, but please use the discussion page to propose major changes. |
Long lists are split into subsequent pages alphabetically to adhere to the Wikipedia guidelines on article size.
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[edit] Styles - preferences
Several styles are used. As indicated below, the preferred style is List of foos: A, and for ranges: List of foos: W-X-Y-Z, if applied to numbers: List of foos: <number x>-<number y>.
[edit] Alphabetical
Models (see examples below):
- List of foo: A ← preferred style
- List of foo A
- List of foo, A
- List of foo - A
- List of foo (A)
- List of foo:A
- List of foo starting with A
- List of A foo
- List of foo/A
Examples:
- List of diseases starting with A and List of television programs starting with A
- List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people
- Navigational template: (copied on every page of the list, not in template namespace):
- Example of list subpage: List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/A-E
[edit] By number
Examples
- List of symphonies by number
- Navigational template: {{Symphonies by number and name}}:
| Symphonies by number and name |
|---|
| No. 0 | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 | No. 11 |
| No. 12 and higher: Haydn, Mozart, Shostakovich, Hovhaness,... |
| List of symphonies by name - List of composers of symphonies |
| See also: Sinfonia | Sinfonia concertante | Unfinished symphony | Curse of the Ninth |
- Example of list subpage: Symphony No. 1
- New Hampshire Historical Markers
- Navigational template: (copied on every page of the list, not in template namespace):
- Example of list subpage: List of New Hampshire Historical Markers: 1-25
[edit] Miscellany
Some of the examples following here might be "problematic" (which is not the same as saying it is known already what would be "ideal solution")
- List of compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Contains (roughly) BWV 225-249, and from 519 up. Note that several works not composed by Bach are included in this list and its sublists. Most of the problems experienced with this list are however primarily resulting from it being a hybrid "by genre"/"by number" list.
- No navigational template: links connecting the pages are presented differently on every page.
- Sublists:
- BWV 1–224: List of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach (does not include all cantatas, e.g. BWV 249a and 249b)
- BWV 250–438: List of chorales of Johann Sebastian Bach (does not include all chorales, e.g. some of the works above BWV 1080 are chorales; and some of the works for organ are also called chorales, but not included in the sublist)
- BWV 439–518: List of songs and arias of Johann Sebastian Bach (does not include all arias, e.g. BWV 519–523, 1127)
- Related (partial) lists: Bach compositions printed during the composer's lifetime, List of recordings of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, List of Bach cantatas by liturgical function, BWV ("list of lists"),...
[edit] Generic templates
[edit] Available templates
- Template:A-Z multipage list
- Navigational template: {{A-Z multipage list|<name>|<cat>|<cat sort key>}}:
| (example with <name> = Wikipedia:List of foos ; <cat> = Wikipedia templates ; <cat sort key> = Long lists) |
| Wikipedia:List of foos: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z |
- Example of list subpage: Wikipedia:List of foos: A
- Template:List of places
- Navigational template: {{List of places|place}} (note: this template has no built-in categorisation)
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List of places in foo: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
- Example of list subpage: List of places in foo: A
[edit] Examples using these templates
- List of United Kingdom locations
- Navigational template: {{A-Z multipage list|List of United Kingdom locations|Lists of United Kingdom locations by name|Locations}}:
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List of United Kingdom locations: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
- Example of list subpage: List of United Kingdom locations: A (Note: on that page the navigational template uses a different category sort key, which is the 3rd and last template parameter: {{A-Z multipage list|List of United Kingdom locations|Lists of United Kingdom locations by name|AAAA}}, see Category:Lists of United Kingdom locations by name for the result).
[edit] Migration strategy
Presently there's no obligatory migration strategy to convert all multi-page lists to the preferred style, however:
- When starting a new multi-page list (or splitting an existing list in several pages), consider if adoption of the preferred style is possible, if not, try to keep as close to it as possible.
- for existing multi-page lists: if there's no apparent reason against it (e.g. established consensus, other guidelines like wikipedia:naming conventions (pieces of music),...) the list can be migrated, or at least redirects from pages named according to the preferred style can be created.
