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{{dosanddonts
| guideline = Wikipedia:Article titles
| shortcut1 = WP:TITLEDD

| main = [[Wikipedia:Article titles|Titles]] tell readers what an article is about.
| caption = Article titles should be precise, recognizable, and neutral. Generally:

| do1 = Use the '''[[WP:COMMONNAME|most common name]] in [[WP:UE|English]]''' for the subject
| do2 = Follow the '''pattern''' of similar articles
| do3 = Use [[WP:TITLEFORMAT|'''sentence case''', and prefer '''singular nouns''']]
| do4 = Create '''[[WP:REDIRECT|redirects]]''' from other plausible titles
| do5 = Check for '''[[Template:Naming conventions|special naming conventions]]''' for certain article types
| do6 = If necessary, '''disambiguate [[WP:ATDIS|as naturally as possible]]'''
| do7 = If the title is ambiguous, use a '''[[WP:HAT|hatnote]] or [[WP:DAB|disambiguation page]]'''
| do8 =
| do9 =

| dont1 = Make titles '''[[WP:CONCISE|longer than necessary]]'''
| dont2 = Use '''[[WP:NDESC|judgmental words]]''' in descriptive titles
| dont3 = Start with '''[[Article (grammar)|"A", "An", or "The"]]''' unless part of a [[proper noun|proper name]]
| dont4 = Put titles '''[[WP:TITLEFORMAT|in quotes]];''' use '''[[WP:ITALICTITLE|formatting templates]]''' instead
| dont5 = Use '''[[WP:TSC|special characters]]''' if avoidable
| dont6 = '''[[WP:PRECISE|disambiguate more than necessary]]'''
| dont7 = Create ''' [[WP:TITLEFORMAT|subsidiary titles]]''' that look like '''[[Wikipedia:Subpages|subpages]]'''
| dont8 =
| dont9 =

| seealso = 
}}

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