Wikipedia:Proposed naming conventions and guidelines

This page lists proposed naming conventions to be listed on the page WP:Article titles. Some of these proposals are inactive.

Proposals
The following are proposed guideline pages:
 * Catholic Church: see Naming conventions (Catholic Church)
 * Cyrillic: see Naming conventions (Cyrillic) (for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Ukrainian)
 * India and Sri Lanka: Naming conventions (Indic), Naming conventions (Dharmic)
 * Tibetan: see Naming conventions (Tibetan)

Information and discussions about article naming can also sometimes be found on WikiProject pages for a given subject.

Inactive
These conventions have failed to find consensus and retained for historical reference; however, please feel free to revive discussion on a particular subject, either by using the Talk page or start a discussion at the Village pump.


 * Arabic names: see Naming conventions (Arabic)
 * Buildings and landmarks: see Naming conventions (architecture) → concentrating on buildings (and landmarks?) (architects are covered by Naming conventions (people).)
 * Czech names: see Naming conventions (Czech)
 * Diacritics (on standard letters): see Naming conventions (standard letters with diacritics) and Use diacritics
 * Ethno-cultural labels: see Naming conventions/Ethno-cultural labels in biographies
 * Greek and Turkish named places: see Naming conventions (Greek and Turkish named places)
 * Polish monarchs: Naming conventions (Polish rulers) – Rejected guideline, but included here since many other pages are linking to this location.
 * Roads and Highways: see WikiProject Highways – WikiProject Highways/U.S. state highway naming conventions
 * Seasons: see Naming conventions (Seasons)
 * Slovene/Slovenian: see Naming conventions (Slovenian vs Slovene)
 * Schools: see Naming conventions (schools)
 * Subnational entities: see Naming conventions (subnational entities)
 * Swedish names: see Naming conventions (Swedish)


 * Geographic locations
 * Cities: Naming policy poll – Poll re: official location name (generally cities) different than what is used in most English resources
 * Lithuania and Poland cities: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Lithuania and Poland cities)


 * Provinces: Naming conventions (provinces)
 * Subnational entities – Naming conventions (subnational entities)


 * Sports
 * Football in Australia: see Naming conventions (Football in Australia)
 * Sports teams: Naming convention for sports teams
 * Hockey: Naming conventions (hockey) and Naming conventions (ice hockey)