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The search engine is case-sensitive. Like in normal English usage, all proper nouns should be capitalized.
 
The search engine is case-sensitive. Like in normal English usage, all proper nouns should be capitalized.
  
* For theorems and axioms, capitalize all non-trivial words, e.g. Law of Cosines, Law of Definite Proporitions, Shoelace Theorem, Axiom of Choice.
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* Capitalize all non-trivial words in anything with any of the following words in it:
* Capitalize all important words in a term involving a proper noun, e.g. Riemann Hypothesis and Euler's Polyhedron Theorem.
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**Law
* Do not capitalize anything else.
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**Theorem
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**Lemma
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**Axiom
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**Postulate
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*Do not capitalize these:
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**Identity
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**Rule
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**Function
 
* If in doubt, contact an [[A:ADMIN|sysop]].
 
* If in doubt, contact an [[A:ADMIN|sysop]].
  

Revision as of 20:39, 8 December 2007

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The follow page creates guidelines for the systematic names of articles.

Capitalization

The search engine is case-sensitive. Like in normal English usage, all proper nouns should be capitalized.

  • Capitalize all non-trivial words in anything with any of the following words in it:
    • Law
    • Theorem
    • Lemma
    • Axiom
    • Postulate
  • Do not capitalize these:
    • Identity
    • Rule
    • Function
  • If in doubt, contact an sysop.

More discussion here.

Contests

For contest pages, the year should go before the contest name. If there is a compilation sheet of all of the problems, it should be located at YYYY Contest Problems. All of the solutions go to subpages at YYYY Contest Problems/Problem #. The answer key goes to YYYY Contest Answer Key.

Sections

Every non-trivial word in a section header should be captitalized without exception, like the title of a book.