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* Capitalize all theorems, lemmata, postulates, axioms, etc.
 
* Capitalize all theorems, lemmata, postulates, axioms, etc.
 
* Nothing else but proper nouns should be capitalized.
 
* Nothing else but proper nouns should be capitalized.
* If in doubt, contact an [[A:ADMIN|sysop]].
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* If in doubt, contact a [[A:ADMIN|sysop]].
  
 
More discussion [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=97741 here].
 
More discussion [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=97741 here].

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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 theorems, lemmata, postulates, axioms, etc.
  • Nothing else but proper nouns should be capitalized.
  • If in doubt, contact a 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.