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It particularly applies to works that exist as a smaller part of a larger work. Examples of titles which are quoted but not italicized: Articles, essays, papers, or conference presentation notes (stand-alone or in a collected larger work): "The Dos and Don'ts of Dating Online" is an article by Phil McGraw on his advice site.
Do not put quotations in italics. Quotation marks (or block quoting) alone are sufficient and the correct ways to denote quotations. Italics should only be used if the quoted material would otherwise call for italics. Use italics within quotations to reproduce emphasis that exists in the source material or to indicate the use of non-English words.
For titles of books, articles, poems, and so forth, use italics or quotation marks following the guidance for titles. Italics can also be added to mark up non-English terms (with the {} template), for an organism's scientific name, and to indicate a words-as-words usage.
Many direct quotations can be minimized in length by providing an appropriate context in the surrounding text. A summary or paraphrase of a quotation is often better where the original wording could be improved. Consider minimizing the length of a quotation by paraphrasing, by working small portions of the quotation into the article text, or both.
The article on Tony Blair is therefore an article on a topic closely related to Britain. However, take a person who now lives in a country other than the one of their birth, has dual nationality, and has an international career in two or more countries. An article on that person may not be closely related to one part of the English-speaking world.
There are many articles with series titles in italics, including the article titles in some cases. Before changing lots of them, and since there hasn't been a lot of discussion, can we confirm that quotation marks should be added (except in article titles) and italics should be removed for the titles of series.
Italics are generally used for titles of longer works. Titles of shorter works, such as the following, should be enclosed in double quotation marks: Articles, essays or papers; Chapters of a longer work; Episodes of a television series; Short poems; Short stories; Songs; There are a few cases in which the title should be in neither italics nor ...
The short version is, use either, which ever makes most sense in the article (e.g. use quotes for an article with a lot of italics, e.g. loads of foreign phrases or album titles, use italics for an article with lots of quoted material), just be consistent in the article. — SMcCandlish ‹(-¿-)› 05:39, 4 September 2008 (UTC)