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In Wikipedia, an article title is a natural-language word or expression that indicates the subject of the article; as such, the article title is usually the name of the person, or of the place, or of whatever else the topic of the article is. However, some topics have multiple names, and some names have multiple topics; this can lead to ...
For most of the works of Alexandre Dumas père, the article is used the same way in the original French and in the English translations of the titles (for example, The Three Musketeers), except one: La Reine Margot, with a definite article, is usually translated as Queen Margot ("The Queen Margot" would sound rather like a ship's name).
For Wikipedia article titles that are not the titles of works and are not in other languages, the English Wikipedia uses sentence case (this is also true of section headings, captions, etc. [e]) In sentence case, generally only the first word and all proper names are capitalized. Examples: List of selection theorems, Women's rights in Haiti.
The use of modified letters (e.g. those with accents or other diacritics) in article titles is neither encouraged nor discouraged; when deciding between versions of a word that differ in the use or non-use of modified letters, follow the general usage in reliable sources that are written in the English language (including other encyclopedias and reference works).
In many cases, redirects with an extra "the" will aid both searching and linking. (The most obvious example is newspapers - many newspapers have "The" in their name and many do not. If you're looking for or linking to a newspaper article, you can't be trusted to guess whether or not that particular paper will have "The" in the article title or ...
Someone asked to have Wolfram Alpha added to the list of examples of how restricted-character titles are handled, but it was rejected because the requester didn't provide reliable sources. Since this isn't an article, it doesn't need reliable sources; it only shows how Wikipedia pages are titled.
When you find an article that you don't have time to read, print the article to read on-the-go or at a later time. To print an article: 1. Go to the menu bar on your computer. 2. Hover over the file tab. 3. Select print. This will take you directly to a print preview window that will display the article you are attempting to print. 4. Click ...
The name or names given in the first sentence does not always match the article title. This page gives advice on the contents of the first sentence, not the article title. By the design of Wikipedia's software, an article can have only one title. When this title is a name, significant alternative names for the topic should be mentioned in the ...