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Article titles should generally be the full name of their subject, though other factors, including what is commonly used in the books and any spoiler implications should also be considered. Article titles should also be singular, unless only the plural form of a name is known. However, it is easy to have wikilinks that are plural which direct to singular titles. For example: <code><nowiki>[[Highprince]]s</nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki>[[Highprinces]]</nowiki></code>. You can also use apostrophes similarly.
For characters, "full name" means what the character would consider to be their full name, which may not be the same as their birth name. For [[Shin]], this generally means the complete "Name-son/daughter-Parent" name. In most cases, [[Epic]] names are considered a new name representing a new identity and are used even when the Epic's original name is known, so the article title for most Epics is their Epic name. If a character's full name is not known ''and'' they are generally addressed with a title and surname (e.g., [[Mrs. Chamwit]] and [[Lady Lentin]]), the article's title should include the character's title. Titles may also be used when the article name needs to be made [[#Disambiguation|unambiguous]] (e.g., [[Lady ZoBell]] and [[General Khal]]). Characters with a title in their name should be added to [[:Category:Titled characters]].
In situations where a character is addressed both with and without a title and one isn't much more common than the other, consider the surrounding context (e.g. the two lords who switch their votes from [[Ashweather Cett|Cett]] to [[Ferson Penrod|Penrod]] are given the pages [[Lord Hue]] and [[Lord Habren]]; Lord Habren has an equal number of references with the "Lord" title and without it, but Lord Hue is always called Lord Hue, and so Lord Habren's page is titled "Lord Habren" to match Lord Hue's), but you should generally consult with the [[Coppermind:Keepers|Keepers]] when naming the articles in grey areas like this.
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