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== Deciding on an article title ==
Article titles are mostly based on how reliable English-language sources refer to the article's subject<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles#Deciding_on_an_article_title</ref>. When it comes to policies, actors and terminology, try the following tools:
*Check how European insitutions refer to what you want to write about<ref>English version of the [https://ec.europa.eu/commission/index_en European Commission]'s website.</ref>.*Search the web for exact matches<ref>On Google, use double quotations, e.g. [https://www.google.gr/search?q=exact+matches+google&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=CV4YWY7yEuHYgAbL7KXYCw#q=%22beaches+of+Alonissos%22 "beaches of Alonissos"]</ref>.
*There is often more than one appropriate title for an article. In that case, reach out to the support channel on slack!
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If you end up with an article not corresponding with its title, consider [[Help:Renaming a page|renaming]] it.
== Article title format ===== Use sentence case ===The initial letter of a title is almost always capitalised by default; otherwise, words are not capitalized unless they would be so in running text.=== Use the singular form ===Article titles are generally singular in form, e.g. [[Smart grid]], not [[Smart grids]]. Exceptions include nouns that are always in a plural form in English (e.g. scissors or trousers) and the names of classes of objects (e.g. [[Non-governmental organisations]]).=== Avoid abbreviations ===Abbreviations and acronyms are often ambiguous and thus should be avoided. Exception to the rule is the ''EU''. It is also unnecessary to include an acronym in addition to the name in a title.=== Avoid definite and indefinite articles ===Do not place definite or indefinite articles (''the'', ''a'', and ''an'') at the beginning of titles unless they are part of a proper name (e.g. [[A European Strategy for low emission mobility]]) or otherwise change the meaning.=== Use nouns ===Nouns and noun phrases are normally preferred over titles using other parts of speech; such a title can be the subject of the first sentence. === Do not enclose titles in quotes ===''Is there any page title in quotes at the Commission's website? No.''=== Do not create subsidiary articles ===Do not use titles suggesting that one article forms part of another: even if an article is considered subsidiary to another (as where summary style is used), it should be named independently. For example, an article on transport in Azerbaijan should not be given a name like "Azerbaijan/Transport" or "Azerbaijan (transport)", use ''Transport in Azerbaijan''.
== References ==
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