Help:Naming articles

A policy for naming articles in the BugwoodWiki has been developed. This standardization is important for several reasons:

1. It allows other users to link to another article without having to look it up beforehand. If we are all using the same naming convention, there is no need to guess.
2. It allows features such as {{states}} to work. This particular feature looks at the name of the article it is placed on, checks to see if there are other articles by that name that are written for a state or region, and provides links to those articles if they exist. You can see it in action on Rhizoctonia solani (belly rot). This allows for easy interlinking between article in different states and regions.

We have made up a set of articles to give an example of dealing with a organism that causes multiple disorders. The examples laid out here are meant to demonstrate the rules. Please feel free to give feedback to Joe LaForest

1. If an organism only causes one problem, it should be listed under the scientific name. All common names should have articles that redirect to the main article.

• Example: Agrilus planipennis and Agrilus planipennis

2. The scientific name should be used as the main name for the article when the organism is the only causal agent. The common name for the disease is placed in parentheses after the scientific name. If the common name for the disease is unique, it should have an article that redirects to the main article.

• Add {{Otheruses2|SCIENTIFIC NAME}} to provide the standard link to the other articles.

• Example: Rhizoctonia solani (belly rot) refers to the pathogen causing a fruit rot disease on cucumbers (and the common name article Belly rot)

3. When there are multiple articles for the same organism, there should be a disambiguation article created to sort out the names and articles. It is also recommended to create a general article to discuss the pathogen itself.

• Add {{dab}} to the disambiguation article to provide the standard header

• Example: Rhizoctonia solani (disambiguation) and Rhizoctonia solani (Target spot of Tobacco)

4. When an organism is part of a suite of species or a complex that causes a problem, the article should be named be the “approved name” for the disorder. This may lead to a future disambiguation article since the common name is not necessarily unique.

• Add {{Otheruses2|COMMON NAME}} to provide the standard link to the other articles.
• Add {{dab}} to the disambiguation article to provide the standard header

• Example: Damping off and Damping off (disambiguation)

5. If the article is meant for the High Plains IPM Project, the name is proceeded by HPIPM: This places it in the High Plains Namespace which has authorship restricted to only High Plains Members

• Example: The belly rot article for High Plains IPM - HPIPM:Rhizoctonia solani (belly rot)

6. If the article is meant for a particular state, add /STATENAME after the article name. These article should be in the main Namespace (no HPIPM: prefix).

• Example: Cotton in Georgia - Cotton in Georgia