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Beware that, article titles are case sensitive for all letters except the first (so, there is a difference between <code>[[BioChromatic Breath]]</code>, <code>Biochromatic Breath</code>, and <code>Biochromatic breath</code>, but not between <code>[[BioChromatic Breath]]</code> and <code>[[bioChromatic Breath]]</code> [though, even if you made that first <code>b</code> lowercase when you created the page, MediaWiki would still render it as uppercase]). Always use standard capitalization for terminology. MediaWiki also differentiates articles depending on whether apostrophes are smart quotes or not, so be sure to use regular quotes, not the curlier quotes a rich word processor like Microsoft Word produces.
=== Disambiguation ===
When multiple distinct characters or other topics share the same name, their article names have to be changed slightly so that they can be [[Template: Disambig|disambiguated]]. Usually, this is done by adding something, usually a parenthetical, to each page name that distinguishes that page from other pages with the same name. The order of preference for these additions is generally:
# Distinction by specific name (e.g., [[Inkwell Flight]] to [[Inkwell (Epic)]] and [[Inkwell (town)]])
# Distinction by type (e.g., [[Burl (character)]] and [[burl (species)]])
# Distinction by setting
#* For cosmere things, this means the world a thing is from (e.g., [[Zu (Sel)]] and [[Zu (Roshar)]]
#* For non-cosmere things, this means the series a thing is from (e.g., [[Molly (Perfect State)]] and [[Molly (Snapshot)]])
#* For a mix of cosmere and non-cosmere things, follow the rule for each each setting for its pages (e.g., [[Vent (Scadrial)]] and [[Vent (Skyward)]])
# Distinction by some other characteristic (e.g., [[Ton (Veden)]] and [[Ton (singer)]]}
While those are the general guidelines used, the best practice is generally to ask a Keeper when you encounter something that needs to be disambiguated. This will often be necessary anyways, as only Keepers can move existing pages to a new title. Occasionally, if the topic of one page is significantly more important than the other topics with the same name, it may be kept at the exact name, without a parenthetical.
===Section Titles===
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