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# 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.
==== Italics ====
It is possible to italicize article titles using the DISPLAYTITLE magic word. Article titles should only be italicized if they fall under the limited criteria listed in the [[#Italics]] section below.
===Section Titles===
*The names of the Defenses (i.e. Easton Defense)
*Warding Hall, Making Hall (and two others)
'''Things to never be capitalized:'''
*Pantheon
*the Ones Above
'''Things to never be capitalized:'''
*mindblade
*(cytonic) suppression
== Italics ==
Like capitalization, italics should generally be used as would be typical in English writing, generally matching the conventions used in the text. This includes italicizing the names of works (in-world books, broadsheets, plays, etc.) and proper names of vehicles like ships and spacecraft. Out-of-world articles follow similar criteria; titles of books and other works like movies and podcasts are italicized.
The following are a few notable instances where italics should be avoided:
*Series titles (e.g. The Reckoners, The Stormlight Archive) should not be italicized. Although style guides vary on this topic, the wiki mirrors Brandon's websites, which do not typically use italics.
*"Foreign" words like [[nuatoma]] and [[babsk]] are (inconsistently) italicized in the books to stand out from another language. They should not be italicized in articles unless there is a particular need to do so.
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