[WikiEN-l] Slogan policy (was: DTK article)
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Wed Mar 19 18:32:44 UTC 2003
Poor, Edmund W wrote:
>We need a policy on "titles of articles about slogans".
>
>Most of us would probably agree that the slogan itself should not be the title of the article:
>
>* [[AIDS Kills Fags Dead]] <= not a good title
>
>How about some convention like "Slogan: XYZ" or "The slogan: 'XYZ'", as in:
>* [[Slogan: Death to Moonies]]
>* [[The slogan: Moonies stink]]
>
I support inserting the word "slogan" in such situations; whether we
like them or not we can't ignore the plain fact that such slogans do
exist. Putting "slogan at the end of the title such as in the suggested
[[Death to Kikes slogan]] would not be as effective. The point which
the title must make is that it is a slogan, and it is being quoted.
Adding "The" at the beginning serves no purpose, and only makes the
title uselessly longer. Some slogans can already be too long. I'm not
sure whether a colon is the proper punctuation, but that is a relatively
minor point.
Eclecticology
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