[Wikipedia-l] question(s) about article headers...

[Jimmy Wales]

I think someone more in tune with the technical situation should answer
by the punctuation...

> If I want to make a sub-page for a topic, say 'Possums', what's the
> protocol for naming it? I see a lot of entries have used backslashes,
> but I read that the slashes don't mean anything anymore. I'm confused!
> Just say I wanted to make subpages on possum dietary requirements, how
> to keep possums as pets, and how possums breed. [not that I know
> anything about possums, but it's an example that came to mind.]

If you want to write about [[possum dietary requirements]], [[possums
as pets]], or [[possum breeding]], then you should.  Of, if you're
from Alabama like me, you can write about [[possum for dinner]].  And
you'll probably also want to go to the main [[possum]] page and add
links to these pages.

> And, lastly, if I wanted to break my user: page up into subpages with
> projects I'd like to do on one page and projects I've already started on
> another, what should I call it? I'm getting confused. I looked at the
> FAQ and help pages but I didn't really understand their explanation... I
> got lost at about the point where I was told to use brackets to make
> categories more logical.

I'm a little confused about this one, myself.

> And about those brackets, which subject header would be more correct -
> lime, fruit lime/fruit or lime (fruit). I've seen entry titles using all
> three formats. 

I think that the parenthesis form is the consensus favorite.

--Jimbo