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Article titles
Article titles, commonly known as page names, are the large headings displayed above the content of any article and found to the left of the edit button. They are used to differentiate articles by their content and to help readers locate content when using the search tool. Titles should always be the name or a concise description of the subject of an article. For example, an article detailing the human species should be entitled "Human" and an article detailing an E3 press release in 2024 should be entitled "2024 E3 press release".

Overall, article titles should aim to be:
 * Recognizable – Titles should be names or descriptions of the topic that are recognizable to someone familiar with (though not necessarily expert in) the topic.
 * Natural – Titles should be those which readers are likely to look for or search with, as well as those which editors naturally use to link from other articles. Such titles usually convey what the subject is actually called in English.
 * Precise – Titles should usually be names and terms that are precise enough to unambiguously identify the topical scope of the article, but not overly precise.
 * Concise – Titles are concise, using as few words as possible.
 * Singular - Titles should remain singular, not plural. For example, an article on humans should be entitled "Human", not "Humans".
 * Consistent – Titles should follow the same pattern as those of similar articles. These patterns are documented in further detail below.

In addition, article titles should meet the following criteria:
 * Use sentence case when possible. Exceptions to this rule are where the subject of the article has specific capitalisation in-game, for example the articles Bones of Eao and 55A-allFATE replicate capitalisation of their respective in-game items. It should be noted that the first letter of the first word of any title is always capitalized automatically by the Destiny Wiki.
 * Generally, do not use punctuation in article titles.
 * Article titles should not begin with coordinating conjunctions or articles, for example an article detailing the Fallen should be titled "Fallen" and not "The Fallen", unless the names appear as such in game. Examples of this exception include the articles The Damned Lute and THE STAG.
 * Furthermore, coordinating conjunctions and articles should be in lowercase unless specified otherwise in game.
 * Article titles should be singular, not plural. Category titles however should generally be plural.
 * The above rules are inapplicable when the article's subject matter contains punctuation, capital letters, or plural words in a fashion that does not match this Style Guide's format. In these instances, the subject name should be titled exactly as it appears in the game. For example, The City is the full title of the last civilized city on Earth, rather than just "City".

Examples of coordinating conjunctions:
 * and
 * but
 * or
 * yet
 * for
 * nor
 * so

Examples of articles:
 * an
 * a
 * the
 * it

Examples of Article Titles


 * Right: "Human"
 * Right: "Astrolord Cover"
 * Right: "Duke Mk.44"


 * Wrong: "The Humans" (titles should not be plural and should not begin with a coordinating conjunction or an article)
 * Wrong: "ASTROLORD COVER" (use all-caps only when appropriately required by the subject matter)
 * Wrong: "Loot - Mars Only" (titles should not contain punctuation unless shown as such in-game)

If you are in doubt about a name, double check with an administrator before proceeding to rename a page or write a new page article title.

On some occasions, article titles may be ambiguous and therefore need to be made more distinguishable by adding further description within parentheses. For example, two items may have the same name, and therefore require further differentiation by adding the item type or class, such as "Iron Breed Boots (Warlock)" and "Iron Breed Boots (Hunter)". These articles should then be linked together using a disambiguation page.

Lead section
The lead section is the first section of an article. The lead section should never be titled with a section heading, and should be considered the introduction to the article. The section should contain a brief primer to the article's subject without detailing anything which will be visited later in the article. The name of the page should be turned bold in the lead section through use of wiki markup or the and  buttons.

Section headings
Section headings should be a short descriptive title of the section below, following the same guidelines for capitalization as article titles. Headings are used for the navigation of an article through the use of the table of contents, and for the organization of text on an article. Never link the section heading to another article or offsite; instead use the  template, and place it below the section heading.

Sections headings can be placed by selecting "Heading 2", "Heading 3", "Heading 4", or "Heading 5" from the drop down box in the visual editor, and then filling the space above the created line with the heading. Alternatively, it can be placed by wrapping the heading between two to six equals symbols (=) on either side in source mode, depending on the sub-section heading you want to produce.

Sub-sections decrease in size as you increase the heading number. Heading 2 is the largest section heading with Heading 6 being the smallest. This table shows which selections produce which heading. The top/bold selection represents the options available on the visual editor, whilst the bottom selection represents which code options are available in source mode.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;" !Selecting !Produces
 * width="50%" align="center" |Heading 2
 * width="50%" align="center" |Heading 2

Text

 * width="50%" align="center" | Text
 * Heading 3
 * Heading 3

Text

 * Text
 * Heading 4
 * Heading 4

Text

 * Text
 * Heading 5
 * Heading 5

Text

 * Text
 * }