How to Name a TWiki Topic

This topic is designed to help you choose a good name for your new TWiki topic/page. It's easy and will make using the TWiki easier for others.

Some simple rules to follow

Read the documentation at TWiki.WikiWords.

  • Try to use at least two words.
  • Make it meaningful--describe the content of the topic.
  • But keep it short enough to remember.
  • Use singular instead of plural because TWiki automatically links plurals to the singular.
  • Avoid abbreviated words and acronyms unless their meaning is obvious.
  • Remember to use dates for events when appropriate to avoid conflicts later.

Examples

Good

Bad

  • CE: Short and cryptic; meaningless to the uninformed.
    • Would be better as ContinuingEducation.
  • EmacsLaTeXTools: The title makes it sound like a topic on tools integrating LaTeX into Emacs, but is actually about MicrosoftWindows versions of emacs, LaTeX, and various *Nix tools.
  • ASAApr07: Acceptable, but technically violates the basic rules and doesn't automatically get linked.
    • Turn the acronym into a word and expand the year (didn't we learn from Y2K?) to get AsaApril2007.
  • BonnieLaFleurCTSAideas: The last word is not capitalized because of the acronym.
    • BonnieLaFleurCtsaIdeas fixes that.
  • September12007: The title makes no mention that it is about the CqiProject AmericanIdiomsSlang.
    • AmericanIdiomEmailSep2007 or ADimeADozen would have been a good choice.
  • CqiProjects: Plural--see "CqiProject" link above.
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