Fossil Wiki:Naming conventions

Naming conventions on the Fossil Wiki are pretty straight forward and depend a lot on simply common sense. Note that this page will be continuously updated as new types of articles find their way onto the wiki.

People
If a persons full name is known, such as Paul Callistus Sereno, then the article is to be created at that title with more common uses of the name, such as Paul Sereno, being redirected to the full name.

This also applies for articles which were originally created not knowing the full name, but when the full name is eventually learned &mdash; in these cases, the original article will be moved to the full name, thus redirecting the original automatically in the process.

Scientific names
Article names surrounding the scientific name of an organism are not to be italicized, as it can be somewhat difficult for some users to navigate the pages. Within the article however, all scientific names are to be italicized, such as Tianyulong, Tylosaurus, and Hesperornis.