Help:Titles

Before creating a new entry, take a moment to create a suitable title. Try something descriptive, brief and, as this is a history site, do include a date if possible.

Title Formats

Title: Place, Month day, year

Title: Place, year

Title, year-year

Title, year

Examples of good entry titles:

Mathew Giles: New Hampshire, July 4, 1663

Ma Rainey's "Prove It On Me Blues," 1928

John W. Sterling and James O. Bloss, 1870-1918

The Lesbian In Literature, 1967-1981

Note: Do not use special characters such as & and % in entry titles, they will cut off the title in the middle. While you can use quotations marks in entry titles, do not begin your title with them.

Once you have your title, enter it into the Search box to see if there is a entry that already has the same title or that has similar content.

If there is an entry with similar content that is not protected, add your content to the existing entry.

If there is not an entry with the same name or content there are several ways to create your new entry. (See Creating a new entry.)