Help:Titles
Before creating a new entry, take a moment to create a suitable title. Try something descriptive, brief, and (and as this is a history site) include the date.
Formats we prefer:
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 name or that has similar content. If there is an entry with the same content and is not protected, add to and/or edit the existing page. If there is not an entry with same name/content there are several ways to make your new entry. (See Creating a new entry.)
