History Archive / PunctuatedTitles

Because of a shortcoming in the Wiki/TVTropes software, articles with titles that can't be expressed as a traditional WikiWord have to use an entirely different system known as "ptitles".

''The following is a historical document. To learn about the current system for creating punctuated titles, see Administrivia/ThePtitleReplacementSystem.''

''The following is a historical document. To learn about the current system for creating punctuated titles, see ThePtitleReplacementSystem.''

Because of a shortcoming in the TVTropes software, articles with titles that can't be expressed as a traditional WikiWord have to use an entirely different system known as "ptitles".

Because this is such a pain, a title without punctuation should be preferred to one with punctuation when NamingATrope.

* Create a link to the title you want, but do it by enclosing the title within [=[==]~example text goes here~[==]=] instead of [={{these}}=]. (If you need a page to do this on, use the WikiSandbox.) Place the content you want for the page there, then create an article with a punctuation-less title which redirects to the punctuated page's wiki title (as found in your address bar- it's the bit that starts with "ptitle" and is followed by an arbitrary sequence of letters and numbers), as detailed in CreatingNewRedirects.

''The following is a historical document. To learn about the current system for creating punctuated titles, see {{The ptitle Replacement System}}.''

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* Create a link to the title you want, but do it by enclosing the title within [=[=~example text goes here~=]=] instead of [={{these}}=]. (If you need a page to do this on, use the WikiSandbox.) Place the content you want for the page there, then create an article with a punctuation-less title which redirects to the punctuated page's wiki title (as found in your address bar- it's the bit that starts with "ptitle" and is followed by an arbitrary sequence of letters and numbers), as detailed in CreatingNewRedirects.

* Create a link to the title you want, but do it by enclosing the title within [=~example text goes here~=] instead of [={{these}}=]. (If you need a page to do this on, use the WikiSandbox.) Place the content you want for the page there, then create an article with a punctuation-less title which redirects to the punctuated page's wiki title (as found in your address bar- it's the bit that starts with "ptitle" and is followed by an arbitrary sequence of letters and numbers), as detailed in CreatingNewRedirects.

-->@@[=* =][=~Your Trope!~=]@@

* Create a link to the title you want, but do it by enclosing the title within [=~example text goes here~=] instead of [={{these}}=]. (If you need a page to do this on, use the WikiSandbox.) Place the content you want for the page there, then create an article with a punctuation-less title which redirects to the punctuated page's wiki title (as found in your address bar- it's the bit that starts with "ptitle" and is followed by an arbitrary sequence of letters and numbers), as detailed in CreatingNewRedirects.

-->@@[=* =][=~Your Trope!~=]@@

* Create a link to the title you want, but do it by enclosing the title within [=~example text goes here~=] instead of [={{these}}=]. (If you need a page to do this on, use the WikiSandbox.) Place the content you want for the page there, then create an article with a punctuation-less title which redirects to the punctuated page's wiki title (as found in your address bar- it's the bit that starts with "ptitle" and is followed by an arbitrary sequence of letters and numbers), as detailed in CreatingNewRedirects.

-->@@[=* =][=~Your Trope!~=]@@

-->@@[=* =][=~Your Trope~=]@@

-->@@[=* =][=~Your Trope!~=]@@

-->@@[=* [[{{PunctuationlessRedirect}} Your Trope!]]=]@@

-->@@[=* =][=~Your Trope!~=]@@

%%remove the spaces for a [=~~=] that doesn't show up with thorns instead of tildes:
%%[=[&# 61;&# 126;example text goes here&# 126;&# 61;]=]

* Create a link to the title you want, but do it by enclosing the title within [=[=~these~=]=] instead of [={{these}}=]. (If you need a page to do this on, use the WikiSandbox.) Place the content you want for the page there, then create an article with a punctuation-less title which redirects to the punctuated page's wiki title (as found in your address bar- it's the bit that starts with "ptitle" and is followed by an arbitrary sequence of letters and numbers), as detailed in CreatingNewRedirects.

-->@@[=* =][=[=~Your Trope!~=]=]@@

* Create a link to the title you want, but do it by enclosing the title within [=[=~these~=]=] instead of [={{these}}=]. (If you need a page to do this on, use the WikiSandbox.) Place the content you want for the page there, then create an article with a punctuation-less title which redirects to the punctuated page's wiki title (as found in your address bar- it's the bit that starts with "ptitle" and is followed by an arbitrary sequence of letters and numbers), as detailed in CreatingNewRedirects.

%%[=~Your Trope!~=]

-->@@[=* =][=~Your Trope!~=]@@

@@[=* [[{{PunctuationlessRedirect}} Your Trope!]]=]@@

@@[=* =][=~Your Trope!~=]@@

@@[=* [[{{ptitle...}} Your Trope!]]=]@@

@@[=* [=~Your Trope!~=]=]@@

::And not like this:

* When you index a ptitled page, use pothole markup instead of ptitle markup. That is, your page's entry on the index should look like

::not

not

* Create a link to the title you want, but do it by enclosing the title within [=[=~these~=]=] instead of [={{these}}=]. (If you need a page to do this on, use the WikiSandbox.) Place the content you want for the page there, then create an article with a punctuation-less title which redirects to the punctuated page's wiki title (as found in your address bar- it's the bit that starts with "ptitle" and is followed by an arbitrary sequence of letters and numbers), as detailed in CreatingNewRedirects.

* Create a link to the title you want, but do it by enclosing the title within @@[=[=~these~=]=]@@ instead of @@[={{these}}=]@@. (If you need a page to do this on, use the WikiSandbox.) Place the content you want for the page there, then create an article with a punctuation-less title which redirects to the punctuated page's wiki title (as found in your address bar- it's the bit that starts with "ptitle" and is followed by an arbitrary sequence of letters and numbers), as detailed in CreatingNewRedirects.

* Create a link to the title you want, but do it by enclosing the title within [=[=~these~=]=] instead of [={{these}}=]. (If you need a page to do this on, use the WikiSandbox.) Place the content you want for the page there, then create an article with a punctuation-less title which redirects to the punctuated page's wiki title (as found in your address bar- it's the bit that starts with "ptitle" and is followed by an arbitrary sequence of letters and numbers), as detailed in CreatingNewRedirects.

* Create a link to the title you want, but do it by enclosing the title within [=[=~these~=]=] instead of [={{these}}=]. (If you need a page to do this on, use the WikiSandbox.) Place the content you want for the page there, then create an article with a punctuation-less title which redirects to the punctuated page's wiki title (as found in your address bar- it's the bit that starts with "ptitle" and is followed by an arbitrary sequence of letters and numbers), as detailed in CreatingARedirect.

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