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Bezy Since: Nov, 2012
#1: Nov 5th 2013 at 4:29:38 AM

I would like to create a works page for a film made in 1952 called "5 Fingers". (The title shows the number 5 rather than the word "five".)

This presents some difficulties. The first difficulty is that the title starts with the *number* 5. When I try to create the page in the film namespace, it just redirects to the home page, and I think this is because of the title starting with a number.

I suppose I could just call the trope Five Fingers 1952. I tried to make this and created what is currently a red link. However I would like to keep the title starting with the number 5 rather than the word "five" if possible, because that would differentiate it from the numerous other works with the title "Five Fingers" rather than "5 Fingers". There is a 2006 US film and a 2005 Malayan film (neither of which have works pages yet but someone might want to make them some day), a 2012 Korean TV series and a 1959 US TV series. The Korean TV series does have a page on TV Tropes.

Can anyone advise how can I make a new page for this film which visually appears to the reader as "5 Fingers (1952)"?

Yes, this is my first ever creation of a TV Tropes page. Why I decided to start with one with a difficult title I cannot quite tell you, but having started I am determined to see it through.

edited 5th Nov '13 4:33:37 AM by Bezy

Telcontar In uffish thought from England Since: Feb, 2012
In uffish thought
#2: Nov 5th 2013 at 5:04:32 AM

Welcome, and good work on persevering with this page!

Firstly, wherever you create the page be sure to make it in the Film/ namespace.

You are right that pages cannot start with a digit. You'll have to make it at Film: 5 Fingers (1952) and then submit a Custom Title for "5 Fingers (1952)". This changes the display on the page without changing the URL.

Normally, creating the page at Five Fingers would be fine (the subpages like the YMMV tab would need a Soft Split), but here it's better to separate it using the year because (a) the custom title would interfere with the TV series page title and (b) there are so many works titled Five Fingers/5 Fingers that they would eventually need to be separated using the years anyway.

That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
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