Scholarpedia talk:Article naming

Vocabulary is often field-specific. E.g. "Language" means something different in computer science and linguistics.

When there is a possibility that the names of scholarly articles might conflict, the following policy applies.

If X is the name of the topic under discussion, and Y is the relevant field, then

Proposal 1a

X (Y) 

• Advantages
  • Similar to Wikipedia
• Disadvantages
  • May be in appropriate for a stand-alone article title

Proposal 1b

X (Y) 

... but "(Y)" for citation purposes, "(Y)" is dropped.

• Advantages
  • Similar to Wikipedia
  • Clean-looking citation
• Disadvantages
  • Potentially ambiguous citations

Proposal 2

X in Y

• Advantages
  • Likely to look better as a stand-alone citation
• Disadvantages
  • Wordy
  • Could be confusing when an article title would have an "in" within it for other reasons.