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Wikipedia:Naming conventions (architecture)

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This page is a complement to Wikipedia's naming conventions, not a replacement. Always consider Wikipedia:Naming conventions when naming a page.

Naming convention

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Common names should be used, plus the name of the settlement, administrative division or country in which the building is located where necessary.

Buildings

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Towers

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Tower articles should be titled after their common names (Leaning Tower of Pisa)

Places of worship (churches, monasteries, cathedrals, abbeys etc.)

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If there is no English name by which the church is commonly known, (mostly regarding places of worship in non-English-speaking territories)), then this order should be used:
  • The Saint's name(s) first, followed by the word monastery, church, cathedral, abbey, etc.St. Archangels Monastery rather than Monastery of Saint Archangels; St. John's Church rather than Church of St. John.
  • The words Church, Monastery, Cathedral, Abbey should be capitalised; St. John's Church rather than St. John's church
  • When the church or monastery name is also the name of a church saint, "St." rather than "Saint"St. Peter's Church, St. Peter's Cathedral, St. Peter's Abbey, etc. [1]
  • Use of full stop (period) (.) after "St"; St. Mary's Church versus St Mary's Church is a matter of WP:ENGVAR; refer to use in reliable sources and consistency within the nation.
  • In instances where multiple places of worship have the same name or dedication, use the name of the settlement or administrative division in which the building is located—St. Mark's Church, Belgrade; St. Mark's Church, Zagreb.
    • The name of the location of the building should be used without brackets and should be separated from the building's name with a comma—St. Mark's Church, Zagreb rather than St. Mark's Church (Belgrade).

Geographical placenames (towns, cities, etc.)

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  • For landmarks and geographical names in the US, the abbreviation "St." is commonly used with a full stop (period)—St. Augustine, Florida
  • For landmarks and geographical names in the UK, the abbreviation "St" is commonly used without a full stop (period)—St Albans.
  • For landmarks and geographical names in other territories, use the most-common, locally-used convention. If no local variety of English can be defined, the word "Saint" should not be abbreviated Saint Petersburg for the Russian city). [2]

Mills

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Lighthouses

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  • An alternative convention is to use "light" or "Light" instead of "Lighthouse". There is no established preference of one format over the other, or variance on a case-by-case basis based on use in sources.

Landmarks

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Landmarks should follow the same conventions as all other buildings, written above.

Architects

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Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people) is useful as a guide to writing architects' names.

See also

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References

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