Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Trek/mainpage/article guidelines

Episode Titles

As per Disambiguation Guidelines, articles should only be disambiguated when the disambiguation is necessary. This is also true for articles on individual Star Trek episodes - the title of the article should be the name of the episode, disambiguated only if the name of the episode is ambiguous. "Spock's Brain," for example, is not disambiguated because "Spock's Brain" is not an ambiguous name. "Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series)" is disambiguated because there are other articles with the name "Arena". All disambiguation on Star Trek articles, when required, should conform to the naming convention of Title (Series).

Examples include: Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series) and Brothers (Star Trek: The Next Generation).

Article Titles

Other Star Trek articles or files which require disambiguation titles should follow the naming convention Title (Star Trek).

Examples include: Communicator (Star Trek) and Vulcan (Star Trek).

Redirects

For articles on individual Star Trek episodes, if no disambiguation is needed on the article title, a redirect should be created at the disambiguated title pointing to the actual article. For example, Spock's Brain is an episode article that requires no disambiguation. Therefore, Spock's Brain (TOS episode) has been created as a redirect to Spock's Brain.

Capitalization

In case of ambiguity or inconsistency in capitalization of words in titles, deference should be given to episode entries in licensed Star Trek compendiums – viz. The Star Trek Encyclopedia.

Fiction on Wikipedia

Editors should keep in mind that Wikipedia is an out-of-universe source, all articles should take an out-of-universe perspective. All articles should also conform to Wikipedia's guidelines on writing about fiction.

Infoboxes

All Star Trek articles should contain an infobox when appropriate, which are a broad class of template commonly used in articles to present certain summary or overview information about the subject: {{Infobox character}}, {{Infobox fictional race}}, {{Infobox television episode}}.

Navigation Templates

A number of navigational templates have been created for Star Trek articles to make it easier for readers to view related articles. There should be at least one navigational template should be placed on every Star Trek page. Please follow the guidelines detailed at Category: Star Trek templates for more specific information.

References

When referencing article information, remember to use reliable sources. Avoid using Star Trek episodes and films as references when possible, as they constitute primary sources.

Style and Format

The true name of first Star Trek series is properly Star Trek; to promote clarity, references to the original series should generally appear as the retronym Star Trek: The Original Series.

Use italics when describing the franchise, television series, films, or similar.

e.g. The Star Trek franchise was created by Gene Roddenberry.

e.g. The series Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted in 1987.

e.g. Star Trek: First Contact was released to theaters in 1996.