Community Suggestion: Ability to have parentheses in article titles
Ability to have parentheses in article titles
New Feature Addition · Articles & templates · Created by MistyShadowsXX
declined
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
Currently, you cannot add parentheses "()" to an article title. I would like that to change. I have two organizations in my world, one of which is the predecessor organization of the other, and both possess the same names. I want to be able to distinguish between the two by adding (Old) and (Reformed) to the respective article titles. The only reason I can think of as to why this isn't allowed is because it might mess with article linking. If that is the case, could the Devs please nonetheless try to find a way around this so parentheses are allowed in article titles? It would be much appreciated!How does this feature request address the current situation?
What are other uses for this feature request?
The Team's Response
Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately we have to decline it because this would cause issues with multiple core systems, including linking and search.
Current score
21/300 Votes · +2105 points
Votes Cast
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+300
by cerdicthewolf
on 2024-05-15 18:47 -
+1
by Masha Medov
on 2024-05-12 07:34 -
+100
by BoringKeys
on 2024-05-10 23:02I would love the ability to use Wikipedia's method for distinguishing things like films and songs from items they may be named after. It just doesn't look right to me any other other way.
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-300
by YngAnvil1
on 2024-05-09 17:27Brackets are a much simpler solution than this. Though I could be wrong about brackets being allowed.
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+100
by Observer of the Stars
on 2024-05-09 07:50 -
+1
by Blossom Tree Art
on 2024-05-05 12:19 -
+100
by Drawkill Dragon
on 2024-05-05 00:18 -
+300
by JackLink916
on 2024-05-04 10:01 -
+100
by pepingvin
on 2024-04-30 15:02 -
+300
by Mournblade94
on 2024-04-25 17:58 -
+1
by A Fierce Dwarf
on 2024-04-25 09:55 -
+100
by Sir Lel
on 2024-04-23 08:35 -
+300
by Hossyboy
on 2024-04-22 23:22 -
-100
by tjtrewin
on 2024-04-21 19:52Pretty much what The Big G said! I'd go with "Article - Old" and "Article - Reformed" instead
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+300
by PhntmDrgn
on 2024-04-21 18:42I would love this feature. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that it would cause a lot of problems “under the hood”.
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+1
by Gaëlle S.
on 2024-04-21 12:01 -
+300
by Arcavato
on 2024-04-20 20:18The lack of this feature has caused me no small amount of grief in regards to organization, including the ability to tell apart different articles with similar names.
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-1
by WeStanNikolai
on 2024-04-20 17:58Since article linking is very much a core and important feature of WA, at least from my end, I don't really see an option for sidestepping this interference with parentheses in titles.
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-100
by The Big G
on 2024-04-20 02:57I've run up against this exact problem myself, wanting to distinguish between two distinct characters or organizations that share a name. But the user-side solution is so simple, I don't believe it's worth asking the devs to re-engineer the linking mechanics. Instead of parentheses, why not use a comma to separate modifiers from titles? A colon or a dash would also accomplish this.
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+1
by Amancham
on 2024-04-19 23:09 -
+1
by [email protected]
on 2024-04-19 19:28 -
+300
by MistyShadowsXX
on 2024-04-19 06:02
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