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Italics may also be used where <dfn> tags or {} templates mark a term's first use, definition, introduction, or distinguished meaning on the page. As <dfn> tags and {{ dfn }} templates do not apply text formatting, the italicization (or quoting) must be added if intended.
Examples: List of selection theorems, Women's rights in Haiti. In titles (including subtitles, if any) of English-language works (books, poems, songs, etc.), every word is capitalized except for the definite and indefinite articles, the short coordinating conjunctions, and any short prepositions. This is known as title case.
For titles of books, articles, poems, and so forth, use italics or quotation marks following the guidance for titles. Italics can also be added to mark up non-English terms (with the {{ lang }} template), for an organism's scientific name , and to indicate a words-as-words usage.
If it's being addressed as a short story, quotes; if as a book, italics. E.g. in a list of the writer's short stories, don't italicize one just because there's an edition of it somewhere in one-story book form; in a list of the author's books, don't change one to quotation marks because it only contains a short story.
Works that appear within larger works, such as short stories, poems, newspaper articles, songs, and television episodes are not italicised, but merely set off in quotation marks. When italics are unavailable, such as on a typewriter or websites that do not support formatting, an underscore or quotes are often used instead. [33]
Quotation marks, rather than italics, are generally used for the titles of shorter works. Whether these are single or double depends on the context; however, many styles, especially for poetry, prefer the use of single quotation marks. Short fiction, poetry, etc.: Arthur C. Clarke's "The Sentinel"
Use italics when italics would be necessary in running text; for example, taxonomic names, the names of ships, the titles of books, films, and other creative works, and foreign phrases are italicized both in ordinary text and in article titles.
(e.g. - Template:Zelda series) It seems to me that the purpose of the italics is to draw attention to a title for something (a game, a movie, etc) within a large paragraph, whereas in a template (a list of sorts) it seems to me it ought to permissable to leave out the italics. Thoughts?