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The entire scientific name should be italicized, except where an interpolation is included in or appended to the name. (For details, see § Scientific names.) Named, specific vessels: proper names given to: Ships, with ship prefixes, classification symbols, pennant numbers, and types in normal font: USS Baltimore (CA-68).
Another exception is a concert, tour, etc., containing the name of a work that would be italicized; that part is italicized: Dangerous World Tour. Smaller parts of larger works when they are simply numbered sequentially, and the title appears that way in the work (or a preponderance of reliable sources about the work): To Kill a Mockingbird ...
Comic books are an exception. Write 12,000 for twelve thousand, not 12.000; conversely, decimal points are thus: 3.14, not 3,14. Both 10 June 1921 and June 10, 1921, are correct, but should be consistent within an article. A comma is not used if only the month is given, such as June 1921. Avoid inserting "the year" before a year, and avoid "of ...
A title should be a recognizable name or description of the topic, balancing the criteria of being natural, sufficiently precise, concise, and consistent with those of related articles. For formatting guidance see the Wikipedia:Article titles § Article title format section, noting the following:
This is a naming conventions guideline for the naming of Wikipedia articles about books, which includes printed books and e-books.. The titles of books (usually meaning the title of the literary work contained in the book) are capitalized by the same convention that governs other literary and artistic works such as plays, films, paintings etc.
The "Minor works" section recommends double quotation marks for "Exhibits (specific) within a larger exhibition".The rationale seems to be that as the titles of (some) exhibitions take italics per MOS:MAJORWORK, the exhibits within them must correspondingly follow MOS:MINORWORK, like chapters within a book or songs within an album.
A series like The Sandman or Dilbert should be italicized the same as a magazine would be (e.g. Time). However the individual stories within the comic book or series should be within quotes (e.g. "Calliope" from Sandman). —Mike 23:13, Dec 13, 2004 (UTC)
This guideline is silent on the topic of whether book series (like The Chronicles of Amber) and video game series (like Dance Dance Revolution) titles should be italicized, like individual books and video games. Predominant practice seems to be to italicize both, but I haven't done an exhaustive survey, especially with regard to book series.