Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
If a non-film article already exists with the name of the film that you are trying to create an article for, disambiguate and use (film) in the title: Film Title (film). If a film article already exists with the name of the film that you are trying to create an article for, use (YEAR film) in the title: Film Title (YEAR film).
Movie titles are italicized. Albums are italicized. Songs are in quotation marks. Poems are in quotation marks, unless they are epics (such as The Iliad and The Odyssey). Do not confuse actors with characters. Robert De Niro did not shoot Harvey Keitel and go upstairs to save Jodie Foster, nor did Janet Leigh get stabbed to death in the shower.
Titles in quotation marks that include (or in unusual cases consist of) something that requires italicization for some other reason than being a title, e.g., a genus and species name, or a non-English phrase, or the name of a larger work being referred to, also use the needed italicization, inside the quotation marks: "Ferromagnetic Material in ...
Often the series title will be obvious and derived from the title of one of the books/films (e.g., Twilight based on the Twilight novel, The Hunger Games based on The Hunger Games novel, Star Trek based on the original Star Trek TV series, Star Wars based on the Star Wars film and various other films in the series) or from a common part of the ...
When true titles are mixed with generic titles, as is often the case in overtures and suites, only the true title is italicized. The generic portion of the title remains in roman type. It is the author's discretion whether to use the original version or the English translation of the true title.
If a film shares its title with one or more non-film topics on Wikipedia, compare all topics and determine whether one is the primary topic. (See below for films with the same title.) If the film is the primary topic, name its article after the film's title without any disambiguation. If the film is not the primary topic, name its article after ...
Use italics when writing about words as words, or letters as letters (to indicate the use–mention distinction). Examples: The term panning is derived from panorama, which was coined in 1787. Deuce means 'two'. (Linguistic glosses go in single quotation marks.) The most common letter in English is e.
Note that the current default size depends on context and enclosing formatting: For example, footnotes and references default to displayed in a slightly smaller-than-usual font, and headings (of various levels) default to displaying in a slightly larger font.