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Online magazines, newspapers, and news sites with original content should generally be italicized (Salon or HuffPost). Online non-user-generated encyclopedias and dictionaries should also be italicized (Scholarpedia or Merriam-Webster Online). Other types of websites should be decided on a case-by-case basis. [b]
Use of italics should conform to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting § Italic type. Do not use articles ( a , an , or the ) as the first word ( Economy of the Second Empire , not The economy of the Second Empire ), unless it is an inseparable part of a name ( The Hague ) or of the title of a work ( A Clockwork Orange , The Simpsons ).
Article titles for television shows are properly italicized as long as {{Infobox television}} is used in the article. If not, {{Italic title|string=Show Name}} or {{DISPLAYTITLE}} may be used. The former has the advantage of continuing to work in case the disambiguation suffix is changed or removed from the article's title.
Should that be italicized? Powers T 13:14, 24 June 2009 (UTC) The Twilight Zone is italicized because it is a specific title separated from the rest of the text by its italics, which is done because it is the name of a television show. In the case of most proper nouns, even those that incorporate the definite article, it is best to not ...
Most newspapers and books seem to follow the style of TV shows being in italics while film titles are italicized AND put in bold. Makes it very handy to recognize without following a link (if no other info is available in the article). RoyBatty42 02:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC) Most of them do that? I can’t say I’ve seen a single one. Ever.
Hello. I just wanted to let you know that when you add the title of a book, film, album, magazine, or TV series to an article, it should be italicized by adding two single apostrophes ('') on both sides. Titles of television episodes, short stories and songs should be placed within quotation marks.
Italics should be used for the following types of names and titles, or abbreviations thereof: Major works of art and artifice, such as albums, books, video games, films, musicals, operas, symphonies, paintings, sculptures, newspapers, journals, magazines, epic poems, plays, television programs or series, radio shows, comics and comic strips ...
Should category names be italicized (e.g. via {{Italic title}})? This would be specifically italicizing terms in the category name that would be normally italicized in prose per this guideline, e.g. names of books/TV shows.