Editing Triforce Wiki:Conjectural names

A '''conjecture''' is an opinion, statement or name formed on the basis of incomplete, undisclosed or doubtful information. At Triforce Wiki, we strive to keep all articles as close and as accurate as possible to ''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise. However, there may be times where a particular subject that is worthy of an article on the wiki has never been given an official, disclosed title by [[Nintendo]] (or any other publisher, developer, etc.). This page explains the best things to do in these situations, and how to correctly use conjectural templates to give acknowledgement of a speculated article title.

We would like to thank the [[mariowiki:MarioWiki:Conjectural names|Super Mario Wiki]] for their original policy page.

==Conjectural titles==
:''See also: [[Triforce Wiki:Naming#Conjectural names|Triforce Wiki:Naming § Conjectural names]]''
When a situation arises where an article's subject was never given a known, official title and a user is unsure of what to name the article prior to its creation, then they are entitled to choose themselves the most appropriate name to fit the subject. Wherever this is done, the article must be tagged with {{t|conjecture}} at the top of the page, which will include the page in the [[:Category:Articles with conjectural titles|dedicated maintenance category]]. The template also shows that the page's title is unconfirmed and speculated, and not adding it can result in confusion between what titles are official and what has been decided on a matter of speculation. Also, please note that conjectural-titled pages should only be created ''if the subject is notable enough'' to have its own article. It is unnecessary to create a conjectural page for every minor subject, such as most unnamed non-playable characters (see [[Triforce Wiki:Minor NPCs]]), or most generic subjects (see [[Triforce Wiki:Generic subjects]]).

==Conjectural subjects within articles==
When a speculation-based name is mentioned on an article and indication is needed to show that the name is conjectural, the template {{t|conjectural}} is used for the first mention of the name, excluding headers. This template is recommended to be used on [[:Category:Glitches|glitches pages]] in particular, as a vast majority of in-game glitches went unnoticed through development and were discovered through public use. Therefore, Nintendo themselves have not given official names for many glitches. Since most glitches are not given their own article, but merged into one article to the game it appears in, it would be considered inappropriate to just tag the top of the glitch page with <nowiki>{{Conjecture}}</nowiki>, since the template refers to the title of the article, not its content.

To avoid unsightliness and problems with linking, headers themselves do ''not'' use the template, however the first line of each section should repeat the name in boldface and using <nowiki>{{conjectural}}</nowiki>, in the form: <code><nowiki>{{conjectural|</nowiki>''Glitch name''}}</code>. On an article, it would appear as: {{conjectural|'''Glitch name'''}} (hover your cursor over the text to see the effect of the template).

==If an official name is found==
If an official name is found after any period of time prior to the creation of the article, it may be moved to the new, official title and the <nowiki>{{conjecture}} or {{conjectural}}</nowiki> template(s) can be removed. A source of the new name should be added as a [[Triforce Wiki:Citations|reference]] in the article. Make sure you have found an [[MarioWiki:Naming#Acceptable Sources for Naming|acceptable source]] to name the article. When the page has been moved, all other mainspace articles, [[Triforce Wiki:Navigation templates|navigation templates]], categories and files linking to and/or mentioning the conjectural name should be updated.

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