Call of Duty HeadQuarters Wiki:Naming Policy

The naming policy is a policy among the Call of Duty HeadQuarters Wiki, and depicts how an article should be named.

Splitting/Merging Pages
The following should help you determine whether to split, or merge:
 * If a weapon looks the same, functions the same, but is named differently, merge.
 * Article should invoke real-life when named to preserve consistency. (ex. Famas merges with FAMAS; article named FAMAS)
 * If a weapon is named the same, functions the same, but looks differently, merge. (ex. Hypothetical M1911 (World at War) merges with M1911)
 * If a weapon is named the same, looks the same, but functions in a drastically different way, split. (ex. Auto Turret separate from Sentry Gun)

Characters
When naming a character page, they should NOT be named how it is named in-game. For example, if "Jack Carlson" was referred or seen as "Pvt. Carlson" in-game, the article name should not be depicted as the in-game referral. For editing regulations, character article names should be depicted by their full name, a common nickname in-game, or just by their last name (if the character's first name hasn't be revealed). In a problem with being promoted, it is a bad idea to name a character by their ranks, too. Even characters who had a base-rank for their appearance throughout the Call of Duty series, they should still be named by their general name.

Weapons
When naming a weapon page, it is to be named by the in-game referral. Weapons articles should NOT be named properly by real life references or nicknames. If the M1014 is known simply as the "M1014" in-game, the article or base-name should not be named as it is in real-life, which would be the "Benelli M4 Super 90". Also, if the M1014 is nicknamed among players online as the "N00b Pwner", it should NOT be named as that, just as in-game references.

Battles/Wars
Though originally we titled battles by city (e.g.: "Stalingrad", "Berlin", "Saint-Lô"), it is more proper to title articles about battles starting with some variation of "Battle of" (e.g.: "Battle of Stalingrad", "Battle for Caen", "Second Battle of Tillet"). For regulations follow, it is the battle of the city/town, not just simply the city/town name when depicting it among the war =/= city/town.

Levels and Maps
Campaign levels should be named simply as it is in their respective game. The same regulation goes with naming multiplayer maps and special mode level names, as they to should be named as they are in-game.