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{{policy}} Articles about people should be named without any titles in them. That way, searches and automatic alphabetization will work correctly. When naming an article, consider how and where it might be listed in an encyclopedia. However, instead of being alphabetical by last namemname, on '''OrthodoxWiki''' articles are named with the form '''Firstname Lastname''' (or sometimes in parentheses if applicable), so for instance, there's an article named '''[[Alexander Schmemann]]''', but not '''Schmemann, Alexander'''. There are a number of special cases which require further explanation, so read on.
==Saints==
===Basic Style===
When creating articles about [[:Category:Bishops|bishops]], name the article with the following style: '''Firstname I (Surname) of See''', so if there is a bishop named Moses Jones who is the fifth bishop named Moses of the Patriarchate of Springfield, the name of the article would be: '''Moses V (Jones) of Springfield'''. In cases where no surname is known, it is of course omitted, which will especially be the case with ancient bishops, e.g., '''[[John I of Antioch]]'''.
The see listed should be the last see that the bishop held. In cases where the surname is known but the see is not, the usage is '''Firstname (Surname)'''.
Full titles are not included (e.g., '''Metropolitan''' or '''of Antioch and All the East'''), but simply that of the primary see or sees (usually a city). Thus, if a bishop's full title is ''Archbishop of Springfield, Patriarch of All Illinois and Indiana'', the convention for the article name would be '''of Springfield'''. Certain autocephalous churches use the name of the whole country rather than the primary see in the titles, such as '''of Romania''' rather than '''of Bucharest'''.
Additionally, most sees will not usually have need of the ordinal (the I, II, III, etc.), so if the bishop is of a more minor see (as most are), the ordinal would be omitted, e.g., '''[[Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh]]'''. It's typically used only to refer to the primate of an autocephalous church, e.g., '''[[Alexei II (Ridiger) of Moscow]]'''.
===Categories===
Also be sure to include the bishop in [[:Category:Bishops]], and if he is the bishop of an important see, include him in the category of that see's bishops, e.g., [[:Category:Patriarchs of Constantinople]].
===Succession boxes===
See the style for succession boxes at '''[[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual (Succession boxes)]]'''.
===Other notes===
A potential problem with this naming style is that a bishop may be transferred to another see, thus requiring the moving of the article to incorporate the new name. This wouldn't happen often, however, and having the move will be helpful if searchers are looking for the bishop under his old title.
==Monastics==
The standard style for modern monastics is '''Firstname (Surname)'''. Monastics from history who are generally known without the parentheses in scholarly works will of course omit them.
[[Category:Style Manual]]
[[ro:OrthodoxWiki:Manual de stil (Persoane)]]
