Wikipedia:WikiProject College football/Naming Conventions

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✔ This page documents an English Wikipedia naming convention. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should follow, though it should be treated with common sense and the occasional exception. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page.

In general, the year should always come first. School names should be the short preferred version, and not acronyms. "Oklahoma" and not "University of Oklahoma" or "CU". "Southern California" and not "USC" or "University of Southern California". "Penn State" and not "Pennsylvania State University" or "PSU" or "PA State". (It is generally acceptable for Penn therefore an exception to fully spelling out the name.) There should never be "University of" in an article name. The names on the Master Team Table can be used for reference.

Nickname should be the proper male (if exists) version of the name. "Buffaloes" and not "Buffs".

This guideline does not list any bad examples to prevent confusion. If there is question about whether a name is following this guideline, please use the talk page.

Special note: The University of Southern California (USC) must never be referred to as "Southern Cal", either in an article name or in general text. The school specifically declares this to not be a valid name.[1] "Southern California" is preferred over USC due to the duplicate acronym with University of South Carolina, particularly in naming conventions and general articles.

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[edit] Articles about Teams

[edit] Team Historical Articles

Generally, historical article about teams should be in the format "<School> <Nickname> football under <Coach Name>". Examples:

[edit] General

The general article about the entire team at a should should be "<School> <Nickname> football". Examples:

[edit] Individual Seasons

An individual season is certainly acceptable for some instances, such as a national championship team or even a conference championship team. However, if an editor begins an individual team article before or during the season, and the team fails to achieve a championship, it should not be deleted since it would discourage future articles. Over the long run, the article may be able to be merged into an article in the style above. However, starting a past individual season article is discouraged until the season is notable and there is likely enough information to be able to create a full article about the single season.

The naming convention for individual seasons shall be "<Year> <School> <Nickname> football team". Examples:

[edit] Individual Games

[edit] Regular Season

An article name should be "<Year> <Visitor School> vs. <Home School> football game". Examples:

Notes: neutral sites will still have a visitor and home team, it should still follow this guideline as above.

[edit] Post Season

An article about a single bowl game should be "<Year> <Name of Bowl>". Examples:

An article about championship games should follow "<Year> <Title> Game". Examples:

[edit] Special Cases

Some games have special names, which can supersede this guideline. Such as Fifth Down or The Play. Further, games that are cyclic or annual in nature can also supersede this guideline such as the Red River Shootout could have 2006 Red River Shootout.

[edit] References

  1. ^ As clearly stated in all media guides: "Note to the media: In editorial references to athletic teams of the University of Southern California, the following are preferred: USC, Southern California, So. California, Troy and Trojans for men’s or women’s teams, and Women of Troy for women’s teams. PLEASE do not use Southern Cal (it’s like calling San Francisco “Frisco” or North Carolina “North Car.”). The usage of "Southern Cal" on licensed apparel and merchandise is limited in scope and necessary to protect federal trademark rights." It’s Not ‘Southern Cal’, 2005 USC Football Media Guide, USC Athletic Department, pg. 3.