 | Thisguideline is a part of the English Wikipedia'sManual of Style. Editors should generally follow it, thoughexceptions may apply.Substantive edits to this pageshould reflect consensus. |
| Manual of Style | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
By topic area
| ||||
To write and editPhilippines-related articles, please follow these conventions.
Names ofhistorical figures (roughly those who were alive during Spanish rule) should generally follow Spanish conventions outlined atIberian naming customs. The article title should include the given name and the surname. The first mention of the subject should be inbold and include the whole name, including mother's maiden name and any other names. Exceptions are allowed, especially if the subject is widely known by their whole name, as in the case ofMiguel López de Legazpi.
Diacritics or accent marks are to be preserved even if they are unused today.
Names ofmodern figures (roughly those who were born during the 20th century) should follow current Philippine naming conventions where the middle name is generally the mother's maiden name. The article title should include the given name and the surname. The first mention of the subject should be inbold and include the whole name, with the mother's maiden name (if used) between the first name and surname.
Names are expected to be written according to contemporary Philippine usage and should not be modified to conform to Spanish usage. This means, in general, thatno diacritics are to be used unless they are widely used, as in the case of the nameJosé and the surnameOsmeña. Furthermore, this also means that surnames such asDela Cruz should not be writtende la Cruz. Exceptions are allowed only if the person in question generally conforms their name to Spanish usage, such as in the cases ofLuis Moreno Salcedo andGuillermo Gómez Rivera.
Article structure for places should follow the guideline as perWikipedia:WikiProject Cities/Settlements: Article structure.
Infoboxes for provinces should have one map: the country map with the province highlighted. Infoboxes for local governments have the province map with the locality highlighted, and only use Philippines national map for pushpin map,no multiple pushpin maps.
Diacritics excepteñe (ñ) are not to be used in place names, henceCagayan instead ofCagayán andLa Union rather thanLa Unión, butParañaque instead ofParanaque andLos Baños rather thanLos Banos.
The name of the province should be written by itself, wherever possible. Furthermore, in the case of a province sharing the same name with a municipality, then the name of the province generally takes precedence. If the province shares its name with an island, then normal disambiguation rules apply including the consideration on whether the island or the province is theWP:PRIMARYTOPIC for the name. Thus, the island is located atLeyte and the province is atLeyte (province).
The wordprovince should not be placed after the province's name, unless it is part of the province's name. The only province this applies to isMountain Province.
If using the name by itself is not possible for whatever reason, then(province) should be placed after the province's name. Examples:Abra (province),Antique (province),Aurora (province), andLaguna (province).
As a general rule, article titles of municipalities follow the [[municipality-name]] format, without the name of the province, unless a disambiguation is needed or is necessary. In that case, article titles follow the [[municipality-name, Province]] format. Thus:Guiuan andShariff Aguak butIpil, Zamboanga Sibugay andSanta Praxedes, Cagayan.
All article titles ofcities fall under three types of conventions: general convention, provincial name convention, and "City" convention.
As a general rule, cities should neither be affixed with the word "City" nor the name of the province in which it is located. Examples:
This is also applicable to capital cities which are the preferredprimary topic, over other places, such as:
This is also applicable to uniquely-named cities that bear special titles. So far no city in the Philippines falls under this case.
If the city has the same name as another city or municipality in the Philippines, disambiguate with a comma and the provincial name after the name of the city (e.g., "Tanauan, Batangas"). If it is in Metro Manila, useCityname, Metro Manila. This is also applicable to independent and highly urbanized cities, except those names which are unique in the Philippines but not in other countries. The provincial name purports to describe the general area and not necessarily as the mother political unit of the city.
City with the same name as that of other Philippine city or municipality.
Component city with the same name as that of other non-Philippine city or municipality.
Cities having non-unique names that bear special titles.
Whenever a city has the same name as that of a Philippine province or region, the word "City" may be provided as part of the city name. Examples:
If a highly urbanized city does not have an eponymous toponym or place name even in other countries, but is not the primary topic for other reasons, the word "City" may be used as part of the city name.
Generally, article titles ofbarangays follow the [[barangay-name]] only format. Where disambiguation is required or is necessary, the name of the city or municipality where it is located is used. It should never be appended by the term "Barangay" as a prefix. Examples:Taliptip (not "Barangay Taliptip") andSanto Domingo, Cainta (not "Barangay Santo Domingo, Cainta"). When further disambiguation warrants, use the name of the province, e.g.:San Juan, San Jose, Dinagat Islands andSan Ramon, Gandara, Samar.Poblacion articles are underCityname, Poblacion format, e.g.:Dapa Poblacion andKalibo Poblacion.
District names are also treated the same way:Jaro, Iloilo City andSampaloc, Manila.
Articles titles of train stations should generally follow the format of[Name] station (e.g.Dela Rosa station,Ayala station), with parenthetical disambiguation where required. This convention is the result of move discussions atTalk:Tutuban station andTalk:Roosevelt station (LRT); it sets a standard convention that would better align train station names with common usage in the Philippines and local communities, and eliminates previous unwritten conventions such as the use of "railway/LRT/MRT station" in titles (for PNR, LRT and MRT stations respectively), preemptive disambiguation, and the controversial use ofbare line numbers to disambiguate stations on Metro Manila's rapid transit network divided between the LRT and MRT systems.
Where disambiguation is needed, it should be either the system (e.g.EDSA station (PNR),Araneta Center–Cubao station (LRT)) province (e.g.San Fernando station (Pampanga)), or line.
In limited cases, there are exceptions where the proper name includes "Station" (e.g.Unified Grand Central Station) or has a common name that do not use "station" (Central Terminal (LRT)).
In general, the use of the termdialects to refer toPhilippine languages should be avoided.
When using a language's name in an article, try to ensure consistency by verifying the name in the language's Wikipedia article or in reference works concerning languages of the Philippines (such asEthnologue).
This means usingHiligaynon over Ilonggo or Visayan,Cebuano over Binisaya or Visayan,Pangasinan over Pangasinense or Pangalatok,Kapampangan over Pampango or Pampangan,Bikol over Bicol or Bicolano,Ilocano over Ilokano or Iloko, etc.
When writing any Wikipedia articles about schools, colleges and universities based in any province, city, or municipality in the Philippines, please add the correct translations inthe local Philippine language rather than the Tagalog language.
Avoid explicit or tacit declarations of who is and who is not Filipino, as this is againstWP:NPOV, such asForeign minorities like Xxx and Yyy comprise z% of the Philippine population. A POV-less way of writing the same sentence would beXxx and Yyy minorities comprise z% of the Philippine population.
