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Ability to have parentheses in article titles

New Feature Addition · Articles & templates · Created by MistyShadowsXX
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

  Currently, you cannot add parentheses "()" to an article title. I would like that to change.   I have two organizations in my world, one of which is the predecessor organization of the other, and both possess the same names. I want to be able to distinguish between the two by adding (Old) and (Reformed) to the respective article titles.   The only reason I can think of as to why this isn't allowed is because it might mess with article linking. If that is the case, could the Devs please nonetheless try to find a way around this so parentheses are allowed in article titles? It would be much appreciated!    

How does this feature request address the current situation?

   

What are other uses for this feature request?

Current score

13/300 Votes · +1503 points

Votes Cast

  • +100

    by pepingvin
    on 2024-04-30 15:02
  • +300

    by Mournblade94
    on 2024-04-25 17:58
  • +1

    by A Fierce Dwarf
    on 2024-04-25 09:55
  • +100

    by Sir Lel
    on 2024-04-23 08:35
  • +300

    by Hossyboy
    on 2024-04-22 23:22
  • -100

    by tjtrewin
    on 2024-04-21 19:52
    Pretty much what The Big G said! I'd go with "Article - Old" and "Article - Reformed" instead
  • +300

    by PhntmDrgn
    on 2024-04-21 18:42
    I would love this feature. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that it would cause a lot of problems “under the hood”.
  • +1

    by Gaëlle S.
    on 2024-04-21 12:01
  • +300

    by Arcavato
    on 2024-04-20 20:18
    The lack of this feature has caused me no small amount of grief in regards to organization, including the ability to tell apart different articles with similar names.
  • -1

    by WeStanNikolai
    on 2024-04-20 17:58
    Since article linking is very much a core and important feature of WA, at least from my end, I don't really see an option for sidestepping this interference with parentheses in titles.
  • -100

    by The Big G
    on 2024-04-20 02:57
    I've run up against this exact problem myself, wanting to distinguish between two distinct characters or organizations that share a name. But the user-side solution is so simple, I don't believe it's worth asking the devs to re-engineer the linking mechanics. Instead of parentheses, why not use a comma to separate modifiers from titles? A colon or a dash would also accomplish this.
  • +1

    by Amancham
    on 2024-04-19 23:09
  • +1

    by [email protected]
    on 2024-04-19 19:28
  • +300

    by MistyShadowsXX
    on 2024-04-19 06:02