Forum:Noun usage (eg. unit names)

The wiki seems to be a bit schizophrenic deciding whether, say, unit and building names are considered common or proper nouns. This effects the naming of articles and, by extension, intrawiki links.

For example, I recently found a "Weapons factory" (common noun) article and a "War Factory" (proper noun) article.

My personal preference is to treat generic unit and structure names (like "heavy tank", "construction yard", "cruiser", etc.) as common nouns. Names which are technical, like X-66 Mammoth, can naturally stay as proper nouns like would be in the real world. - Meco (talk) 12:28, 8 June 2009 (UTC)