Forum:Story pages being moved

Pursuant to Forum:Story names should be automatically disambiguated, all story pages are now being moved to a disambiguated form. For television stories, all titles will now end in. For novels, it'll be. For comic stories, it'll be. A full list is available at the above-named forum thread.

This series of moves will take approximately a week to complete.

In practical terms, this will have very little impact on your editing. Redirects are being retained, so if you were used to using The Myth Makers, for instance, you can keep doing that.

Be aware, however, that — just like before — there are some redirects that won't work, like Castrovalva, which points to the planet. Thus, if you're in doubt, just use, as in Castrovalva (TV story).

The "official" name of the page is being changed so that new users can have a nomenclature that is always true. It's also being changed so that it's easier to program certain templates. If television stories are always followed by, this greatly cuts down on the programming necessary for such templates as the brand new StoryImages, or indeed for older templates like Discontinuity. This move will also greatly help out with title. Because all story pages now have the same structure, it'll be easier to set up italicisation that automatically results in  rather than.

If you have any questions about this move, please feel free to ask them below, or on my user talk page. 05:15: Sat 18 Feb 2012