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of Singapore-related articles (such as articles about Singaporean festivals), the article title in English in boldface should be followed by translations of the title in parentheses in the three other official languages, ordered alphabetically as follows: Malay, Mandarin and Tamil.
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If a name refers to the Singapore place much more than to any other place (that is, the Singapore place is significantly more commonly searched for than other places), the article can be named after the Singapore place without any qualifications (see
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In most cases, the first option is the most commonly used. However, the use of this short form increases the likelihood of similarly named articles. Where it is necessary to disambiguate the article as a result, either the full name
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Where a specific romanisation system is used, conventions used by that system should be adhered to. Hence, Pinyin names should have no spaces in the first name (Huang Wenyong, and not Huang Wen Yong), and
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Article titles should follow the manner in which the subjects of the articles normally appear in English-language publications in Singapore. When persons do not usually use the words
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In general, a biographical article should be named in the way the name of the person who is the article's subject usually appears in English-language publications in Singapore.
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is recommended. Where the name of a Malay person contains a patronymic and lacks a surname, to avoid the article being incorrectly sorted by the patronymic, add a
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country, Singapore has inherited many elements of British culture. Singapore-related articles generally follow spelling and grammar conventions of
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Article titles should follow the manner in which the subjects of the articles normally appear in English-language publications in Singapore,
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Dates are usually indicated with the day before the month, that is, "9 August" and "9 August 1965". Therefore, in accordance with
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nggol" in the road name "Ponggol Seventeenth Avenue" as that is the official name of the road in English.
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Where a Chinese person usually indicates their surname at the beginning of the name, the use of the
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The names of Singaporeans with both Chinese and Western names are set out in a variety of ways:
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and lacks a surname, to avoid the article being incorrectly sorted by the patronymic, add a
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the parameter "df=yes" ("df" standing for "day first") should be used with the templates
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in parentheses after the metric measurement. This can be done conveniently using the
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If the names have a complex history or vary considerably from language to language (
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It is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though
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The official English name for places should be used. For example, "
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is recommended. Where the name of an Indian person contains a
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dates should be set out with the day before the month; and
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Alternative, non-English names should usually be listed
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for templates designed for Singapore-related articles.
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for infoboxes designed for Singapore-related articles.
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Index

Knowledge (XXG):Manual of Style
guideline
Manual of Style
occasional exceptions
consensus
talk page
Shortcuts
MOS:SG
WP:MOSSG
Manual of Style (MoS)
Content
Accessibility
Biography
Disambiguation pages
Organizing by subject
Gender identity
Hidden text
Infoboxes
Linking
Self-references
Words to watch
Formatting
Abbreviations
Capitalization
Dates and numbers
Pronunciation
Spelling
Text formatting
Titles of works
Images

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