Wikipedia:Naming conventions (long lists)

Long lists are split into subsequent pages alphabetically to adhere to the Wikipedia guidelines on article size.

Styles - preferences
Several styles are used. As indicated below, the preferred style is List of foos: A, and for ranges: List of foos: W-X-Y-Z, if applied to numbers: List of foos: - .

Alphabetical
Models (see examples below):
 * List of foo: A &larr; preferred style
 * List of foo A
 * List of foo, A
 * List of foo - A
 * List of foo (A)
 * List of foo:A
 * List of foo starting with A
 * List of A foo
 * List of foo/A

Examples:
 * List of songs with personal names: A and List of solo piano pieces by composer: A


 * List of aircraft manufacturers A


 * List of all ships of the United States Navy, A


 * List of Members of the Canadian Senate - A and List of Asia-related topics - A


 * List of mathematical topics (A) and List of albums (A)


 * List of saints by name:A and List of Japanese authors:A


 * List of diseases starting with A and List of television programs starting with A


 * List of A Postal Codes of Canada


 * List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people : Navigational template: (copied on every page of the list, not in template namespace):
 * Parent article: List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people; Siblings: A-E • F-J • K-O • P-T • U-Z
 * Example of list subpage: List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/A-E

By number
Examples
 * List of symphonies by number : Navigational template: Symphonies by number and name:
 * Example of list subpage: Symphony No. 1


 * New Hampshire Historical Markers : Navigational template: (copied on every page of the list, not in template namespace):
 * {| id="toc" border="0"

! NH Historical Markers:
 * Main 1-25 26-50 51-75 76-100 101-125 126-150 151-175 176-200
 * }
 * Example of list subpage: List of New Hampshire Historical Markers: 1-25

Miscellany
Some of the examples following here might be "problematic" (which is not the same as saying it is known already what would be "ideal solution")
 * List of compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach : Contains (roughly) BWV 225-249, and from 519 up. Note that several works not composed by Bach are included in this list and its sublists. Most of the problems experienced with this list are however primarily resulting from it being a hybrid "by genre"/"by number" list.
 * No navigational template: links connecting the pages are presented differently on every page.
 * Sublists:
 * BWV 1–224: List of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach (does not include all cantatas, e.g. BWV 249a and 249b)
 * BWV 250–438: List of chorales of Johann Sebastian Bach (does not include all chorales, e.g. some of the works above BWV 1080 are chorales; and some of the works for organ are also called chorales, but not included in the sublist)
 * BWV 439–518: List of songs and arias of Johann Sebastian Bach (does not include all arias, e.g. BWV 519–523, 1127)
 * Related (partial) lists: Bach compositions printed during the composer's lifetime, List of Bach cantatas by liturgical function, BWV ("list of lists"),...

Generic templates

 * See also Template messages/Lists

Available templates

 * Template:A-Z multipage list : Navigational template: :


 * Example of list subpage: Wikipedia:List of foos: A


 * Template:List of places : Navigational template: (note: this template has no built-in categorisation)


 * Example of list subpage: List of places in foo: A

Examples using these templates

 * List of United Kingdom locations : Navigational template: :
 * {| id="toc" border="0"


 * | List of United Kingdom locations: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
 * }
 * Example of list subpage: List of United Kingdom locations: A (Note: on that page the navigational template uses a different category sort key, which is the 3rd and last template parameter:, see Category:Lists of United Kingdom locations by name for the result).
 * Example of list subpage: List of United Kingdom locations: A (Note: on that page the navigational template uses a different category sort key, which is the 3rd and last template parameter:, see Category:Lists of United Kingdom locations by name for the result).

Migration strategy
Presently there's no obligatory migration strategy to convert all multi-page lists to the preferred style, however:
 * When starting a new multi-page list (or splitting an existing list in several pages), consider if adoption of the preferred style is possible, if not, try to keep as close to it as possible.
 * for existing multi-page lists: if there's no apparent reason against it (e.g. established consensus, other guidelines like naming conventions (pieces of music),...) the list can be migrated, or at least redirects from pages named according to the preferred style can be created.