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* Title is listed in upper/lower case, not all caps. Regular rules of capitalization apply. I.e., American comics should have non-initial articles, conjunctions, and prepositions in all lower case.
* Title is listed in upper/lower case, not all caps. Regular rules of capitalization apply. I.e., American comics should have non-initial articles, conjunctions, and prepositions in all lower case.
* Multiple series with the same title are differentiated by the dates of the series rather than any change in the data in this field (i.e. "Eternals" with a starting date of 2008, not "Eternals [4th series]").  If multiple series with the same title came out starting in the same year, we have to do something else which is not yet decided.
   
   
* Examples:
* Examples:

Revision as of 00:41, 17 September 2008

  • Required field
  • The title spelled as it appears in the indicia or title page.
  • Leading articles ("A", "An" and "The") are placed at the end of the title, separated by a comma-space.
  • Title is listed in upper/lower case, not all caps. Regular rules of capitalization apply. I.e., American comics should have non-initial articles, conjunctions, and prepositions in all lower case.
  • Multiple series with the same title are differentiated by the dates of the series rather than any change in the data in this field (i.e. "Eternals" with a starting date of 2008, not "Eternals [4th series]"). If multiple series with the same title came out starting in the same year, we have to do something else which is not yet decided.
  • Examples:
Superman
Action Comics
Adventures of Superman, The
Patty Cake Christmas, A
Best of the West

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Unapproved Definition ported over from re-write (July 14, 2008)