Forum:(In)definite articles

As per the MoS; definite (the) and indefinite articles (a/an) should be avoided in article titles, except if they are used as the official title. We have bunch of articles with "the" included as part of the title, so it needs to really be examined if these pages should be renamed or not. Basically this thread is a sequel/counterpart to the capitalisation thread, especially since as demonstrated by Wikipedia; a definite article (the) is not ever part of the title of a common name/noun, only proper names/nouns, and the capitalisation thread's thread purpose is to determine that.

This thread differs from that thread in that in running text a definite article can still be uncapitalised while still being part of the proper title, depending under which convention the definitive article is being included, which Wikipedia also demonstrates. Meaning that even if "the" is written in lowercase in running text it may still be correct to include it as part of the title.

Only examples where quirks do not impact reliability should be cited as opposed to all examples used in the Capitalisation thread. - The Light6 (talk) 14:52, June 7, 2014 (UTC)