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The following subsections recommend a consistent naming convention for bibliographies and a preferred structure for both topical and author bibliographies. The structures recommended are designed to enhance the usefulness of bibliographies for Wikipedia users as well assist editors in ensuring bibliographies meet Wikipedia policies, guidelines and the manual of style.
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===Naming===
The policy within [[Wikipedia:Article titles]] applies to the titles of Wikipedia bibliographies. This project seeks to establish consistency in naming bibliographies within the encyclopedia and recommends the following:
* A bibliography on a topic such as [[biology]] should be named [[Bibliography of biology]]. Because '''[[:Category:Wikipedia bibliographies|Bibliography]]''' is [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists#Types of lists|a recognized type of list in Wikipedia]], an explicit use of the word is preferable to titles such as {{!xt|List of important books about biology}} and {{!xt|Publications on biology}}. Words like ''important'', ''influential'', ''landmark'', ''notable'' and ''popular'' in the title are difficult to defend without significant explanation and should be avoided.
** Topical bibliographies where the topic is a person should be named: {{xt|Bibliography of works on John Doe}}. This eliminates confusion with {{xt|John Doe bibliography}} which lists works by John Doe (an author bibliography).
** Topical bibliographies where the topic is a non-person should be named: Bibliography of topic
* A bibliography of an author such as [[Mark Twain]] should be named [[Mark Twain bibliography]].
* Author bibliographies that contain other types of published works such as music ([[discography]]), or film ([[filmography]]) in addition to published literature should be called ''Works of Author'', [[Works of Rambhadracharya]] for example.
The topic or author of a bibliography should be notable and have an article in Wikipedia.
===Topical bibliographies===
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