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Wikipedia avoids unnecessary capitalization.In English, capitalization is primarily needed for proper names, acronyms, and for the first letter of a sentence. [a] Wikipedia relies on sources to determine what is conventionally capitalized; only words and phrases that are consistently capitalized in a substantial majority of independent, reliable sources are capitalized in Wikipedia.
APA Style is a “down” style, meaning that words are lowercase unless there is specific guidance to capitalize them such as words beginning a sentence; proper nouns and trade names; job titles and positions; diseases, disorders, therapies, theories, and related terms; titles of works and headings within works; titles of tests and measures; nouns followed by numerals or letters; names of ...
It should also be pretty clear that any numbering prior to a job title is not part of the "correct formal title;" per JOBTITLES, so just as we would not capitalize "55 governors," we would not capitalize "55th governor," simply because "of New York" is included; because grammatically and contextually, the "of" is a preposition used as a ...
I am a capitalization minimalist, and believe that MOS tells us, and should, that when we have a choice of using a job title (which would be capitalized) or the same word as a job description (which would not), then we should prefer job description. However, there is another issue here.
Especially if the WP:SSF is involved ("US Government Job Titles are always Officially capitalized", "Marine Corps ranks are always capitalize because they're Marines!", etc., etc.). — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ ʌ ⱷ҅ ᴥ ⱷ ʌ ≼ 03:44, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Prose should still be succinct, but the significance of the image should be fully explained. Any elements not included in a legend or clearly labelled should be defined in the caption. A substantial, full discussion of a technical image may be confined to the caption if it improves the structure of the prose in the main article.
President Donald Trump has an unusual writing style that has caught the attention of linguists and writing experts.
Overview: Titles should be capitalized when attached to an individual's name, or where the position/office is a globally unique title that is the subject itself, and the term is the actual title or conventional translation thereof (not a description or rewording). Titles should not be capitalized when being used generically.