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  2. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Capital letters

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    The adjective biblical should not be capitalized. Quranic is normally capitalized, but usage varies for talmudic, vedic, etc. Be consistent within an article. Do not capitalize terms denoting types of religious or mythical beings, such as angel, fairy, or deva. The personal names of individual beings are capitalized as normal (the archangel Gabriel

  3. Capitalization in English - Wikipedia

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    Generally acronyms and initialisms are capitalized, e.g., "NASA" or "SOS". Sometimes, a minor word such as a preposition is not capitalized within the acronym, such as "WoW" for "World of Warcraft". In some British English style guides, only the initial letter of an acronym is capitalized if the acronym is read as a word, e.g., "Nasa" or ...

  4. Wikipedia talk : Manual of Style/Capital letters/Archive 27

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    Why? What about "He was re-elected to the office of [P/p]resident of the United States"? I have no idea whether this is supposed to be capitalized or not. The simplest de-capitalization rule is to capitalize if, and only if, the title is directly used as a title in front of a name, so "President Nixon" but everywhere else "president".

  5. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Biography

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    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.

  6. Wikipedia talk : Manual of Style/Capital letters/Archive 22

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    the (capitalized) title (not necessarily the formal, official title) of an office (typically unique in a given context), such as President of the United States and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – possibly including shortened versions such as "the Prime Minister" when referring to such a unique office

  7. Capitalization - Wikipedia

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    The capital letter "A" in the Latin alphabet, followed by its lowercase equivalent, in sans serif and serif typefaces respectively. Capitalization (American spelling; also British spelling in Oxford) or capitalisation (Commonwealth English; all other meanings) is writing a word with its first letter as a capital letter (uppercase letter) and the remaining letters in lower case, in writing ...

  8. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    Standardized breeds should generally retain the capitalization used in the breed standards. [ l ] Examples: German Shepherd , Russian White goat , Berlin Short-faced Tumbler . As with plant cultivars, this applies whether or not the included noun is a proper name, in contrast to how vernacular names of species are written.

  9. Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters - Wikipedia

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    Some of these terms should be capitalized in particular contexts, e.g. Native Americans, Aboriginal Australians, and Indigenous in several contexts including Alaska and Canada, and Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. However, it simply is not normal English, no matter how many advocacy pushers fight for it change, to capitalize these terms ...