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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.
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 ...
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.
An "associate degree" is a category, not a specific degree, a descriptive level of degree, not the degree itself. A specific degree, such as "Bachelor of Arts", or even more specifically "Bachelor of Science in Computer Science", is the title of the specific degree itself, and as a title is usually capitalized.
Note that generic titles should not be capitalized (i.e. "master's degree" vs. "Master of Fine Arts"). pburka ( talk ) 20:32, 23 September 2021 (UTC) I too support upper casing degrees (Bachelor of Science, etc.) but would also note the subject itself should be lowercase (Bachelor of Science in communications) unless it would otherwise be ...
We don't capitalize this for the same reason we don't capitalize socialism or method acting or master of arts degree in cultural anthropology. Same goes for the law enforcement community , etc. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 17:41, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
President Donald Trump has an unusual writing style that has caught the attention of linguists and writing experts.
"State" should be capitalized when referring to the government of the state or the official name of the state, but otherwise not. -Rrius 18:55, 15 April 2010 (UTC) My question was intended to get a better idea of whether there is a need for the addition. I agree that "state" should not be capitalized in "state of _____".