User:Andrewa/Capitalisation in article titles

Welcome

This page... like all user pages... belongs to the community, not to the user. It exists to help improve Wikipedia. So again, welcome, and feel free to edit it.

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Purpose of the page

To present, link to and annotate arguments for and against capitalisation in article titles.

Capitalisation in running text

This page focusses on article titles, but usage in running text should ideally be consistent with usage in article titles, and vice versa.

For that reason alone, arguments for and against capitalisation in running text are relevant to this page, but that is their only relevance here. Where there is a consensus elsewhere on capitalisation in running text, that is an argument for using the same style in article titles, and should be included below.

But it may not be a conclusive argument. There may be other considerations.

Why is it in user space

This topic has an unfortunate history of long, rambling and often heated discussion, including disputes over refactoring. In user space, the user can exercise a little control over the refactoring. Not a great deal, see above, but hopefully some.

Please discuss any proposed refactoring on the talk page before doing it.

It's in British English by default, obviously by the title, but American English also is welcome. There is no need for consistency on this. Other varieties may be corrected, but please discuss first.

Other relevant discussions

Requested moves

• Talk:IPhone 5S#Requested move Should it be 5S or 5s?
• Talk:Scientific revolution#Requested move 18 April 2014 Should it be Scientific revolution or Scientific Revolution?

Essays

• User:Peter coxhead/English species names as proper names analysis by a professional linguist
• Wikipedia:Specialist style fallacy Nutshell: Wikipedia has its own set of guidelines for article layout and naming. Facts on a subject should be drawn from reliable sources, but how content is styled is a matter for the Wikipedia community.

Lists of links to previous discussions

This should just link to these lists, not reproduce them here. Any links there that are important belong in the sections above.