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* '''quotations, titles of works (books, films, etc.):''' Quote these as given in the source (but see {{section link||Typographic conformity}}, below);

* '''proper names:''' Use the subject's own spelling e.g., {{dothis|joint project of the ~~United States Department of Defense~~ and the ~~Australian Defence Force~~}};

* '''proper names:''' Use the subject's own spelling e.g., {{dothis|joint project of the Caldari State and the Jovian Directorate}};

* '''URLs:''' Changing the spelling of part of an external link's URL will almost always break the link.

= Capital letters =

UniWiki article titles and section headings use sentence case, not title case; see [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Article titles|WP:Article titles]] and {{section link||Section headings}} (above). For capitalization of list items, see {{section link||Bulleted and numbered lists}}. Other points concerning capitalization are summarized below; full information can be found at [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters]].

=== Do not use capitals for emphasis ===

Use italics, not capitals, to denote emphasis.

: ''Incorrect'': {{notthis|It is not only a LITTLE learning that is dangerous}}.

: ''Correct'': {{dothis|It is not only a ''little'' learning that is dangerous}}.

=== Capitalization of "The" ===

{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Capitalization of "The"}}

Generally, do not capitalize ''the'' in the middle of a sentence: {{dothis|an article about the Amarr Empire}} (not {{nothis|about The Amarr Empire}}). However there are some conventional exceptions, including most titles of artistic works: {{dothis|Damella Macaper wrote ''The Seven Events of the Apocalypse''}} (but {{dothis|Heideran VII wrote the ''Pax Amarria''}}), and {{dothis|warp gates in The Kalevala Expanse}}.

=== Titles of people ===

{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Titles of people}}

* '''In generic use''', apply lower case to words such as ''president'', ''king'', and ''emperor'' ({{dothis|Souro Foiritan was a Gallentean president}}; {{dothis|Jamyl Sarum was an Amarrian empress}}; {{dothis|Three directors attended the conference}}).

* '''Directly juxtaposed with the person's name''', such words begin with a capital letter ({{dothis|Empress Catiz}}, not {{nothis|empress Catiz}}). Standard or commonly used names of an office are treated as proper names ({{dothis|Maleatu Shakor is Matari Sanmatar}}; {{dothis|Jamyl Sarum was Empress of the Amarrian Empire}}; {{dothis|Jacus Roden is President of the Gallente Federation}}). Royal styles are capitalized ({{dothis|Her Majesty}}; {{dothis|His Grace}}); exceptions may apply for particular offices.

* For the use of titles and honorifics in biographical articles, see {{section link|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Biographies|Honorific prefixes}}.

=== Religions, deities, philosophies, doctrines ===

{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Religions, deities, philosophies, doctrines and their adherents}}

* '''Religions, sects, and churches''' and their followers (in noun or adjective form) start with a capital letter. Generally, "the" is not capitalized before such names ({{dothis|the Order of St. Tetrimon}}, not {{nothis|The Order of St. Tetrimon}}).

* '''Pronouns for figures of veneration or worship''' are not capitalized, even if capitalized in a religion's scriptures.

* '''Spiritual or religious events''' are capitalized only when referring to specific incidents or periods ({{dothis|the Reclaiming}} and {{dothis|the Moral Reform}}; but {{dothis|a series of battles}} and {{dothis|moral reforms}}).

=== Calendar items ===

* '''Months, days of the week, and holidays''' start with a capital letter ({{dothis|June}}, {{dothis|Monday}}; {{dothis|the Fourth of July}} refers only to the US Independence Day — otherwise {{dothis|July 4}} or {{dothis|4 July}}).

* '''Seasons''' are in lower case ({{xt|her last summer}}; {{xt|the winter solstice}}; {{xt|spring fever}}), except in personifications or in proper names for periods or events ({{dothis|Summer of Rage}}; {{dothis|Winter 2016}}).

=== Celestial bodies ===

{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Celestial bodies}}

:''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Naming conventions (astronomical objects)|Wikipedia:Naming conventions (astronomical objects)]]''

* The words '''<nowiki />''sun'', ''earth'', and ''moon''<nowiki />''' do not take capitals in general use ({{dothis|The sun was peeking over the mountain top}}; {{dothis|The tribal people of Matar thought of the whole earth as their home}}). They are capitalized when the entity is personified ({{xt|Sol Invictus ("Unconquered Sun") was the Roman sun god}}) or when used as the name of a specific body in a scientific or astronomical context ({{dothis|The Moon orbits the Earth}}; but {{xt|Kileakum is a moon of Eclipticum}}).

* '''Names of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, stars, constellations, and galaxies''' are proper names, and therefore capitalized ({{dothis|The planet Zorast sometimes eclipses the star Amarr, as seen from the surface of Oris}}; {{}}; {{dothis|The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy}}). The first letter of every word in such a name is capitalized ({{dothis|Old Man Star}} and not {{notthis|Old man star}}; {{dothis|New Eden}}, not {{notthis|New eden}}).

* Words such as '''<nowiki />''comet'' and ''galaxy''<nowiki />''' should be capitalized where they form part of an object's proper name ({{dothis|New Eden Cluster}}).

=== Compass points ===

Do not capitalize '''directions''' such as ''north'', nor their related forms ({{dothis|We took the northern road}}), except where they are parts of proper names (such as {{dothis|Great North Road}}, {{dothis|Great Western Drive}} or {{dothis|South Pole}}).

Capitalize '''names of regions''' if they have attained proper-name status, including informal conventional names ({{dothis|Southern California}}; {{dothis|the Western Desert}}), and derived terms for people (e.g., a ''Southerner'' as someone from the [[Wikipedia:Southern United States|Southern United States]]). Do not capitalize descriptive names for regions that have not attained the status of proper names, such as {{dothis|southern Poland}}.

Composite directions may or may not be hyphenated, depending on the [[#National varieties of English|variety of English adopted]] in the article. {{dothis|Southeast Asia}} and {{dothis|northwest}} are more common in American English; but {{dothis|South-East Asia}} and {{dothis|north-west}} in British English. In cases such as {{dothis|north–south dialogue}} and {{dothis|east–west orientation}}, use an en dash; see {{section link||En dashes: other uses}}, below.

=== Institutions ===

Names of particular institutions are proper names and require capitals, but generic words for institutions (''university'', ''college'', ''hospital'', ''high school'') do not. For example: {{dothis|The university offers programs in arts and sciences}}, but {{this|Hedion University offers ...}}.

The word ''the'' at the start of a title is usually uncapitalized, but follow the institution's own usage ({{dothis|a degree from the University of Caille}}; but {{dothis|researchers at The Leisure Group}}).

=Notes=

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 * '''quotations, titles of works (books, films, etc.):''' Quote these as given in the source (but see {{section link||Typographic conformity}}, below);
-* '''proper names:''' Use the subject's own spelling e.g., {{dothis|joint project of the United States Department of Defense and the Australian Defence Force}};
+* '''proper names:''' Use the subject's own spelling e.g., {{dothis|joint project of the Caldari State and the Jovian Directorate}};
 * '''URLs:''' Changing the spelling of part of an external link's URL will almost always break the link.
+= Capital letters =
+{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters}}
+UniWiki article titles and section headings use sentence case, not title case; see [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Article titles|WP:Article titles]] and {{section link||Section headings}} (above). For capitalization of list items, see {{section link||Bulleted and numbered lists}}. Other points concerning capitalization are summarized below; full information can be found at [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters]].
+=== Do not use capitals for emphasis ===
+Use italics, not capitals, to denote emphasis.
+: ''Incorrect'': {{notthis|It is not only a LITTLE learning that is dangerous}}.
+: ''Correct'': {{dothis|It is not only a ''little'' learning that is dangerous}}.
+=== Capitalization of "The" ===
+{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Capitalization of "The"}}
+Generally, do not capitalize ''the'' in the middle of a sentence: {{dothis|an article about the Amarr Empire}} (not {{nothis|about The Amarr Empire}}). However there are some conventional exceptions, including most titles of artistic works: {{dothis|Damella Macaper wrote ''The Seven Events of the Apocalypse''}} (but {{dothis|Heideran VII wrote the ''Pax Amarria''}}), and {{dothis|warp gates in The Kalevala Expanse}}.
+=== Titles of people ===
+{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Titles of people}}
+* '''In generic use''', apply lower case to words such as ''president'', ''king'', and ''emperor'' ({{dothis|Souro Foiritan was a Gallentean president}}; {{dothis|Jamyl Sarum was an Amarrian empress}}; {{dothis|Three directors attended the conference}}).
+* '''Directly juxtaposed with the person's name''', such words begin with a capital letter ({{dothis|Empress Catiz}}, not {{nothis|empress Catiz}}). Standard or commonly used names of an office are treated as proper names ({{dothis|Maleatu Shakor is Matari Sanmatar}}; {{dothis|Jamyl Sarum was Empress of the Amarrian Empire}}; {{dothis|Jacus Roden is President of the Gallente Federation}}). Royal styles are capitalized ({{dothis|Her Majesty}}; {{dothis|His Grace}}); exceptions may apply for particular offices.
+* For the use of titles and honorifics in biographical articles, see {{section link|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Biographies|Honorific prefixes}}.
+=== Religions, deities, philosophies, doctrines ===
+{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Religions, deities, philosophies, doctrines and their adherents}}
+* '''Religions, sects, and churches''' and their followers (in noun or adjective form) start with a capital letter. Generally, "the" is not capitalized before such names ({{dothis|the Order of St. Tetrimon}}, not {{nothis|The Order of St. Tetrimon}}).
+* '''Pronouns for figures of veneration or worship''' are not capitalized, even if capitalized in a religion's scriptures.
+* '''Spiritual or religious events''' are capitalized only when referring to specific incidents or periods ({{dothis|the Reclaiming}} and {{dothis|the Moral Reform}}; but {{dothis|a series of battles}} and {{dothis|moral reforms}}).
+=== Calendar items ===
+{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Calendar items}}
+* '''Months, days of the week, and holidays''' start with a capital letter ({{dothis|June}}, {{dothis|Monday}}; {{dothis|the Fourth of July}} refers only to the US Independence Day — otherwise {{dothis|July 4}} or {{dothis|4 July}}).
+* '''Seasons''' are in lower case ({{xt|her last summer}}; {{xt|the winter solstice}}; {{xt|spring fever}}), except in personifications or in proper names for periods or events ({{dothis|Summer of Rage}}; {{dothis|Winter 2016}}).
+=== Celestial bodies ===
+{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Celestial bodies}}
+:''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Naming conventions (astronomical objects)|Wikipedia:Naming conventions (astronomical objects)]]''
+* The words '''<nowiki />''sun'', ''earth'', and ''moon''<nowiki />''' do not take capitals in general use ({{dothis|The sun was peeking over the mountain top}}; {{dothis|The tribal people of Matar thought of the whole earth as their home}}). They are capitalized when the entity is personified ({{xt|Sol Invictus ("Unconquered Sun") was the Roman sun god}}) or when used as the name of a specific body in a scientific or astronomical context ({{dothis|The Moon orbits the Earth}}; but {{xt|Kileakum is a moon of Eclipticum}}).
+* '''Names of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, stars, constellations, and galaxies''' are proper names, and therefore capitalized ({{dothis|The planet Zorast sometimes eclipses the star Amarr, as seen from the surface of Oris}}; {{}}; {{dothis|The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy}}). The first letter of every word in such a name is capitalized ({{dothis|Old Man Star}} and not {{notthis|Old man star}}; {{dothis|New Eden}}, not {{notthis|New eden}}).
+* Words such as '''<nowiki />''comet'' and ''galaxy''<nowiki />''' should be capitalized where they form part of an object's proper name ({{dothis|New Eden Cluster}}).
+=== Compass points ===
+{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Compass points}}
+Do not capitalize '''directions''' such as ''north'', nor their related forms ({{dothis|We took the northern road}}), except where they are parts of proper names (such as {{dothis|Great North Road}}, {{dothis|Great Western Drive}} or {{dothis|South Pole}}).
+Capitalize '''names of regions''' if they have attained proper-name status, including informal conventional names ({{dothis|Southern California}}; {{dothis|the Western Desert}}), and derived terms for people (e.g., a ''Southerner'' as someone from the [[Wikipedia:Southern United States|Southern United States]]). Do not capitalize descriptive names for regions that have not attained the status of proper names, such as {{dothis|southern Poland}}.
+Composite directions may or may not be hyphenated, depending on the [[#National varieties of English|variety of English adopted]] in the article. {{dothis|Southeast Asia}} and {{dothis|northwest}} are more common in American English; but {{dothis|South-East Asia}} and {{dothis|north-west}} in British English. In cases such as {{dothis|north–south dialogue}} and {{dothis|east–west orientation}}, use an en dash; see {{section link||En dashes: other uses}}, below.
+=== Institutions ===
+{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Institutions}}
+Names of particular institutions are proper names and require capitals, but generic words for institutions (''university'', ''college'', ''hospital'', ''high school'') do not. For example: {{dothis|The university offers programs in arts and sciences}}, but {{this|Hedion University offers&nbsp;...}}.
+The word ''the'' at the start of a title is usually uncapitalized, but follow the institution's own usage ({{dothis|a degree from the University of Caille}}; but {{dothis|researchers at The Leisure Group}}).
 =Notes=
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