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:''Recommended'': {{xt|It is not only a <em>little</em> learning that is dangerous.}}
:''Recommended'': {{xt|It is not only a <em>little</em> learning that is dangerous.}}


==<span id="Section headings" ></span>Headings, headers, and captions==
==Headings, headers, and captions==
{{shortcut|MOS:SECTIONCAPS|MOS:HEADCAPS}}
{{main|UniWiki:Manual of Style#Section headings}}
{{main|Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Section headings}}


Use [[sentence case]], not [[title case]], capitalization in all section headings. Capitalize the first letter of the first word, but leave the rest lower case except for proper names and other items that would ordinarily be capitalized in running text.
Use [[Wikipedia:Sentence case|sentence case]], not [[Wikipedia:Title case|title case]], capitalization in most section headings. Capitalize the first letter of the first word, but leave the rest lower case except for proper names and other items that would ordinarily be capitalized in running text.
:''Not recommended'': {{!xt|Economic and Demographic Shifts After World War II}}
:''Not recommended'': {{!xt|Economic and Demographic Shifts After World War II}}
:''Recommended'': {{xt|Economic and demographic shifts after World War II}}
:''Recommended'': {{xt|Economic and demographic shifts after World War II}}


The same applies to the [[Wikipedia:Article titles#Article title format|titles of articles]], [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables#Captions and headers|table headers and captions]], the headers of [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes|infoboxes]] and [[Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates#Navigation templates|navigation templates]], and [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images#Syntax|image captions and alt text]]. {{crossref|(For list items, see next section.)}}
The same applies to the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Article titles#Article title format|titles of articles]], [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Tables#Captions and headers|table headers and captions]], the headers of [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Infoboxes|infoboxes]] and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates#Navigation templates|navigation templates]], and [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Images#Syntax|image captions and alt text]]. ''(For list items, see next section.)''


Linking is easier if titles are in sentence case. It is easier for articles to be merged or split if headings resemble titles.
It is easier for articles to be merged or split if headings resemble titles.


==Initial letters in sentences and list items==
==Initial letters in sentences and list items==