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==Titles of people== | ==Titles of people== | ||
Offices, titles, and positions such as ''president'', ''king'', ''emperor'', ''pope'', ''bishop'', ''abbot'', and ''executive director'' are common nouns and therefore should be in lower case when used generically: {{xt|Mitterrand was the French president}} or {{xt|There were many presidents at the meeting.}} They are capitalized only in the following cases: | Offices, titles, and positions such as ''president'', ''king'', ''emperor'', ''pope'', ''bishop'', ''abbot'', and ''executive director'' are common nouns and therefore should be in lower case when used generically: {{xt|Mitterrand was the French president}} or {{xt|There were many presidents at the meeting.}} They are capitalized only in the following cases: | ||
* When followed by a person's name to form a title, i.e., when they can be considered to have become part of the name: {{xt|President Nixon}}, not {{!xt|president Nixon}} | * When followed by a person's name to form a title, i.e., when they can be considered to have become part of the name: {{xt|President Nixon}}, not {{!xt|president Nixon}} | ||
* When a title is used to refer to a specific and obvious person as a substitute for their name, e.g., {{xt|the Queen}}, not {{!xt|the queen}}, referring to [[Elizabeth II]] | * When a title is used to refer to a specific and obvious person as a substitute for their name, e.g., {{xt|the Queen}}, not {{!xt|the queen}}, referring to [[Wikipedia:Elizabeth II|Elizabeth II]] | ||
* When the correct formal title is treated as a proper name (e.g., {{xt|King of France}}; it is correct to write {{xt|Louis XVI was King of France}} but {{xt|Louis XVI was the French king}}) | * When the correct formal title is treated as a proper name (e.g., {{xt|King of France}}; it is correct to write {{xt|Louis XVI was King of France}} but {{xt|Louis XVI was the French king}}) | ||
When an unhyphenated compound title such as ''vice president'' or ''chief executive officer'' is capitalized (unless this is simply because it begins a sentence), each word begins with a capital letter: {{xt|On October 10, 1973, Vice President Agnew resigned and Gerald Ford was appointed to replace him.}} This does not apply to unimportant words such as the "of" in {{xt|White House Chief of Staff John Doe}}. When hyphenated, as ''Vice-president'' is in some contexts other than U.S. politics, the second (and any subsequent) elements are not capitalized. | When an unhyphenated compound title such as ''vice president'' or ''chief executive officer'' is capitalized (unless this is simply because it begins a sentence), each word begins with a capital letter: {{xt|On October 10, 1973, Vice President Agnew resigned and Gerald Ford was appointed to replace him.}} This does not apply to unimportant words such as the "of" in {{xt|White House Chief of Staff John Doe}}. When hyphenated, as ''Vice-president'' is in some contexts other than U.S. politics, the second (and any subsequent) elements are not capitalized. | ||
Honorifics and [[royal and noble styles|styles of nobility]] should normally be capitalized, e.g., {{xt|Her Majesty}}, {{xt|His Holiness}}. | Honorifics and [[Wikipedia:royal and noble styles|styles of nobility]] should normally be capitalized, e.g., {{xt|Her Majesty}}, {{xt|His Holiness}}. | ||
=={{Anchor|Religion|Philosophy|Movement}}Religions, deities, philosophies, doctrines and their adherents== | =={{Anchor|Religion|Philosophy|Movement}}Religions, deities, philosophies, doctrines and their adherents== | ||