UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters: Difference between revisions

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* Accepted full names of wars, battles, revolts, revolutions, rebellions, mutinies, skirmishes, risings, campaigns, fronts, raids, actions, operations and so forth are capitalized ([[Wikipedia:Spanish Civil War|Spanish Civil War]], [[Wikipedia:Battle of Leipzig|Battle of Leipzig]], [[Wikipedia:Boxer Rebellion|Boxer Rebellion]], [[Wikipedia:Action of July 8, 1716|Action of July 8, 1716]], [[Wikipedia:Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], [[Wikipedia:Operation Sea Lion|Operation Sea Lion]]). The generic terms (war, revolution, battle) take the lowercase form when standing alone ({{xt|France went to war}}; {{xt|The battle began}}; {{xt|The raid succeeded}}). As a rule of thumb, if a battle, war, etc. has its own Wikipedia article with capitalized name, the name should be capitalized in articles linked to it as it is in the article name.

* Proper names of specific [[Wikipedia:military awards and decorations|military awards and decorations]] are capitalized ({{xt|Medal of Honor}}, {{xt|Victoria Cross}}).

~~==Musical and literary genres==~~

~~{{Shortcut|MOS:GENRECAPS}}~~

~~Names of musical or literary genres do not require capitalization at all, unless the genre name contains a proper name such as the name of a place. For example:~~

~~:''Incorrect'': {{!xt|The Rouge Admins are a Goa Trance band.}}~~

~~:''Incorrect'': {{!xt|The Rouge Admins are a goa trance band.}}~~

~~:''Correct'': {{xt|The Rouge Admins are a Goa trance band.}}~~

~~:''Incorrect'': {{!xt|The French Boys are a Psychedelic Rock band.}}~~

~~:''Correct'': {{xt|The French Boys are a psychedelic rock band.}}~~

~~:''Incorrect'': {{!xt|Asimov is widely considered a master of the Science-Fiction genre.}}~~

~~:''Correct'': {{xt|Asimov is widely considered a master of the science-fiction genre.}}~~

~~:''Incorrect'': {{!xt|A genre of Music and Dance native to the Southern Spanish regions of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia is Flamenco.}}~~

~~:''Correct'': {{xt|A genre of music and dance native to the southern Spanish regions of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia is flamenco.}}~~

~~Radio formats such as {{xt|adult contemporary}} or {{xt|classic rock}} are also not capitalized.~~

=={{anchor|Acronyms and initialisms}} Acronyms==

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 * Accepted full names of wars, battles, revolts, revolutions, rebellions, mutinies, skirmishes, risings, campaigns, fronts, raids, actions, operations and so forth are capitalized ([[Wikipedia:Spanish Civil War|Spanish Civil War]], [[Wikipedia:Battle of Leipzig|Battle of Leipzig]], [[Wikipedia:Boxer Rebellion|Boxer Rebellion]], [[Wikipedia:Action of July 8, 1716|Action of July 8, 1716]], [[Wikipedia:Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], [[Wikipedia:Operation Sea Lion|Operation Sea Lion]]). The generic terms (war, revolution, battle) take the lowercase form when standing alone ({{xt|France went to war}}; {{xt|The battle began}}; {{xt|The raid succeeded}}). As a rule of thumb, if a battle, war, etc. has its own Wikipedia article with capitalized name, the name should be capitalized in articles linked to it as it is in the article name.
 * Proper names of specific [[Wikipedia:military awards and decorations|military awards and decorations]] are capitalized ({{xt|Medal of Honor}}, {{xt|Victoria Cross}}).
-==Musical and literary genres==
-{{Shortcut|MOS:GENRECAPS}}
-Names of musical or literary genres do not require capitalization at all, unless the genre name contains a proper name such as the name of a place. For example:
-:''Incorrect'': {{!xt|The Rouge Admins are a Goa Trance band.}}
-:''Incorrect'': {{!xt|The Rouge Admins are a goa trance band.}}
-:''Correct'': {{xt|The Rouge Admins are a Goa trance band.}}
-:''Incorrect'': {{!xt|The French Boys are a Psychedelic Rock band.}}
-:''Correct'': {{xt|The French Boys are a psychedelic rock band.}}
-:''Incorrect'': {{!xt|Asimov is widely considered a master of the Science-Fiction genre.}}
-:''Correct'': {{xt|Asimov is widely considered a master of the science-fiction genre.}}
-:''Incorrect'': {{!xt|A genre of Music and Dance native to the Southern Spanish regions of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia is Flamenco.}}
-:''Correct'': {{xt|A genre of music and dance native to the southern Spanish regions of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia is flamenco.}}
-Radio formats such as {{xt|adult contemporary}} or {{xt|classic rock}} are also not capitalized.
 =={{anchor|Acronyms and initialisms}} Acronyms==