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

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==All caps==

~~{{Shortcut|MOS:ALLCAPS|MOS:SMALLCAPS}}~~

Avoid writing with [[all caps|all capitals]], including [[small caps]], when they have only a stylistic function. Reduce them to one of the other [[title case#Headings and publication titles|title cases]] or normal case, as appropriate.

Avoid writing with [[Wikipedia:all caps|all capitals]], including [[Wikipedia:Small caps|small caps]], when they have only a stylistic function. Reduce them to one of the other [[Wikipedia:title case#Headings and publication titles|title cases]] or normal case, as appropriate.

* Reduce newspaper headlines and other titles from all caps to [[letter case#Usage|sentence case]] or title case. For example, replace the headline "WAR BEGINS TODAY" with {{xt|"War begins today"}} or {{xt|"War Begins Today"}}.<ref>E.g.: {{cite news |work=The New York Times |url= http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0910.html#article |title=Troops Use Machine Gun on Boston Mob; 5,000 Guarding City as Riots Continue; City Acclaims Parade of Fighting First |accessdate=January 8, 2009 |date=September 10, 1919}}</ref>

* Reduce newspaper headlines and other titles from all caps to [[Wikipedia:letter case#Usage|sentence case]] or title case. For example, replace the headline "WAR BEGINS TODAY" with {{xt|"War begins today"}} or {{xt|"War Begins Today"}}.

* Reduce track titles on albums where all or most tracks are listed in all capitals. ''For which words should be capitalized, see [[#Composition titles|Composition titles]], below.''

* Reduce court decisions from all caps. Write {{xt|''[[Roe v. Wade]]''}}, even though the decision when issued was "ROE v. WADE".<ref>''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', {{ussc|410|113|1973}}.</ref>

* Reduce proclamations, such as those for the [[Wikipedia:Medal of Honor|Medal of Honor]], from all capitals.

* Reduce proclamations, such as those for the [[Medal of Honor]], from all capitals.

* Reduce text written in all capitals in trademarks – ''see [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Trademarks]]''.

* Reduce text written in all capitals in trademarks – ''see [[WP:Manual of Style/Trademarks]]''.

* Reduce Latin quotations and terms from all capitals.<ref>The alphabet in which Latin was originally written had no lower case.</ref> ''See also [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Text formatting#Foreign terms|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Text formatting § Foreign terms]].''

* Reduce Latin quotations and terms from all capitals.<ref>The alphabet in which Latin was originally written had no lower case.</ref> ''See also [[~~Wikipedia~~:Manual of Style/Text formatting#Foreign terms|WP:Manual of Style/Text formatting § Foreign terms]].''

* Do not write with all capitals for emphasis; italics are preferred ''(see [[#Do not use for emphasis|Do not use for emphasis]] above)''.

Certain words may be written with all capitals or small capitals. Examples include:

* Acronyms and initialisms ~~{{see above|Acronyms|short=y}}~~

* Acronyms and initialisms ''(See [[#Acronyms|above]])

* In religion, renderings of the [[tetragrammaton]]; ''~~see [[Template:LORD]]~~''

* Certain citation styles (e.g. that of the Linguistic Society of America or Bluebook) require that certain parts of the citation, such as author names in alphabetical reference sections be written in small caps. If an editor has chosen this style, it should be respected per [[Wikipedia:WP:CITEVAR|Wikipedia:Citing sources]].

* In linguistics and philology, [[interlinear gloss]]ing of grammatical morphemes (~~as opposed to lexical morphemes), and transcription of~~ [[~~logogram~~]]~~s (as opposed to phonograms~~)

* Certain citation styles (e.g. that of the Linguistic Society of America or Bluebook) require that certain parts of the citation, such as author names in alphabetical reference sections be written in small caps. If an editor has chosen this style, it should be respected per [[WP:CITEVAR]].

* Texts and example words in Classical Latin and Greek may be given in all or small caps to reflect the [[unicase]] letterforms of that era.

==Trademarks==

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 ==All caps==
-{{Shortcut|MOS:ALLCAPS|MOS:SMALLCAPS}}
-Avoid writing with [[all caps|all capitals]], including [[small caps]], when they have only a stylistic function. Reduce them to one of the other [[title case#Headings and publication titles|title cases]] or normal case, as appropriate.
+Avoid writing with [[Wikipedia:all caps|all capitals]], including [[Wikipedia:Small caps|small caps]], when they have only a stylistic function. Reduce them to one of the other [[Wikipedia:title case#Headings and publication titles|title cases]] or normal case, as appropriate.
-* Reduce newspaper headlines and other titles from all caps to [[letter case#Usage|sentence case]] or title case. For example, replace the headline "WAR BEGINS TODAY" with {{xt|"War begins today"}} or {{xt|"War Begins Today"}}.<ref>E.g.: {{cite news |work=The New York Times |url= http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0910.html#article |title=Troops Use Machine Gun on Boston Mob; 5,000 Guarding City as Riots Continue; City Acclaims Parade of Fighting First |accessdate=January 8, 2009 |date=September 10, 1919}}</ref>
+* Reduce newspaper headlines and other titles from all caps to [[Wikipedia:letter case#Usage|sentence case]] or title case. For example, replace the headline "WAR BEGINS TODAY" with {{xt|"War begins today"}} or {{xt|"War Begins Today"}}.
 * Reduce track titles on albums where all or most tracks are listed in all capitals. ''For which words should be capitalized, see [[#Composition titles|Composition titles]], below.''
-* Reduce court decisions from all caps. Write {{xt|''[[Roe v. Wade]]''}}, even though the decision when issued was "ROE v. WADE".<ref>''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', {{ussc|410|113|1973}}.</ref>
+* Reduce proclamations, such as those for the [[Wikipedia:Medal of Honor|Medal of Honor]], from all capitals.
-* Reduce proclamations, such as those for the [[Medal of Honor]], from all capitals.
+* Reduce text written in all capitals in trademarks – ''see [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Trademarks]]''.
-* Reduce text written in all capitals in trademarks – ''see [[WP:Manual of Style/Trademarks]]''.
+* Reduce Latin quotations and terms from all capitals.<ref>The alphabet in which Latin was originally written had no lower case.</ref> ''See also [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Text formatting#Foreign terms|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Text formatting §&thinsp;Foreign terms]].''
-* Reduce Latin quotations and terms from all capitals.<ref>The alphabet in which Latin was originally written had no lower case.</ref> ''See also [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting#Foreign terms|WP:Manual of Style/Text formatting §&thinsp;Foreign terms]].''
 * Do not write with all capitals for emphasis; italics are preferred ''(see [[#Do not use for emphasis|Do not use for emphasis]] above)''.
 Certain words may be written with all capitals or small capitals. Examples include:
-* Acronyms and initialisms {{see above|Acronyms|short=y}}
+* Acronyms and initialisms ''(See [[#Acronyms|above]])
-* In religion, renderings of the [[tetragrammaton]]; ''see [[Template:LORD]]''
+* Certain citation styles (e.g. that of the Linguistic Society of America or Bluebook) require that certain parts of the citation, such as author names in alphabetical reference sections be written in small caps. If an editor has chosen this style, it should be respected per [[Wikipedia:WP:CITEVAR|Wikipedia:Citing sources]].
-* In linguistics and philology, [[interlinear gloss]]ing of grammatical morphemes (as opposed to lexical morphemes), and transcription of [[logogram]]s (as opposed to phonograms)
-* Certain citation styles (e.g. that of the Linguistic Society of America or Bluebook) require that certain parts of the citation, such as author names in alphabetical reference sections be written in small caps. If an editor has chosen this style, it should be respected per [[WP:CITEVAR]].
-* Texts and example words in Classical Latin and Greek may be given in all or small caps to reflect the [[unicase]] letterforms of that era.
 ==Trademarks==