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Wikipedia avoids unnecessary capitalization.In English, capitalization is primarily needed for proper names, acronyms, and for the first letter of a sentence. [a] Wikipedia relies on sources to determine what is conventionally capitalized; only words and phrases that are consistently capitalized in a substantial majority of independent, reliable sources are capitalized in Wikipedia.
Line breaks between words can be prevented by inserting a non-breaking space instead of an ordinary space by using the code or {}. This avoids lines breaking in the middle of expressions such as 17 kg , AD 565 , £11 billion , December 2024 , 5° 24′ 21.12″ N , Boeing 747 , and World War II .
The heading must be on its own line, with one blank line just before it; a blank line just after is optional and ignored (but do not use two blank lines, before or after, because that will add unwanted visible space). For technical reasons, section headings should: Be unique within a page, so that section links lead to the right place.
Generally acronyms and initialisms are capitalized, e.g., "NASA" or "SOS". Sometimes, a minor word such as a preposition is not capitalized within the acronym, such as "WoW" for "World of Warcraft". In some British English style guides, only the initial letter of an acronym is capitalized if the acronym is read as a word, e.g., "Nasa" or ...
Instead of an ordinary space, use (a non-breaking space) to prevent a line from ending in the middle of expressions like 17 kg, 565 BCE, 2:50 pm, £11 billion, 129 million, December 2024, 5° 24′ 21.12″ N, or Boeing 747; also after the number in 123 Fake Street, and before Roman numerals in World War II and Pope Benedict XVI.
We may need to just add a line-item there to not capitalize every entry in a "list" that is put onto one line. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 22:31, 26 May 2023 (UTC) Let's not overuse the "fandom" rant. See Bill Gates, the first occupation, Businessman is capitalized. I believe capitalizing first items, at least, is quite common on WP ibxs.
President Donald Trump has an unusual writing style that has caught the attention of linguists and writing experts.
Hyphenation: The general rule in English is to not capitalize after a hyphen unless what follows the hyphen is itself usually capitalized (e.g. post-Soviet). However, this rule is often ignored in titles of works. Follow the majority usage in independent, reliable sources for any given subject (e.g. The Out-of-Towners but The History of Middle ...