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  2. Capitalization of Internet - Wikipedia

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    In 1999, another column said that Internet might, like some other commonly used proper nouns, lose its capital letter. [14] Capitalization of the word as an adjective (specifically, a noun adjunct) also varies. Some guides specify that the word should be capitalized as a noun but not capitalized as an adjective, e.g., "internet resources." [15]

  3. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Capital letters

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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.

  4. Wikipedia talk : Manual of Style/Capital letters/Archive 5

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    "Internet" with a a capital "I" and lower-case "internet" have two different meanings (the Internet, vs. any inter-network; the latter is a common noun, though not a common one, if you get my meaning). That some mainstream publications are sloppy is irrelevant.

  5. Wikipedia talk : Manual of Style/Archive (capitalization)

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    That being said, words like Internet and Web (for World Wide Web) are proper nouns, and should be capitalized accordingly. Wikipedia style also prescribes capitalization of compound words derived from proper nouns, but words like webmaster generally go uncapitalized per the predominant professional style guides. Something to bear in mind.

  6. Wikipedia talk : Manual of Style/Capital letters/Archive 31

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    Census should only be capitalized in a proper name or a conventionalized variant of one that is treated as a proper name. This basically resolves to just the government body ( United States Census Bureau , or US Census Bureau for short, or the Census Bureau in a clear enough context), and a publication ( 1910 United States Census or United ...

  7. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Trademarks

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    Following an official name change, Wikipedia does not automatically switch to the new one, but follows the most common usage in independent reliable sources written after the change. Previous names are often better placed in the article body (e.g. under a "History" section) than in the lead, especially if there are several of them.

  8. Trump has an unusual habit of capitalizing random words in ...

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    President Donald Trump has an unusual writing style that has caught the attention of linguists and writing experts.

  9. Capitalization in English - Wikipedia

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    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 ...