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In a list, if each item of the list is a complete sentence, then it should be capitalized like any other sentence. If the list items are sentence fragments, then capitalization should be consistent – sentence case should be applied to either all or none of the items. See WP:Manual of Style § Bulleted and numbered lists.
For example, the Chicago Manual of Style recommends rendering all prepositions in lowercase, [29] whereas the APA style guide instructs: Capitalize major words in titles of books and articles within the body of the paper. Conjunctions, articles, and short prepositions are not considered major words; however, capitalize all words of four letters ...
In combination with the text just before the example, the insertion sneakily seems to suggest that "Indigenous" belongs to the category "other upper-case terms of this sort", while WP:INDIGENOUS makes it clear that there is actually no consensus on whether or not to capitalize it, so logically it falls rather in the same category as "Black" and ...
For Wikipedia article titles that are not the titles of works and are not in other languages, the English Wikipedia uses sentence case (this is also true of section headings, captions, etc. [e]) In sentence case, generally only the first word and all proper names are capitalized. Examples: List of selection theorems, Women's rights in Haiti.
Should the sentence at MOS:CELESTIALBODIES be changed . 1. by adding "universe" so that the text reads: The words universe, sun, earth, moon and solar system are capitalized (as proper names) when used in an astronomical context to refer to a specific celestial body ...
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 ...
The word universe, by itself, is a common noun and therefore should not be capitalized. It should only be capitalized when it is the first word in a sentence (although the word is normally preceded by the or an adjective) or is part of a part of a proper name, such as The Universe in a Nutshell (the title of a book), Nickelodeon Universe (the ...
Regarding the exact nature of the change: I would favor either adding an extra example sentence similar to those above, or adding an extra clause to the sentence on common nouns, such as: "Common nouns, regardless of their referents, should not be capitalized". The former is perhaps preferable, since it does not rely on knowledge of the ...