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  2. 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.

  3. Wikipedia : Simplified Manual of Style

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    The seasons (summer, winter, spring, and fall / autumn) are not capitalized. read more ... Similarly, the compass points (north, southwest) are not capitalized. read more ... When in doubt about whether to capitalize something, the general rule is that Wikipedia only capitalizes that which is capitalized in the vast majority of source material.

  4. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    The first letter of every word in such a name is capitalized (Alpha Centauri and not Alpha centauri; Milky Way, not Milky way). Words such as comet and galaxy should be capitalized when they form part of a proper name, but not when they are used as a generic term ( Halley's Comet is the most famous of the comets ; The Andromeda Galaxy is a ...

  5. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers - Wikipedia

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    An article's established era style should not be changed without reasons specific to its content; seek consensus on the talk page first (applying Wikipedia:Manual of Style § Retaining existing styles) by opening a discussion under a heading using the word era, or another similarly expressive heading, and briefly stating why the style should be ...

  6. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles of works - Wikipedia

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    In titles (including subtitles, if any) of English-language works (books, poems, songs, etc.), every word is capitalized except for the definite and indefinite articles, the short coordinating conjunctions, and any short prepositions. This is known as title case. Capitalization of non-English titles varies by language (see below). Wikipedia ...

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

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    The way I see it, it's acting like a proper noun with "Season 1" being the name of the first season, etc. Additionally, I don't know what other style guides say, but a quick google search of the NYTimes and the LATimes websites (not including blogs), appears to show that they tend to capitalize in these situations.

  8. This is why we have changing seasons - AOL

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    Ever wondered why the seasons change throughout the year? Drew teams up with the Exploratorium to investigate the reason for every season.

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

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    It should not be capitalized when the word state is being used in its common-noun sense: John has never been to the state of California. On the other hand, it should be capitalized when the entire phrase is being used as a formal name for the governmental entity: In this litigation, the State of California asserted that it could not be sued ...