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*https://capitalizemytitle.com/style/Wiki/ | *https://capitalizemytitle.com/style/Wiki/ | ||
*Only capitalize prepositions that are 5 letters or more (of, with, About, Through, Around) | *Only capitalize prepositions that are 5 letters or more (of, with, About, Through, Around) | ||
*Exceptions include stuff like "eGames" "eMail" | |||
==French== | |||
*Spaces get added/included before "!" in titles. This does not apply to brand names in English like "Scooby-Doo!" nor does it apply to title portions in English. | |||
**This should also apply to other punctuation such as "?" ":" and ";" however due to site limitations and complications these do not follow French spacing. | |||
==Italian== | |||
*https://www.thoughtco.com/italian-capitalization-rules-2011478 | |||
==German== | |||
*http://germanforenglishspeakers.com/basics/capitalization-and-punctuation/ | |||
*Capitalize all nouns (General sentence case) | |||
*Formal "you" (Sie) gets capitalized | |||
==Spanish== | ==Spanish== | ||
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*Capitalize festivals and holidays | *Capitalize festivals and holidays | ||
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==Swedish== | |||
Swedish titles use sentence case. | |||
*Capitalize the first letter of proper nouns (names of people, cities, countries, places, etc.) | |||
*Do not capitalize: Days of the week, months, languages, nationalities, religions, any words that are not nouns | |||
*Details: https://sprakkonsulterna.se/stor-eller-liten-bokstav-i-ord-med-namn/ | |||
==Norwegian== | |||
==Finnish== | |||
== | ==Japanese (Romanized)== | ||
==Russian (Romanized)== | ==Russian (Romanized)== | ||
==Chinese (Romanized)== | |||
Latest revision as of 22:05, 12 April 2025
English
- Closest standard we follow is "Wikipedia" standard
- https://capitalizemytitle.com/style/Wiki/
- Only capitalize prepositions that are 5 letters or more (of, with, About, Through, Around)
- Exceptions include stuff like "eGames" "eMail"
French
- Spaces get added/included before "!" in titles. This does not apply to brand names in English like "Scooby-Doo!" nor does it apply to title portions in English.
- This should also apply to other punctuation such as "?" ":" and ";" however due to site limitations and complications these do not follow French spacing.
Italian
German
- http://germanforenglishspeakers.com/basics/capitalization-and-punctuation/
- Capitalize all nouns (General sentence case)
- Formal "you" (Sie) gets capitalized
Spanish
- https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/capitalization-in-spanish
- Do not capitalize all first letters in a title
- Capitalize first letter of all proper nouns (names of people, cities, countries, places, etc.)
- Do not capitalize: days of the week, months, languages, nationalities, religions, first word of geographical names (río Grande)
- Capitalize festivals and holidays
Dutch
Swedish
Swedish titles use sentence case.
- Capitalize the first letter of proper nouns (names of people, cities, countries, places, etc.)
- Do not capitalize: Days of the week, months, languages, nationalities, religions, any words that are not nouns
- Details: https://sprakkonsulterna.se/stor-eller-liten-bokstav-i-ord-med-namn/