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Capitals in thread titles

What's the correct use of capitals in thread titles? Only for the beggining of the title and selected words or the whole shebang?

You're opinion is invalid if you think every word :hmph:

Every Mother Flippin' Word

It doesn't look right unless every word starts with a capital

The correct title for this thread should be: 'Capitals in Thread Titles'...

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Originally Posted by Locke. (Post 4879332)

It doesn't look right unless every word starts with a capital

:worship:

Thats what I said

None of the words should be capitalized

I tend to capitalise everything apart from connecting words like the (if it's not at the beginning of the title), of, is, as ETC.

I hate thread titles like

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What Do You Think Of Kirk's Attitudes Towards Religion?

It makes no sense. You wouldn't write it in a normal sentence. I only capitalise the first word and proper nouns (names, places).

To me it depends if I'm posting in C&G or not :laugh:

I don't know. I always second guess myself when deciding.

Either or is correct, depending on how you view the title as a heading.

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In the title or name of a book, a play, a poem, a film, a magazine, a newspaper or a piece of music, a capital letter is used for the first word and for every significant word (that is, a little word like the, of, and or in is not capitalized unless it is the first word):

I was terrified by The Silence of the Lambs.
The Round Tower was written by Catherine Cookson.
Bach's most famous organ piece is the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.
I don't usually like Cher, but I do enjoy The Shoop Shoop Song.

Important note: The policy just described is the one most widely used in the English-speaking world. There is, however, a second policy, preferred by many people. In this second policy, we capitalize only the first word of a title and any words which intrinsically require capitals for independent reasons.

Using the second policy, my examples would look like this:

I was terrified by The silence of the lambs.
The round tower was written by Catherine Cookson.
Bach's most famous organ piece is the Toccata and fugue in D minor.
I don't usually like Cher, but I do enjoy The shoop shoop song.

You may use whichever policy you prefer, so long as you are consistent about it. You may find, however, that your tutor or your editor insists upon one or the other. The second policy is particularly common (though not universal) in academic circles, and is usual among librarians; elsewhere, the first policy is almost always preferred.

http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/...on/node27.html

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Originally Posted by Shaun (Post 4879388)

I hate thread titles like

It makes no sense. You wouldn't write it in a normal sentence. I only capitalise the first word and proper nouns (names, places).

This