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I Am Disappointed That This Isn’t About A Forgotten Dialect Of Polish. (Seriously, The Rule That Every Word In A Title Has To Be Capitalised Is Silly.)
by pwdisswordfish8 5y ago
I Am Disappointed That This Isn’t About A Forgotten Dialect Of Polish.
(Seriously, The Rule That Every Word In A Title Has To Be Capitalised Is Silly.)
- dvfjsdhgfv 5y agoNot each of them - in your sentence the, in, a, and is shouldn't be capitalized.
- getlawgdon 5y agoAnd generally "of" unless it's the last word. There are a few other rules depending on the authority used. It's unclear to me whether a post title is a title to CMOS and I don't have a recent enough copy that would include such digital categories.
- dvfjsdhgfv 5y agoI'd say so since 8.156 in the 17th edition explicitly mentions websites: "The following guidelines apply primarily to titles as they are mentioned or cited in text or notes. They apply to titles of books, journals, newspapers, and websites . . ." And 8.191 elaborates further: " Titles of websites mentioned or cited in text or notes are normally set in roman, headline-style . . ." Basically, there are some differences regarding italics/quotation marks but headline style seems to apply to all kinds of titles of digital resources.
- getlawgdon 5y agoThat works. Thanks for looking it up.
- weinzierl 5y agoIf you can't remember the rules, there is always: https://titlecase.com/ https://titlecase.com/
- codetrotter 5y agoI was imagining that it was going to be some tribe of Māori people that spoke Polish because of Polish explorers having been there some hundred years ago.
- jareklupinski 5y agoor descendants of Polish soldiers that were sent there to quash a colonial rebellion, only to join the rebels and defeat the colonizers.
- zmk_ 5y agoI'd say it is misleading rather than disappointing. The word is not capitalized in the Wikipedia article and titlecase is not a requirement here either.
- lucideer 5y agoIt's not a requirement but it is the common convention. Wikipedia has stricter style guidelines that go against that convention but in the absence of such a style guide on HN, one can see why common convention would typically be followed. Agree in general though; I don't know why this convention exists and suspect we may be better off without it.
- dan-robertson 5y agoThe submitter can edit the title to change capitalisation. Moderators can also edit the title.
- weinzierl 5y agoThe title is titlecased automatically, but when I edit the title manually my own capitalization sticks. Not sure who can edit and if this works for everyone.
- alex_smart 5y agoI am disappointed that most people in the West have never heard about the Mauryan empire (which is at least as much of a factor in you having misread the title).
- zepto 5y agoI’m well aware of the Mauryan empire and was curious about how a polish diaspora could have ended up there.
- sprkv5 5y agoFun fact: George Lucas named Ahsoka Tano after the most famous emperor of Maurya Empire: Ashoka. This historical character is fascinating to me especially, as someone who lives on the banks of river Daya where Ashoka fought his bloodiest war: the Kalinga war. Ashoka blamed himself as the cause for destruction. In repentance, Ashoka decided to devote the rest of his life to Ahimsa and converted to Buddhism.
- bpodgursky 5y agoThe upcase Polish fixed the context so firmly in my mind that I actually read it as Magyar Polish, which contextually was at least plausible.