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The official name of Io.js in English is Io.js as it's a name, it is stylized as io.js. In Canada here, we have a company Telus, which stylizes it's name as TE
by keslag 12y ago
The official name of Io.js in English is Io.js as it's a name, it is stylized as io.js. In Canada here, we have a company Telus, which stylizes it's name as TELUS. However, when discussing the company in non-marketing environments, such as Wikipedia, it's called Telus. The rules for English trump a creators stylization rules in many situations.
- phpnode 12y agoNo, the official name for io.js is io.js, it is explicitly not Io.js. You can tell because this is what the owners of the project have clearly stated. Linguistic rules (which are rarely in fact rules), have nothing to do with it. If I tell you my name is "bob" and not "Bob" then I'm right because it's my name, you don't get to enforce your own preferences, just because of the language you speak.
- DanBC 12y agoBut if you were to call yourself bob you should not be surprised when everyone mispells your name as Bob.
- integraton 12y agoThat's not true at all. You shouldn't capitalize a brand name like iPhone, for example. http://english.stackexchange.com/a/9065 http://english.stackexchange.com/a/9065
- draugadrotten 12y agoIt's a power game showing who's the boss. Submitting to rules about spelling shows obedience. You can't work on Sundays and you must spell our products with a small i. Do not take the Lord's name in vain.
- tedunangst 12y agoSo when you spell it with a big I because somebody else's rules say so, that proves you're the boss?
- draugadrotten 12y agoNo, it proves you follow somebody else's rules.
- keslag 12y agoStack exchange as a source of fact? I very much could be wrong, but the implication that "because 30 people upvoted something, makes it true" is ridiculous.
- seanstickle 12y agoAt least in my communications department, we follow a style guide — like Bloomberg's — and capitalize for our own purposes, rather than to further the marketing of another company. E.g., "iPad, iPod, iTunes. Follow the company style for capitalization in text: iPad, iPod, iTunes. In headlines, capitalize because the words are nouns: IPad, IPod, ITunes." Winkler, Matthew (2011-10-14). The Bloomberg Way: A Guide for Reporters and Editors (p. 304). Wiley. Kindle Edition. And: "When a name begins with a lowercase letter, capitalize the first letter in all references: EBay, not eBay; EasyJet, not easyJet." Winkler, Matthew (2011-10-14). The Bloomberg Way: A Guide for Reporters and Editors (p. 271). Wiley. Kindle Edition.
- integraton 12y agoAs far as I can tell, The Bloomberg Way is the only major guide that encourages that, and Bloomberg's own editorial standards are inconsistent such that they only use it half of the time: https://www.google.com/search?q=site:bloomberg.com+iphone https://www.google.com/search?q=site:bloomberg.com+iphone
- izolate 12y agoBullshit. In a scientific setting, would you start your sentence as, "MRNA is the messenger RNA"? Somethings are purposefully stylized differently. mRNA, iPhone, io.js, etc. Naming conventions should be respected to aid clarity.
- keslag 12y agoScience has multiple capitalization rules as well. mRNA is not a name, the same as genus and species are seldom capitalized. If you have a mRNA named Bob, then the name is capitalized.