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'''Articles, buttons, or tabs.''' When referring to an article, button, or tab name, use the capitalization from the article title, button or tab. | '''Articles, buttons, or tabs.''' When referring to an article, button, or tab name, use the capitalization from the article title, button or tab. | ||
: | :;Correct: {{xt|If another style guideline is needed, list the issue on the Discussion page.}} | ||
:;Incorrect: {{!xt|If another style guideline is needed, list the issue on the discussion page.}} | |||
'''Capitalization and spelling of some common terms.''' For the FamilySearch Research Wiki, use the following capitalizations and spellings. | '''Capitalization and spelling of some common terms.''' For the FamilySearch Research Wiki, use the following capitalizations and spellings. | ||
family group record | :family group record | ||
:family history center (This term is not trademarked and is not capitalized.) | |||
family history center (This term is not trademarked and is not capitalized.) | :Family History Library | ||
:FamilySearch | |||
Family History Library | :FamlySearch Research Wiki | ||
:FamilySearch website | |||
FamilySearch | :FamilySearch.org or familysearch.org (Capitals make the site name easier to read, but both are correct.) | ||
:family tree | |||
FamlySearch Research Wiki | :International Genealogical Index (IGI) | ||
:Personal Ancestral File (PAF) | |||
FamilySearch website | :GEDCOM | ||
:historical collections (in FamilySearch.org) | |||
FamilySearch.org or familysearch.org (Capitals make the site name easier to read, but both are correct.) | :Internet | ||
:pedigree chart | |||
family tree | :record types (for example, census records, court records, military records) | ||
:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("The" is part of the official title and is capitalized.) | |||
International Genealogical Index (IGI) | :website | ||
:wiki (for example, the wiki, wiki articles, wiki pages, wiki community) | |||
Personal Ancestral File (PAF) | |||
'''Places.''' Capitalize the word “city,” “county,” “state,” or “province” only when the word appears as part of a place name. Do not capitalize the word city, county, state, or province when it is not part of the place name. | '''Places.''' Capitalize the word “city,” “county,” “state,” or “province” only when the word appears as part of a place name. Do not capitalize the word city, county, state, or province when it is not part of the place name. | ||
Correct: Salt Lake City, Los Angeles County, Quebec Province | :;Correct: {{xt|Salt Lake City, Los Angeles County, Quebec Province}} | ||
:;Correct: {{xt|city of Boston, state of New York}} | |||
Correct: city of Boston, state of New York | :;Incorrect: {{!xt|City of Boston, Province of Alberta}} | ||
'''Dates.''' Capitalize the names of months and days of the week. | '''Dates.''' Capitalize the names of months and days of the week. | ||
== Spelling == | == Spelling == | ||