@James -- You are welcome to make your argument to the WMF Comms team. I too used to be an "Internet" user ;)
@Guillaume -- thanks, that's exactly what I was wondering about.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Yes, I'm aware. I wanted to know if WMF has style guidance on the issue. AP calls for caps vs. emerging practice of usage as a common noun (particularly in the UK -- Economist, BBC, Guardian, et al).
See more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization_of_%22Internet%22
Personally I prefer lowercase -- the "Internet," as per Evgeny Morozov, does actually not exist.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:14 PM, James Forrester <jforrester@wikimedia.org
wrote:
On 8 October 2014 12:13, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Is there a styleguide guidance on that? A matter of debate and styling absolutely everywhere I've ever worked. :)
Proper noun ("the Internet") per AP.
https://www.apstylebook.com/?do=ask_editor&pg=faq
J.
James D. Forrester Product Manager, Editing Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
jforrester@wikimedia.org | @jdforrester
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher@wikimedia.org