Talk:Unix SYSVr3 - Revision history

ForOldHack: /* Capitalization problems */

2019-04-18T23:39:48Z

‎Capitalization problems

Jnc: Capitalization is a minefield!

2019-04-16T13:45:13Z

Capitalization is a minefield!

Tor: Capitalization..

2019-04-16T11:43:08Z

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ForOldHack: /* Capitalization guides from wikipedia */ Enhancing readability.

2019-04-16T09:05:45Z

‎Capitalization guides from wikipedia: Enhancing readability.

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== Capitalization problems ==

[[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters Wikipedia Manual of Style: Capitalization ]]

I recognize on this page the need to make it a bit less <i>shouty.</i>

For this page/wiki I would like to only capitolize acronyms: i.e.

Unix is not an acronym but a trademark.
Sys V is a version, and by convention is represented by a roman numeral,
and AT&T must remain AT&T.

Editing will commence. [[User:ForOldHack|ForOldHack]] ([[User talk:ForOldHack|talk]]) 11:05, 16 April 2019 (CEST)

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	: I'm going to agree with that; let's be historically accurate.		: I'm going to agree with that; let's be historically accurate.
−	: There are some issues, though; e.g. Bell initially spelled UNIX as all caps (see e.g. [[Setting up UNIX - Sixth Edition\|here]]), and I think the trademark is that way, but later switched to 'Unix' (although some documents use a mix, see e.g. [[Setting Up Unix - Seventh Edition]]). For things which talk about a ~~particula~~ point in time, one can use the appropriate version (e.g. all V6-specific articles should use 'UNIX'), but for articles covering long periods of time, I'm not sure there is a good answer. [[User:Jnc\|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc\|talk]]) 15:45, 16 April 2019 (CEST)	+	: There are some issues, though; e.g. Bell initially spelled UNIX as all caps (see e.g. [[Setting up UNIX - Sixth Edition\|here]]), and I think the trademark is that way, but later switched to 'Unix' (although some documents use a mix, see e.g. [[Setting Up Unix - Seventh Edition]]). For things which talk about a particular point in time, one can use the appropriate version (e.g. all V6-specific articles should use 'UNIX'), but for articles covering long periods of time, I'm not sure there is a good answer. [[User:Jnc\|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc\|talk]]) 15:45, 16 April 2019 (CEST)
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		+	:I would just like to have some consistency, damn the trademark/Unix(tm) wars.
		+	:and fyi: STREAMS is goddamn all caps. Humph. [[User:ForOldHack\|ForOldHack]] ([[User talk:ForOldHack\|talk]]) 01:39, 19 April 2019 (CEST)

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		+	:While in general I agree about Wikipedia's ideas about readability, my personal opinion is that the correct way to capitalize retro names is the way their various vendors did back then. E.g. the NORD-1 computer was named that way, so I grumbled a lot when Wikipedia changed that to Nord-1. SYSVr3 was written SYSV3r when new, wasn't it? One reason I prefer other wikis than Wikipedia these days is that we're not so strict about their rules.. [[User:Tor\|Tor]] ([[User talk:Tor\|talk]]) 13:43, 16 April 2019 (CEST)

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 == Capitalization problems ==
-[[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters Wikipedia Manual of Style: Capitalization ]]
+[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters Wikipedia Manual of Style: Capitalization]
 I recognize on this page the need to make it a bit less <i>shouty.</i>
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 Editing will commence. [[User:ForOldHack|ForOldHack]] ([[User talk:ForOldHack|talk]]) 11:05, 16 April 2019 (CEST)
 :While in general I agree about Wikipedia's ideas about readability, my personal opinion is that the correct way to capitalize retro names is the way their various vendors did back then. E.g. the NORD-1 computer was named that way, so I grumbled a lot when Wikipedia changed that to Nord-1.  SYSVr3 was written SYSV3r when new, wasn't it? One reason I prefer other wikis than Wikipedia these days is that we're not so strict about their rules..  [[User:Tor|Tor]] ([[User talk:Tor|talk]]) 13:43, 16 April 2019 (CEST)