One of the recommended formats here on Forums is to use all initial capital letters in the titles of threads.
Sometimes members do that, and other times not. I think it dresses up the thread. I hope it also makes
the author think a little about the title and encourages him/her to make it representative of the subject.
Some of the resistance to this request for initial caps I surmise is waning newspaper readership. People
born during or before 1965 grew up reading newspapers where the use of initial caps in headlines was
pretty universal. The web generations, and the tweet generations, have lost this association. Lower case
is everywhere, even when it is not helpful. I like the good old fashioned initial caps. They say to the reader,
this is the title, this is the subject, something good is about to be said, good information or an intriguing
question. Get ready!
Sometimes members do that, and other times not. I think it dresses up the thread. I hope it also makes
the author think a little about the title and encourages him/her to make it representative of the subject.
Some of the resistance to this request for initial caps I surmise is waning newspaper readership. People
born during or before 1965 grew up reading newspapers where the use of initial caps in headlines was
pretty universal. The web generations, and the tweet generations, have lost this association. Lower case
is everywhere, even when it is not helpful. I like the good old fashioned initial caps. They say to the reader,
this is the title, this is the subject, something good is about to be said, good information or an intriguing
question. Get ready!
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