SIGIA-L Mail Archives: RE: SIGIA-L: Style Issues [Web]
RE: SIGIA-L: Style Issues [Web]
From: Saffer, Dan (DSaffer_at_Datek.com)
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 09:10:21 EST
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Simply: The "Web" and associated particular "Web pages" and "Web sites" are
considered *proper* places. All proper nouns are capitalized by convention.
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I had to write the editorial style guide for my last employer. I chose "web site": two words lower case. "Web" is an adjective describing "site." Arguably, "website" has become its own noun.
But my feeling is that neither "web" nor "internet" should be capitalized. Both describe a *medium* of communication, not a specific (proper) thing. You can't point to "The Internet" any more than you can point to "Radio" or "Television." The only reason they are capitalized is because they were new in the recent past. Now that they are commonplace, they should be treated as such.
Dan
d a n s a f f e r . sr. ui architect
datek online . dsaffer_at_datek.com
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