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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 950 |
| | Posted: | | | | I just did cast/crew profiles for Beetlejuice s. 4. On the disc and the cover, the titles of the episodes are all capitalized, including "a" "the" "with" and so on. So that's what I used for the headings. ex. "How Green Is My Gallery" and "Pranks For The Memories."
I've been asked to change them to "How Green is My Gallery" and "Pranks for the Memories" to follow capitalization rules. I can do this, but I guess my understanding was that unless it was all in caps (HOW GREEN IS MY GALLERY), that we copy it exactly as we see it.
I went quickly through the rules but did not see anything referring to this for headers.
So, I guess I'm asking what's the consensus? | | | | Lori |
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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would vote for the later but I think "is" > "Is".
So, I would contribute this as: How Green Is My Gallery/Pranks for the Memories | | | | Last edited: by Kathy |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,851 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting LJG: Quote:
my understanding was that unless it was all in caps (HOW GREEN IS MY GALLERY), that we copy it exactly as we see it. That is what the rules say-- exactly as shown unless entirely capitalized. --------------- |
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| Registered: March 16, 2007 | | Posts: 278 |
| | Posted: | | | | Standard American English rules dictate that prepositions are generally not capitalized in titles. However, it appears that whomever authored the content on the case decided to throw those rules out the window, and stomped on them for good measure. Therefore, the correct submission should be the grammatically-incorrect Every Word Is Capitalized version, as it matches the cover, per the rules.
Copy the overview from the back of the DVD case exactly as written, including capitalization of words exactly as shown on the back of the case. |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | Are you talking about the overview or about episode dividers?
For the overview the rules are clear, for dividers less so. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 950 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting dee1959jay: Quote:
Are you talking about the overview or about episode dividers?
For the overview the rules are clear, for dividers less so. The headers/dividers for episodes in the cast list. | | | | Lori |
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| Registered: October 30, 2011 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,870 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Kathy: Quote:
I would vote for the later but I think "is" > "Is".
So, I would contribute this as: How Green Is My Gallery/Pranks for the Memories FWIW Kathy is correct here and your poll does not contain all the possibilities. So using these poll numbers as a community consensus would not be valid. From what I gather we are talking about episode dividers and not group dividers/headers. And the capitalization of those episode titles. It seems to me since we are talking about episode titles we should follow the capitalization laid out in the title section for consistency. |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,851 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Scooter1836: Quote:
we are talking about episode dividers and not group dividers/headers. And the capitalization of those episode titles. It seems to me since we are talking about episode titles we should follow the capitalization laid out in the title section for consistency. I think we should follow the rules for TV episode dividers: Quote:
Enter the episode number and title in the divider that marks the beginning of that episode's credit list. The divider should be formatted as "1. Episode Title", or "Episode 1" if no title is available.
Take the episode title from the episode itself, or from elsewhere on the DVD or DVD packaging, exactly as shown. If all episode titles are entirely capitalized, use standard capitalization rules instead. If the episodes are listed with quotes around each title, exclude the quotes. Capitalization is to be "exactly as shown" unless "all episode titles are entirely capitalized". --------------- |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 950 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting scotthm: Quote:
Quoting Scooter1836:
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we are talking about episode dividers and not group dividers/headers. And the capitalization of those episode titles. It seems to me since we are talking about episode titles we should follow the capitalization laid out in the title section for consistency.
I think we should follow the rules for TV episode dividers:
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Enter the episode number and title in the divider that marks the beginning of that episode's credit list. The divider should be formatted as "1. Episode Title", or "Episode 1" if no title is available.
Take the episode title from the episode itself, or from elsewhere on the DVD or DVD packaging, exactly as shown. If all episode titles are entirely capitalized, use standard capitalization rules instead. If the episodes are listed with quotes around each title, exclude the quotes.
Capitalization is to be "exactly as shown" unless "all episode titles are entirely capitalized".
--------------- Thanks! That's what I was looking for. I looked at the credit section of the rules but didn't think to look in the TV section. This is indeed for a TV show. | | | | Lori |
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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thank you scotthm. As I headed to work today I read a bumper sticker that sums me up perfectly: ""Don't believe everything you think".  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Scott is correct, there is a rule that covers this quite clearly. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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