Talk:Lompoc Fire Department
Latest comment: 6 years ago by Chris the speller in topic Capitalizing "department"
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Capitalizing "department"
edit@Maxwellwarner: I don't know where you got the guidance about "When referring to a specific department, the "D" should be capitalized", but you didn't get it from Wikipedia's MoS. Its MoS says (in MOS:INSTITUTIONS)
- Generic words for institutions, organizations, companies, etc., and rough descriptions of them (university, college, hospital, church, high school) do not take capitals:
Incorrect (generic): The University offers programs in arts and sciences. Correct (generic): The university offers programs in arts and sciences. Correct (title): The University of Delhi offers programs in arts and sciences.
Even when "The university offers programs in arts and sciences." appears in an article about a specific university and refers to that specific university, we don't use a capital "U". Please restore the changes that I made. You might also want to fix "The bottom half served as the Fire Department ..." – no different than "the high school". Chris the speller yack 00:21, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
- I see that you don't visit Wikipedia very often, so I will make the changes. Chris the speller yack 20:50, 12 September 2018 (UTC)