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Style guides and standards edit
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- Style guide
- Manual of Style
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Latter Day Saints)
- Boy Scouts of America: The Language of Scouting
- Girl Scouts of the USA: Girl Scout Glossary
Issues and discussion edit
If the article title or the style of some term or phrase in the article has been the subject of debate or is non-obvious, it may be appropriate to place a {{notice}} box on the talk page to indicate the resolution and any references. For example:
| | Styles: This is an article about the Boy Scouts of America. In addition to standard style guides, the Language of Scouting should also be used. Scout is always capitalized in this context. The name national Scout jamboree is in lower case, except for Scout. The entire term is capitalized only when referring to a specific event; for example: 1977 National Scout Jamboree. |
Capitalization edit
Scout edit
"Scout", "Scouting", "Scout Movement" and similar words are always capitalized.
Activities edit
Do not capitalize "pow wow," "camporee," "lunchoree," "jamboree," "show" or similar words unless the reference is to a specific event.
Units edit
Do not capitalize "group," "pack," "den," "troop," "patrol," "team," "ship," "crew," "district," "council," "region," "area" or similar unless the reference is specific.
Titles edit
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These titles are always capitalized:
- Tiger Cub
- Wolf Cub Scout
- Bear Cub Scout
- Webelos Scout
- Boy Scout
- Varsity Scout
- Eagle Scout
- Venturer
- Cubmaster
- Scoutmaster
- Coach (when referring to a Varsity Scout Coach)
- Advisor (when referring to a Venturing Advisor, Order of the Arrow adviser is lower case)
- Skipper
- Scouter
- Chief Scout Executive
- Chief Scout of the World
Capitalize other titles only when they precede the name, else they are lower case. Examples:
- den leader
- district executive
- council commissioner
- adviser (when referring to an Order of the Arrow adviser)
When a title includes words that are capitalized per the first rule, only those words are capitalized unless it precedes the name. Examples:
- associate Advisor
- assistant Chief Scout Executive
- Skipper's mate
Specific styles that have been discussed edit
- Scout
- Scout, Scouting, Scout Movement and variants are capitalized
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints- this is the formal name, including "The"
- See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Latter Day Saints)
- May also use "Latter-day Saints" (preferred) or "Mormons"
- Note the punctuation and capitalization of "Latter-day"
- American Indian is preferred when universally referring to peoples indigenous to the continental United States
- Indian may be used after the first use
- When referring to a specific tribe or nation, the tribal name should be used whenever possible
- For Alaska Natives, either use Alaska Natives or the proper tribe; Eskimo should not be used
- Native Hawaiians
- Pacific Islander American
- See Native American name controversy for further information
- Alpha Phi Omega members
Many BSA persons are also APO members, so there is some overlap. Per the APO folks, the preference when noting members is:
- Alpha Phi Omega brother
- Alpha Phi Omega honorary brother
Capitalize "brother" and "honorary" only when referring to a specific person (Brother Brown)