@James -- You are welcome to make your argument to the WMF Comms team. I
too used to be an "Internet" user ;)

@Guillaume -- thanks, that's exactly what I was wondering about.


On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Katherine Maher <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Yes, I'm aware. I wanted to know if WMF has style guidance on the issue.
> AP calls for caps vs. emerging practice of usage as a common noun
> (particularly in the UK -- Economist, BBC, Guardian, et al).
>
> See more here:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization_of_%22Internet%22
>
> Personally I prefer lowercase -- the "Internet," as per Evgeny Morozov,
> does actually not exist.
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:14 PM, James Forrester <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 8 October 2014 12:13, Katherine Maher <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a styleguide guidance on that? A matter of debate and styling
>>> absolutely everywhere I've ever worked. :)
>>>
>>
>> ​Proper noun ("the Internet") per AP.
>>
>> https://www.apstylebook.com/?do=ask_editor&pg=faq
>>
>> J.
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