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==Discussion==
I agree that there is a lot of inconsistency and confusion about capitalization. With the exception of page titles and section headers, and the word "Sim" which we seem to always capitalize, we don't have any real rules or guidelines for when something should or shouldn't be capitalized. I think that your list of do's and don'ts is a pretty good starting point. In a lot of cases, it's hard to generalize and you have to almost take it on an individual basis. But we should definitely adopt some sort of standard, at least broadly speaking.
Regarding the questionable terms... I would say that Grim Reaper should continue to be capitalized, since that is a proper noun. You could argue that if we continue to insist that 'Sim' is capitalized, then it should remain capitalized wherever it's used, but you could also make the argument that Sim ''shouldn't'' be capitalized, in which case the ambiguity over terms like plantSim and Simbot are resolved. And I don't think that woohoo necessarily needs to be capitalized.
Really, any terms that we're currently capitalizing might appear "correct" to us in that form simply because they are familiar in that form, not necessarily because it is correct. When was it decided that we should capitalize sim, for instance? Why is it incorrect to leave the term 'sim' in lower case? I don't know, but for whatever reason we do choose (currently) to capitalize it, and when I look at the term in lower case it just looks ''wrong'' for that reason, not because it is actually incorrect in any way.
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::I actually don't mind "Sim" being capitalized. I feel like "Sim" is kind of a special, made-up term that's unique to the series. Capitalizing "Sim" is generally acceptable and deemed correct somehow, even though we have no concrete reason for it. As for "WooHoo," I also think it's special because it's a unique made-up term that distinguishes it from an exclamation. You can argue my arguments though. This is just what I think about them. [[User:Nikel23|'''<span style="color:#007FFF; text-shadow: #ACE5EE 0 4px 4px;">Nikel</span>''']] [[User talk:Nikel23|<span style="color: #30D5C8 ; text-shadow: #00FFEF 0 4px 4px;"><sub>''Talk''</sub></span>]] <sub>–</sub> [[The Sims Wiki:Featured Media/Voting|<span style="color:red ; text-shadow:#E97451 0 4px 4px;"><sub>''Vote!''</sub></span>]] 02:00, August 5, 2015 (UTC)
:::"Sim" and "WooHoo" are all unique terms and they should remain capitalized the way they are, since they are so widely used that way. "sim" and "woohoo" just look ''wrong'' (but then again, so does [[ideal plantsim]]). Also, "Grim Reaper" is always capitalized, as a quick Google search would clearly confirm. I think we can get away with "the Grim Reaper", simply because (I think, since I have only played TS1 and 2) TS1 is the only game that ever used "The Grim Reaper" (note the "The" in his name), yet most people just write "Grim Reaper" anyway, just like we never write "The God" or "A God", just "God". --I am [[User:K6ka|'''<span style="color:#0040FF">k6ka</span>''']] [[User talk:K6ka|<span style="color:#0080FF"><sup>Talk to me!</sup></span>]] [[Special:Contributions/K6ka|<span style="color:#0B4C5F"><sub>See what I have done</sub></span>]] 03:27, August 5, 2015 (UTC)
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