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Capitalization

It is advisable that all editors follow these guidelines to avoid inconsistency and unnecessary capitalization. Wikipedia Manual of Style in regards to capitalization can generally be used in most cases, we would like to simplify the guidelines for the most common uses in the wiki.

Common uses in the article format include the following:

1. All capitals are not to be used for emphasis. Use italics instead.
2. Article titles, headings, and captions must use sentence case.
3. Only initial letter in sentences and list items is capitalized.
4. Words that follow hyphen should not be capitalized.

Certain words and terms must be capitalized in articles. The words include the following:

1. Proper nouns and proper names:
   • Personal names (Bella Goth, Bob Newbie)
   • Geographical names (Champs Les Sims, Three Lakes)
   • Names of unique objects (Mysterious Mr. Gnome, Eclectic and Enigmatic Energizer, but not wishing well)
   • Names of unique animals (El Bandito, Claire the Bear, but not deer)
   • Names of institutions and facilities (Sacred Spleen Memorial Hospital, Brittlebush Academy, but not police department)
   • Titles of books, musical pieces, paintings, or sculptures
2. Names that refer to specific instances, such as opportunity and moodlet names
3. Game titles and their short derivation
4. Titles and positions of people (Vacation Director Kana, Nancy the Paper Girl)

Common terms, even if they're capitalized in-game, should not be capitalized in articles:

1. Motives (Hygiene becomes hygiene)
2. Traits (Animal Lover becomes animal lover)
3. Skills (Nectar Making becomes nectar making)
4. Talent badges (Toy Making becomes toy making)
5. Hobbies (Arts and Crafts becomes arts and crafts)
6. Careers and career titles (Architectural Designer becomes architectural designer, Test Subject becomes test subject)
7. Majors (Economy becomes economy)
8. Emotions (Energized becomes energized)
9. NPC titles (Witch Doctor becomes witch doctor)
10. Social classes and social groups (Jock becomes jock)
11. Life states (Plumbot becomes plumbot)
12. Life stages (Children becomes children)
13. Interactions (Rally Forth becomes rally forth, Plan Outfit becomes plan outfit, Try for Baby becomes try for baby)
14. Game modes (Edit Town becomes edit town, Buy mode becomes buy mode)
15. Rabbit holes and lot types (these are generally in lowercase now)
16. Names that are not proper names:
    • Plants (Crystal Plant, Money Tree, Flame Fruit, Forbidden Fruit, Life Fruit, Kona Bean, Ginseng, etc.)
    • Food (Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich, Lobster Thermidor, Crepes Suzette)
    • Fish (Robot Fish, Deathfish, Red Herring)

Terms that remain questionable and are deemed exceptional should be brought up to discussion in the respective talk page or communnity discussion forum.