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I wonder if Ranger tab should be moved instead so both words are capitalized in that title, because both of these military awards appear to be proper terms in which title case should be used. Also, both articles are currently written as if that is the case, with the title at the top of the Ranger tab article being the only exception. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 20:05, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for looking at this, Doomsdayer. When I first stumbled across this, I was irritiated by the "Tab" on these things, as it seemed another case of overcapitalization, but I looked around to see if it wasn't exactly that: a special, proper noun. Tabs of the United States Army used (already, before I started standardising the texts) a mixture. There was some inconclusive mention on the Talk of that article, but otherwise, I haven't found any discussion, just a bit of sloppiness.
For me, the deciding factor (apart from my understanding of English rules) was the use by the Army itself in the Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia document I linked to. I figure, if anybody can be expected to inappropriately overcapitalize words, it'd be the US military, but they consistently downcase not just "the tab" but "the airborne tab", e.g., at p.2 (even "airborne" is lowercase there). Also I find at [3] ("...awarded the Governor's Dozen tab...") and [4] (PDF's p.11, 4th-last paragraph "arctic tab").
Unfortunately, I've already gone ahead and made changes to article text as well as redirects (where I could) so as to unify the mix of usages contrary to Army/military usage. I didn't mean to throw a WP:FAIT situation at you, so I've stopped to see what you decide. If you think these changes might, in fact, be controversial, I can open up discussions on the (I think) four pages I've tweaked. If folks don't like what I've done, I'll go around with my reverting hat on (I mean my Reverting Hat). — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 21:06, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If various articles in this area are sloppy and inconsistent in capitalization, then we absolutely need you to clean everything up. Your efforts are appreciated. If anyone familiar with these precise military terms pops up here, we may be able to nail down whether these terms should all be in Title Case or Sentence case. Whatever the ultimate verdict, reverting some of your recent edits and moving some remaining page titles shouldn't be too difficult. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 12:49, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JohnFromPinckney Sounds like more expert input is needed here. Perhaps a post on WT:MILHIST would help. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 23:48, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Per source stats, capping "tab" is clearly not necessary. We should fix them all. Dicklyon (talk) 02:47, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Dicklyon I'm not reading it as cut-and-dry enough for a technical request. In your link, in 2009, "Tab" outnumbered "tab" 4:1. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 20:15, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, worth a discussion. Dicklyon (talk) 04:55, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for not archiving this while I've been away, and thanks, Ahecht, for your suggestion. I have started something (long and possibly overly detailed) at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Capitalization of "tab" and "badge". I'll try to stay active while any MILHISTers are engaging. — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 11:21, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Thewikizoomer Wait for the current merge proposal to be resolved first. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 20:29, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Versace1608 Both the suburb and the song get around 1000 pageviews per month, it's not clear which is the primary topic. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:29, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If we're keeping the dabpage, then it will need to be moved back to Ojuelegba. OP, such primary topic grabs are, by definition, not uncontroversial. 162 etc. (talk) 17:18, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@162 etc. I moved the dabpage back pending consensus on a primary topic. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:28, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Nurg I don't think the "distinct" part of WP:DIFFCAPS is met here, and Polynesian mythology is probably still the primary topic for the title-case title. Worth a discussion at least. C F A 💬 15:00, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I also oppose this. 162 etc. (talk) 20:58, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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