Talk:United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Company

Capitalization of "the court"

According to MOS:INSTITUTIONS "Also treat as a proper name a shorter but still specific form, consistently capitalized in reliable generalist sources". In this article, "the court" is a shorter form, but it is not a specific form, as "the court" does not indicate a particular institution without the context of the article. It is also not consistently capitalized in reliable generalist sources, such as The Washington Post; do a Google search for site:washingtonpost.com "the court held that". So lower case is called for on both of these points. In regards to the edit summary: "In context, "Court" means the Supreme Court": the examples in the MoS are very clear: "The university offers programs in arts and sciences."; this would be true even in an article about Turnbuckle University, where it is clear from the context that "the university" means "Turnbuckle University". There is no reason to capitalize any more than is done in reliable newspapers, even if capitalizing suits your personal taste, or if you remember once seeing something capitalized somewhere else. It's easier for all editors to just follow the MoS. Chris the speller ^yack 17:27, 26 November 2024 (UTC)