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In a list, if each item of the list is a complete sentence, then it should be capitalized like any other sentence. If the list items are sentence fragments, then capitalization should be consistent – sentence case should be applied to either all or none of the items. See WP:Manual of Style § Bulleted and numbered lists.
A caption is text that appears below an image. [a] Most captions draw attention to something in the image that is not obvious, such as its relevance to the text. A caption may be a few words or several sentences. Writing good captions takes effort; along with the lead and section headings, captions are the most commonly read words in an article ...
Alternating caps. Alternating caps, [1] also known as studly caps [a] or sticky caps (where "caps" is short for capital letters ), is a form of text notation in which the capitalization of letters varies by some pattern, or arbitrarily (often also omitting spaces between words and occasionally some letters), such as "aLtErNaTiNg CaPs", "sTuDlY ...
The simplest de-capitalization rule is to capitalize if, and only if, the title is directly used as a title in front of a name, so "President Nixon" but everywhere else "president". Such a rule could actually be followed. Peter coxhead ( talk) 14:38, 26 February 2018 (UTC) Thank you for replying here, Peter coxhead.
The general rule from MOS:CAPS is that wherever a military term is an accepted proper name, as evidenced by consistent capitalization in sources, it should be capitalized in Wikipedia. Where there is uncertainty as to whether a term is a proper name, consensus should be reached on the talk page.
Different rules exist also concerning the question whether the first letter after a colon should be capitalized. The following guidelines form a compromise between the various conventions in use. Do not use a capital letter after a colon. An exception to 1 may be made if the colon could be replaced by a full stop.
If that is the case do not capitalize. ("The Tatra National Park is a tourist destination in Poland. Watch out for bears when visiting the national park.") By context. In all modern European languages, the first word in a sentence is capitalized, as is the first word in any quoted sentence. (For example, in English: Nana said, "There are ripe ...
I don't think anyone's head will explode, however, given a rule that when the office/title is presented as a category with members ("a prime minister of X", "the Yth president of Z", then do not capitalize, but that is is OK to capitalize before/after a name when the title is used singularly and is either a head of state or a rank immediately ...