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I call for a reversal of the language at [[Tardis:Manual of Style#Human]] on the grounds that it was not, apparently, the house style of [[BBC Books]] to capitalize the word ''human''. In ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'', ''[[EarthWorld (novel)|EarthWorld]]'', ''[[Halflife]]'', ''[[The Infinity Race]]'' and I'm sure more and more, the word goes uniformly uncapitalized, even when characters are speaking. What source ''ever'' gave us license to capitalize a word that the dictionary — and BBC Books — doesn't? {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}
I call for a reversal of the language at [[Tardis:Manual of Style#Human]] on the grounds that it was not, apparently, the house style of [[BBC Books]] to capitalize the word ''human''. In ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'', ''[[EarthWorld (novel)|EarthWorld]]'', ''[[Halflife]]'', ''[[The Infinity Race]]'' and I'm sure more and more, the word goes uniformly uncapitalized, even when characters are speaking. What source ''ever'' gave us license to capitalize a word that the dictionary — and BBC Books — doesn't? {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}
::I don't think we've ever used a source for it because it's not really been an issue. However, the names of all the other alien species are capitalized, so it makes sense for Human to also be capitalized. If, however, we decide to change it to lowercase, the same should be done for the other species' as well. --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 14:26, February 21, 2011 (UTC)

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I call for a reversal of the language at Tardis:Manual of Style#Human on the grounds that it was not, apparently, the house style of BBC Books to capitalize the word human. In The Tomorrow Windows, EarthWorld, Halflife, The Infinity Race and I'm sure more and more, the word goes uniformly uncapitalized, even when characters are speaking. What source ever gave us license to capitalize a word that the dictionary — and BBC Books — doesn't?
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I don't think we've ever used a source for it because it's not really been an issue. However, the names of all the other alien species are capitalized, so it makes sense for Human to also be capitalized. If, however, we decide to change it to lowercase, the same should be done for the other species' as well. --The Thirteenth Doctor 14:26, February 21, 2011 (UTC)