From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)berkus(dot)org>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: First draft of Beta announcement |
Date: | 2017-05-12 18:23:56 |
Message-ID: | cb63f79b-3eda-4cf4-baab-b75aa43ebe1a@commandprompt.com |
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On 05/12/2017 11:11 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 5/12/17 10:58, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> On 05/12/2017 07:01 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> As this is a Beta announcement, the capitalization makes sense as a
>> whole.
>
> What is the theory behind the capitalization in any of these phrases:
1. Marketing.
2. Definition of proper noun
: a noun that designates a particular being or thing, does not take a
limiting modifier, and is usually capitalized in English
3. When unhappy with #2, see #1
>
> * WAL support for Hash Indexes
WAL (this one is obvious), Hash (it is a proper noun) Indexes (agreed
not needed)
Hash indexes are a particular thing as well as a general technology. We
are highlighting the particular thing.
The rest, I agree there is a few where capitalization doesn't need to
occur but as a whole, it is not over the top.
JD
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