[WEB4LIB] RE: spelling conventions

[Walter Minkel]

Folks-- Two of us in this department have recently contributed to books
published by ALA Editions and Neal-Schuman, and the editors there insist
on "Web site" as two words. One thing I've seen fairly frequently, though,
is "Web site" (Web capitalized) and "website" (lowercase) in the same
place. Where are the proactive lexicographers to settle the issue? 8-{)>
--W

On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Bero, Stephen wrote:

> IMHO: Just as countries, cities, bodies of water are capitalized the Internet and the World Wide Web as "locations" in cyberspace should be capitalized.
> 
> I favor writing compound nouns as one word where feasible, especially where only two component words are involved, e.g., desktop, toolbar, workstation, and hence Website and homepage.
> 
> You may find the following book useful, if not necessarily authoritative.
> Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age, from the editors of Wired and edited by Constance Hale (HardWired 1996, ISBN 1-888869-01-1).
> 
> Stephen P. Bero
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> From: 	Kevin W. Bishop[SMTP:bishopk at rpi.edu]
> Reply To: 	bishopk at rpi.edu
> Sent: 	Wednesday, September 30, 1998 11:34 AM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	[WEB4LIB] spelling conventions
> 
> 
> This is something of a silly question, but what is the convention?
> 
> Internet / internet
> Web / web
> Webpage / webpage // Web page / web page 
> Website / website // Web site / web site
> 
> I'm consistently inconsistent with the capitalization and spacing of these
> words and would like to know if there is a standard style for the sake of
> developing "how-to" [w]eb()pages about [w]eb()page development.  
> 
> -kb
> 
> (I think it should be "Internet" and "Web", but as for the others ... ??)
> 
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