Talk:Liang Chu
Add topic | Liang Chu is currently a World history good article nominee. Nominated by Min968 (talk) at 05:06, 4 October 2026 (UTC) This article is ready to be reviewed in accordance with the good article criteria. Any editor who has not nominated or contributed significantly to this article may review the article and decide if it should be listed as a good article. To start the review process, click start review and then save the page. See the instructions. |
 | This article contains a translation of Liang Čchu from cs.wikipedia. |
"the Emperor" vs. "the emperor"
[edit]@Min968: MOS:JOBTITLE says that a title can be capitalized when used "as a substitute for their name during their time in office". This person has been out of office for over 500 years, so "emperor" clearly should be in lower case. If you dispute the MoS, bring this up on its talk page, don't revert edits that are made in accordance with the MoS. Until and unless the MoS changes, lower case should be used on this page. Chris the speller yack 14:02, 5 October 2026 (UTC)
- I think we should seek Gog's opinion on this matter. The wording "the Emperor" has been revised here based on the comments from FAC Min968 (talk) 14:30, 5 October 2026 (UTC)
- Pinging Gog the Mild Min968 (talk) 14:31, 5 October 2026 (UTC)
- In this context, the article is referring to him during his reign, when he held the title of Emperor. So the fact that he has been out of office for over 500 years does not, by itself, seem to determine whether "Emperor" should be capitalized here. This also seems consistent with the guidance that a title may be capitalized when it is used "as a substitute for the person's name during their time in office". Min968 (talk) 14:44, 5 October 2026 (UTC)
- Pinging Gog the Mild Min968 (talk) 14:31, 5 October 2026 (UTC)
- Min984's summary immediately above seems to me to be a clear rephrasing of JOBTITLE. Ie, if you are using a job title to refer to a specific person, capitalise it. "during their time in office" means when they had that job title rather than when the the reference to it is made. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:16, 5 October 2026 (UTC)