User talk:Lansmun

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2nd Inf.

Lansmun, Thanks for catching the typo on the 2nd Infantry Regiment (United States) article. I've fixed it. Sometimes we break one thing while fixing another! With regard to distinctive unit insignia and coat of arms, they are not proper nouns in this context and therefore only have the initial word capitalized since they are part of a section heading. Ocalafla (talk) 17:54, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes they are proper nouns because they are titles of the objects that are being described in the text.Lansmun (talk) 18:52, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You might read the very useful wikipedia entry Proper noun which begins "A proper noun is a noun that in its primary application refers to a unique entity, such as London, Jupiter, Sarah, or Microsoft, as distinguished from a common noun, which usually refers to a class of entities (city, planet, person, corporation), or non-unique instances of a certain class (a city, another planet, these persons, our corporation)". Hope this helps clear it up for you.Ocalafla (talk) 20:26, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RRRIGHT!!!! So if one puts DUI is it actually Dui, yup I got it, John doe jones. Lansmun (talk) 21:29, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And one more thing, what, according to you and WIKIPEDIA, would be the the difference between Distinctive Unit Insignia or Coat of Arms and Distingished Service Cross? They both are the title of a object are they not? I really don't think to many folks would appreciate seeing it as Distingished service cross do you??!!! How about Silver star? Lansmun (talk) 21:38, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Of course not. You've been presented with the information you need to understand the distinction. What you choose to do with it is up to you.Ocalafla (talk) 21:41, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]