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De havilland please! not "de" Havilland. I think wikipedia is wrong on that point. it's a name with a Capital in first letter as conventional way of writting proper noun. [[User:Sixcyl|Sixcyl]] | De havilland please! not "de" Havilland. I think wikipedia is wrong on that point. it's a name with a Capital in first letter as conventional way of writting proper noun. [[User:Sixcyl|Sixcyl]] | ||
| − | : I would disagree, there is a big discussion about this on Wikipedia anyway. I believe for appearances sake, and historical correctness, it should be 'de', as it comes from the name 'de Havilland'. The most | + | : I would disagree, there is a big discussion about this on Wikipedia anyway. I believe for appearances sake, and historical correctness, it should be 'de', as it comes from the name 'de Havilland'. The most authoritative proof I can find to support this is the Bombardier website, which now owns de Havilland, states it as 'de Havilland' - [http://www.bombardier.com/en/aerospace/about-aerospace/history?docID=0901260d8001dffa Bombardier Acquisitions] [[User:Bthebest|Bthebest]] 00:07, 15 December 2010 (UTC) |
| + | ::After much research and deliberation amongst many long time aviation enthusiasts from other aviation sites, I have chosen to go with "'''de Havilland'''" like what is shown in the [http://www2.bombardier.com/en/3_0/3_1/3_1_4_1_3_47.html Bombardier Archives] and other reputable places on the web. Thanks for the discussion and for understanding. [[User:Tleeg|Tleeg]] 22:40, 16 December 2010 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 22:40, 16 December 2010
Capitalization
It appears there is some confusion about whether or not the "D" in this name should be upper or lower case. Wikipedia seems to have it lower case. Tleeg 23:00, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
- It should be de Havilland but like normal pages, Categories have to start with a capital. Bthebest 18:35, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
De havilland please! not "de" Havilland. I think wikipedia is wrong on that point. it's a name with a Capital in first letter as conventional way of writting proper noun. Sixcyl
- I would disagree, there is a big discussion about this on Wikipedia anyway. I believe for appearances sake, and historical correctness, it should be 'de', as it comes from the name 'de Havilland'. The most authoritative proof I can find to support this is the Bombardier website, which now owns de Havilland, states it as 'de Havilland' - Bombardier Acquisitions Bthebest 00:07, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
- After much research and deliberation amongst many long time aviation enthusiasts from other aviation sites, I have chosen to go with "de Havilland" like what is shown in the Bombardier Archives and other reputable places on the web. Thanks for the discussion and for understanding. Tleeg 22:40, 16 December 2010 (UTC)