User talk:Eyer

Eyer is in university, attending University of West Florida, to become a professional editor [!]. Eyer is taking a wikibreak and may be away or inactive for varying periods of time. Although he may occasionally be able to do some editing, messages left for him may not be replied to for a while. He will be back on Wikipedia when university is over.

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October 2025

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Voter identification laws in the United States, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. In particular see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Titles of people. Jc3s5h (talk) 14:22, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jc3s5h: My go-to style guide entry for these is MOS:JOBTITLES. It gives the example "Mao met with US president Richard Nixon in 1972." In that example, a title preceding a name is lowercase because the title is preceded my a modifier. —Eyer (he/him) If you reply, add {{reply to|Eyer}} to your message. 15:15, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Substantially this example was added by Mandruss (talk · contribs) on 25 December 2018. I don't see any discussion agreeing to it. It isn't obvious that it agrees with the rest of the section. It disagrees with Chicago Manual of Style 18th ed. §8.22 which gives the example "German Chancellor Olaf Scholz" but also says this doesn't apply if there is a comma, for example, "a meeting with the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz".

Chicago notes the advise was different in previous editions, and is meant to align with common usage and will usually aid clarity. Jc3s5h (talk) 16:49, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any discussion agreeing to it. You should be looking for discussion objecting or challenging. You won't find any of that, either. That was a BOLD edit that went unchallenged, therefore accepted. ―Mandruss ☎ IMO. 16:52, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jc3s5h: Yes, Chicago's guidance has changed between the 17th edition and the 18th edition. Our MOS hasn't been updated to reflect that new guidance, though. Currently, MOS:JOBTITLES stands as-is. —Eyer (he/him) If you reply, add {{reply to|Eyer}} to your message. 17:23, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Attorney Generals

Sorry but I had to revert you. It is Attorney General. Doug Weller talk 07:19, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Modified job titles aren't capitalized. —Eyer (he/him) If you reply, add {{reply to|Eyer}} to your message. 13:20, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I forgot! Doug Weller talk 14:32, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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