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: I'm now without the massive library across the street, but capitalizing looks quite wrong to me.  A newspaper doesn't say "Clinton's statements were disputed by The NRA, citing later criticism of the studies" or "Texas defeated The Sooners, 28-7, after repeated weather delays".    [[User:Ryan W|Ryan W]] ([[User talk:Ryan W|talk]]) 16:18, 7 March 2016 (CST)
 
: I'm now without the massive library across the street, but capitalizing looks quite wrong to me.  A newspaper doesn't say "Clinton's statements were disputed by The NRA, citing later criticism of the studies" or "Texas defeated The Sooners, 28-7, after repeated weather delays".    [[User:Ryan W|Ryan W]] ([[User talk:Ryan W|talk]]) 16:18, 7 March 2016 (CST)
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:: Are those appropriate examples? NRA and Oklahoma Sooners don't include 'The' in their own names, right?
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:: Besides, the main articles themselves ''do'' capitalize: [[The Order]] ends with "works to stop The Order's forces." And [[The Front]] includes "fighting against The Order. The leader of The Front..."  If 'The' is an integral part of some name, shouldn't it always be capitalized when using that name? --[[User:Xymph|Xymph]] ([[User talk:Xymph|talk]]) 16:43, 7 March 2016 (CST)

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The Front vs the Front

I am not sure what the actual rules are on essential particles in proper nouns and whether or not they should actually be capitalized in this situation. We had previously edited almost every article on the wiki to avoid constructs such as "recruited by The Front", which has now reappeared here. Rather than revert I think we need a quick discussion on it to find if there is any authority with a word on the matter before we make a decision. --Quasar (talk) 10:02, 7 March 2016 (CST)

After 2-3 such edits, I realized there might be a reason/rule for why the wikilinks were formatted that way, and stopped changing them when encountering further cases. English is not my native tongue (though a close second ;) ), so I'm curious as to the outcome. --Xymph (talk) 10:07, 7 March 2016 (CST)
I'm now without the massive library across the street, but capitalizing looks quite wrong to me.  A newspaper doesn't say "Clinton's statements were disputed by The NRA, citing later criticism of the studies" or "Texas defeated The Sooners, 28-7, after repeated weather delays".    Ryan W (talk) 16:18, 7 March 2016 (CST)
Are those appropriate examples? NRA and Oklahoma Sooners don't include 'The' in their own names, right?
Besides, the main articles themselves do capitalize: The Order ends with "works to stop The Order's forces." And The Front includes "fighting against The Order. The leader of The Front..." If 'The' is an integral part of some name, shouldn't it always be capitalized when using that name? --Xymph (talk) 16:43, 7 March 2016 (CST)