[thelist] nomenclature - site map / web site

[Erika]

Jim Puls wrote:
> The only one that really bothers me, that I almost guarantee nobody ever 
> thinks about:
> 
> "Login" is a noun. "Log in" is the verb form.

You do think about it when you need to write it, if you are a thoughtful 
person.

IIRC the reasoning for Web site to be capitalized back in the day went 
thusly:

World Wide Web is a proper noun.  There is only one World Wide Web. 
Therefore, "Web site" refers to this World Wide Web and should be 
capitalized.  Similarly, there is only one Internet, so it too is a 
proper noun.

Yet of course, at the same time, the world was moving toward lowercasing 
everything. (And, of course, verbifying all nouns and adjectives.)

Here is Wired in 2004 giving you permission to lowercase:
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2004/08/64596

Here they are in 2000 telling you all kinds of crazy stuff:
http://www.amazon.com/Wired-Style-Constance-Hale/dp/0767903722

The first review in the stack points out how flawed that book really was.

IMO, if nothing else, be consistent with yourself.

Erika