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Proper nouns

Unless the proper noun is spelled with a lower case letter, it should not be added to a page whose name begins with a lower case letter. See violet and Violet. --EncycloPetey 06:05, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Formatting

Also, please do not add horizontal rules ( ---- ) at the top of the page. These should only be used between language sections, not at the top of the page. --EncycloPetey 06:08, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Are brand names proper nouns?

Hey, I saw you've been editing iMac etc. are these words actually proper nouns? I would have thought not because you have to use an article or quantifier with them. "I played chess against Deep Blue" vs. "I'm playing chess on an iMac". Conrad.Irwin 10:26, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

I would have thought brand names are proper nouns. Aside from that, some of them already had "proper noun" headers, and were using the "en-noun" template... 76.66.195.63 10:28, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

I can feel confident that they are proper nouns... if you look at it from a business perspective: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 76.66.195.63 10:47, 1 December 2008 (UTC)