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Perhaps it can be reformulated on the form "XXYYZZ suggests that ...", if someone can find a good reference.
--[[User:Erik Sandberg|Erik]] 14:46, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 
Not only subjective, but wrong — see the Linux Kernel Coding Style guide, the first two chapters of which make some cogent points against the GNU style. Should a criticism section be added to the article? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/60.240.145.232|60.240.145.232]] ([[User talk:60.240.145.232|talk]]) 15:34, 12 August 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
 
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The result of the move request was: '''page moved'''. [[User:Vegaswikian|Vegaswikian]] ([[User talk:Vegaswikian|talk]]) 01:19, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 
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Even the GNU uses lower case ([www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/]): "The GNU coding standards, last updated ..."
 
Per [[WP:CAPS]] ("Wikipedia avoids unnecessary capitalization") and [[WP:TITLE]], this is a generic, common term, not a propriety or commercial term, so the article title should be downcased. Lowercase will match the formatting of related article titles. [[User:Tony1|<span class="texhtml" style="text-shadow:#BBBBBB 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; class=texhtml">[[User:Tony1|<fontspan colorstyle="color:darkgreen;">'''Tony'''</font span>]] [[User talk:Tony1|<fontspan colorstyle="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</font span>]]</span>]] 03:45, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
 
*'''Support''' per the official web page [http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/ GNU coding standards] and generally no reason to capitalize. [[User:Dicklyon|Dicklyon]] ([[User talk:Dicklyon|talk]]) 05:09, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
*'''Support''' per nom. --[[User:Pnm|Pnm]] ([[User talk:Pnm|talk]]) 04:13, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
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