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: It is a proper name in that it was introduced by that name, with that spelling, by its inventors. "Extreme programming" would change the meaning from a name (a handle, basically) for a methodology to a qualifaction of a programming process as "extreme" (whatever "extreme" may mean to the casual reader). --[[User:Demonkoryu|Demonkoryu]] ([[User talk:Demonkoryu|talk]]) 16:56, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
::I see your point. I am trying to understand this issue as it applies to names for engineering ideas in general. Do you think this argument is applicable to names for methodologies in general or just XP? For example do you think "rapid application development" should be capitalized according to the same principle as "extreme programming"? What is it about names for engineering ideas (or XP at least) that calls for special treatment when we do not need them for concepts and theorems in math or science (e.g. "open mapping theorem", "nearest neighbor algorithm", "beam search")? <font color="#500000">[[User:Jojalozzo|Joja]]</font><font color="#005000">[[User talk:Jojalozzo|lozzo]]</font> 17:16, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
:::: Named mathematical theorems were always capitalised in the degree I took. There are many open mapping theorems but there is only one Open Mapping Theorem: ''The Open Mapping Theorem''; however, in maths the context is usually enough to avoid confusion, and so no meaning is lost by dropping capitalisation. Linguistic translation lies at the heart of the art of software development. Capitals are used intentionally to disambiguate meaning. Rapid application development (efficient and fast coding) is distinct and different from Rapid Application Development (RAD - a school of development). It is not always clear from context which is meant. Extreme Programming (XP) clearly indicates a specific school of development inspired by [[Kent Beck]]. ''Extreme Programming'' is now widely adopted amongst successful small (1000 [[Function point | Function Point]]) projects in top corporations and so is no longer ''extreme programming''. Try writing that sentence without the aid of capitalisation. this is bullshit. [[User:RobertBurrellDonkin|RobertBurrellDonkin]] ([[User talk:RobertBurrellDonkin|talk]]) 08:50, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
:::I see what you mean. I realize that using "extreme programming" would probably not be confused by the audience for anything else than "Extreme Programming" as coined by its creators. I still think that WP policy is wrong in its understanding of "proper names". It feels just wrong to see another spelling enforced in WP that is out of sync with literally the rest of the world, but I'm not here to fight it. For the sake of at least internal consistency, I'd settle on the spelling "extreme programming".--[[User:Demonkoryu|Demonkoryu]] ([[User talk:Demonkoryu|talk]]) 09:02, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
::::I've seen recruiters misinterpret Extreme Programming as synonymous with "very intense programming". [[User:Mmeijeri|Martijn Meijering]] ([[User talk:Mmeijeri|talk]]) 13:06, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
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