User talk:Navyghost

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Capitalisation of ranks
Navyghost, thanks for your edits here at Wikipedia. You should know that the house style at Wikipedia (in common with other reputable manuals of style, such as Chicago) does not capitalise ranks. This is based on the simple grammatical fact that they are not proper nouns. The exception to this is when they form part of a name (eg "General Patton"), since they then become part of a proper name. The Wikipedia guidance is explained at WP:JOBTITLES. Thanks for listening. Shem (talk) 08:37, 9 August 2015 (UTC)