[Air-L] copyediting question: capitalize www?

[Christian Fuchs]

Internet is a name for one specific techno-social computer-based network 
system, World Wide Web a name for a subpart of this network. We also 
capitalize our first- and sur-names, so we should definitely capitalize 
"Internet" and "World Wide Web".

Interesting question, but there are more important problems in the world 
to discuss than if we should "capitalize" the word Internet, such as how 
the Internet is being "capitalized" by capitalist companies etc ...

Best, CF

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Am 11/1/11 10:46 AM, schrieb Sue Malta:
> As part of the team that publishes the "International Journal of Emerging Techologies and Society" (iJETS), I would ALWAYS opt for a capital for Internet and the World Wide Web....
>
> Cheers
>
> Sue Malta
>
>
> P
> ...............................................
> Sue Malta
> Editor / Managing Editor
> International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society (iJETS)
> Swinburne University of Technology
> John Street, Hawthorn, VIC 3122
> Email: ijets at swin.edu.au
> Or: smalta at groupwise.swin.edu.au
> www.swin.edu.au/ijets
>>>> "Jonathan Sterne, Dr."  01/11/11 8:32 PM>>>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Please excuse any repetition if this has been answered recently.  I know that people are coming around to not capitalizing the word "internet" (this is my preference too).  But what about "world wide web"?
>
> Best,
> --J
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