Forum:CT Archive/Canon Human

Our longstanding policy for in-universe articles is to capitalize the word "Human" as we would for other sentient species. This policy can be found in the Manual of Style here. However, as New Canon sources are coming out, we have ample evidence indicating that this is not the appropriate practice to follow for our in-universe Canon articles. I present the following list of examples from New Canon sources of "human" not being capitalized:

A New Dawn
 * 1) One of his regular dueling partners, a red-skinned humanoid boy, met him in the doorway, training weapon in hand.
 * 2) He was as human as she was, but much of his body had been replaced.
 * 3) The eyes appeared meant for some other species besides humans; Vidian had chosen them solely for what they could do.
 * 4) He pushed past Cauley, the young human ensign, and tapped a command key.
 * 5) A quavering nonhuman voice was piped onto the bridge.

Tarkin
 * 1) Tarkin glanced at the silver-bodied humaniform couturier.
 * 2) On those long days when the moon emerged into the light of the system's distant yellow sun, the surface glare was too intense for human eyes, and the base's viewports had to be sealed or polarized.
 * 3) Drawing himself up to his full height, which was just above human average, he adopted a serious expression, cradling his chin in his right hand.
 * 4) A sandy-haired human with protruding ears, Thon was as untried as he sounded.
 * 5) "The Idellian scanner isolated thirty lifeforms-a crew of humans and near-humans-which is in keeping with the practice of placing sentients in command of most Providence-class ships."

Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy
 * 1) "I have no issues with aliens myself-some of my best friends are nonhumans-but some grav-ball fans object to alien physiognomies, seeing them as giving nonhumans an edge."
 * 2) "There's no league rule against nonhuman players."

Ultimate Star Wars
 * 1) Although Naboo's sparse population embraces peace and tranquility, they and the indigenous Gungans navigate an uneasy relationship for hundreds of years until they ally to defend their verdant world.
 * 2) Little is known about the reptilian humanoids called the Elders, who waged war with ancient Gungans and left numerous monuments on Naboo.

Star Wars in 100 Scenes
 * 1) Nass refuses - his aquatic people dislike Naboo’s human inhabitants.
 * 2) The Gungans think Naboo's humans are arrogant and selfish, but Padmé's humble gesture shows Nass they can be friends.
 * 3) Their planet has been freed, and a new era of peace has begun, one that will unite the planet's human and Gungan citizens.

I am therefore proposing that we standardize an exception to our Manual of Style stating that contrary to our current Legends policy, Canon articles should not capitalize "human" or "humanoid." The first paragraph of that section will now read as follows:

'''In all sections of Canon in-universe articles, the word "human" is not to be capitalized, even though other sentient species (Twi'lek, Rodian, Wookiee, etc.) are. Note, however, that Star Wars Legends in-universe articles do capitalize the words "Human" and "Near-Human." The word "humanoid" is not to be capitalized in any in-universe article.'''

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 * 1) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 01:32, May 25, 2015 (UTC)