Forum:"Human" shouldn't be capitalised

I call for a reversal of the language at Tardis:Manual of Style on the grounds that it was not, apparently, the house style of BBC Books to capitalize the word human. In The Tomorrow Windows, EarthWorld, Halflife, The Infinity Race and I'm sure more and more, the word goes uniformly uncapitalized, even when characters are speaking. What source ever gave us license to capitalize a word that the dictionary — and BBC Books — doesn't?
 * I don't think we've ever used a source for it because it's not really been an issue. However, the names of all the other alien species are capitalized, so it makes sense for Human to also be capitalized. If, however, we decide to change it to lowercase, the same should be done for the other species' as well. --The Thirteenth Doctor 14:26, February 21, 2011 (UTC)

Well for one, Dalek is always capitalised so that shouldn't be lower case.Skittles the hog-- Talk 15:07, February 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * You're both kinda missing the point. The fact that Dalek is always capitalised is irrelevant.  We're not talking about that word; we're talking about human, the single most-used species name in all Doctor Who fiction.   The argument "if one species does it, all others must follow" doesn't trump canonical usage.  Canonical sources don't capitalise human in narrative.  We're going to need a solid, canonical reason for continuing to capitalise it.  (Don't worry, I'm not asking you guys to personally change things from Human to human, so don't let the obvious workload color your deliberations.  Obviously the bot will do it.)

Yes, I know I was straying from the point but I was trying to point out that "all follow suit" is not canonical. I agree that everything must be sourced so unless someone finds a reason you should have it changed.Skittles the hog-- Talk 11:18, February 22, 2011 (UTC)