Talk:ABC Islands (Alaska)

Capitalization of 'I'

I am concerned about the capitalization of the alphabet I in the word 'Islands' in the title as well as the context. I wonder if it is correct to use capital I, considering that ABC Islands is a common name given to three islands. I'd compare it to ABC islands (Lesser Antilles) which has a smaller 'i' in the word islands. It'd be great to see User:MusikAnimal helping out. Thanks!! Simranpreet singh (talk) 13:07, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

I'd just go off of whatever the sources say, though in this case they don't seem to mention "ABC islands" at all, case-insensitive. No opposition if you want to move it, but if it were up to me I'd leave it as-is (WP:RETAIN-like mentality). Readers will be able to find the article, which is the important part. — MusikAnimal ^talk 22:07, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

• Comment ABC islands is an example of bad English grammar. If these three islands are collectively known as the ABC Islands, then the word becomes a Proper Noun, proper nouns should always be capitalized. The same can be said for the SSS Islands and the BES Islands. Xindeho (talk) 09:43, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Comment The current article title is perfect, there is no need to change it. For the ABC islands in the Lesser Antilles, we use lower case "i" because it is an acronym for Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, none of these three islands have "Island" in their names, so lower case "i" is fine. Whereas in this case, the ABC Islands in Alaska is an acronym for Admiralty Island, Baranof Island and Chichagof Island, all of these three islands have "Island" in their official names, so capital "I" should be used instead. Kenwick (talk) 03:35, 8 May 2020 (UTC)