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The word "General" is a title, and should be capitalized to be distinguished from the adjective "general" that can mean "general entry" for the article "William Thompson"
Comment. Capitalizing "general" in disambiguation doesn't seem to be the usual practice: Charles Lee (general), John Glover (general), Diophantus (general), David Henderson (general), John Nixon (general), Theodoros Pangalos (general), Demosthenes (general), etc. There are a some exceptions, e.g. Artapanus (General), John Forbes (General). Of course, "General" can be used as a title or as a description of rank, so it's sometimes capitalized, sometimes not. You would write, "This article is about General William Thompson", or "William Thompson was a general." The second example is not capitalized (at least not in American English), though Wikipedians frequently get this wrong. Whether or not using the uncapitalized form in disambiguation is potentially more confusing, I don't know. Personally I don't care which one is used, just pointing out that lower case seems to be favored right now. —KevinMyers04:26, 4 June 2007 (UTC)Reply
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