Film gauge is a measure of the width of photo and movie films, and is written as the width of the film in millimeters followed by the unit “mm”. Film gauges can be written either with a space (35mm film), without a space (35mm film), or with a hyphen (35-mm film).
In the context of film gauges, should Wikipedia:
However, there are seven American political figures known often by their initials in shorthand, and their initials across Wikipedia are used unspaced, in violation of this policy:
The only exception for spaced initials is given at MOS:BIOEXCEPT, which allows formats such as CCH Pounder but requires that the format be used only when
the person has clearly declared and consistently used a preferred exceptional style for their own name; and
While some (but not all) sources currently write these names unspaced, the and requirement of MOS:BIOEXCEPT still restricts this usage as none of these men styled their names without spaces, preferring to go by their full names in nearly all cases. In John F. Kennedy's case, there is evidence he wrote his name with spaced initials.[1][2]
Some style guides resolve this issue by making a difference in how spaced initials are treated when they are the full name. For instance, Turabian has
Some individuals are known primarily by initials in place of a first and/or middle name. Such initials should be followed by a period and a space. If you abbreviate an entire name, however, omit periods and spaces. G. K. Chesterton but JFK M. F. K. Fisher but FDR
Option 1: No change to the MOS, update all pages to use spaced initials.
Option 2: Modify MOS:INITIALS to add If you abbreviate an entire name, however, omit periods and spaces from Turabian.
Option 3: Modify MOS:BIOEXCEPT to remove the and-test and replace it with or.
Option 4: As these examples are all Americans, deem this a MOS:ENGVAR issue and leave current styles intact.
Option 5 "Ignore the MOS if it is not helpful." (Added by Polygnotus without any explanation of what that's supposed to mean operationally.)
Option 6 ""Periods may be omitted when a person's full name is consistently abbreviated to just their initials, for instance MLK for Martin Luther King, Jr., if the common version of the abbreviation consistently appears without periods." (Added by SportingFlyer.)
Should we drop the prefix "Roman Catholic" (or "Catholic") from the diocese and archdiocese pages where no disambiguation is needed? 11:08, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
Offices, titles, and positions ... are common nouns and therefore should be in lower case when used generically. They are capitalized only in the following cases:
When followed by a person's name to form a title, i.e., when they can be considered to have become part of the name: President Nixon, not president Nixon; Pope John XXIII, not pope John XXIII.
When a title is used to refer to a specific person as a substitute for their name during their time in office, e.g., the King, not the king (referring to Charles III); the Pope, not the pope (referring to Francis).
When a formal title for a specific entity (or conventional translation thereof) is addressed as a title or position in and of itself, is not plural, is not preceded by a modifier (including a definite or indefinite article), and is not a reworded description
^Knudsen, Robert. Book with President Kennedy's initials. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. JFKWHP-KN-20381. J. F. K.
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