Talk:Norman Conquest
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Encyclopaedic, not lexical; SOP. --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 00:24, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
- Keep, as I've only seen this capitalisation used in reference to the conquest of England. There was also a Norman conquest of Sicily, but "Norman Conquest" out of context would never refer to it. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 00:48, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
- You're wrong there, it appears in at least three dictionaries. Keep. DonnanZ (talk) 09:44, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
- Indeed, striking this out. --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 11:23, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
- To be clear, I'm still not entirely convinced this is lexical, but the lemming argument is good enough for me here. --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 09:31, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
- Indeed, striking this out. --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 11:23, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
- Keep the capitalized form since it is a specific sense, but delete any lowercase form of Norman conquest or Norman invasion as a sum of parts. Nicole Sharp (talk) 13:37, 13 March 2018 (UTC)