Talk:Nils John Nilsson

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Capitalization of "Chair"

@Espresso Addict: The reference here is to the professorship. I might agree if it were a reference to Nilsson. It just looks wrong. What is the source of your citation? Thanks. Jmar67 (talk) 02:59, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmar67: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Titles of people, second bullet point. (In this case the professorship/chair is the office, and the subject of the sentence fragment). I agree it looks odd though; perhaps it could be rephrased somehow; I had a few attempts earlier but never hit on one that read well and was 100% accurate. Espresso Addict (talk) 03:20, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Espresso Addict: Let me try rewording. Thank you for your feedback. Jmar67 (talk) 03:27, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Espresso Addict: I don't see where the ref supports this claim, that he was the first and held it starting in 1990. Jmar67 (talk) 03:44, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmar67: [1] covers that he was the first and held it starting March 1991; I think it's entirely likely that he was actually appointed in 1990. The various obituaries cover until his death. By the way, I don't think it's sensible to convert "C/chair" to "professorship" in the lead; a named Chair is not at all the same as a random professorship (a Nobel Prize is not the same as a school fete prize), hence my automatic use of capitalisation for one, but not the other. Espresso Addict (talk)