Talk:U.S. Senator Obama announces presidential candidacy

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I don't think this is a good title. It's quite meaningless and sounds like PR. What about

• Obama announces candidacy for U.S. presidency

or

• Obama determined to become president of the U.S.

--Grace E. Dougle 21:02, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Newbie here

I just signed up to wikipedia and made some minor changes. It is my understanding that "president" is only capitalized when used in a title as in President Bush. Otherwise, if you simply say, "The president will speak tonight" you do not capitalize it. So I made a change in the text. Is that how this works? I also made a change from "Obama's spoke" to "Obama Spoke..."

Question to the above poster. If you felt the title was lame, why didn't you just change it? Are you being polite by asking? Or it is off limits to change a title? ~~~~? -- Esl coach - (talk)

Yes, the term "president" is only used capitalized as a title, although some believe that using the word as you said. The correct gramattical way is how you described it. Could you sign your posts with ~~~~? --Thunderhead - (talk) 00:18, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I didn't know how to sign my name. I copied thunderbirds, deleted his/her name and added my own. Is there an easier to do this? Is this the wrong place to ask? Maybe I should check out the "water cooler" -- Esl coach - (talk)

Remember the "nowiki" tags? Don't use those. Just type four tildes (~). --Thunderhead - (talk) 04:44, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

• My opinion is that president should be capitalised when used as a title, eg "President Bush", "former President Clinton". When referring to someone who has not held the office they are a "presidential hopeful/candidate", or where you separate them from the office, "running for the office of President of the United States" - again a capitalisation required. If these examples don't cover what you'd want to use say what it is and we can look at it.

For doing a signature, this - between the quotes - is exactly what I type into the edit window "--~~~~". You'll get less until you go to "my preferences" (top of page) and experiment with the code for your signature. If you're reading the comment in the code, don't include the tags, they prevent the server from interpreting the four tildes as a signature and substituting appropriate code. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 17:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)