1c810561__August_2012___Tolkien_Gateway__Discussion_Point
[Item] #5 [Responsible Member] KingAragorn [Outcome] It was agreed to use the rule as state in the Manual of Style: 'Use capital letters when writing about the races of Middle-earth, but lower-case when writing about individuals or groups of individuals i.e. Elves, Dwarves, Men, Hobbits, Orcs, Istari, Valar, etc. (e.g. "the hobbits walked down the road", "Hobbits have hairy feet", "the hobbit jumped over the fence", "the Elf lord bowed before them", "the orcs were running over the plain").' [Discussion Point] 
Should we capitalise the names of races? Should there be times when we do capitalise them and when we should not?
Tolkien Gateway:Meetings/5 August 2012 - Tolkien Gateway
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