I know a lot of people aren't familiar with all the technicalities of grammar, as there tends to be a lot of rules to remember. I've noticed one common problem is with titles in creative works, as there's a lot of confusion about where capitalization is appropriate. Generally, there aren't as many strict rules about capitalization in non-English titles, so it's especially confusing for someone who might speak English as a secondary language. Just as a reference, (in good faith) I thought I would share a quick run-down of how these rules work in English titles, in case anyone might find it useful to their own creative works:

You should always capitalize the first and last words of the title. The only words that shouldn't be capitalized are: Articles, prepositions / adpositions, conjunctions and some infinitives.

If you aren't sure, here is an example using each type of word in a title:

 - The Good and the Bad (article)

"The," as the first word in the title, is capitalized. The following "the" is not, since it's an article.

 - Somewhere over the Rainbow (preposition)

"Over" is not capitalized, because it's a preposition.

Another example:

 - Joan of Arc (preposition)

If you aren't sure, check your dictionary to see what type of word it is. Some common prepositions are: Into, over, out of, of, from ...

 - The Question and the Answer (conjunction)

Correlative conjunctions should also be lower-cased. Some of these include: And so, both ... and, either ... or, neither ... nor, and not (only) ... but (... also)

Correlative conjunction example:

 - I Fought Hard, and so I Was Victorious

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If you still aren't sure, here is an approximate list of words that aren't capitalized:

Articles: a, an, the

Conjunctions: and, but, or, so, after, before, when, while, since, until, although, even if, because, both...and, either...or, neither...nor, not only...but also

Prepositions: aboard, about, above, absent, across, after, against, along, alongside, amid, amidst, among, amongst, around, as, aslant, astride, at, atop, barring, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, besides, between, beyond, but, by, despite, down, during, except, failing, following, for, from, in, inside, into, like, merry, mid, minus, near, next, notwithstanding, of, off, on, onto, opposite, outside, over, past, plus, regarding, round, save, since, than, through, throughout, till, times, to, toward, towards, under, underneath, unlike, until, up, upon, via, with, within, without

Prepositions; Two words: according to, ahead of, as to, aside from, because of, close to, due to, far from, in to, inside of, instead of, near to, next to, on to, out of, outside of, owing to, prior to, subsequent to

Prepositions; Three words: as far as, as well as, by means of, in accordance with, in addition to, in front of, in place of, in spite of, on account of, on behalf of, on top of, with regard to, in case of

Prepositions; Archaic or infrequently used: anti, betwixt, circa, cum, in lieu of, per, qua, sans, unto, versus, vis-a-vis

Prepositions; Not fully grammaticalized: concerning, considering, regarding

Prepositions; Preposition-like modifiers of quantified noun phrases: apart from, but, except, plus, save

Prepositions; Postpositions: ago, apart, aside, away, hence, notwithstanding, on, through, withal

Hmm I thought I knew all that, but I actually learned quite a bit by reading what you posted. Nice work.

Well, in the past, I always saw people capitalizing every word. Even strategy guides, magazines and the like did, and I think even some commercial games did. Some softwares said to be professional does too, such as SMF. Look right above post list and at the bottom too, above the Fast Reply bos, and even in Quick Reply: these words are all capitalized

Because of this this is hard to know the real rules

Of course keep in mind we will not like if you start correcting every single post here, though, now that you say you are a bit grammar-nazi , because we feel it just starts more trouble than anything else, ranging from off-topicness to stupid debates and even new users feeling unwelcomed (we even lost one due to grammar-naziness on the old forums, thanks to Delnar Elriske ), because some people find grammar in forum posts and IRC to be less important than elsewhere, or use english as second or third language, while some finds it much more important

yeah the issue is mostly ppl trying to correct others in a rude way to try to make them feel embarrassed in public. Some consider such grammar nazism as some form of trolling. I think the trolling part might be because it totally disrupts the topic conversation with discussion totally unrelated to the topic starter post.

Generally I try to check underlined words when posting on English forums, since Opera browser finally added spell-checking features. However there are some stuff that can go unnoticed and since English is not my native language, I might do a lot of mistakes still.

To be honest, one reason I started the topic was because I wondered if some people might look at the title "Shadow over Ragnoth" and mistakingly think I forgot to capitalize "over."

Well, now you all know. Intentional grammar-Nazism.

Nice to know and kind of your part to share.

When I capitalize my rule was what seems to fit better. Not always has accurate results.

Thank you! I'm used to capitalizing every word, but every time I do I always feel a pang of regret for not taking the time to check if I correctly capitalized everything.

http://cemetech.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3676

According to their... "style" of grammar, a semicolon should be used to serve every miscellaneous, punctuational linkage between similar clauses.

Damn them for neglecting my precious em-dashes. Damn them to Hell!

(Okay - I'm not that dramatic over grammar. )