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# Capitalization and Wording Instructions

These rules apply to all documentation and code comments in this repository:

2. **Headings and Titles**
- Capitalize all words in titles, except short words like: the, a, an, and, for, of, on, in
- Apply The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage
- **DO**
- Admin Access Control
- **DON’T**
- Admin access control

3. **meshStack Terms**
- Do not capitalize meshStack terms like project, landing zone, workspace, tenant, payment method, chargeback statement, tenant usage report, platform builder, admin area, workspace manager unless they appear in a title or start of the sentence.
- **DO**
- Create a landing zone
- **DON’T**
- Create a Landing Zone

4. **Days of the week and months names**
- Capitalize days of the week and months. (for example: Monday, Tuesday, January, February)
- **DO**
- Monday
- June
- **DON’T**
- tuesday

5. **Lists and Steps**
- Start each list item or step with a capital letter if it forms a complete sentence or a proper noun.
- If the list item is a fragment, only capitalize the first word and any proper nouns.

6. **Button and UI Labels**
- Match the capitalization as it appears in the UI.
- If not specified, use title case for button and menu labels.

7. **Acronyms and Product Names**
- Always capitalize acronyms (e.g., OSB, API, CI/CD).
- Use the official capitalization for product and service names (e.g., meshStack, meshPanel).

8. **Code**
- Follow language-specific conventions for code capitalization (e.g., camelCase, PascalCase, snake_case).

9. **Links**
- Link text should follow the capitalization of the referenced heading or document.

10. **Admin**
- always write admin instead of administrator

11. **Dont use Cloud Foundation**
- Do not use the term "Cloud Foundation" in any context. Instead, use "platform team" or "admin team" to refer to the team

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These rules help ensure consistency and readability across all documentation and