Talk:Solent Blue Line

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[edit] bluestar or Bluestar?

I have noticed that someone has recently changed all mention of the word "bluestar" to begin with a capital "B". Unless I am mistaken, the name should begin with a lower case "b", as this is what the brand was intended to be. (Similar to "iPod" etc.) This is confirmed by the Solent Blue Line website, which apart from some examples on the news page, all the other pages (Times, fares and home) begin with a lower case "b".

This is the same with the bluestar website, which again has the odd rogue capital "B", but in the majority of cases (home, fares and "What is bluestar" pages), it is lower case.

As a result, I have changed the names back to bluestar. However, I have left the examples of "baby bluestar" as they are, as the previous examples of "babybluestar" were incorrect. -- Arriva436 (talk) 20:20, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

I changed the Bluestar to begin with a capital 'B' as that is how Solent Blue Line present the name in text on their Bluestar site, they use a small 'b' in the graphics on the website but in every other case except a few examples on a the fares page it is with a capital 'B'. Also Nightstar is consistently presented with a capital 'N' but the graphic is a small 'n'. Red Fox (talk) 20:48, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

As far as I can see, most examples are in fact with a lower case b. There is only one example on the home page of a capital "B", the other 3 are "b". The same is with the Solent Blue Line, where as I said before, all examples on the home page, times and fares are with a lower case "b". The news updates vary, but that is presumably as they are written by different people, who get confused. On the "Nightstar" front, this is probably so they go with the "Nitebus" services that First runs (they may have ceased now). And of course as you say the bluestar logo is with a lowercase "b", as can be seen on the Cadet that illustrates the article. -- Arriva436 (talk) 22:01, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Like I said the graphics (logo and menu options which are gif images) on the Bluestar site are in lower case but in the text are generally have a capital 'B' including the company contact details with exception of two examples on the fares page and few on the news page. Go-Ahead use Blue Star[1] or Bluestar[2]. The latest Solent Blue Line logo is now lower case, should that be written as solent blue line? Same with National Express Red Fox (talk) 14:31, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I have been sad enough to count up all of the examples!!! Excluding the graphics, the total of both the SBL and Bluestar webistes is that "Bluestar" beats "bluestar" by three. Excluding the hap-hazard news page examples, "bluestar" wins by a mile. However, as it is so close, doesn't make much odds, and it is eaiser with a capital, I shall change them back to "Bluestar". -- Arriva436 (talk) 20:54, 3 February 2008 (UTC)