[MC-187546] Inconsistency in the Capitalization of Items in Advancement Descriptions

The descriptions of advancements usually capitalize the name of proper nouns (don't exist in real life) and don't capitalize common nouns. This is not the case for all advancements. Unnecessary capitalization is covered by MC-116857. This covers the required capitalizations.

Advancement	Item	Proper Noun?	Capitalized?	Correct Capitalization?
The Next Generation	Dragon Egg	✔	✔	✔
Sky's The Limit	Elytra	❌	❌	✔
You Need a Mint	Dragon's Breath	✔	❌	❌
You Need a Mint	Glass Bottle	❌	❌	✔
War Pigs	Chest	❌	❌	✔
Hidden in the Depths	Ancient Debris	✔	✔	✔
Country Lode, Take Me Home	Compass	❌	❌	✔ [fixed 20w30a]
Country Lode, Take Me Home	Lodestone	❌	✔	❌
Cover Me in Debris	Netherite Armor	✔	Partial (Netherite is; armor is not)	Capitalized Armor
Bring Home the Beacon	Beacon	❌	❌	✔ [fixed 20w30a]
Beaconator	Beacon	❌	❌	✔
Local Brewer	Potion	❌	❌	✔
Who is Cutting Onions?	Crying Obsidian	✔	✔	✔
Not Quite "Nine" Lives	Respawn Anchor	✔	✔	✔
Oh Shiny	Gold	❌	❌	✔
This Boat Has Legs	Warped Fungus on a Stick	✔	✔	✔
Stone Age	Pickaxe	❌	❌	✔
Getting an Upgrade	Pickaxe	❌	❌	✔
Acquire Hardware	Iron Ingot	❌	❌	✔
Suit Up	Iron Armor	❌	❌	✔
Not Today, Thank You	Shield	❌	❌	✔
Hot Stuff	Bucket	❌	❌	✔
Ice Bucket Challenge	Obsidian	❌	❌	✔
Eye Spy	Eye of Ender	✔	✔	✔
Isn't It Iron Pick	Pickaxe	❌	❌	✔
Diamonds!	Diamond	❌	❌	✔
Enchanter	Enchantment Table	✔	✔	✔
Bee Our Guest	Campfire	❌	✔	❌
Bee Our Guest	Honey	❌	✔	❌
Bee Our Guest	Beehive	❌	✔	❌
Bee Our Guest	Bottle	❌	✔	❌
Fishy Business	Fish	❌	❌	✔
Tactical Fishing	Fish	❌	❌	✔
Tactical Fishing	Fishing Rod	❌	❌	✔
Total Beelocation	Bee Nest	❌	✔	❌
A Seedy Place	Seed	❌	❌	✔
Serious Dedication	Netherite Ingot	✔	Partial (Netherite is; ingot is not)	Capitalize Ingot
Serious Dedication	Hoe	❌	❌	✔
A Throwaway Joke	Trident	❌	❌	✔
Take Aim	Arrow	❌	❌	✔
Bullseye	Target Block	✔	Partial (Target is; block is not)	Capitalize Block
Postmortal	Totem of Undying	✔	✔	✔
Sticky Situation	Honey Block	✔	✔	✔
Two Birds, One Arrow	Arrow	❌	❌	✔
Ol' Betsy	Crossbow	❌	❌	✔
Arbalistic	Crossbow	❌	❌	✔
Sweet Dreams	Bed	❌	❌	✔

Linked issues

is duplicated by 1

MC-219538 The string "Use a Netherite ingot to upgrade a hoe, and then reevaluate your life choices" is not properly capitalized Resolved

relates to 4

MC-116857 Advancement descriptions use unnecessary capitalization on generic resource names Resolved

MC-189261 Various Realms buttons and texts are incorrectly capitalized Resolved

MC-190102 Some UI strings are not consistently capitalized Resolved

MC-226430 Several 1.17 advancement strings are improperly capitalized Resolved

Comments 10

bluecrab2 2020-07-22T19:01:20Z

Updated Bring the Beacon Home and Sky's the Limit for the fix of MC-116857

Marcono1234 2020-07-23T21:37:47Z

"Lodestone" is not a proper noun and should therefore likely be lowercased. I updated the description accordingly.

migrated 2020-07-30T18:23:48Z

In the advancement's description of "Very Very Frightening," it reads "Strike a Villager with lightning" (Villager should be lowercase as it not a proper noun)

Marcono1234 2020-07-30T23:19:12Z

It appears all mob names are capitalized, e.g.

Kill a Skeleton from at least 50 meters away

Successfully trade with a Villager

So this is likely fine.

Elytra should not be capitalized because it is not a proper noun: Elytron

In my opinion "Honey Block" should not be capitalized because even lowercased it is unambiguous. Though "Target Block" should be captialized (as stated in the description) since it would be ambiguous otherwise, e.g. a user not being aware that the block exists might not understand this advancement. What do you all think?

bluecrab2 2020-09-11T23:21:14Z

@Marcono1234 Sorry for the late response! I only just now saw this comment when updating for 1.16.3. Thanks for the correction on the elytra! For the honey block, I think the capitalization should follow the rule on whether it's a plural noun or not. So it should be capitalized because it's a proper noun.

Avoma 2021-02-02T08:51:19Z

Can confirm in 21w03a.

MMK21 2021-02-07T12:30:46Z

Affects 21w05b

pulpetti 2021-03-24T10:05:09Z

In 20w11a

Cultist_O 2021-05-28T04:29:55Z

Relates to MC-226430 from 1.17pre-1 (New advancement strings miscapitalize "axolotl", "parrot", "ghast" and "Copper block")
These should possibly be merged?

Adrian Östergård 2021-07-08T07:36:29Z

Proper nouns don't matter, in-game names, such as "Bee Nest" and "Glass Bottle", should be capitalized. Please create a new bug report for any such issues.