# New York Times Manual of Style script?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-york-times-manual-of-style-script/13401
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 6, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-york-times-manual-of-style-script/13401 "2012-05-06T21:41:52Z")
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### Author: ![dreamslides](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@dreamslides](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dreamslides)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-york-times-manual-of-style-script/13401/1 "2012-05-06T21:41:52Z")

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I've attached [titlecase.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/3f679659272287f497addfe6f7b040ec625a53c4.zip) (2.36 KB)  
the Python script I was using with MusicBrainz Picard. The beauty of this plugin was that it followed the New York Times Manual of Style in deciding what to make lowercase or not. After exploring this and a script I found online at [http://liquidparallax.com/2007/10/19/mp3ta...ollection/#titl](http://liquidparallax.com/2007/10/19/mp3tag-actions-empower-your-digital-collection/#titl) I've modified it and created a version that's in the same spirit of the original plugin.

For the most part you can look in the attached [Title\_Case\_\_It\_\_s\_a\_Smart\_Conversion\_.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/9ce05defeaa09b7d8b162a5dc32b92f3361ddc46.zip) (426 Bytes)  
and you will find the lines where they specify lowercase characters to be nearly identical. So I just copied over the one from the Python script and replaced the one in the mp3tag script. It works fine and does what I was hoping for 🙂

Thanks everyone for reading this thread, I got lucky and found a script I could adapt.

This was my modification if you want to have a look  
[Title\_Case\_\_New\_York\_Times\_Manual\_of\_Style\_.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/f5aed8861512e4339670aeefce02197f9b2a4c97.zip) (490 Bytes)

[Title\_Case\_\_It\_\_s\_a\_Smart\_Conversion\_.mta](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8b8130fc2364111d2e74b86628f1f6ca77143bc3.mta) (297 Bytes)

[Title\_Case\_\_It\_\_s\_a\_Smart\_Conversion\_.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/9ce05defeaa09b7d8b162a5dc32b92f3361ddc46.zip) (426 Bytes)

[titlecase.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/3f679659272287f497addfe6f7b040ec625a53c4.zip) (2.36 KB)

[Title\_Case\_\_New\_York\_Times\_Manual\_of\_Style\_.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/f5aed8861512e4339670aeefce02197f9b2a4c97.zip) (490 Bytes)

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