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At present, the paragraph reads:

This convention often also applies within the article body, as there is usually no good reason to use capitals. Outside Wikipedia, and within certain specific fields (such as medicine), the usage of all-capital terms may be a common way to feature new or important items. However, these cases are typically examples of buzzwords, which by capitalization are (improperly) given special emphasis.

It is proposed to amend this to:

This convention often also applies within the article body, as there is usually no good reason to use capitals for other purposes. Outside Wikipedia, and within certain specific fields (such as medicine or law), the usage of capitalized terms (including allcaps) may be a common way to highlight new or important items. However, these cases are examples of terms of art, or otherwise use capitalization (improperly) for emphasis, significance, distinction or importance.

1. This convention often also applies → This convention often also applies: Redundant.
2. no good reason to use capitals → no good reason to use capitals for other purposes: As it exist, the sentence is incomplete. There is no good reason to use caps except for proper names. Another use of capitalisation is for emphasis, significance, distinction or importance (drawing from MOS:SIGNIFCAPS) but this is not a style we use. Considering the paragraph as a whole, the spirit and intent appears to be referring to such other uses of capitalisation. WP use capitalisation for proper names but not for other purposes.
3. (such as medicine) → (such as medicine or law) Adding law is just another example for additional clarity. Legalese commonly gives specific meaning (definitions) to common terms to explain how such a term should be interpreted in a specific context such as a particular legal document. Capitalisation is commonly used to denote such a distinction (etc). Such uses of capitalisation exist across multiple disciplines and is not confined to academia.
4. the usage of all-capital terms may be a common way to feature new or important items → the usage of capitalized terms (including allcaps) may be a common way to feature new or important items: Both [first letter] capitalisation and allcaps are a common way to feature new or important items.
5. However, these cases are typically examples of buzzwords, which by capitalization are (improperly) given special emphasis → However, these cases are examples of terms of art, or otherwise use capitalization (improperly) for emphasis, significance, distinction or importance.
   • Buzzword is itself, something of a buzzword or jargon, which should be avoided.
   • While buzzword has connotations of newness, newness is very subjective and relative. The existing text states: to feature new or important items [emphasis added]. The existing text is not confined to newness. Ascribing such use to buzzwords is an incomplete description that does not appear to capture the spirit and intent of the paragraph.
   • Highlighting new or important terms that are a descriptive in nature but have a particular meaning defined by context are referred to as a term of art.
   • The use of capitalisation for importance (an important term) or a term of art is the same as that being described at MOS:SIGNIFCAPS. The amendment is a paraphrase of what is described at SIGNIFCAPS.
   • WP:NCCAPS invokes MOS:CAPS which states in the lead: There are exceptions for specific cases discussed below. SGNIFCAPS is one such case discussed below.