Difference between revisions of "How to change CamelCaseCapitalization"

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Article Capitalization

When AboutUs creates a domain page it tries to convert the domain name into upper and lower case automatically (i.e. CamelCase) to make it easier to read the words that make it up. Since it happened automatically, sometimes the capitalizations might be wrong or funny or both.

For example, it can figure out that:

"portlandmeetings.com" should be "PortlandMeetings.com"

Unfortunately, in other cases, it can guess incorrectly. For example:

"omidyardotnet.us" was capitalized to become "OMiDyardotnEt.us" when it should have been "OmidyarDotNet.us"

Fixing the Problem

...is easy, but you need to be logged in to do so. Once you are logged in, you will see a move option on top of every page. Use that to change the capitalization, and for extra credit* enter [[FixName]] in the edit summary so others can learn why you've made the change by clicking that link to this page.

Convention

For the sake of consistency, these conventions are preferred:

All article pages are domain names in the format of Example.tld
First letter is in capital
Don't use all caps, it hurts the readers eyes ;)
Never adds 'www.' or 'http://' or both 'http://www.' in front of the domain name
the tld (.com, .net, .org, etc.) should be all lowercase

* No actual credit given.

Other Instances

If someone manually creates the page and doesn't add the tld (.com and so on) or has a superfluous "www" or "http://" the move page function is also used. In addition to consistency for domain pages this also restores the page's primary external link at the top left.

For example:

Google should be moved to Google.com

www.Google.com should be moved to Google.com

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 ==Article Capitalization==
-When [[AboutUs]] creates a [[domain page]] it tries to convert the domain name into upper and lower case (i.e. '''[[CamelCase]]''') to make it easier to read the words that make it up.
+When [[AboutUs]] creates a [[domain page]] it tries to convert the domain name into upper and lower case automatically (i.e. '''[[CamelCase]]''') to make it easier to read the words that make it up. Since it happened automatically, sometimes the capitalizations might be wrong or funny or both.
 For example, it can figure out that:
@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 ==Fixing the Problem==
-<div style="float:right; margin-left:1em;">{{:Move page screencast}}</div>
+<div style="float:left; margin-left:1em;">{{:Move page screencast}}</div>
+{{clear}}
 ...is easy, but you need to be [[Advantages of Logging In|logged in]] to do so.  Once you are logged in, you will see a '''[[move]]''' option on top of every page.  Use that to change the capitalization, and for extra credit* enter <nowiki>[[FixName]]</nowiki> in the [[edit summary]] so others can learn why you've made the change by clicking that [[WikiLink|link]] to this page.
+===Convention===
+For the sake of consistency, these conventions are preferred:
+*All article pages are domain names in the format of Example.tld
+*First letter is in capital
+*Don't use all caps, it hurts the readers eyes ;)
+*'''Never''' adds 'www.' or 'http://' or both 'http://www.' in front of the domain name
+*the tld (.com, .net, .org, etc.) should be all lowercase
+*
 <small>* ''No actual credit given.''</small>
 ==Other Instances==
-If someone manually creates the page and doesn't add the [[tld]] (.com and so on) or has a superfluous "www" the [[move page]] function is also used.  In addition to consistency for [[domain page]]s this also restores the page's primary external link at the top left.
+If someone [[ManualDomain|manually creates]] the page and doesn't add the [[tld]] (.com and so on) or has a superfluous "www" or "http://" the [[move page]] function is also used.  In addition to consistency for [[domain page]]s this also restores the page's primary external link at the top left.
 For example: