Difference between revisions of "How to change CamelCaseCapitalization"

Latest revision as of 09:00, 21 March 2015

Article Capitalization

When AboutUs.org creates a page about a website 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 capitalization is off. For example, it might capitalize like pOrtLandmEetingS.com instead of PortlandMeetings.com.

Fixing the Problem

...is easy, but you need to be signed in to do so. Once you are signed in, click the "more" option to the left of the search bar, and then click "Fix capitalization".

Make your changes and then click "Fix capitalization" to save your change.

(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.)

Don't see "Fix capitalization"?

Make sure you're signed in.
If you need more help please contact us.

Convention

For the sake of consistency, these conventions are preferred:

Most pages here are DomainPages in the format of Example.tld
Using all caps (or all lowercase) makes it harder to read.
No need to add 'www.' or 'http://' or both 'http://www.' in front of the domain name
the tld (.com, .net, .org, etc.) is most often lowercase

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 ==Article Capitalization==
+When [[AboutUs.org]] creates a page about a website 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 capitalization is off.  For example, it might capitalize like p'''O'''rt'''L'''andm'''E'''eting'''S'''.com instead of '''P'''ortland'''M'''eetings.com.
-When [[AboutUs]] creates an article page it tries to convert the domain name into upper and lower case (i.e. [[CamelCase]]) as best it can.  For example, it can figure out that:
+===Fixing the Problem===
+[[Image:FixCapitalizationSnapshot.png|200px|left]]
+...is easy, but you need to be signed in to do so.  Once you are signed in, click the "more" option to the left of the search bar, and then click '''"Fix capitalization"'''.
-: "portlandmeetings.com" should be "PortlandMeetings.com"
+Make your changes and then click '''"Fix capitalization"''' to save your change.
-Unfortunately, in other cases, it can guess incorrectly, for example:
+(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.)
-: "omidyardotnet.us" became "OMiDyarDotNet.us"
+{{CLR}}
+{{GenericHelpBox}}
+==Don't see "Fix capitalization"?==
+* Make sure you're signed in.
+* If you need more help please [[contacting aboutus.org|contact us]].
-: when it should have been: "OmidyarDotNet.us"
+==Convention==
+For the sake of consistency, these conventions are preferred:
+* Most pages here are [[DomainPages]] in the format of Example.tld
+* Using all caps (or all lowercase) makes it harder to read.
+* No need to add 'www.' or 'http://' or both 'http://www.' in front of the domain name
+* the tld (.com, .net, .org, etc.) is most often lowercase
-Fixing the problem 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 article page, use that to change the capitalization and for extra credit enter "caps" in the summary so others know why you've made the change.
-If that function is currently off, please add the tag <nowiki>{{FixName}}</nowiki> to the page, with the correct capitalization and it will be fixed shortly.
+==See also==
+* [[AboutUsBotGoneBad]]: Amusing [[CamelCase]] attempts by the [[AboutUs:Bot|bot]].
+* Short url - http://bit.ly/FixCaps
-Also, please make sure that the corresponding titles are typed with only the beginning letter of the word with a capital letter. Other than names of people, websites and songs..there are no exceptions to this!
-Thanks for helping!
-[[Category:AboutUs Help]]
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