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 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.
+===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"'''.
-For example, it can figure out that:
+Make your changes and then click '''"Fix capitalization"''' to save your change.
-: "portlandmeetings.com" should be "'''P'''ortland'''M'''eetings.com"
+(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.)
-Unfortunately, in other cases, it can guess incorrectly.  For example:
+{{CLR}}
+{{GenericHelpBox}}
+==Don't see "Fix capitalization"?==
+* Make sure you're signed in.
+* If you need more help please [[contacting aboutus.org|contact us]].
-: "omidyardotnet.us" was capitalized to become "OMiDyardotnEt.us" when it should have been "'''O'''midyar'''D'''ot'''N'''et.us"
+==Convention==
-* Funny examples are here at [[AboutUsBotGoneBad]]!
-==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 <big>'''rename'''</big> 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.
-<div style="float:right; margin-left:1em;">{{:Move page screencast}}</div>
-===Convention===
 For the sake of consistency, these conventions are preferred:
-*Most pages here are [[DomainPages]] in the format of Example.tld
+* Most pages here are [[DomainPages]] in the format of Example.tld
-*Using all caps makes it harder to read.
+* 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
+* 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
+* the tld (.com, .net, .org, etc.) is most often lowercase
-*
-<small>* ''No actual credit given.''</small>
-==Other Instances==
+==See also==
-If someone [http://www.aboutus.org/Special/form/form?title=ManualDomainPage 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.
+* [[AboutUsBotGoneBad]]: Amusing [[CamelCase]] attempts by the [[AboutUs:Bot|bot]].
+* Short url - http://bit.ly/FixCaps
-For example:
-:[[Google]] should be [[move page|moved]] to '''[[Google.com]]'''
-:[[www.Google.com]] should be [[move page|moved]] to '''[[Google.com]]'''
-==See also==
-* [[:Category:AboutUsBotGoneBad]]: Amusing [[CamelCase]] attempts by the [[AboutUs:Bot|bot]].
-[[Category:AboutUs Help]]
-[[Category:AboutUs:Glossary]]
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