How to change CamelCaseCapitalization
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:
- Most pages here are DomainPages in the format of Example.tld
- Using all caps 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
* 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
See also
- Category:AboutUsBotGoneBad: Amusing CamelCase attempts by the bot.