[Wiktionary-l] Re: De-capitalisation-isation

Tue Jun 22 19:11:29 UTC 2004

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 18:07:02 +0100, Timwi <timwi at gmx.net> wrote:
>> I don't remember it being a consensus at all. I seem
>> to recall some being quite opposed to it.
>
> Really? Can you provide links? I only remember people emphasising that  
> they don't mind because they think the current work-around work  
> perfectly for them. I seriously don't see how anyone can seriously be  
> opposed to having a dictionary with correct spellings. :/

I disagreed,  
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wiktionary-l/2004-May/000018.html
Polyglot said it could be done but he would vote against it also:  
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wiktionary-l/2004-May/000020.html

By the way, how does search handle the existence of pages differing by  
capitalization?  If someone searches for <greek> (v. [1]), which doesn't  
exist, are they sent to <Greek>, which does? ... Are users who are used to  
case-insensitive search, or don't know the proper capitalization of the  
word, sent to <greek> when it is made, when they might have wanted <Greek>  
better?  Will every word where capitalization is semantic have to be made  
into a disambiguation page?

I would *much* prefer that pages, instead of being case-sensitive, be  
case-insensitive (even more than they are now, perhaps), with the page  
title in title case, and the regular capitalization indicated inline, as  
is now normally done.

	*Muke!
[1] "to fill a template with nonsense text, so that form and not content  
can be focused on"
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