Forum:CT Archive/Technical tweak to naming policy

Alright, here's a simple one. I propose to change this line in Naming policy: Also, the template Title can be used to display the article's name with the first letter in lowercase. to Also, the magic word  can be used to display the article's name with the first letter in lowercase. (DISPLAYTITLE has advantages over Title in that the former is a native MediaWiki function as opposed to a JavaScript hack, takes effect as soon as the page comes up instead of after it finishes loading, and also works in your browser's title bar and history.)

The reasons for the change are laid out in the proposed wording. Some examples of pages that already use DISPLAYTITLE in this manner are k'Jtari, iPhone, zZip Product Concepts Limited, and dreams & visions press. Contrast those to t'landa Til, which still uses Title to achieve that effect. Note on t'landa Til, unless you have a very fast connection, the article title at the top of the page will first appear as "T'landa Til", then change to the lowercase form after the page completes loading; also, the title bar of your browser still displays the uppercase form, as does the history. On iPhone (for example), the title displays in its proper lowercase form from the moment the page first displays, and it also displays as lowercase in your browser's title bar and history.

Some may ask, "Well, if DISPLAYTITLE is so much better than Title, then why not just get rid of Title entirely?" The answer is that DISPLAYTITLE does not support  in the MediaWiki version (1.15) that we are currently using. Once we get upgraded to 1.16, that version will support italics markup in DISPLAYTITLE. Until then, we have to live with Title.  Master Jonathan  ( Jedi Council Chambers ) 23:35, November 24, 2010 (UTC)

Support change

 * 1) As proposer.  Master Jonathan New Jedi Order.svg ( Jedi Council Chambers ) 23:35, November 24, 2010 (UTC)