Template:Lowercase title/doc

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This template uses Lua:

Module:MultiReplace

Usage edit

Simply add the wikitext markup {{Lowercase title}} at the beginning of a page (and optionally, at the beginning of its talk page). There are no parameters. The markup will only decapitalize the first letter of the page's name in the title at the beginning of the page.

Some examples (in different namespaces):

Page name	Will display
EBay	eBay
Talk:EBay	Talk:eBay
Category:MacOS	Category:macOS
Template:IPhone models	Template:iPhone models

Issues edit

The template does not work together with other title modification templates: you need to use DISPLAYTITLE directly and make sure it's the last DISPLAYTITLE on the page. For example, to make "Example" italic and lowercase, use {{DISPLAYTITLE:''example''}}.

When using the template on redirect pages, the template must be moved after the redirect, since otherwise it will break the redirection. This, however, limits the template to have an effect only when viewing the redirect page directly. Nevertheless, it is still useful in this scenario in order to document the proper capitalization of a term.

When using on templates, please make sure to wrap it with a <noinclude> tag, so that transcluded pages don't get affected.

Technical edit

This template wraps the magic word DISPLAYTITLE so that it works automatically in any namespace (main/article, talk, template, category, etc.) to decapitalise the first letter of the name of a page it is transcluded on.

/* Page using a lowercase title, with or without {{lowercase}} */
SELECT page_title, pp_value AS displaytitle
FROM page
JOIN page_props ON pp_page=page_id AND pp_propname="displaytitle"
WHERE page_namespace=0
AND CONVERT(pp_value USING utf8mb4) COLLATE utf8mb4_bin /* &#greek; */
    REGEXP "^([_ :]+|<[^<>]+>)*([[:lower:]]|&#9[4-6][0-9];)"

TemplateData edit

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Lowercase title in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Lowercase title

This template is used to make the first letter of the page title lowercase. It will not affect the page URL, just the displayed name.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Italic	`italic`	If this is specified with any value, italicize the title, except for any part in brackets.	String	optional
Fully italic	`force`	If this AND "italic" have a value specified, then the whole title will be italic including any brackets.	String	optional
Italicize disambiguation	`dab`	If this is specified with any value, italicize the part in brackets.	String	optional

See also edit

Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)

Title changing or correcting templates + magic word
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Wiki markup Transclusion from template:	Involves	Correct name	Actual article name
{{Italic title}}	Title in italics	To Kill a Mockingbird	To Kill a Mockingbird
{{Italic title\|all=yes}}	Complete title in italics, including parentheses	Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)	Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
{{Italic title\|string=Ally McBeal}}	Phrase of `\|string=` in italics	List of Ally McBeal episodes	List of Ally McBeal episodes
{{Italic title\|all=yes\|string=Fringe}}	Phrase of `\|string=` in italics; also looks in parentheses	Peter (Fringe episode)	Peter (Fringe episode)
{{Italic disambiguation}}	Disambiguation in italics	The End (Lost)	The End (Lost)
{{Lowercase title}}	Lowercase first character	eBay	EBay
{{Lowercase title\|italic=yes}}	Lowercase first character and place title in italics, not including disambiguation	iCarly (soundtrack)	ICarly (soundtrack)
{{Lowercase title\|italic=yes\|force=yes}}	Lowercase first character and place title in italics, including disambiguation
{{Lowercase title\|dab=yes}}	Lowercase first character and place disambiguation in italics	iSpy (Modern Family)	ISpy (Modern Family)
{{Italic title prefixed\|17}}	Italicize after the number characters at the beginning of the title	German battleship Bismarck	German battleship Bismarck
Magic word
{{DISPLAYTITLE:_NSAKEY}}	Various	_NSAKEY	NSAKEY
Title corrections
{{Correct title\|reason=bracket}}	< > [ ] { }	Benzo[a]pyrene	Benzo(a)pyrene
{{Correct title\|reason=#}}	#	Pilot #5	Pilot No. 5
{{Correct title\|reason=:}}	:	DK: King of Swing	DK King of Swing