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See also: Template:Nocaps

Usage

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

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

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

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[Edit template data]

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

• Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)#Lowercase first letter

Template	Involves	Correct name	Actual article name
{{Italic title}}	Title in italics	To Kill a Mockingbird	To Kill a Mockingbird
{{Lowercase title}}	Lowercase first character	eBay	EBay
{{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
{{DISPLAYTITLE}}	Various	_NSAKEY	NSAKEY

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