Editing Encyclopedia:Naming conventions (capitalization) (section)

==Software characteristics==
The software treats all page titles as beginning with a capital letter (unless the first character is not a letter). For information on how to display article titles beginning with lower-case letters (as in [[eBay|{{xt|eBay}}]]), or category titles (as in {{xt|[[:Category:macOS]]}}) see {{section link|WP:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)#Lowercase first letter}}.

However, when you create a link with the first letter of the link uncapitalized, as in [[swimming pool|{{xt|swimming pool}}]], the first letter of the {{em|target page}} is automatically capitalized in the URL by the software, thus going to the article [[Swimming pool]] in this example. However, the remainder of the link (after the initial character) {{em|is}} case-sensitive.

Searching using the <kbd>Go</kbd> or <kbd>Search</kbd> button is, generally speaking, case-insensitive. It is not necessary to create redirects from alternative capitalizations, unless editors are likely to link from the differently capitalized form. For example, [[National Park|{{xt|National Park}}]] should be created as a redirect to [[National park]], but it is unnecessary to create {{!xt|Isle of wight}} as a redirect to [[Isle of Wight]]. Many such redirects do nevertheless exist, and these are harmless; the only indication to the reader is a small message of the form "(redirected from [[Isle of wight]])". You can use a page-views analysis tool to determine whether a significant number of people ever look for the variant you are thinking of creating a redirect for,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&range=latest-20&pages=Isle_of_wight|title=Pageviews Analysis|website=tools.wmflabs.org}}</ref> or what the frequency of one version is versus another.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&range=latest-20&pages=National_Park|title=Pageviews Analysis|website=tools.wmflabs.org}}</ref>