Khendon wrote:

On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 04:20:04AM -0800, Brion VIBBER wrote:
> Khendon wrote:
> >Why are article names case sensitive? There doesn't seem a good reason for
> >it - multiple articles that differ in case would be unnecessarily
> >confusing.
> >
> >Changing it to be case insensitive would make it simpler to get links
> >right, reduce the need for redirects, and just generally (as far as
> >I can see) be a Good Thing.
> >
> >I'm sure there's arguments against that I can't see - what are they?
>
> Mainly that we'd have to think up a clean way to define the "official"
> display case of the title, and use it consistently, and change it when
> it's wrong. Simply Capitalizing The First Letter Of Every Word Like Most
> Of The Non-English Wikis Have Been Forced To Deal With For Some Time Is
> Not Acceptable.

Simple enough to deal with; have the title adopt the case given in
the URL.

No, it is not acceptable. Some words in many langages do not have the same meaning with big or small letters. Sometimes for grammar reasons, sometimes for conceptual reasons. We need to be able to make the difference.