Timwi wrote:
flip the switch (so [[blah]] and [[Blah]] become separate articles)
Hi all.
It seems that I have made a number of wrong assumptions when I started all of this.
Firstly, I assumed that just about everyone would agree to want to have article titles lower-case if that is how the word is spelt. I am indescribably surprised that this is not the case, but oh well, that's wiki-democracy I guess.
Secondly, I assumed that at least a majority, if not everyone, would agree with me that engl. "kind" and German "Kind" are separate words and should hence have separate articles. (I'm sorry for bringing the same example over and over again, but I got used to it ;-).) Again, I'm surprised that this does not seem to be the case. Apparently some people actually *like* to have unrelated words on the same page, which completely mystifies me.
Thirdly, I assumed people would know what I'm talking about when I said "case-sensitivity" and "[[kind]] and [[Kind]] should be separate articles", etc. :-p
Fourthly, I fell into a pitfall that I fell into numerous times in the past (and, by implication, will probably fall into again numerous times in the future :-p). What I'm talking about here is that people emotionally attach to what they've got and what they're used to. There is a strong opposition to any kind of change, and arguments cannot change it. Just as long as the current way "somehow works", people seem to look for only the negative things (the "arguments against") in the proposal. The people who are in favour of the idea don't defend it as vehemently as the others oppose it.
Bottom line: It is futile for me to try to be of help with these kinds of things. I'm only glad I never even started writing that script; it would have been a waste of time.
Greetings, Timwi