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laserviking42 Since: Oct, 2015
2022-08-09 21:30:23

The standard method of Wiki-wording one word titles is to use the {{ }} markup.

For example to get Contra you would type VideoGame/{{Contra}}

Edited by laserviking42 I didn't choose the troping life, the troping life chose me
underCoverSailsman Since: Jan, 2021
2022-08-09 21:38:26

This isn't a single-word title, though. I think that in this case, the correct thing would be to CamelCase it as How To Throw Yourself At The Ground And Miss and then look through How to Make a Custom Title - changing capitalization from the Wiki Word default is one of the approved uses.

Edited by underCoverSailsman
Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
2022-08-09 21:40:03

You can ask for the capitalization to be fixed here and then custom Wiki Word the title.

underCoverSailsman Since: Jan, 2021
2022-08-09 21:52:03

Oh, the page already exists... What^ said.

Also, I don't think the entirely-lower-case title is correct, no matter how it appears on the fanfic site. Unless the author is trying to make a point, use standard English title capitalization — "How to Throw Yourself at the Ground and Miss"

WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2022-08-09 22:16:45

I mean, if it's how the work is styled then it's correct, but we need to use custom wording for it. I'm not sure why it'd be "incorrect"?

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Twiddler MOD (On A Trope Odyssey)
2022-08-10 00:42:51

The fic title is "How to throw yourself at the ground and miss". Separate words, sentence case. So for our purposes, each of those words should be capitalized in the page title, for the same reason that the page title for "The Lord of the Rings" is not TheLordoftheRings.

I've submitted a fix request.

Edited by Twiddler
Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-08-10 00:50:20

I've assumed it's really called Howtothrowyourselfatthegroundandmiss when it wasn't. Yeah if it's spaced out originally, it should be wikiworded as normal then custom-titled into lowercase.

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underCoverSailsman Since: Jan, 2021
2022-08-10 08:11:09

^x4 Because it's a grammar/capitalization error on the part of the author. Would we trope a character's name with all lowercase letters, just because an author consistently forgets to capitalize?

Libraryseraph (Handed A Sword)
2022-08-10 08:15:18

It looks to me like a stylistic choice to put the title in all lowercase, in which case the stylization should be included in the custom title display

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Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
2022-08-10 08:26:29

all lowercase letters is a thing and is a stylistic choice. For example, the cornice in the ground is titled in all lowercase letters. That's not an error, it's a stylistic choice. The story itself uses proper capitalization. That's probably the same for this story.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
2022-08-10 09:23:01

If it's not one word then, no matter what it should be Fanfic.How To Throw Yourself At The Ground And Miss then use the custom title option to make it "How to throw yourself at the ground and miss"

However, if it's already been created at Fanfic.Howtothrowyourselfatthegroundandmiss and has to be corrected, a known bug will prevent the custom title from working on other pages unless it's done as Fanfic.{{Howtothrowyourselfatthegroundandmiss}}, otherwise it will just be How to throw yourself at the ground and miss, as seen in its currently sole crosswick at FanWorks.My Little Pony A New Generation

Edited by sgamer82
Twiddler MOD (On A Trope Odyssey)
2022-08-10 11:42:24

The page capitalization has been corrected. It is now Fanfic.How To Throw Yourself At The Ground And Miss. And I see someone has submitted a custom title (pending approval). The page title was corrected before any custom title was submitted, so it should be fine.

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