# Can we PLEASE turn off the caps suppression? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 24, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-turn-off-the-caps-suppression/389339 "2007-01-24T23:51:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-turn-off-the-caps-suppression/389339/1 "2007-01-24T23:51:39Z")
I know Jerry has a million and six things to do, but can we please turn off the caps suppression that makes titles like [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405422) look stupid? I’m sure we can count on the vast majority of our members to know not to post in all caps unless it’s truly called for, and for the few who just can’t control themselves, that’s why we have moderators. No big deal, it just annoys me a little bit when I see a title like “Cnn” that should read “CNN.” Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-turn-off-the-caps-suppression/389339/2 "2007-01-25T09:52:28Z")
Haha. ‘Cnn!’ sounds like a comic book exclamation; the bad guy pistol whips the bank teller -’\*\* Smack! **’ -, the bank teller’s crushed mouth blurts ’** Cnn! **'; he falls limply to the floor - ’** Crash! \*\*’ ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-turn-off-the-caps-suppression/389339/3 "2007-01-25T13:07:40Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Haha. ‘Cnn!’ sounds like a comic book exclamation… [/QUOTE] Exactly! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-turn-off-the-caps-suppression/389339/4 "2007-01-25T16:01:56Z")
This problem arose a lot in this thread [A Poll for Atheists.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=402495&highlight=ii) where Roman numerals were needed for the answers. I\*\*I was turned into Ii ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-turn-off-the-caps-suppression/389339/5 "2007-01-25T17:40:30Z")
In this particular instance, though, the issue could easily have been avoided with a more descriptive thread title. So the poster gets no sympathy from me. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-turn-off-the-caps-suppression/389339/6 "2007-01-25T19:43:48Z")
What triggers the caps suppresion? It didn’t happen in the title to this thread, nor to the pit thread, [MLK FRIED CHICKEN PARTY - oh wait, so that’s not ok?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405542) Can the suppresion feature be bypassed by including some text in lower case, as in these two thread titles? If so, is it really a problem? You want to use all caps for emphasis, just don’t go overboard? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-turn-off-the-caps-suppression/389339/7 "2007-01-26T00:01:09Z")
[QUOTE=Northern Piper] Can the suppresion feature be bypassed by including some text in lower case, as in these two thread titles? [/QUOTE] Yes. Only posts or titles that contain no lower case (not sure about punctuation and numerals, etc) are converted to Initial Caps. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-turn-off-the-caps-suppression/389339/8 "2007-01-26T00:40:27Z")
[QUOTE=milquetoast] In this particular instance, though, the issue could easily have been avoided with a more descriptive thread title. [/QUOTE] What, you maybe thought the thread could have been about FOX News, instead? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-turn-off-the-caps-suppression/389339/9 "2007-01-26T02:03:58Z")
Good Point Qed ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-turn-off-the-caps-suppression/389339/10 "2007-01-26T02:08:54Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Good Point Qed [/QUOTE] Man, get out!