# Test Post (Title Stuck On Lowercase?).

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-title-stuck-on-lowercase/770311>\
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**Created:** [October 31, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-title-stuck-on-lowercase/770311 "2016-10-31T22:48:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-title-stuck-on-lowercase/770311/1 "2016-10-31T22:48:40Z")

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I just posted a question, in GQ, and my title is in all-lowercase, which is rather odd. I always capitalize the first letter of each word, like it is a title.

This post will test what I mean. Here is how I originally submitted it: “Test Post (Title Stuck On Lowercase?)”

If it happens again, then someone please tell me what is wrong:). And how to solve it.

Edit: Well, it worked fine this time. Maybe I just typed it wrong (although I doubt that).

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-title-stuck-on-lowercase/770311/2 "2016-10-31T23:28:38Z")

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Did you post the title as “3D TV.”? If you did, because the title has no lower-case letters, the board’s software changes it to lower case, i.e., “3d tv.”

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**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-title-stuck-on-lowercase/770311/3 "2016-10-31T23:54:08Z")

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> [@Giles](#):
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> Did you post the title as “3D TV.”? If you did, because the title has no lower-case letters, the board’s software changes it to lower case, i.e., “3d tv.”

Yes, “3D TV”. I’m not clear though. Why does the board’s software do that?

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-title-stuck-on-lowercase/770311/4 "2016-10-31T23:59:59Z")

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The board software does it because TYPING IN ALL CAPITALS LOOKS LIKE SHOUTING. It’s also, I believe harder to read.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-title-stuck-on-lowercase/770311/5 "2016-11-01T11:35:50Z")

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> [@Jim\_B](#):
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> Yes, “3D TV”. I’m not clear though. Why does the board’s software do that?

You can sneak all-caps in by putting an invisible lower-case character somewhere in the mix.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-title-stuck-on-lowercase/770311/6 "2016-11-01T11:41:44Z")

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YOU CAN DO lT LIKE THIS.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-title-stuck-on-lowercase/770311/7 "2016-11-01T11:42:44Z")

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OR LIKE THIS.  
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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-title-stuck-on-lowercase/770311/8 "2016-11-01T11:43:19Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> You can sneak all-caps in by putting an invisible lower-case character somewhere in the mix.

Can you do that in a title?

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-title-stuck-on-lowercase/770311/9 "2016-11-01T12:41:38Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> Can you do that in a title?

[Yes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19743791&postcount=1)