KudoZ answer form changes lettercase of question
Thread poster: Endre Both
Endre Both
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Germany
Local time: 02:35
English to German
Sep 30, 2005

The KudoZ answer submit form uses code changing the lettercase of the source term. I assume this is to avoid questions submitted in all capitals ("shouting").

Unfortunately this code frequently makes unwelcome changes too. One example where uppercase characters within a function name are converted to lower case:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1149535

I have also seen correct G
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The KudoZ answer submit form uses code changing the lettercase of the source term. I assume this is to avoid questions submitted in all capitals ("shouting").

Unfortunately this code frequently makes unwelcome changes too. One example where uppercase characters within a function name are converted to lower case:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1149535

I have also seen correct German capitalisation converted to incorrect lower case.

So the issue is more complex than its representation in the code, and I believe the disadvantages of the current code outweigh its advantages. I would prefer deactivating it until these problems are sorted out.

Thanks a lot
Endre
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KudoZ answer form changes lettercase of question






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