(({1))}
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((Allcaps|yOuR tExT))
will (in most browsers) display lower- or mixed-case text in, and (in many browsers) permanently convert it to, full uppercase.
This template should not be used in citation templates such as Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2, because it includes markup that will pollute the COinS metadata they produce; see Wikipedia:COinS. |
Your source text will be altered by many browsers (a copy-paste will not give it in its original form):
((Allcaps|The ''Name'' of the Game))
You can use this template to control the display of the variable output of magic words and of other templates.
<span class="allcaps" style="text-transform: uppercase;">...</span>
– This makes letter appear to be uppercase, but retain their original case when copied.
; if a special character much be used in its content, it must be encoded as a decimal character references (e.g.  
).=
sign, the sign should be replaced with ((=)), or the whole argument be prefixed with 1=. And for wikilinks, you need to use piping. There is a parsing problem with MediaWiki which causes unexpected behavior when a template with one style is used within a template with another style.((Lang|tr|((Smallcaps|ı i))))
gives you ı i, although the language is set to Turkish.<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Bloggs</span>, Joe
. This is incorrect metadata. If the article that you are editing uses a citation style that includes small caps, either format the citation manually (see examples below) or use a citation template that specifically includes small caps in its formatting, like ((Cite LSA)).Template | Shortcut | Purpose | Example | Output | Copy-pastes as |
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((Smallcaps)) | ((sc1)) ((SC)) |
No conversion, small-caps display, mixed case. No font size change (acronyms are unaffected). Common mixed-case heading style (not in Wikipedia). Uses: Rendering publication titles in citation styles that require them in small-caps. |
((sc1|UNICEF)) and 312 ((sc1|BCE))
|
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
((Smallcaps2)) | ((sc2)) | No conversion, small-caps display, mixed case. Slightly reduced font size. This is the conventional display of smallcaps for acronyms/initialisms in modern book typography. Other uses: Unicode character names. |
((sc2|UNICEF)) and 312 ((sc2|BCE))
|
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
((Smallcaps all)) | ((sc)) | Lowercase conversion, small-caps display, all uppercase. The size of lowercase letters. Uses: Stressed syllables (in ((Respell))); and ???. Warning: Default use will permanently change UPPER- or Mixed-Case data, does not work consistently across different browsers, and is not compatible with named HTML character entities. |
((sc|UNICEF)) and 312 ((sc|BCE))
|
UNICEF and 312 BCE MIXED CASE |
unicef and 312 bce mixed case (in many browsers) |
((Allcaps)) | ((caps)) | No conversion, all-caps display. The size of uppercase letters. Uses: ???. |
((caps|UNICEF)) and 312 ((caps|BCE))
|
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
((Nocaps)) | No conversion, all-lowercase display. The size of lowercase letters. Uses: ???. |
((nocaps|UNICEF)) and 312 ((nocaps|BCE))
|
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
UNICEF and 312 BCE Mixed Case |
Magic words that rewrite the output (copy-paste will get the text as displayed, not as entered):
((lc:))
– lower case output of the full text((uc:))
– upper case output of the full text((lcfirst:))
– lower case output of the first character only((ucfirst:))
– upper case output of the first character only