Help:Title restrictions

Some article titles cannot be named correctly due to software limitations. However, there is a way to fix this problem.

Restrictions on naming

The MediaWiki software is configured to transform the first letter to uppercase, so no page title can start with a lowercase letter. The MediaWiki software also makes no distinction between underscores and spaces in page titles, so underscores will display as spaces.

The character / is allowed in titles but is impossible to link to from a namespace that supports subpages if it is the first character of the title. The following characters are not allowed in page titles at all:

# < > [ ] | { }

Fixing the title

However, it can seem to be correct by simply using {{lowercase title}} or {{title|Page name here}}. For example, the E-Reader article is displayed with a capital E, but {{lowercase title}} changes it to a lowercase e. Additionally, the #1 Iggy's Castle article is actually titled 1 Iggy's Castle, but {{title|#1 Iggy's Castle}} is used to add the # sign. Note that links to pages with added or changed characters still need to use the original title.