Wrong capitalization of subjects names in ArticleGuidance in french
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	Escargot_rouge
	May 25 2026, 1:56 PM

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Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

Go to https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spécial:NewArticle&newarticletitle=Ordre+des+chimistes+du+Québec&source=redlink
Click "Choisir une catégorie"

What happens?:
Inappropriate capitalization of subject names (it might be correct capitalization in english, but not in french and probably other languages as well)

image_2026-05-25_155516203.png (810×586 px, 28 KB)

What should have happened instead?:
Only first letter of a title is capitalized in french

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Author	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Capitalize outline names in API output	Sbisson	mediawiki/extensions/ArticleGuidance	master	+8 -1
	Capitalize outline labels when fetched	Sbisson	mediawiki/extensions/ArticleGuidance	master	+13 -9

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Duplicates Merged Here: T427492: Adjust the capitalization in the list of outlines

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Escargot_rouge created this task.May 25 2026, 1:56 PM

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Change #1293137 had a related patch set uploaded (by Sbisson; author: Sbisson):

[mediawiki/extensions/ArticleGuidance@master] Capitalize outline labels in the API layer

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1293137

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SBisson moved this task from In-progress to Needs Code Review on the LPL Hypothesis board.May 25 2026, 3:21 PM

Was the failure to capitalise "English" and "French" in the report an attempt at irony?

In T427201#11953691, @Bugreporter2 wrote:

Was the failure to capitalise "English" and "French" in the report an attempt at irony?

SBisson merged a task: T427492: Adjust the capitalization in the list of outlines.May 28 2026, 12:26 PM

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Nikerabbit set the point value for this task to 2.Jun 1 2026, 12:47 PM

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Change #1293137 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/ArticleGuidance@master] Capitalize outline labels when fetched

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1293137

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Feedback on wiki https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Article_guidance&diff=prev&oldid=8445231

The weird capitalization at every letter has been fixed, thank you. Now however, there seems to be a bug (or a feature I don't understand) where only some categories are capitalized : for instance, it's "Être humain" and "Profession" while their wikidata items are not capitalized and there is no label override, while it's "animal" and "conflit" for other categories in the same situation.

I purged the cache for the remaining outlines on frwiki so they should all be properly capitalized now. I did not go through the other wikis but they will all eventually expire from cache and be regenerated correctly.

The original issue is solved. For example, multi-word items such as "club sportif" are no longer using title case ("Club Sportif"). However, the capitalization of the initial letter seems inconsistent. In the example below we can find some cases where it is capitalized ("Animal") and others where it is not ("bâtiment") while the outlines or Wikidata items for those do not seem to have a difference that explains the different treatment.

fr.wikipedia.org_wiki_Sp%C3%A9cial_NewArticle(Wiki Mobile).png (320×568 px, 50 KB)

Change #1306290 had a related patch set uploaded (by Sbisson; author: Sbisson):

[mediawiki/extensions/ArticleGuidance@master] Capitalize outline names in API output

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1306290

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Nikerabbit removed a project: LPL Hypothesis.Jul 1 2026, 2:57 PM

Change #1306290 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/ArticleGuidance@master] Capitalize outline names in API output

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1306290

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added: MW-1.47-notes (1.47.0-wmf.10; 2026-07-07); removed: MW-1.47-notes (1.47.0-wmf.6; 2026-06-09).Jul 1 2026, 4:00 PM

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jul 1 2026, 4:31 PM

Nikerabbit moved this task from Ready for dev to Needs QA on the LPL sprints (S1 2026 July) board.Jul 2 2026, 7:21 AM

Tested on frwiki and the capitalization of the initial letter is now consistent and correct.

eamedina moved this task from Needs QA to Design acceptance on the LPL sprints (S1 2026 July) board.Jul 16 2026, 4:23 PM

Bugreporter2 awarded a token.Jul 16 2026, 10:25 PM

Nikerabbit moved this task from Design acceptance to Owner acceptance on the LPL sprints (S1 2026 July) board.Mon, Jul 20, 7:52 AM

Replicated and it is working as expected.

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