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Make category search case insensitive
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When you add a category, the search is case-sensitive. This is rarely useful (at en.wp, at least). Could this be changed?

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• Whatamidoing-WMF created this task.May 15 2015, 3:49 PM
• Whatamidoing-WMF raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.
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nshahquinn-wmf renamed this task from Can searches for categories be made case-insensitive? to Make category search case insensitive.May 18 2015, 8:56 PM
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Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to Freezer on the VisualEditor board.Jun 18 2015, 12:58 AM
Krenair added a comment.Jul 14 2015, 12:01 AM

Probably requires MW API changes

• AlexMonk-WMF closed this task as a duplicate of T59302: Suggest case insensitive results when searching for categories to add.Oct 12 2016, 2:50 AM
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