| Amire80 added a comment. |
In T131013#4929585, @alexhollender wrote:So in other words, what Wikipedia wants (in Latin languages) is inconsistent with what Wikidata recommends.
Sorry if it was already mentioned and I missed it, but where is it written that Wikipedias in the Latin alphabet want this?
My apologies for not explaining this statement. The design recommendation is for consistency, specifically capitalization (as stated in the comments).
Whose design recommendation?
Have there been any concerns raised by people using Wikipedias in the Latin alphabet? I had not seen such concerns (aside from ones that are conflated with the issue of languages that don't have capitalization) so was assuming that what we do currently is agreeable to most folks (with the understanding that there are edge cases).
It's a rather anecdotal statement, but I'll make it anyway: In the larger languages written in the Latin alphabet, there's an overlap between people who complain about bugs and people who strongly prefer to use the desktop site (often even on their smartphones). My guess is that in these larger languages written in the Latin alphabet the experienced editors don't care very much if it's lowercase or uppercase.
I'm quite annoyed by people who use lowercase and uppercase letters incorrectly in sentences and personal names, but in this case, I see no problem with using a small letter. The description is not really a sentence.
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