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Example: You create an article about [[et Café]]. By default, the MediaWiki software will display the initial letter "e" as a capital "E". However, if you include <nowiki>{{lowercase}}</nowiki> at the top of the article, the initial letter will be correctly displayed as lowercase.
==Abbreviations and acronyms==
Abbreviations and acronyms are generally discouraged in article titles. For instance, one would title an article [[Fort Pickens]] rather than [[Ft. Pickens]]. However, it is appropriate to create redirects at abbreviated forms to redirect to the proper title.
Similarly, business names that include frequently shortened words ("Co." for "Company," "Bros." for "Brothers," etc.) should be restored to their full, non-abbreviated forms for the article title. It is acceptable and recommended, however, to substitute an ampersand (&) for the word "and" in company names. Legal suffixes that describe the type of corporation (Inc., LLC, etc.) should be omitted in article titles, unless it is normally included in the company's trademark (e.g. [[Roads, Inc.]]).
Exceptions are made to this guideline in the interest of avoiding long article titles. For instance, the article [[L&N Passenger Depot and Express Office]] contains an acronym, L&N, in its title. The acronym stands for "Louisville & Nashville," but is shortened in that example to avoid a very long title.
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