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Originally Posted by Timboli
Don't believe that for a moment. Makes no logical sense.
What facts?
A lot of people don't believe in the Moon Landing, but that doesn't make that belief true.
Who's definition?
Not asking for that, would just like an extra button that does TRUE titlecase.
Further to that, when you look at some text, and due to mixed capitalization it looks like a sentence, then it is a sentence. If every word is capitalized, you know without a doubt it is a title.
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Sigh. I apologize; I wasn't trying to make you defensive. I was just trying to clear up a misconception.
When I said you should check the facts, I wasn't asking you to do anything I didn't already do. You claimed that title case means that all words in the title should have the first letter in uppercase. So I googled it, to make sure I hadn't been wrong all these years.
Pretty much everything linked to from the first page of the search results state quite clearly that book titles should have some words in lowercase. I didn't look beyond that, because that was confirmation enough.
So yes, I am quite confident in stating that the definition I gave you is the correct one. Not a "well, a lot of people agree with me" definition, but THE correct definition.
By the way, I found it ironic that you called me out for being akin to a moon landing denier, considering that the facts are clearly on my side, which makes you more like the deniers than me. Very amusing.
Now, you can certainly argue that capitalizing all words in titles is a better system. That's a matter of opinion, and I won't criticize your opinion. There are good arguments either way. However, that's not the accepted standard, so be careful about using terms like "TRUE titlecase" because true titlecase is not what you think it is.
If you can convince Kovid to add a button or other option to capitalize titles the way you want, great! Just understand that it's not about correcting a mistake or doing things the right way. It's about adding a new feature for non-standard usage.