reddit/reddit — Issue #311: 'Removal of' and/or 'Ability to Change' Subreddit Capitalization
Author: Aubron
Created: 2012-01-09 18:02:13+00:00
State: open

Example:
Through /r/redditrequest I am now the sole moderator of /r/hitman. Unfortunately, its previous owner made the decision to create the subreddit with the capitalization scheme HiTMAN. This makes the community less desirable as a whole, as it conflicts with the establish

Proposal:
A: Remove subreddit capitalization, defaulting all to lower-case communities.

B: Allow for the changing of a subreddit's capitalization, but not spelling, in community settings.

Since the actual URL access of a subreddit is case-insensitive (ie reddit.com/r/hitman still goes to reddit.com/r/HiTMAN), this would cause no problems from a bookmarking standpoint.