Talk:Camel case

Examples of camel case?

Aren't examples like YouTube and FedEx PascalCase, not CamelCase? Didlidoo (talk) 03:10, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

They are all cited, take it up with the authors. Per this article, PascalCase is a type of CamelCase so they are not mutually exclusive. Mathnerd314159 (talk) 19:37, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Etymology of words

Is there any evidence or knowledge when the different terms like "Camel case" or "Pascal case" came up?

I grew up in computer science in the 90s and 2000s with the term "camel case", and just learned from a younger developer what "Pascal case" is about. I did not know the term until now and assume it was introduced in the last 10 years or so? Dostl ba (talk) 15:50, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

Discussion of camel case is in the article, I added a section header to make it more obvious. For Pascal case, https://learn.microsoft.com/sv-se/archive/blogs/brada/history-around-pascal-casing-and-camel-casing suggests it came sometime around 2002. Mathnerd314159 (talk) 19:20, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

This is a hijacked article for Capital case, wrong definition of CapitalCase camelCase, wrong usages

Check the references used and the history.

The use of Camel case (incorrectly) is only based on a Usenet post someone dug up, and the links in the article are almost all about "Capital Case"

Camel Case and Pascal Case are programming terms, Captial Case is not And based on the Microsoft Link which is the only real source historicall (and what programmers use) camelCase PascalCase CapitalCase

The writers have ignored the only solid link about the definitions for a usenet post, and then used this to vandalize the Capital Case article. Frankly, I have no clue how to fix this, beyond my wikipedia skills. All the camelCase could be edited out, but what about the name?

The usenet post is one guy saying "what I use" and lacks any historical value. There's plenty of evidence about the provenance of then microsoft naming, but none of this usenet post.

Additionally, that's all about programming.

Also, any reference to "dromedary Case" is based either on one joke or circular links to this article.

I think the article should be deleted because it is inventing new truths that do not match the references. Kyleadolson (talk) 19:03, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

PC keyboards

Many PC keyboards have CamelCase labels on some special keys: PgUp ↔ PU ↔ PgDn, PrtSc ↔ PrtScr ↔ PrtScn ↔ PrintScrn ↔ PrintScreen, SysRq, CapsLock, NumLock, ScrLk, AltGr.

The usual lack of space between the abbreviated words might reflect that each function is "atomic" just like any other key (E, 5, F1, Enter, Tab); it might serve like kerning (looks nicer); and/or it might be crowding for lack of space. (some speculation here) -A876 (talk) 18:00, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

South African names?

I noticed several South African geographical names are written according to the formula ”lowercase letter + uppercase letter + lowercase letters”… For example eThekwini. This spelling convention seems to be used in South African English, too (so not exclusive to isiZulu) Is eThekwini an example of CamelCase? If so, should South African geographical names be added to the article? ~2026-49349-93 (talk) 08:33, 13 September 2026 (UTC)