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Edit keywords in case of capitonym errors

Edit keywords in case of capitonym errors
Capitonym?

"A capitonym is a word that changes its meaning when it is capitalized." -Wikipedia

One may wonder why there may appear different keywords for cases like bridge and Bridge, thus also producing different browsing results, and referring to different keyword ID numbers.

Keyword search for photos and documents is not case sensitive. So, you do not need to care about capitalization when using the photo or document search narrowed down to keywords only.

FireShot Capture 096 - ipernity  Search for photos - www.ipernity.com

But the keywords themselves are case sensitive. That affects when opening the keywords from the Explore Keywords, or when opening the keywords given next to each document.

FireShot Capture 093 - ipernity  Edit keywords in case of capitonym errors - by Sami Serola  - www.ipernity.com

Sometimes there can be even a good reason to make the difference. So, if someone actually does want to use upper case first letter keyword Bridge for the images of Bridge in Kent, then unfortunately capitonym errors may cause "noise". Or in case of words that is the same in different languages, like [DE] Winter and [EN] winter. Then it makes sense to add both.

Even when the document search is not case sensitive, one should still be careful on how to use keywords to avoid errors caused by capitonym. The recommendation is that people should follow the language specific grammar.

Think of your audience. For example German nouns should be capitalized. If you wish to help people to find your images with keywords in most used languages, then provide for example German keywords (nouns capitalized), English keywords (names of the places capitalised) and French keywords according to French grammar.

If you wish to correct some of your own capitonym errors, then go to your 'Photos' and open the 'Search by keywords' option from the 'Photos' drop down menu.

Search by keywords

What you get is the index list for all of the keywords you have ever used. Then check through especially names of the places, hover (point with cursor) on the keyword you wish to correct, and choose 'Edit' (see the main image).

But if you have had a "bad habit" to use upper case first letter for all of the keywords you have been using for years, then this would turn out as an overwhelming task.

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 Taormina
Taormina club
china / China ....
Danke für den Artikel
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Taormina club
Bitte schön, Katja =)
3 years ago.
 Be◉bachter
Be◉bachter club
In German, many more words are capitalised (all nouns) than in English. Nevertheless, some members - following the English spelling - have entered all keywords in lower case.
In this respect, I am of the opinion that, in principle, no distinction should be made between upper and lower case in a keyword search (Bridge and bridge should therefore appear together).
If - for whatever reason - I deliberately want to see only the uppercase version or only the lowercase version, then the "word" should be marked with dashes (which is a common handling).

Another German speciality are so-called umlauts (i.e. ä = ae, ö = oe, ü = ue). Some avoid this typical German spelling and choose ae, oe or ue (as is also common for email addresses). This too should not lead to separate results in keyword searches as a matter of principle.
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Be◉bachter club
The main search feature on the page heading, and the search on 'Photos' page gives an option to search on keywords, and that is not case sensitive. So, that is not a problem.

An example for the deliberately incorrectly written word 'sNoW':
www.ipernity.com/search/photo?opt=1&q=sNoW&w=0&t=0&lic=&s=2&m=1&view=2

The problem merely occurs if and when one picks one keyword from the photo margin, or from the 'Explore Keywords' list.

An example of the keyword index word 'Snow', seen on the last month's list:
www.ipernity.com/explore/keyword/224780

What comes to German language, I wonder why the nouns are capitalized(?) But it also should not matter, if all would do that when using keywords in German. Just like in Finnish we have our own grammar, where for example we have plenty of closed compounds, just like in German. And now younger generation has taken example from English writing, and started to separate the words which should be closed compounds. Sometimes it makes their messages funny to read. But mostly it only annoys the senior citizens.

But in case of umlauts, I do understand that people with British/American keyboard feels tempted to write ae, oe, and ue, when not finding ä, ö and ü on their keyboard. A quick look on Wikipedia article reveals to me that there are not even [ ¨ ]-key on the British/American keyboard to get them with the keyword combination [ ¨ ]+[ a|o|u ].
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Be◉bachter club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… club
"What comes to German language, I wonder why the nouns are capitalized(?)"

These are the rules! I can't help ;-))

Instead of " ..." you could choose ' ... ' . Is this a problem on British/American keyboards?
3 years ago.
Berny club has replied to Be◉bachter club
+++1
3 years ago.
Bergfex club has replied to Be◉bachter club
Ich verstehe Deinen Wunsch. Ich bin sogar ein Hauptbetroffener, weil ich von Anbeginn an fleißig tagge - aber konsequent in Kleinschreibung (wie Du auch). Erst jetzt erkenne ich die damit verbundene Problematik.
Dass wir die ipernity-Suchmaschine unseren - nachvollziehbaren - Wünschen anpassen könnten, ist Utopie. Vor allem im Hinblick darauf, dass Rob's Amtszeit am 28. März endet. Das ist in 6 Wochen.
Also gehe ich den von Sami vorgeschlagenen dornigen Weg, alle meine jemals vergebenen Schlagwörter zu editieren. Dabei stelle ich fest, dass nur meine Vorstellung dornig war. Morgens, mittags, abends je eine halbe Stunde - und schon bin ich beim Buchstaben 'F'. Noch eine Woche in dem Tempo, dann bin ich durch. Dabei korrigiere ich gleich eine Menge Flüchtigkeitsfehler, die dazu geführt hätten, dass viele Bilder niemals per Stichwort gefunden worden wären. (Buchstabendreher, etc.)
Insofern ist das mal ein richtig konstruktiver Hausputz. Ich bin froh darüber, dass wir duirch Zufall auf das Problem gestoßen sind.
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Bergfex club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Dear Sami, capitalisation in the German language is so complicated that even the official bodies fail at it and therefore sometimes allow both versions in their recommendations. Even I, as a former professional ghostwriter, would not call myself an expert on the matter.

And as we can read in the cited Wikipedia article, the English don't have it easy either:
ares - Ares (metric unit of area - god of war)
cuban - Cuban (relating to cubes - from Cuba)
march - March (to walk briskly and rhythmically - the third month of the year )
and so on . . .

The significance of this issue was not entirely clear to me before our discussion. In the meantime, however, I must unfortunately admit that the distinction between the keywords according to spelling makes logical sense.

I have chosen the pragmatic way: I edit my keywords without further ado. It's just a little painstaking work. In the process, I correct some mistakes or add "winter" to "winter".
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Bergfex club has replied to Be◉bachter club
Ein paar lustige Beispiele, was passieren kann, wenn man im Deutschen Fehler bei der Großschreibung macht:

Warum sind füllige Frauen gut zu Vögeln?
Wäre er doch nur Dichter.
Sich Brüsten und danach was Anderem zuwenden.
Sie konnte geschickt Blasen und Glieder behandeln.
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Berny club has replied to Bergfex club
Jetzt verstehe ich nichts mehr. Sami sagte doch, die Suche ist eh nicht case sensitive und sie ist es auch nicht. Was musst Du dann ändern an Deinen keywords? Wenn's eh wurscht ist.
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Berny club
One reason is this. On the Explore Keywords, if you wish to become seen among those who use the keyword Germany instead of those who use germany, then at least provide the former.

www.ipernity.com/explore/keyword?p=month

More problematic are those who use capital first letter always. If one uploads only few images per month, and use keyword like Water, they do not become seen among results for the keyword water used by the majority.

One then of course can use both. And in case of German, it sometimes is even recommended, if the word matches with English (e.g. Winter, winter).

Most important is to try be coherent, and follow the language specific grammar as well as possible.
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Be◉bachter club
Welcome to the world of language specific QWERTY keyboards =D
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY#Specific_language_variants
3 years ago.
 Berny
Berny club
Keyword search should never be case sensitive, like in the vast majority of all search engines. Unfortunately Ipernity makes a difference and this should be corrected in my opinion. I hope so. I totally agree with Beobachter!
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Berny club
One more time.

Keyword index is a different thing. For good reasons, each keyword were given an unique index ID number.

However, one CAN search photos on keywords only, and it is NOT case sensitive:
www.ipernity.com/search/photo?opt=1&q=aUsTraLiA&w=0&t=0&lic=&s=1&m=1
3 years ago.
Berny club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… club
OK then, many thanks Sami, I'm happy about the change. Because some time ago it was case sensitive, but this could be a longer time ago, didn't test it since then.
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Berny club
You may mean the "search" for keywords here:
www.ipernity.com/explore/keyword?p=month

There it is case sensitive to particularly find exact keywords.
3 years ago.
Berny club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… club
No, I meant the search in my own photo gallery....but now it's working as you say.
3 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Article updated. I think this works better only as a ipernity-how photo article. For the FAQ one should try to provide much shorter and simpler version.
3 years ago.

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