# Can't rename topic if try to capitalise it
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-rename-topic-if-try-to-capitalise-it/189348
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 5, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-rename-topic-if-try-to-capitalise-it/189348 "2021-05-05T12:31:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-rename-topic-if-try-to-capitalise-it/189348/1 "2021-05-05T12:31:14Z")
I’d like to rename a topic along the lines of “Usa” to “USA” but this doesn’t seem possible. I’m able to rename topics when changing the words entirely.
I guess I could rename it to something else entirely temporarily but it would be better if Discourse just allowed my intended change. I’m on 2.7.0.beta8.
I think this is a bug though as always I can see the other side of the argument.
Thank you.
Edit: It turns out it’s not possible to capitalise via an intermediate topic title. Discourse remembers the original title and insists on it!
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-rename-topic-if-try-to-capitalise-it/189348/2 "2021-05-06T23:58:51Z")
Are you trying to capitalise the entire title? And if so, have you got this setting turned on? That prevents all caps in titles.
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### Author:  [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-rename-topic-if-try-to-capitalise-it/189348/3 "2021-05-07T08:54:50Z")
Yes I did have that setting turned on! That must have been the reason. Thank you very much.
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### Author:  [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-rename-topic-if-try-to-capitalise-it/189348/4 "2021-05-07T08:59:36Z")
After changing that setting, when I tried to create a topic with an all caps title (or rename an old one) it said: `Title seems unclear, did you mean to enter it in ALL CAPS?` It offered one answer - “OK” - and when I clicked on it, it went back to the editing screen and didn’t allow the creation/renaming to happen. The answer was to tick `allow uppercase posts` (allow all caps in a topic title or a post body) in settings. That setting seems to take priority over `title prettify` - which I have ticked again, as it has its own benefits. If I were to keep the old `allow uppercase posts` setting I would change the pop up text to something simple like “Titles or posts can’t be ALL CAPS: please edit”.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-rename-topic-if-try-to-capitalise-it/189348/5 "2021-06-06T09:00:01Z")
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