# Force Lowercase slug URLs when set to "encoded"

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-lowercase-slug-urls-when-set-to-encoded/46036>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 19, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-lowercase-slug-urls-when-set-to-encoded/46036 "2016-06-19T14:50:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-lowercase-slug-urls-when-set-to-encoded/46036/11 "2016-06-20T20:59:27Z")

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Why do you need it in “encoded”? ASCII is correct for western languages.

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