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Well the main reason is not so much for me (I prefer all lowercase too), but rather other people linking the sites. A 404 resulting from something as simple as the wrong case is costly. Users don't try to fix the URL, they just leave!

Also, regarding the UIImageColors, if I'm making a library for a language that follows CamelCase, then it's only appropriate I follow that standard.

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I agree with using the language convention within the language but not onto the web.

Ex. The GitHub repo for a (multiword) Python package foo_bar is generally foo-bar. Maybe this is just a convention we follow.

A list of top Python packages for example:

https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=language%3Apython...

Edit: It would be interesting to compare data for how repo and slug naming convention varies by language.

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