weather or not there is a reason, I like it, behaving this way.

I wonder if this is a 'locale-specific' preference? If so it should be set along with all other aspects that get set in the locale for the installation, the blog, and the user. If not it's wrong. A user who prefers their last name in caps can type it in that way. A user who doesn't want that (currently) has no choice.

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I, as admin of my blog, like it when everything is the same...
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