Internal name is inconsistently (not?) case sensitive

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Internal name is inconsistently (not?) case sensitive

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I've been creating a mod called "Lightorio" (that's the internal name, btw) but the mod portal won't let me upload the mod, with the error "Mod with that name already exists." Even though I checked before I even started making the mod that the internal name wasn't already used by another mod. So, I go and type https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Lightorio into a new tab - but it returns a 404 error, saying that the mod definitely doesn't exist.

So, I search the mod portal normally for "Lightorio" and find a mod with that name exactly - but it doesn't have an internal name of "Lightorio"... It's internal name is "lightorio". The game definitely cares about whether my mod is named "Lightorio" or "lightorio" internally, but the mod portal seems to sometimes care (like with the exact URL I use to access the mod page) and sometimes not. (like with uploading a mod) This is really annoying for me, as now I have to go change the internal name of my mod, or not upload it to the mod portal, just because someone already used the lowercase version of that internal name, even though the game understands the difference.

Please change this so that the mod portal respects the fact that "Lightorio" and "lightorio" are 2 very distinct strings of characters, like the game already does and likely has been for years.
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