Make all non-config/non-operational mentions of URL consistently

doc/api/README.md

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Return values:
 
 ## Sudo
 
-All API requests support performing an api call as if you were another user, if your private token is for an administration account. You need to pass  `sudo` parameter by url or header with an id or username of the user you want to perform the operation as. If passed as header, the header name must be "SUDO" (capitals).
+All API requests support performing an api call as if you were another user, if your private token is for an administration account. You need to pass  `sudo` parameter by URL or header with an id or username of the user you want to perform the operation as. If passed as header, the header name must be "SUDO" (capitals).
 
 If a non administrative `private_token` is provided then an error message will be returned with status code 403:
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ When listing resources you can pass the following parameters:
 - `page` (default: `1`) - page number
 - `per_page` (default: `20`, max: `100`) - number of items to list per page
 
-[Link headers](http://www.w3.org/wiki/LinkHeader) are send back with each response. These have `rel` prev/next/first/last and contain the relevant URL. Please use these instead of generating your own urls.
+[Link headers](http://www.w3.org/wiki/LinkHeader) are send back with each response. These have `rel` prev/next/first/last and contain the relevant URL. Please use these instead of generating your own URLs.
 
 ## id vs iid
 

doc/api/services.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PUT /projects/:id/services/gitlab-ci
 Parameters:
 
 - `token` (required) - CI project token
-- `project_url` (required) - CI project url
+- `project_url` (required) - CI project URL
 
 ### Delete GitLab CI service
 

doc/customization/libravatar.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ the configuration options as follows:
 ```yml
   gravatar:
     enabled: true
-    # gravatar urls: possible placeholders: %{hash} %{size} %{email}
+    # gravatar URLs: possible placeholders: %{hash} %{size} %{email}
     plain_url: "http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/%{hash}?s=%{size}&d=identicon"
 ```
 
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ the configuration options as follows:
 ```yml
   gravatar:
     enabled: true
-    # gravatar urls: possible placeholders: %{hash} %{size} %{email}
+    # gravatar URLs: possible placeholders: %{hash} %{size} %{email}
     ssl_url: "https://seccdn.libravatar.org/avatar/%{hash}?s=%{size}&d=identicon"
 ```
 
 ## Self-hosted
 
-If you are [running your own libravatar service](http://wiki.libravatar.org/running_your_own/) the url will be different in the configuration
-but the important part is to provide the same placeholders so GitLab can parse the url correctly.
+If you are [running your own libravatar service](http://wiki.libravatar.org/running_your_own/) the URL will be different in the configuration
+but the important part is to provide the same placeholders so GitLab can parse the URL correctly.
 
 For example, you host a service on `http://libravatar.example.com` the `plain_url` you need to supply in `gitlab.yml` is
 
@@ -65,5 +65,5 @@ Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for changes to take effect.
 
 [Libravatar supports different sets](http://wiki.libravatar.org/api/) of `missing images` for emails not found on the Libravatar service.
 
-In order to use a different set other than `identicon`, replace `&d=identicon` portion of the url with another supported set.
-For example, you can use `retro` set in which case url would look like: `plain_url: "http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/%{hash}?s=%{size}&d=retro"`
+In order to use a different set other than `identicon`, replace `&d=identicon` portion of the URL with another supported set.
+For example, you can use `retro` set in which case the URL would look like: `plain_url: "http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/%{hash}?s=%{size}&d=retro"`

doc/integration/shibboleth.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Check https://wiki.shibboleth.net/ for more info.
 
 Following changes are needed to enable shibboleth:
 
-protect omniauth-shibboleth callback url:
+protect omniauth-shibboleth callback URL:
 ```
   <Location /users/auth/shibboleth/callback>
     AuthType shibboleth
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ protect omniauth-shibboleth callback url:
     SetHandler shib
   </Location>
 ```
-exclude shibboleth urls from rewriting, add "RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/Shibboleth.sso" and "RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/shibboleth-sp", config should look like this:
+exclude shibboleth URLs from rewriting, add "RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/Shibboleth.sso" and "RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/shibboleth-sp", config should look like this:
 ```
   #apache equivalent of nginx try files
   RewriteEngine on

doc/integration/slack.md

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ After Slack is ready we need to setup GitLab. Here are the steps to achieve this
 1.  Fill in your Slack details
 
     - Mark it as active
-    - Paste in the webhook url you got from Slack
+    - Paste in the webhook URL you got from Slack
 
 Have fun :)
 

doc/markdown/markdown.md

@@ -250,17 +250,17 @@ The IDs are generated from the content of the header according to the following
 For example:
 
 ```
-###### ..Ab_c-d. e [anchor](url) ![alt text](url)..
+###### ..Ab_c-d. e [anchor](URL) ![alt text](URL)..
 ```
 
 which renders as:
 
-###### ..Ab_c-d. e [anchor](url) ![alt text](url)..
+###### ..Ab_c-d. e [anchor](URL) ![alt text](URL)..
 
 will first be converted by step 1) into a string like:
 
 ```
-..Ab_c-d. e <a href="url">anchor</a> <img src="url" alt="alt text"/>..
+..Ab_c-d. e <a href="URL">anchor</a> <img src="URL" alt="alt text"/>..
 ```
 
 After removing the tags in step 2) we get:
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ ab_c-d-e-anchor
 
 Note in particular how:
 
-- for markdown anchors `[text](url)`, only the `text` is used
-- markdown images `![alt](url)` are completely ignored
+- for markdown anchors `[text](URL)`, only the `text` is used
+- markdown images `![alt](URL)` are completely ignored
 
 ## Emphasis
 

doc/raketasks/features.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This command will enable the namespaces feature introduced in v4.0. It will move
 
 Note:
 
-- Because the **repository location will change**, you will need to **update all your git url's** to point to the new location.
+- Because the **repository location will change**, you will need to **update all your git URLs** to point to the new location.
 - Username can be changed at [Profile / Account](/profile/account)
 
 **Example:**

doc/update/4.2-to-5.0.md

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ git checkout v1.1.0
 # copy config
 cp config.yml.example config.yml
 
-# change url to GitLab instance
-# ! make sure url end with '/' like 'https://gitlab.example/'
+# change URL to GitLab instance
+# ! make sure the URL ends with '/' like 'https://gitlab.example/'
 vim config.yml
 
 # rewrite hooks

doc/update/5.4-to-6.0.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ GitLab 6.0 is affected by critical security vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4490 and CV
 
 The root (global) namespace for projects is deprecated.
 
-So you need to move all your global projects under groups or users manually before update or they will be automatically moved to the project owner namespace during the update. When a project is moved all its members will receive an email with instructions how to update their git remote url. Please make sure you disable sending email when you do a test of the upgrade.
+So you need to move all your global projects under groups or users manually before update or they will be automatically moved to the project owner namespace during the update. When a project is moved all its members will receive an email with instructions how to update their git remote URL. Please make sure you disable sending email when you do a test of the upgrade.
 
 ### Teams
 

doc/update/7.6-to-7.7.md

@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ If all items are green, then congratulations upgrade is complete!
 
 ### 8. GitHub settings (if applicable)
 
-If you are using GitHub as an OAuth provider for authentication, you should change the callback url so that it 
-only contains a root url (ex. `https://gitlab.example.com/`)
+If you are using GitHub as an OAuth provider for authentication, you should change the callback URL so that it 
+only contains a root URL (ex. `https://gitlab.example.com/`)
 
 ## Things went south? Revert to previous version (7.6)