diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 32a14e4..f7858d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ v0.3 (unreleased):
 - Wikicode's filter methods are now passed 'recursive=True' by default instead
   of False. This is a breaking change if you rely on any filter() methods being
   non-recursive by default.
+- Added a matches() method to Wikicode for page/template name comparisons.
 - Various fixes and cleanup.
 
 v0.2 (released June 20, 2013):
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d481700..f1092ee 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -82,13 +82,15 @@ templates manually. This is possible because nodes can contain additional
     template
 
 Templates can be easily modified to add, remove, or alter params. ``Wikicode``
-can also be treated like a list with ``append()``, ``insert()``, ``remove()``,
-``replace()``, and more::
+objects can be treated like lists, with ``append()``, ``insert()``,
+``remove()``, ``replace()``, and more. They also have a ``matches()`` method
+for comparing page or template names, which takes care of capitalization and
+whitespace::
 
     >>> text = "{{cleanup}} '''Foo''' is a [[bar]]. {{uncategorized}}"
     >>> code = mwparserfromhell.parse(text)
     >>> for template in code.filter_templates():
-    ...     if template.name == "cleanup" and not template.has_param("date"):
+    ...     if template.name.matches("Cleanup") and not template.has_param("date"):
     ...         template.add("date", "July 2012")
     ...
     >>> print code
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 18687f0..8cfa2ec 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Unreleased
 - :py:class:`Wikicode's <.Wikicode>` :py:meth:`.filter` methods are now passed
   *recursive=True* by default instead of *False*. **This is a breaking change
   if you rely on any filter() methods being non-recursive by default.**
+- Added a :py:meth:`.matches` method to :py:class:`~.Wikicode` for
+  page/template name comparisons.
 - Various fixes and cleanup.
 
 v0.2
diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index fd24a15..15b384b 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -49,14 +49,16 @@ additional :py:class:`~.Wikicode` objects::
     template
 
 Templates can be easily modified to add, remove, or alter params.
-:py:class:`~.Wikicode` can also be treated like a list with
+:py:class:`~.Wikicode` objects can be treated like lists, with
 :py:meth:`~.Wikicode.append`, :py:meth:`~.Wikicode.insert`,
-:py:meth:`~.Wikicode.remove`, :py:meth:`~.Wikicode.replace`, and more::
+:py:meth:`~.Wikicode.remove`, :py:meth:`~.Wikicode.replace`, and more. They
+also have a :py:meth:`~.Wikicode.matches` method for comparing page or template
+names, which takes care of capitalization and whitespace::
 
     >>> text = "{{cleanup}} '''Foo''' is a [[bar]]. {{uncategorized}}"
     >>> code = mwparserfromhell.parse(text)
     >>> for template in code.filter_templates():
-    ...     if template.name == "cleanup" and not template.has_param("date"):
+    ...     if template.name.matches("Cleanup") and not template.has_param("date"):
     ...         template.add("date", "July 2012")
     ...
     >>> print code
diff --git a/mwparserfromhell/wikicode.py b/mwparserfromhell/wikicode.py
index 90b5d18..a1921d7 100644
--- a/mwparserfromhell/wikicode.py
+++ b/mwparserfromhell/wikicode.py
@@ -309,6 +309,21 @@ class Wikicode(StringMixIn):
         callback = lambda self, i: self.nodes.pop(i)
         self._do_search(obj, recursive, callback, self)
 
+    def matches(self, other):
+        """Do a loose equivalency test suitable for comparing page names.
+
+        *other* can be any string-like object, including
+        :py:class:`~.Wikicode`. This operation is symmetric; both sides are
+        adjusted. Specifically, whitespace and markup is stripped and the first
+        letter's case is normalized. Typical usage is
+        ``if template.name.matches("stub"): ...``.
+        """
+        this = self.strip_code().strip()
+        that = parse_anything(other).strip_code().strip()
+        if not this or not that:
+            return this == that
+        return this[0].upper() + this[1:] == that[0].upper() + that[1:]
+
     def ifilter(self, recursive=True, matches=None, flags=FLAGS,
                 forcetype=None):
         """Iterate over nodes in our list matching certain conditions.
diff --git a/tests/test_docs.py b/tests/test_docs.py
index 5fdb520..53b3b76 100644
--- a/tests/test_docs.py
+++ b/tests/test_docs.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class TestDocs(unittest.TestCase):
         text = "{{cleanup}} '''Foo''' is a [[bar]]. {{uncategorized}}"
         code = mwparserfromhell.parse(text)
         for template in code.filter_templates():
-            if template.name == "cleanup" and not template.has_param("date"):
+            if template.name.matches("Cleanup") and not template.has_param("date"):
                 template.add("date", "July 2012")
         res = "{{cleanup|date=July 2012}} '''Foo''' is a [[bar]]. {{uncategorized}}"
         self.assertPrint(code, res)
diff --git a/tests/test_wikicode.py b/tests/test_wikicode.py
index 2684414..5a28fb5 100644
--- a/tests/test_wikicode.py
+++ b/tests/test_wikicode.py
@@ -210,6 +210,19 @@ class TestWikicode(TreeEqualityTestCase):
         self.assertEqual("{{a||{{c|d={{h}}}}}}", code2)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, code2.remove, "{{h}}", recursive=False)
 
+    def test_matches(self):
+        """test Wikicode.matches()"""
+        code1 = parse("Cleanup")
+        code2 = parse("\nstub<!-- TODO: make more specific -->")
+        self.assertTrue(code1.matches("Cleanup"))
+        self.assertTrue(code1.matches("cleanup"))
+        self.assertTrue(code1.matches("  cleanup\n"))
+        self.assertFalse(code1.matches("CLEANup"))
+        self.assertFalse(code1.matches("Blah"))
+        self.assertTrue(code2.matches("stub"))
+        self.assertTrue(code2.matches("Stub<!-- no, it's fine! -->"))
+        self.assertFalse(code2.matches("StuB"))
+
     def test_filter_family(self):
         """test the Wikicode.i?filter() family of functions"""
         def genlist(gen):