A WikiWord consists of two or more words with initial capitals, run together.

When you type a WikiWord, you establish a hyperlink. It's as easy as that.

WikiWords are styled like this because:

• It makes Wiki hyperlinks instantly recognizable
• It leads to interesting Wiki topics
• It avoids the need to fiddle with HTML tags
• It avoids over-general topics because at least two words are required

Syntax of a WikiWord

• Uppercase letter(s)
• Lowercase letter(s)
• Uppercase letter(s)
• Optional lowercase or uppercase letter(s) or number(s)

Good examples for WikiWords:

• WikiWord
• GoodStyle
• AVeryLongWikiTopicNameIsAlsoPossible^?
• YearTwoThousand^?

Bad examples for WikiWords:

• Web: Name with no uppercase letter in between
• T5Wiki: Name with number before the first lowercase letter
• Know-How: Name with dashes in between

Hints

• Insert WikiWords wherever you can. Rich linking helps to make a Wiki successful.
• Be specific. All topics in a web share one name space. For example, instead of FunctionalSpec write BreadSlicerFunctionalSpec because other projects might also have a functional spec topic.
• To stop a WikiWord from being turned into a hyperlink, insert the text <nop> immediately before the WikiWord.
• A topic is usually presented in the singular. Plural WikiWords are automatically linked to the singular topic, i.e. the link WikiWords links to the topic WikiWord.
• Sometimes you have to be creative to find a good WikiName. Examples:
  • To create a topic about the the Bread Slicer 1.2 product, use BreadSlicer1dot2 or BreadSlicer1pt2, but not BreadSlicer1.2.
  • To create a topic about year 2000, you could go for YearTwoK or YearTwoThousand, but not Year2K or Y2K or Y2000.
• Turn acronyms into WikiWords, i.e. take FaqIndex for a "FAQ index" topic.
• You can specify any link label by using double square brackets, e.g. write [[TWikiAccessControl][access control]] to get a link to TWikiAccessControl that looks like access control.

Related Topics: WikiSyntax, TextFormattingRules
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