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:Syntax of a WikiWord
- 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
Good examples for WikiWords: Bad examples for WikiWords:
- Uppercase letter(s)
- Lowercase letter(s)
- Uppercase letter(s)
- Optional lowercase or uppercase letter(s) or number(s)
Hints
- Web: Name with no uppercase letter in between
- T5Wiki: Name with number before the first lowercase letter
- Know-How: Name with dashes in between
Related Topics: WikiSyntax, TextFormattingRules
- Insert WikiWords wherever you can. Rich linking helps to make a Wiki successful.
- 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
BreadSlicer1dot2orBreadSlicer1pt2, but notBreadSlicer1.2.- To create a topic about year 2000, you could go for
YearTwoKorYearTwoThousand, but notYear2KorY2KorY2000.- Turn acronyms into WikiWords, i.e. take
FaqIndexfor a "FAQ index" topic.- You can create nicer looking links by using double square brackets, i.e. write
[[TWiki access control]]to get a link to TWikiAccessControl that looks like TWiki access control.
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