I am not really feeling the need to delete this page. The stated reason that WikiIndex is not an encyclopedia does not resonate with me. WikiIndex is about Wiki, Wiki Ideas and WikiPeople. CamelCase is clearly a WikiIdea as it was the primary way to create links in the 6 years prior to Wikipedia and the initial year of that projects history. ~~ MarkDilley
- I checked the history of the page and that part was added in 2006, during the onslaught of people thinking that Wikipedia was the way to run a wiki. I think the intention of that statement is WikiIndex is not Wikipedia, in terms of its culture. - Anyone else around that remembers that? Best, MarkDilley
- I filed this deletion request before I noticed the bigger concept of "WikiIdeas" you started. I think it's okay to remove the template until we found a solution for that. To me, your "WikiIdeas" just look like guidelines or best practises, that should be mentioned in the WikiIndex namespace and explained on wikipedia. They are meta information, not content, and therefore shouldn't be in the main space. --Bachsau 00:06, 30 June 2012 (PDT)
- The idea I have about Wiki is different than Wikipedia, because Wikipedia is a product. That idea is that everything in the wiki, how the wiki is run, is part of the content, i.e. Wikis, WikiPeople and WikiIdeas. My preference is for a flat wiki, like OddMuse. Best, MarkDilley
- This needs keeping, though this article needs moving to the 'WikiIndex:' namespace. I'll delete the 'delete' tag! Hoof Hearted • talk2HH 07:57, 9 September 2012 (PDT)
- Don't think it needs to be moved to the WikiIndex namespace - it is a core Wiki function, historically and for some wiki software. ~~ MarkDilley
- Hmmmmm . . . I think we'll have to agree to disagree on ^^^ that. Personally, I think CamelCase might be prevalent in American english (because American english seems to capitalise the first letter of many words), but in other languages (including non-American english variants) capitalisation is considerably more restrained. And I'm not at all sure CC is used in Wikipedia - which is arguably the mother of all wikis (especially relating to editing activity). So I'm finding it difficult to agree that CamelCase is a "core wiki function" - though I confess my wiki expertise really is only with MediaWiki/Wikia. Hoof Hearted • talk2HH 15:04, 12 September 2012 (PDT)
- Yes, :-) - I think that it is very arguable that Wikipedia is the mother of all wikis. I would go with the most popular. WikiWikiWeb is the mother / father / first one - that counts. It is an amazing wiki. Spurred several different studies of computing with world wide popular conferences and changed the way universities taught computer programing. CamelCase is core in that is the linking convention of the first wikis, including the first year of Wikipedia. check out my LinkLanguage --> http://bit.ly/LinkLanguage Best, MarkDilley