CamelCase: Difference between revisions

'''CamelCase''' is the term identifying the ability to link to another page on a [[wiki]] by removing the space between two (or more) words begining with capital letters.  It was a revolutionary way of thinking of technology — ''"What is the simplest thing we can do to make this work?"'' — to paraphrase [[WardCunningham]].  The [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] wiki engine was developed from [[UseModWiki]], and because it was developed for an encyclopedia, where proper spelling and spacing are of high importance, the use of CamelCase to create internal links was phased out.

Likewise, [[WikiIndex]] (which also runs on MediaWiki) does <u>not</u> use CamelCase to <u>create links</u>.  Instead, one must enclose the wanted link in double square brackets — <code><nowiki>[[]]</nowiki></code>.

However, there is some sentiment (and practice) that CamelCase should be used on WikiIndex when creating [[Special:Categories|categories]] which contain two or more words, such as [[:Category:LoginToEdit]].

CamelCase is very important for 'LinkLanguage' — that is writing and adding links easily to your writing.  Ward has commented that instead of adding 10 characters to make a link, he took away one.  [[JohnAbbe]] pointed out that you have to shift for each word capitalized.