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	'''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 and is ~~depreciated~~.		'''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 and is deprecated.

	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]] or [[:Category:Templates\|templates]] which contain two or more words, such as [[:Category:LoginToEdit]] or [[Template:MultilingualMain]].		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]] or [[:Category:Templates\|templates]] which contain two or more words, such as [[:Category:LoginToEdit]] or [[Template:MultilingualMain]].