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::It's also a historical fact that WikiWikiWeb was the first wiki site; and, IMHO, that's why it's notable. However, Wikipedia is largely to be thanked for popularizing the concept of a wiki, in my view. It might not have been the ''very first'' wiki, but it definitely is the most '''notable''' one. | ::It's also a historical fact that WikiWikiWeb was the first wiki site; and, IMHO, that's why it's notable. However, Wikipedia is largely to be thanked for popularizing the concept of a wiki, in my view. It might not have been the ''very first'' wiki, but it definitely is the most '''notable''' one. | ||
::The CamelCase concept was scrapped in favor of free-form links, because in the early days of Wikipedia, it was decided that CamelCase isn't flexible enough for the needs of an encyclopedia project. While I recognize the historical importance of the concept, I'm very much inclined to agree with that statement. If I were to create a page about the state for which the current president is Barack Obama, why on Earth would I name it "UnitedStatesOfAmerica" when its name is "United States of America"?<br />With MediaWiki's engine and linking syntax, one can type something like "<nowiki>Barack Obama is the [[president]] of the [[United States of America]]</nowiki>" to create links to the pages "president" and "United States of America", respectively. I'm not very familiar with | ::The CamelCase concept was scrapped in favor of free-form links, because in the early days of Wikipedia, it was decided that CamelCase isn't flexible enough for the needs of an encyclopedia project. While I recognize the historical importance of the concept, I'm very much inclined to agree with that statement. If I were to create a page about the state for which the current president is Barack Obama, why on Earth would I name it "UnitedStatesOfAmerica" when its name is "United States of America"?<br />With MediaWiki's engine and linking syntax, one can type something like "<nowiki>Barack Obama is the [[president]] of the [[United States of America]]</nowiki>" to create links to the pages "president" and "United States of America", respectively. I'm not very familiar with UseMod Wiki and whatnot, but you'd have to type "Barack Obama is the president of the UnitedStatesOfAmerica" to get a link to the page about the United States and I'm not sure if it'd even be possible to link the word "president" to the same page. Maybe the UseMod Wiki software has a free-form linking syntax, similar to that of MediaWiki's? | ||
:: All that being said, using CamelCase syntax on a MediaWiki-based wiki, where it is neither required nor usually wanted, feels rather silly to me. Admittedly I'm biased, as I've been a MediaWiki developer for years and I consider MediaWiki superior to other wiki engines in pretty much any and all respects. (And I guess that's partially true, because Wikipedia — which uses MediaWiki — is one of the world's most popular websites; how many other wiki sites, especially those using alternative wiki engines, are in the top 50? Or top 100? Or even top 1000?) | :: All that being said, using CamelCase syntax on a MediaWiki-based wiki, where it is neither required nor usually wanted, feels rather silly to me. Admittedly I'm biased, as I've been a MediaWiki developer for years and I consider MediaWiki superior to other wiki engines in pretty much any and all respects. (And I guess that's partially true, because Wikipedia — which uses MediaWiki — is one of the world's most popular websites; how many other wiki sites, especially those using alternative wiki engines, are in the top 50? Or top 100? Or even top 1000?) | ||