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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 capitalized letters. | [[CamelCase]] is the term identifying the ability to link to another page on a wiki by removing the space between two capitalized 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 [[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. | ||
WikiIndex does not use CamelCase, | Likewise, WikiIndex (which runs on MediaWiki) does not use CamelCase to create links. Instead, one must enclose the wanted link in double brackets: <tt><nowiki>[[]]</nowiki></tt>. | ||
However, there is some sentiment (and practice) that CamelCase should be used on WikiIndex when creating categories which contain two or more words, such as [[:Category:LoginToEdit]]. | |||
[[Category:Glossary]] | [[Category:Glossary]] | ||
[[Category:Terms]] | [[Category:Terms]] | ||