1 A WikiWord consists of two or more words with initial capitals, run together.
3 When you type a WikiWord, you establish a hyperlink. It's as easy as that.
5 WikiWords are styled like this because:
7 - It makes Wiki hyperlinks instantly recognizable
8 - It leads to interesting Wiki topics
9 - It avoids the need to fiddle with HTML tags
10 - It avoids over-general topics because at least two words are required
12 **Syntax of a WikiWord**
17 - Optional lowercase or uppercase letter(s) or number(s)
19 **Good examples for WikiWords:**
23 - [[AVeryLongWikiTopicNameIsAlsoPossible]]
26 **Bad examples for WikiWords:**
28 - Web: Name with no uppercase letter in between
29 - [[T5Wiki]]: Name with number before the first lowercase letter
30 - Know-How: Name with dashes in between
34 - Insert WikiWords wherever you can. Rich linking helps to make a Wiki successful.
35 - Be specific. All topics in a web share one name space. For example, instead of `FunctionalSpec` write `BreadSlicerFunctionalSpec` because other projects might also have a functional spec topic.
36 - To stop a WikiWord from being turned into a hyperlink, insert the text `<nop>` immediately before the WikiWord.
37 - A topic is usually presented in the singular. Plural WikiWords are automatically linked to the singular topic, i.e. the link [[WikiWords]] links to the topic [[WikiWord]].
38 - Sometimes you have to be creative to find a good WikiName. Examples:
39 - To create a topic about the the **Bread Slicer 1.2** product, use `BreadSlicer1dot2` or `BreadSlicer1pt2`, but not `BreadSlicer1.2`.
40 - To create a topic about **year 2000**, you could go for `YearTwoK` or `YearTwoThousand`, but not `Year2K` or `Y2K` or `Y2000`.
41 - Turn acronyms into WikiWords, i.e. take `FaqIndex` for a "FAQ index" topic.
42 - You can specify any link label by using double square brackets, e.g. write `[[TWikiAccessControl][access control]]` to get a link to [[TWikiAccessControl]] that looks like [[access control|Main/TWikiAccessControl]].
44 **_Related Topics:_** [[WikiSyntax]], [[TextFormattingRules]]