A WikiWord consists of two or more words with initial capitals, run together. When you type a WikiWord, you establish a hyperlink. It's as easy as that. WikiWords are styled like this because: - It makes Wiki hyperlinks instantly recognizable - It leads to interesting Wiki topics - It avoids the need to fiddle with HTML tags - It avoids over-general topics because at least two words are required **Syntax of a WikiWord** - Uppercase letter(s) - Lowercase letter(s) - Uppercase letter(s) - Optional lowercase or uppercase letter(s) or number(s) **Good examples for WikiWords:** - [[WikiWord]] - [[GoodStyle]] - [[AVeryLongWikiTopicNameIsAlsoPossible]]: wherever an uppercase or lowercase letter is allowed, a group of letters of the same case is allowed - [[YearTwoThousand]] **Bad examples for WikiWords:** - Web: Name without the uppercase letter(s), lowercase letter(s), uppercase letter(s) sequence - [[T5Wiki]]: Name with number before the uppercase, lowercase, uppercase sequence - [[Md5sumsAfterBurning]]: Name with number before the uppercase, lowercase, uppercase sequence - Know-How: Name with dashes in between **Hints** - Insert WikiWords wherever you can. Rich linking helps to make a Wiki successful. - 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. - %H% To stop a WikiWord from being turned into a hyperlink, insert the text `` immediately before the WikiWord. - It is recommended to create topics with singular names. Plural WikiWords are automatically linked to the singular topic, i.e. the link [[WikiWords]] links to the topic [[WikiWord]]. - Sometimes you have to be creative to find a good WikiName. Examples: - To create a topic about the the **Bread Slicer 1.2** product, use `BreadSlicer1dot2` or `BreadSlicer1pt2`, but not `BreadSlicer1.2`. - To create a topic about **year 2000**, you could go for `YearTwoK` or `YearTwoThousand`, but not `Year2K` or `Y2K` or `Y2000`. - Turn acronyms into WikiWords, i.e. take `FaqIndex` for a "FAQ index" topic. - 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]]. - %X% The topic is assumed to be in the current TWiki web. Prepending the name of a TWiki web and a period links to a topic in another web. **_Related Topics:_** [[WikiSyntax]], [[TextFormattingRules]]