Today the Hobbyist, Tommorow, The World!

Georg Wrede georg.wrede at nospam.org
Wed May 3 02:36:20 PDT 2006


John Reimer wrote:
> It is an improvement, but I don't understand why the 
> WordsAreAllRunningTogether for the links.
> 
> I find that aspect quite ugly.  I've seen that system used in other 
> sites, and I just don't understand why it's done that way in the wiki. 
> Is it a limitation of the Wiki?

The entire idea of a Wiki is that users (i.e. _the_readers_) do most of 
the writing. One can't expect them to be computer savvy. At the same 
time, it is imperative that the texts actually do contain links to other 
pages, wherever needed. (In other words, links should not remain 
uncreated just because "it is hard to do".)

The simplest way to achieve this is, just have page names in CamelCase. 
Then any word in CamelCase is assumed a link.

(It's not a matter of technology, it is entirely a matter of what is a 
simple enough way to create links, so that folks actually get around to 
doing it!)

Invent an "easier" way, and you'll do the Wiki culture a big service.



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