From cb4ad0051fffa0c65af830d85f5eedc20cb12639 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Thoeny Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:51:33 +0000 Subject: none --- TWiki/WikiWord.mdwn | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/TWiki/WikiWord.mdwn b/TWiki/WikiWord.mdwn index 4457a568..5dcf9bff 100644 --- a/TWiki/WikiWord.mdwn +++ b/TWiki/WikiWord.mdwn @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ 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 +* It avoids over-general topics because at least two words are required **Syntax of a WikiWord** @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ WikiWords are styled like this because: * [[WikiWord]] * [[GoodStyle]] * [[AVeryLongWikiTopicNameIsAlsoPossible]] -* [[ProblemY2K]] +* [[YearTwoThousand]] **Bad examples for WikiWords:** @@ -34,5 +34,10 @@ WikiWords are styled like this because: * Insert WikiWords wherever you can. Rich linking helps to make a Wiki successful. * To stop a WikiWord from being turned into a hyperlink, insert the text `` immediately before the WikiWord. * 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]]. -* Sometimes you have to be creative to find a good WikiName. For example, if you want to create a topic about the year 2000 problem, you could go for [[FixY2K]] or [[YearTwoK]] or [[YearTwoThousand]], but not Year2K or Y2K or Y2000. -* Turn acronyms into WikiWords, i.e. take [[FaqIndex]] for a "FAQ index" topic. +* 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 create nicer looking links by using double square brackets, i.e. write [[TWiki access control]] to get a link to [[TWikiAccessControl]] that looks like [[TWikiAccessControl]]. + +**_Related Topics:_** [[WikiSyntax]], [[TextFormattingRules]] -- cgit v1.2.3