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A WikiWord is a CamelCase word that software automatically converts to a hyperlink. Some wiki engines use WikiWords as the most common way of linking to other pages.

WikiWikiWeb, used by Ward's Wiki
UseModWiki, used by Wikipedia decades ago and still used by Meatball Wiki
PmWiki, used by The Other Tropes Wiki
MoinMoin, used by the official wikis of Python, Apache, Debian, and Ubuntu

But nowadays, Wikipedia and All The Tropes use MediaWiki software. If you try WikiWording on All The Tropes, you won't get a hyperlink, you'll just get AVeryLongWordWithEmbeddedCapitalLetters.

Instead of WikiWords, use MediaWiki link coding, which works like this:

[[Name Of Trope]]

If you want to Pothole a bit of text, you do it like this:

[[Name Of Trope|pothole text]]

Be aware that MediaWiki allows us to use punctuation in page names. So, naturally, in converting the tropebase over, we've inserted missing punctuation into trope and work names wherever we noticed it was needed. When you code the link for a trope with punctuation in the name, you just include the punctuation:

[[What You Talkin' 'Bout, Willis?]]

Finally, MediaWiki allows you to put format coding directly in pothole text. No longer do you have to code three separate hyperlinks just to italicize a word in the middle of a potholed phrase -- you just markup the word inline:

[[All The Tropes:About|All about the ''best'' new tropes site ''ever!'']]

will become

All about the best new tropes site ever!

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+A '''WikiWord''' is a [[CamelCase]] word that software automatically converts to a hyperlink.
-{{trope}}
+Some [[wiki]] engines use WikiWords as the most common way of linking to other pages.
-The thing that makes this a "Wiki", and not just a collection of editable pages is the ability to create "links" between pages. In the "classic" formatting, a link is identified by creating a "[[Wiki Word]]"; placing two or more initial-capitalised words together (eg. [[Home Page]]). If the page exists, you'll see a link to it, if it doesn't exist yet, you'll see the name in red, which you can then click to create the page.
+* WikiWikiWeb, used by Ward's Wiki
+* UseModWiki, used by Wikipedia decades ago and still used by Meatball Wiki
+* [[PmWiki]], used by [[The Other Tropes Wiki]]
+* MoinMoin, used by the official wikis of Python, Apache, Debian, and Ubuntu
+But nowadays, Wikipedia and All The Tropes use MediaWiki software.
+If you try WikiWording on All The Tropes, you won't get a hyperlink, you'll just get AVeryLongWordWithEmbeddedCapitalLetters.
+Instead of WikiWords, use MediaWiki link coding, which works like this:
+ <code><nowiki>[[Name Of Trope]]</nowiki></code>
+If you want to [[Pothole]] a bit of text, you do it like this:
+ <code><nowiki>[[Name Of Trope|pothole text]]</nowiki></code>
+Be aware that MediaWiki allows us to use punctuation in page names.  So, naturally, in converting the tropebase over, we've inserted missing punctuation into trope and work names wherever we noticed it was needed.  When you code the link for a trope with punctuation in the name, you just include the punctuation:
+ <code><nowiki>[[What You Talkin' 'Bout, Willis?]]</nowiki></code>
+Finally, MediaWiki allows you to put format coding directly in pothole text.  No longer do you have to code three separate hyperlinks just to italicize a word in the middle of a potholed phrase -- you just markup the word inline:
+ <code><nowiki>[[All The Tropes:About|All about the ''best'' new tropes site ''ever!'']]</nowiki></code>
+will become
+:[[All The Tropes:About|All about the ''best'' new tropes site ''ever!'']]
-Note that differences in capitalization are irrelevant between two identically-spelled [[Wiki Word|Wiki Words]]: [[Home Page]] and [[Home Page]] link to the same place. This does not make the latter any less ''[[The Problem With Pen Island|wrong]]''.
-In addition, punctuation is not allowed in [[Wiki Word|Wiki Words]]—it appears automatically after edits have been saved. See [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/custom_title_request.php The Custom Title Request Tool] (also found on the main page sidebar) for instructions on creating a new page whose title needs punctuation.
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-[[Category:Administrivia/Sandbox]]
 [[Category:Administrivia]]
-[[Category:Wiki Word]]
+[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
-[[Category:Trope]]