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=== Wiki link markup === Camel case is used in some [[wikitext|wiki markup languages]] for terms that should be automatically linked to other [[wiki]] pages. This convention was originally used in [[Ward Cunningham]]'s original [[wiki software]], [[WikiWikiWeb]],<ref>Andrew Lih, ''The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia'' (New York: Hyperion, 2009), pp. 57β58.</ref> and can be activated in most other wikis. Some wiki engines such as [[TiddlyWiki]], [[Trac]] and [[PmWiki]] make use of it in the default settings, but usually also provide a configuration mechanism or [[Plug-in (computing)|plugin]] to disable it. Wikipedia formerly used camel case linking as well, but switched to explicit link markup using [[square brackets]]<ref>Lih, ''The Wikipedia Revolution'', pp. 62β63, 67.</ref> and many other wiki sites have done the same. [[MediaWiki]], for example, [[mw:Manual:MediaWiki feature list#Structures and syntax|does not support]] camel case for linking. Some wikis that do not use camel case linking may still use the camel case as a naming convention, such as [[AboutUs]].
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