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The LinkPattern defines the rule of what pattern a WikiName should follow in
order for the WikiName to be hyperlinked automatically to another WikiPage. For
all other ways to create hyperlinks see HelpOnLinking.
  
The
  
==== The link pattern is:  ====
More than one contiguous uppercase letters in a single word (ex:
**<Nowiki>SMash or more uppercase letters, SMASH</Nowiki>**), or
multiple words smashed together in proper case (ex:
**<Nowiki>SmashWordsTogetherLikeSo</Nowiki>**).  All articles should
be named as descriptive as possible therefore having multiple words.  so if you
wanted to create an article about sugar glider parents grooming their babies,
you would edit a new link into an existing page called
**<Nowiki>SugarGliderParentsGroomingTheirBabies</Nowiki>**.
  
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An existing example of this is
<Nowiki>HelpOnCreatingANewPage</Nowiki> returns a link to
HelpOnCreatingANewPage.  If there is no current article on the LinkPattern word,
then one or more lowercase letters, then one uppercase letter, then any letters
(either upper or lowercase).
  
In other words, simply SmashWordsTogetherLikeSo. there will be a ? next to it
with a link to edit the new page into existence.  An example of this is
<Nowiki>GliderpediaHelpsSugarGliders</Nowiki> which returns
GliderpediaHelpsSugarGliders.  Note the ? because there is no current article
yet.
  
The LinkPattern may differ between various Open Wiki sites. Some may 
allow/disallow digits and underscores, and some may allow/disallow non-English 
characters.
  
NoteAlso note that a WikiName that conforms to the LinkPattern is //not//
hyperlinked when the WikiName is equal to the current page title you are
viewing. For instance, in this article, the word Link''''''Pattern is a WikiName
because it follows the pattern, yet it is not hyperlinked. hyperlinked because
it is referring to itself because it is the title of this article.
  
For all other ways to create hyperlinks see HelpOnLinking.
  
  
  

 



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