[pmwiki-users] Reasons for/against Disabling WikiWords

[Wade Hudson]

I’m considering disabling WikiWords but I’m concerned that doing so
might deter experienced wiki users from contributing. Otoh, experienced
wiki users would know how to use a pipe to display a WikiWord.

One concern of mine is that we will be including the names of many
websites that use the CamelBack format in the name of their
organization. Presently, in those instances, I must use [= 
 =] to
prevent forming an undesired link.

Another concern is that in general, I prefer that the site display
regular words. They are easier to read and less puzzling to novices who
suspect that the author made a typo.

Also, orienting new authors to how to use the site is more complicated
if I have to explain to them that there are two options for creating
references: WikiWords and double brackets. If I use both options, it
complicates the learning curve.

It seems to me that the main advantage of WikiWords is that they are a
bit easier in the first instance and each re-typing creates a reference
automatically. But our site will consist mostly of listings of
individual resources and probably will not include all that many
references to other parts of the site. So I’m inclined to avoid
WikiWords.

Are there other factors that I should consider? Do any of you recommend
that I keep WikiWords? If so, why?