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## Wiki Page Names

Wiki page names commonly use the [CamelCase](/notes/CamelCase/) convention. Within wiki text, any word in [CamelCase](/notes/CamelCase/) automatically becomes a hyperlink to the wiki page with that name.

[CamelCase](/notes/CamelCase/) page names follow these rules:

1. The name must consist of **alphabetic characters only**; no digits, spaces, punctuation or underscores are allowed.
1. A name must have at least two capital letters.
1. The first character must be capitalized.
1. Every capital letter must be followed by one or more lower-case letters.
1. The use of slash ( / ) is permitted in page names, where it typically represents a hierarchy.

If you want to create a wiki page that does not follow [CamelCase](/notes/CamelCase/) rules. you can use the following syntax:

```
 * [wiki:Wiki_page], [wiki:ISO9000],
   and with a label: [wiki:ISO9000 ISO 9000 standard]
 * [wiki:"Space Matters"]
   and with a label: [wiki:"Space Matters" all about white space]
 * or simply: ["WikiPageName"]s
 * even better, the [[WikiCreole link style]]
   and with a label: [[WikiCreole link style|WikiCreole style links]]
```

This will be rendered as:

- Wiki_page, ISO9000,

>   and with a label: [wiki:ISO9000 ISO 9000 standard]
- Matters" *(that page name embeds space characters)*

>   and with a label: [wiki:"Space Matters" all about white space]
- or simply: "WikiPageName"s
- even better, the *[WikiCreole link style]*

>   and with a label: [[WikiCreole link style|WikiCreole style links]]
It is possible to link to a specific *version* of a Wiki page as you would do for a specific version of a file, for example: [WikiStart](/notes/WikiStart/)@1.

You can prevent a CamelCase name from being interpreted as a [link](/notes/TracLinks/) by quoting it with an exclamation mark: \`CamelCase\`. See [TracLinks](/notes/TracLinks/)#EscapingLinks.

As in the example above, you can append an anchor to a Wiki page name to link to a specific section within that page. The anchor can be seen by hovering the mouse over a section heading, then clicking on the *[html(¶)]* sign that appears at its end. The anchor is usually generated automatically, but it is also possible to specify it explicitly: see [WikiFormatting](/notes/WikiFormatting/)#using-explicit-id-in-heading.

There are a few options that govern the rendering of [WikiPageNames](/notes/WikiPageNames/):

- [CamelCase](/notes/CamelCase/) linking to missing pages can be disabled with the \`ignore_missing_pages\` [option](https://trac.edgewall.org/notes/TracIni#wiki-section). Linking to missing pages is enabled by default.
- The \`split_page_names\` option, when enabled, will split [CamelCase](/notes/CamelCase/) words when rendering a link. For example, [WikiStart](/notes/WikiStart/) will be rendered as [Wiki Start](/notes/WikiStart/).

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See also: [WikiNewPage](/notes/WikiNewPage/), [WikiFormatting](/notes/WikiFormatting/), [TracWiki](/notes/TracWiki/), [TracLinks](/notes/TracLinks/)