Wiki Word model of not using/requiring Smashed Together Words.

MeatballWiki:FreeLink

Used heavily on Media Wiki/Wiki Pedia and Social Text sites.

A really bad idea ([IMHO]). Because:

• when you spin off a new page using a Free Link, you increase the odds that no other page will ever link to that new page, because the Wiki Word thought pattern is not reinforced, so the Wiki Word vocabulary does not converge. This reduces the Hyper Text Intertwingular Ity that is one huge benefit of WiKi.

• this may also increase the odds of redundant pages getting created, unless people are doubly compulsive about trying to find an existing page before creating a new one (with Smashed Together Words, the odds of just "guessing right" are much higher).

• this lack of "vocabulary convergence" also works against the subtle growth of a team's Shared Vocabulary/Shared Language (CommunityWiki:LinkLanguage), which supports a Chaord Ic shared MissIon.

• you encourage the creation of ugly URI-s (ack, punctuation!)

• you make it impossible for another wiki to connect to you via Remote Wiki Links or Sister Sites features. This works against growth of a cross-team (or public WikiWeb) Shared Vocabulary.

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