LinkNameIsPageName is a special case of AutomaticLinkGeneration, where each link name links to the page with a page name that equals the link name. (e.g., any link named "Fnord''''''Theory" takes you to the page Fnord''''''Theory.)

In this case link names and page names form the same NameSpace.

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One important result of LinkNameIsPageName is AccidentalLinking - when someone makes up a WikiName for which there is already a page, they will unexpectedly be linking to that page. This is a significant contribution to one wiki purpose: shared meaning generation/conversation.

For this reason, it is one of several suggested WikiPrinciples.

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WordsSmashedTogetherLikeSo in this WikiForum is only one technique.

Navipress used to have a "'''link suggester'''" that worked much like a spell checker - it would pick out noun phrases from the text (English only, sorry) and query a database to suggest possible link targets. The drawback was that there never was a decent database of potential links; now that we have Alexa and other such dbs it might be worth trying again.

(moved from AutomaticLinkGeneration)

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A WysiwygWiki could implement a DragAndLinkOption, generating a link name from the first words of a selected text. -- FridemarPache (from AutomaticLinkGeneration)

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