From d0f79f2420bb5d307008bd861f2e6c1d0ef09c4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Flancian <0@flancia.org> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 13:26:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] wikilink.md --- wikilink.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/wikilink.md b/wikilink.md index 22a4ed6ab..2f7d54c0d 100644 --- a/wikilink.md +++ b/wikilink.md @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ # Wikilink - A wikilink looks like this: [[wikilink]]. -- Wikilinks come, wait for it, from wikis. They are great because they allow for very easy linking: you just [[link it as you go along]], then the link either works (because someone wrote that node/article/resource already) or you can click through and backfill it. - - I call this procedure link-driven writing. +- Wikilinks come, wait for it, from wikis :) You can think of the Agora as a sort of distributed wiki, although users in this wiki contribute individual contributions instead of community pages (for now). +- Wikilinks are great because they allow for very easy linking: you just [[link it as you go along]], then the link either works (because someone wrote that node/article/resource already) or you can click through and backfill it. I call this procedure link-driven writing. +- Whenever there is more than one [[node]] with a given wikilink in an Agora (typical use case: notes kept on a certain topic by different users), the Agora will surface all of them when resolving the wikilink in question. Example: [[README]]. [//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility" [wikilink]: wikilink "Wikilink" +[link it as you go along]: link-it-as-you-go-along "Link It as You Go Along" [//end]: # "Autogenerated link references" \ No newline at end of file