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-Pages could have a `linktitle`, and [[wikilinks|wikilink]] could use that
-title by default when linking to the page. That would allow pages to have a
-simple, easily linkable name (without spaces, for instance), but use the
-proper title for links. For example, [[PreprocessorDirective]] could use the
-`linktitle` "preprocessor directive", and pages for [[users]] could have
-`linktitle`s that put spaces in their names.
+Pages could have a `linktitle` (perhaps via [[plugins/meta]]), and
+[[wikilinks|wikilink]] could use that title by default when linking to the
+page. That would allow pages to have a simple, easily linkable name (without
+spaces, for instance), but use the proper title for links. For example,
+[[PreprocessorDirective]] could use the `linktitle` "preprocessor directive",
+and pages for [[users]] could have `linktitle`s that put spaces in their
+names.
Ideally, perhaps two versions of the title could exist, one for general use,
and an optional one for if the case in the actual link starts with an
@@ -11,4 +12,6 @@ uppercase letter. That would allow [[preprocessordirective]] to use the link
text "preprocessor directive", but [[PreprocessorDirective]] to use the link
text "Preprocessor Directive", for use at the beginnings of sentences. If the
second version did not exist, the first version would apply to both cases.
+However, that also seems like potential overkill, and less important than the
+basic functionality of `linktitle`.
--[[JoshTriplett]]