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This part of the wiki is intended to document the reasons behind choosing particular markup for Creole, as well as to allow discussion of particular choices and propositions. These practices where derived from the Goals and the experiences Implementers and Users of Creole made.
Creole covers markup for some CommonTextElements. The markup should be EasyToLearn and EasyToTeach, as well as FastToType and should use ReadableMarkup which is NonDestructive.
The special role of common markup requires it to be ExtensibleByOmission, NotNew and CollisionFree with markup used commonly on wikis.
The InternationalizationConcerns require it to AvoidTextTags and AvoidSpecialCharacters.
Because we want Creole to be widely adopted, we need to make it easy to parse using CommonWikiParsingTechniques, and also easy to explain, preferably using a prepared simple CheatSheet.
The only term for the markup page which is generally used is Text Formatting Rules across wikis (as shown on List of Wiki Markup), so I would suggest as a GoodPractice to have wiki markup explanation on this page on each wiki or to at have a redirect from that page to the page explaining markup. A redirect would also be preferable if the wiki is not in English. -- ChuckSmith