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.

[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].