Editing Information:Namespaces
Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision
Your text
Line 5:
Line 5:
A page whose name is ''not'' prefixed by a namespace lies in the [[#blank-ns|mainspace]]. Note, however, that colons and prefixes can also appear in page titles ''without'' indicating a namespace: the page <code>Foo:{{PAGENAME}}</code> is a page located in the mainspace because the namespace “Foo” does not exist. Similarly the page <code>{{NAMESPACE}}:Foo:{{PAGENAME}}</code> is in the “{{NAMESPACE}}” namespace. A page whose name is ''not'' prefixed by a namespace lies in the [[#blank-ns|mainspace]]. Note, however, that colons and prefixes can also appear in page titles ''without'' indicating a namespace: the page <code>Foo:{{PAGENAME}}</code> is a page located in the mainspace because the namespace “Foo” does not exist. Similarly the page <code>{{NAMESPACE}}:Foo:{{PAGENAME}}</code> is in the “{{NAMESPACE}}” namespace.
− {{Namespaces}}+
== Standard namespaces == == Standard namespaces ==
The standard MediaWiki installation has sixteen namespaces that can contain user-generated content; there are also two special namespaces that contain pages created “on the fly” by the MediaWiki software. The standard namespaces are organized in pairs, with each pair containing a “subject namespace” and a “discussion namespace.” The namespaces are numbered from zero such that all subject namespaces have even indices and all talk namespaces have odd indices. The standard MediaWiki installation has sixteen namespaces that can contain user-generated content; there are also two special namespaces that contain pages created “on the fly” by the MediaWiki software. The standard namespaces are organized in pairs, with each pair containing a “subject namespace” and a “discussion namespace.” The namespaces are numbered from zero such that all subject namespaces have even indices and all talk namespaces have odd indices.
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
A page whose name is ''not'' prefixed by a namespace lies in the [[#blank-ns|mainspace]]. Note, however, that colons and prefixes can also appear in page titles ''without'' indicating a namespace: the page <code>Foo:{{PAGENAME}}</code> is a page located in the mainspace because the namespace “Foo” does not exist. Similarly the page <code>{{NAMESPACE}}:Foo:{{PAGENAME}}</code> is in the “{{NAMESPACE}}” namespace. | A page whose name is ''not'' prefixed by a namespace lies in the [[#blank-ns|mainspace]]. Note, however, that colons and prefixes can also appear in page titles ''without'' indicating a namespace: the page <code>Foo:{{PAGENAME}}</code> is a page located in the mainspace because the namespace “Foo” does not exist. Similarly the page <code>{{NAMESPACE}}:Foo:{{PAGENAME}}</code> is in the “{{NAMESPACE}}” namespace. | ||
− | + | ||
== Standard namespaces == | == Standard namespaces == | ||
The standard MediaWiki installation has sixteen namespaces that can contain user-generated content; there are also two special namespaces that contain pages created “on the fly” by the MediaWiki software. The standard namespaces are organized in pairs, with each pair containing a “subject namespace” and a “discussion namespace.” The namespaces are numbered from zero such that all subject namespaces have even indices and all talk namespaces have odd indices. | The standard MediaWiki installation has sixteen namespaces that can contain user-generated content; there are also two special namespaces that contain pages created “on the fly” by the MediaWiki software. The standard namespaces are organized in pairs, with each pair containing a “subject namespace” and a “discussion namespace.” The namespaces are numbered from zero such that all subject namespaces have even indices and all talk namespaces have odd indices. |