Subject namespaces Wikipedia:Namespace

1 subject namespaces

1.1 in use
1.2 not in use
1.3 aliases , pseudo-namespaces

subject namespaces


this page in wikipedia namespace.

namespaces allow organization , separation of content pages administration pages. namespaces separate data core sets, intended public viewing, , intended editing community. wikipedia s subject namespaces , functions listed below. brief description provided, see link more information.

a namespace called space, short, in project space . subject page , talk page form pair.

in use

main namespace (no prefix): contains encyclopedia articles, lists, disambiguation pages, , encyclopedia redirects. referred mainspace .
user namespace (prefix user:): contains user pages , other pages created individual users own personal use. pages under namespace can still viewed , modified others, not keep of sensitive data here.
wikipedia namespace or project namespace (prefix wikipedia:): contains many types of pages connected wikipedia project itself: information, policy, essays, processes, discussion, etc. namespace aliases: wp: or project:
file namespace or image namespace (prefix file:): contains file description pages image, videos or audio files. these in turn have link actual data file. namespace alias: image:
mediawiki namespace (prefix mediawiki:): namespace containing interface texts, such links , messages appear on automatically generated pages. pages in namespace permanently protected. list of these messages, see special:allmessages. (the prefix cannot shortened mw because mw interwiki prefix. see interwiki links below.)
template namespace (prefix template:): contains templates – pages intended transcluded or substituted onto other pages insert standard text or boxes such infoboxes , navigation boxes.
help namespace (prefix help:): contains pages provide in using wikipedia , software, both users of encyclopedia , editors.
category namespace (prefix category:): contains category pages, display list of pages , subcategories have been added particular category, , optional additional text.
portal namespace (prefix portal:): reader-oriented portals readers find articles related specific topic, , may contain links encourage contributions relevant wikiprojects. see, example, portal:cricket , portal:spaceflight.
book namespace (prefix book:): contains entries wikipedia books, collections of articles 1 theme, can used generate downloadable files or printable documents.
draft namespace (prefix: draft:): hosts drafts of new wikipedia articles.
education program (prefix education program:): namespace structured course pages intended coordinate , monitor editing activity of classes of students.
timedtext namespace (prefix timedtext:): synchronized subtitles media files.
module namespace (prefix module:): contains scribunto modules – lua scripts implementing special-purpose parser functions use in templates, beyond basic set included mediawiki , extensions.

not in use

gadget namespace (prefix gadget:): installed not in use. gadgets, small snippets enabled in user preferences, use mediawiki namespace mediawiki:gadget- page name prefix. custom namespace installed gadget extension.
gadget definition namespace (prefix gadget definition:): installed not in use; see above more information. gadget definitions use mediawiki:gadgets-definition page.

the flow namespace (prefix topic:) proposed talk page replacement, formerly installed on english wikipedia mediawiki extension. no longer installed after being rejected community.

aliases , pseudo-namespaces

an alias of namespace namespace. example, wp: wikipedia:, , [[wikipedia:page name]] can abbreviated [[wp:page name]]. see aliases below, list of aliases, such wt: wikipedia talk:. pseudo-namespace agreement create redirect pages named way, each of shortcut mainspace single page in namespace. alias refers page in namespace, pseudo-namespace has far fewer pages real namespace. there few pseudo-namespace names h: help:, , cat: category:, , these can discovered below in section pseudo-namespaces.