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Help:Namespace

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Namespaces in mediawiki are like folders in a file system, they are used to segregate different classes of content and facilitate permissions control.

All page titles in MediaWiki are composed of two parts: 

[[Namespace:Title]]

The main namespace is the null or default option, which you link to by just including the title in brackets. All other namespaces must be referred to specifically, then a colon, then the page title.

By default, a wiki using the MediaWiki has 18 namespaces, including:

  • the main namespace, where page names have no prefix
  • 15 additional namespaces, including
    • Help: which includes all the help pages
    • Category: which defines categories
    • Template: which defines templates
    • Special: built-in special pages for users and administrators.
    • Mediawiki: system controls
    • Talk: there are actually many talk namespaces - one for each of the other namespaces.
    • Admin: is a custom defined namespace in this wiki
    • Private: is a custom defined namespace in this wiki
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