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Namespace |
License |
Contents |
Examples |
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Main |
CC-BY-SA |
All general information about the software. |
Introduction, developers, SVN, history, upgrade information, contests, press, specific styles/skins. |
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Manual: |
CC-BY-SA |
All technical or more detailed stuff behind the surface, that is not part of the basic help pages (full handbook, mainly for people setting up their own wiki). |
Main and detailed parts of Meta's MW help, technical reference, configuration settings, hooks, ... (not including extensions). |
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Extension: |
CC-BY-SA |
All extensions and directly related stuff. |
Extensions and tools, that are not part of the default MediaWiki distribution. |
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Project: |
CC-BY-SA |
Organization of MediaWiki.org, this NS should be as small as possible. |
Hints for translation of the main introduction, coordination of pd help pages ... |
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Help: |
public domain |
Set of basic help pages for users of an existing wiki (formatting etc.) The first aim is a complete English version, that can be shipped with the MW distribution. |
Like Wikipedia's help: start a new page, formatting, insert a picture, use of simple tables, how to categorize, revert vandalism ... |
| Variables |
Alternate syntax |
Name, linked to list of all pages |
Notes |
| {{ns:-2}} |
{{ns:Media}} |
"Media" |
pseudo-namespace for images and other files themselves, as opposed to the image description pages; see also below |
| {{ns:-1}} |
{{ns:Special}} |
"Special" |
pseudo-namespace for special pages |
| - |
main |
main namespace, no prefix, or optionally a colon (this is needed when using the page as template) |
| {{ns:1}} |
{{ns:Talk}} |
Talk |
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| {{ns:2}} |
{{ns:User}} |
User |
logged-in users (list: Special:Listusers) have a personal page User:username (linked to by the system from lists of edits, page histories, and from signatures). |
| {{ns:3}} |
{{ns:User_talk}} |
User talk |
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| {{ns:4}} |
{{ns:Project}} |
Project |
the project namespace for matters about the project itself |
| {{ns:5}} |
{{ns:Project_talk}} |
Project talk |
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| {{ns:6}} |
{{ns:Image}} |
File |
images and other uploaded files, with image description pages |
| {{ns:7}} |
{{ns:Image_talk}} |
File talk |
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| {{ns:8}} |
{{ns:MediaWiki}} |
MediaWiki |
system messages, editable by sysops |
| {{ns:9}} |
{{ns:MediaWiki_talk}} |
MediaWiki talk |
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| {{ns:10}} |
{{ns:Template}} |
Template |
the default namespace for templates: the wikitext code {{name }} refers to and includes the page Template:name |
| {{ns:11}} |
{{ns:Template_talk}} |
Template talk |
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| {{ns:12}} |
{{ns:Help}} |
Help |
A general User's Guide, set of basic help pages. Note: This NS is in the public domain on MediaWiki.org. |
| {{ns:13}} |
{{ns:Help_talk}} |
Help talk |
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| {{ns:14}} |
{{ns:Category}} |
Category |
each page represents a category of pages, with each category page displaying a list of pages in that category and optional additional text. |
| {{ns:15}} |
{{ns:Category_talk}} |
Category talk |
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| {{ns:100}} |
{{ns:Manual}} |
Manual |
Manual pages, technical reference handbook |
| {{ns:101}} |
{{ns:Manual_talk}} |
Manual talk |
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| {{ns:102}} |
{{ns:Extension}} |
Extension |
Manual:Extensions |
| {{ns:103}} |
{{ns:Extension_talk}} |
Extension talk |
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| {{ns:104}} |
{{ns:API}} |
API |
Pages describing MediaWiki API |
| {{ns:105}} |
{{ns:API_talk}} |
API talk |
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