Help:Namespaces
Namespaces[change | change source]
Main namespace[change | change source]
Most of these pages are articles, but some of them are disambiguation pages or redirects.
Examples of pages in this namespace are the Main Page and Music.[1]
Talk namespace[change | change source]
The Talk Namespace is used for discussion about a page. A talk page is made for every page that is made.
They are always prefixed with Talk:.
Examples of pages in this namespace are Talk:Main Page and Talk:Music.
Wikipedia namespace[change | change source]
The Wikipedia namespace contains pages that are related to Wikipedia. These are often guidelines, project pages or community pages.
They are always prefixed with Wikipedia:.
Examples of pages in this namespace are the Wikipedia:Community Portal and Wikipedia:Vandalism.
Wikipedia talk namespace[change | change source]
The Wikipedia talk namespace contains pages for discussing pages in the Wikipedia namespace.
They are always prefixed with Wikipedia talk:
Examples of pages in this namespace are Wikipedia talk:Twinkle and Wikipedia talk:Bots.
User namespace[change | change source]
[./Https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/user The User namespace contains pages for each user on Wikipedia. It is usually bad to change a user's page if that user isn't you. You can change your user page to say anything you want.]
They are always prefixed with User:.
Examples of pages in this namespace are User:Jordanhatch and User:Archer7.
User talk namespace[change | change source]
The User talk namespace contains talk pages for each user.
They are always prefixed with User talk:.
Examples of pages in this namespace are User talk:Jordanhatch and User talk:Archer7.
Help namespace[change | change source]
The Help namespace contains help pages for members of Wikipedia.
They are always prefixed with Help:. A list of all help pages can be found at Help:Contents.
Examples of pages in this namespace are Help:Small change and Help:How to change pages.
Special namespace[change | change source]
The Special namespace contains scripts and non-changeable pages of the encyclopedia.
They are always prefixed with Special:.
The most common page in this namespace is Special:Userlogin.
Gadgets[change | change source]
Pages with the prefixes Gadget:, Gadget talk:, Gadget definition:, and Gadget definition talk: are known as gadgets. Gadgets are currently unused and there are no pages in any of the given namespaces. You also cannot create pages in the Gadget: or the Gadget definition: namespace.
MediaWiki namespace[change | change source]
The MediaWiki namespace contains interface texts, such as the links and messages that appear on automatically generated pages and JavaScript gadgets. Pages in this namespace are permanently full-protected and may only be edited by administrators. For a list of these messages, see Special:AllMessages.
Programming[change | change source]
The 18 namespaces in Wikipedia are numbered for programming purposes:
| Namespace variable | Result (namespace name) | Namespace variable | Result (namespace name) |
|---|---|---|---|
| {{ns:-2}} | Media | {{ns:-1}} | Special |
| {{ns:0}} | (main namespace, returns empty string) | {{ns:1}} | Talk |
| {{ns:2}} | User | {{ns:3}} | User talk |
| {{ns:4}} | Wikipedia | {{ns:5}} | Wikipedia talk |
| {{ns:6}} | File | {{ns:7}} | File talk |
| {{ns:8}} | MediaWiki | {{ns:9}} | MediaWiki talk |
| {{ns:10}} | Template | {{ns:11}} | Template talk |
| {{ns:12}} | Help | {{ns:13}} | Help talk |
| {{ns:14}} | Category | {{ns:15}} | Category talk |