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It is commonly seen on sites such as the [[MediaWiki.org]] wiki site; that have more content in other [[namespace]]s (e.g. Manual:, Extension:, etc.) than in their main namespace. On [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], redirects from main namespace to Project: space are discouraged, since readers could accidentally stumble into [[:Category:Meta|meta]]-specific wiki content. | It is commonly seen on sites such as the [[MediaWiki.org]] wiki site; that have more content in other [[namespace]]s (e.g. Manual:, Extension:, etc.) than in their main namespace. On [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], redirects from main namespace to Project: space are discouraged, since readers could accidentally stumble into [[:Category:Meta|meta]]-specific wiki content. | ||
It should be noted that cross-namespace redirects are <u>not</u> compatible with the [[WikiIndex: | It should be noted that cross-namespace redirects are <u>not</u> compatible with the [[WikiIndex:Structured data|structured data]] system as used by [[:Category:Semantic MediaWiki|Semantic MediaWiki]] (SMW); and therefore, should ''<u>not</u>'' be used here on [[:Category:All|WikiIndex]]. | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Wiki idea]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:21, 5 January 2023
This Cross-namespace redirect article is a 'stub'. You can help by expanding this stub article, thanks. :-)
A cross-namespace redirect is a specific type of redirect; namely, a redirect from one namespace to another namespace.
It is commonly seen on sites such as the MediaWiki.org wiki site; that have more content in other namespaces (e.g. Manual:, Extension:, etc.) than in their main namespace. On Wikipedia, redirects from main namespace to Project: space are discouraged, since readers could accidentally stumble into meta-specific wiki content.
It should be noted that cross-namespace redirects are not compatible with the structured data system as used by Semantic MediaWiki (SMW); and therefore, should not be used here on WikiIndex.