WikiIndex:Namespace conventions: Difference between revisions

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'Main' is the basic default, or 'root' namespace.  [[Article]]s here on [[WikiIndex]] will be shown by their title <u>without</u> any prefix, and similarly, without any prefix as a URL in your [[:Category:Browser|browser]] address bar immediately after the <tt><nowiki>https://WikiIndex.org/</nowiki></tt>.  This 'main' namespace will (or should) contain the following:
'Main' is the basic default, or 'root' namespace.  [[Article]]s here on [[WikiIndex]] will be shown by their title <u>without</u> any prefix, and similarly, without any prefix as a URL in your [[:Category:Browser|browser]] address bar immediately after the <tt><nowiki>https://WikiIndex.org/</nowiki></tt>.  This 'main' namespace will (or should) contain the following:
*<u>All</u> [[wiki]] article entries;
*<u>All</u> [[wiki]] article entries;
*[[:Category:Wiki People|Wiki people]] pages of those [[User|people]] who prefer to be known by their [[WikiIndex:Real names|real names]], and have [[:Category:User page moved to real name|moved their default user page]];
*[[:Category:Wiki people|Wiki people]] pages of those [[User|people]] who prefer to be known by their [[WikiIndex:Real names|real names]], and have [[:Category:User page moved to real name|moved their default user page]];
*Articles about wiki infrastructure; specifically [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engines]] (the software used to 'power' a wiki site) and [[:Category:Wiki farm|wiki farms]] (hosting companies which host a number of different wiki sites);
*Articles about wiki infrastructure; specifically [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engines]] (the software used to 'power' a wiki site) and [[:Category:Wiki farm|wiki farms]] (hosting companies which host a number of different wiki sites);
*Other general articles (which are not actual [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]]), but are related to the global [[wikisphere]]; such as [[Opt out]], [[:Category:Wiki idea|wiki ideas]], [[:Category:Wiki concept|wiki concepts]], wiki terminology, etc;
*Other general articles (which are not actual [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]]), but are related to the global [[wikisphere]]; such as [[Opt out]], [[:Category:Wiki idea|wiki ideas]], [[:Category:Wiki concept|wiki concepts]], wiki terminology, etc;
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==<tt>Talk:</tt> namespace==
==<tt>Talk:</tt> namespace==
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The specific namespace used for discussion about their associated article.  Furthermore, each and every additional namespace will also have their own corresponding 'talk' namespace.
The specific namespace used for discussion about their associated article.  Furthermore, each and every additional namespace will also have their own corresponding 'talk' namespace.


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==<tt>User:</tt> namespace==
==<tt>User:</tt> namespace==
Here on WikiIndex, we use the 'User:' namespace somewhat differently to, say [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]].  Because the MediaWiki software is hard-mapped to create pages for accounts of registered [[user]]s directly within this 'User:' namespace, there is a need to manually link automatic signatures to the User: namespace; see the [[redirect]] at [[User:MarkDilley]]: it now goes to [[MarkDilley]] (in the 'Main' namespace), this has a link back to his [[WikiIndex:Talk Pages for Wiki People|user talk page]], in the correct default namespace for user talk messages.
Here on WikiIndex, we use the 'User:' namespace somewhat differently to, say [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]].  Because the MediaWiki software is hard-mapped to create pages for accounts of registered [[user]]s directly within this 'User:' namespace, there is a need to manually link automatic signatures to the User: namespace; see the [[redirect]] at [[User:MarkDilley]]: it now goes to [[MarkDilley]] (in the 'Main' namespace), this has a link back to his [[WikiIndex:Talk pages for wiki people|user talk page]], in the correct default namespace for user talk messages.


===<tt>User talk:</tt> namespace===
===<tt>User talk:</tt> namespace===
Like the 'User:' namespace above, the 'User talk:' namespace is also hard-mapped by the MediaWiki software to provide specific in-wiki functions which are not available in any other namespace.  This means that 'User talk:' is the <u>only</u> namespace where in-wiki notification for new messages (and updates) on [[WikiIndex:Talk Pages for Wiki People|user talk pages]] from others will work; so we do use this namespace for this specific purpose.  However, we do also need to create s redirect from the main namespace [[talk page]] for each person to the User talk namespace.
Like the 'User:' namespace above, the 'User talk:' namespace is also hard-mapped by the MediaWiki software to provide specific in-wiki functions which are not available in any other namespace.  This means that 'User talk:' is the <u>only</u> namespace where in-wiki notification for new messages (and updates) on [[WikiIndex:Talk pages for wiki people|user talk pages]] from others will work; so we do use this namespace for this specific purpose.  However, we do also need to create s redirect from the main namespace [[talk page]] for each person to the User talk namespace.


==<tt>Category:</tt> namespace==
==<tt>Category:</tt> namespace==
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All WikiIndex [[:Category:Images|images]] ''should'' be in this namespace.  These currently include:
All WikiIndex [[:Category:Images|images]] ''should'' be in this namespace.  These currently include:
*Uploaded [[:Category:WikiLogo|Logos]];
*Uploaded [[:Category:WikiLogo|Logos]];
*Uploaded [[:Category:Wiki People Images|People pictures]];
*Uploaded [[:Category:Wiki people images|People pictures]];
**Uploaded [[:Category:Photographs|photographs]].
**Uploaded [[:Category:Photographs|photographs]].
**Uploaded [[:Category:Caricatures|caricatures]];
**Uploaded [[:Category:Caricature|caricatures]];
**Uploaded [[:Category:Avatars|avatars]].
**Uploaded [[:Category:Avatars|avatars]].
The File: namespace can also support other media files, such as video and audio, along with uploaded documents such as PDF, DOC, XLS, etc.
The File: namespace can also support other media files, such as video and audio, along with uploaded documents such as PDF, DOC, XLS, etc.