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Tristam, what function does having WikiIndex in the title of this page serve? -- [[MarkDilley]] | Tristam, what function does having WikiIndex in the title of this page serve? -- [[MarkDilley]] | ||
It is WikiIndex:Community Portal in the sidebar. I did not notice that it is Community Portal in some other bar until I moved the page. WikiIndex prefix tells that the page is related to the community itself, it is not an ordinary article. You can read more about namespaces in [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Namespace Meta-wiki]. Special namespaces are very common in MediaWikis. [[User:Tristram Shandy|Tristram Shandy]] 11:34, 18 Jan 2006 (EST) | |||
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Because the Community Portal has a ready-made link on the sidebar, it should contain substantial content, acting as a portal (which, as all Latin scholars and many web designers know, is a set of doorways leading to various good destinations). robinp 00:49, 18 Jan 2006 (EST)
Tristam, what function does having WikiIndex in the title of this page serve? -- MarkDilley
It is WikiIndex:Community Portal in the sidebar. I did not notice that it is Community Portal in some other bar until I moved the page. WikiIndex prefix tells that the page is related to the community itself, it is not an ordinary article. You can read more about namespaces in Meta-wiki. Special namespaces are very common in MediaWikis. Tristram Shandy 11:34, 18 Jan 2006 (EST)