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Articles without a ':' in their name are in the main namespace. This namespace is for articles; documents that aren't directly related to this may go in other namespaces. When articles are in another namespace, they are specified as namespace:article; i.e. this page is Help:Namespaces.

Help: Documentation about working with the wiki software. This could be mirrored from outside sites, or locally written.
Image: For descriptions of uploaded files. You shouldn't create these directly; they are created when you click the Upload file link in the toolbox.
Media: Use this namespace to link to uploaded files directly, rather than through the description pages.
MediaWiki: Use this namespace to change the default system messages, See Help:MediaWiki_namespace on meta.
Project: Information about this wiki; i.e. policies that apply here. This namespace also has an alias, which is the name of the wiki installation.
Talk: Each page has a corresponding discussion page. This can be used for feedback/comments about that page, or other local notes that another group may want to associate with the page, without modifying the document directly, or for any other additional information to associate with the document.
Template: This is used for meta-information that is to be transcluded into multiple documents, such as tags to mark the status of a document.
User: For personal notes. Each User has a corresponding user page for their own information. Users can also create subpages, by using a / after their name.
User_talk: The discussion page on a user's page can be used for leaving messages. If this page is edited, the next time that user logs in they will see a box notifying them that they have new messages

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+{{PD Help Page}}
-This page does not offer help on the MediaWiki meaning of the the word "namespace" - see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Namespace  So ... what is THIS page for?
+Articles without a ':' in their name are in the main namespace.  This namespace is for articles; documents that aren't directly related to this may go in other namespaces.  When articles are in another namespace, they are specified as ''namespace'':''article''; i.e. this page is ''{{NAMESPACE}}'':''{{PAGENAME}}''.
+;Help: Documentation about working with the wiki software.  This could be mirrored from outside sites, or locally written.
-Note: I can't find the definition of "namespace" when typing into the MediaWiki [search] bar.  Searching on Google, I can find this on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Namespace which comes from a place called "meta": http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Namespace !  Is there a reason MediaWiki.org can't see "meta" or can't find the meanings of any MediaWiki word typed into it's own [search] bar?  See also [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Anamespace&btnG=Google+Search Google search for [define:namsespace]] for general non-MediaWiki meanings of the word "namespace".  May I suggest that we all look up the existing meaning of words before we create new meanings?  -- Peter Blaise [[User:Peterblaise|peterblaise]] 11:59, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
+;Image: For descriptions of uploaded files.  You shouldn't create these directly; they are created when you click the [[special:upload|Upload file]] link in the toolbox.
+;Media: Use this namespace to link to uploaded files directly, rather than through the description pages.
-Note that MediaWiki "articles" without a colon (:) in their name are in the "main" "namespace", which is for "articles".  "articles/documents" that aren't directly related to the main "namespace" are probably best placed  in/under other namespaces (by doing what?).  When articles/documents are in another namespace than the main namespace, you get to them and build them by typing ''namespace'':''article-name''; i.e. the page you are looking at ''{{NAMESPACE}}'':''{{PAGENAME}}''.   To build "wtf" under "help" go/search for "help:wtf" and the MediaWiki will with bring  you to such an existing page, or will respond with an offer to allow you to build such a page.
+;MediaWiki: Use this namespace to change the default system messages, [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:MediaWiki_namespace See Help:MediaWiki_namespace on meta].
+;Project: Information about this wiki; i.e. policies that apply here.  This namespace also has an alias, which is the name of the wiki installation.
-:'''Help:'''''nnn''
+;Talk: Each page has a corresponding ''discussion'' page.  This can be used for feedback/comments about that page, or other local notes that another group may want to associate with the page, without modifying the document directly, or for any other additional information to associate with the document.
-:: Documentation about working with the wiki software.  This could be mirrored from outside sites, or locally written.
+;Template: This is used for meta-information that is to be transcluded into multiple documents, such as tags to mark the status of a document.
-::: <nowiki>{{ns:12}} {{ns:Help}}</nowiki> [[Help]] typically used for the MediaWiki User's Guide, with the wikitext a frequently refreshed copy of the master version on Meta-Wikipedia, but with project-specific templates
+;User: For personal notes.  Each User has a corresponding user page for their own information.  Users can also create subpages, by using a / after their name.
-::* Examples: ''(needed, please)''
+;User_talk: The discussion page on a user's page can be used for leaving messages.  If this page is edited, the next time that user logs in they will see a box notifying them that they have new messages
-:'''Image:'''''nnn''
-:: For descriptions of uploaded files.  You shouldn't create these directly; they are created when you click the [[special:upload|Upload file]] link in the toolbox.
-::: <nowiki>{{ns:6}} {{ns:Image}}</nowiki> [[Image]] images and other uploaded files, with image description pages (list: Special:Imagelist)
-::* Examples: ''(needed, please)''
-:'''Media:'''''nnn''
-:: Use this namespace to link to uploaded files directly, rather than through the description pages.
-::: <nowiki>{{ns:-2}} {{ns:Media}}</nowiki> [[Media]] pseudo-namespace for images and other files themselves, as opposed to the image description pages; see also below
-::* Examples: ''(needed, please)''
-:'''MediaWiki:'''''nnn''
-:: Use this namespace to change the default system messages, [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:MediaWiki_namespace See Help:MediaWiki_namespace on meta].
-::: <nowiki>{{ns:8}} {{ns:MediaWiki}}</nowiki> [[MediaWiki]] system messages (list: Special:Allmessages), editable by users, or if protected, by sysops
-::* Examples: ''(needed, please)''
-:'''Project:'''''nnn''
-:: Information about this wiki; i.e. policies that apply here.  This namespace also has an alias, which is the name of the wiki installation.
-::: <nowiki>{{ns:4}} {{ns:Project}}</nowiki> [[Meta]] the project namespace for matters about the project, such as guidelines and discussions; see also the [[Help:|Help:]] namespace
-::* Examples: ''(needed, please)''
-:'''Talk:'''''nnn''
-:: Each page has a corresponding ''discussion'' page.  This can be used for feedback/comments about that page, or other local notes that another group may want to associate with the page, without modifying the document directly, or for any other additional information to associate with the document.
-::: <nowiki>{{ns:1}} {{ns:Talk}}</nowiki> [[Talk]] see Help:Talk page for this and the following odd-numbered namespaces
-::* Examples: ''(needed, please)''
-:'''Template:'''''nnn''
-:: This is used for meta-information that is to be transcluded into multiple documents, such as tags to mark the status of a document.
-::: <nowiki>{{ns:10}} {{ns:Template}}</nowiki> [[Template]] the default namespace for templates: the wikitext code {{name }} refers to and includes the page Template:name
-::* Examples: ''(needed, please)''
-:'''User:'''''nnn''
-:: For personal notes.  Each User has a corresponding user page for their own information.  Users can also create subpages, by using a / after their name.
-::: <nowiki>{{ns:2}} {{ns:User}}</nowiki> [[User]] registered users (list: Special:Listusers) have a user homepage User:username (linked to by the system from user names in lists of edits, e.g. on page histories, and from signatures on talk pages); this and subpages of it can be used to present oneself, for project-related bookmarks, and for drafts, tests, and other working material. One can put here material to give oneself one-step access to it from any page in the same project, and one can put here links to give oneself two-step access to the link targets from any page in the same project as the user page. For users who do not log in, the same applies, with the IP as username. Dynamic IPs are a complication.
-::* Examples: ''(needed, please)''
-:'''User_talk:'''''nnn''
-:: The discussion page on a user's page can be used for leaving messages.  If this page is edited, the next time that user logs in they will see a box notifying them that they have new messages
-::: <nowiki>{{ns:3}} {{ns:User_talk}}</nowiki> [[User_talk]]
-::* Examples: ''(needed, please)''
-... more - see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Namespace
 == See also ==
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 * [[Manual:$wgExtraNamespaces]]
+{{Languages}}
 [[Category:Help|Namespaces]]
-{{PD Help Page}}