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Namepaces are a type in [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespace Mediawiki], the software that runs WikiMo. Namespaces are useful for wiki administrators, but can be confusing for editors. Essentially, namespaces create separate content areas or containers on a wiki. | Namepaces are a type in [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespace Mediawiki], the software that runs WikiMo. Namespaces are useful for wiki administrators, but can be confusing for editors. Essentially, namespaces create separate content areas or containers on a wiki. | ||
The namespace format is: Namespace:Page_name. So the https://wiki.mozilla.org/Special:Version is within the Special namespace. The https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozillaWiki:About page is within the MozillaWiki namespace. | The namespace format is: Namespace:Page_name. So the https://wiki.mozilla.org/Special:Version is within the ''Special'' namespace. The https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozillaWiki:About page is within the ''MozillaWiki'' namespace. | ||
'''WikiMo editors without admin privileges cannot add namespaces.''' | '''WikiMo editors without admin privileges cannot add namespaces.''' | ||
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Going back to our example of the local Maker Party page, if you were to add the page like so, Project:Local_Maker_Project, you would not be creating a new namespace, just a page whose URL has a colon within the Main namespace. | Going back to our example of the local Maker Party page, if you were to add the page like so, Project:Local_Maker_Project, you would not be creating a new namespace, just a page whose URL has a colon within the Main namespace. | ||
Currently, WikiMo has | Currently, WikiMo has 60 namespaces. There was a trend to create namespaces for projects like Bugzilla and Gecko. Going forward, wiki admins will not be adding more namespaces. '''If you want to group pages of a project together you should create subpages.''' | ||
=== How to Create a Subpage === | === How to Create a Subpage === | ||