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 === The Deal on Namespaces ===
-Namepaces are a type in Mediawiki, the software that runs WikiMo. 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.
-Some pages on WikiMo have this format Project:Page
+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.'''
+'''By default, new pages are created 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 over 50 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 can create subpages.
+=== How to Create a Subpage ===