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This page summarises the current usage of the namespaces across the different Wikimedia projects. For an explanation of what the namespaces are, see '''[[Help:Namespace]]'''.
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{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:10%;"
!
! style="width:25%;" | Wikipedia
! style="width:25%;" | Meta-Wiki
! style="width:25%;" | MediaWiki.org
|-
| (main)
|style="background:#cef2e0; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#cef2e0; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#cef2e0; text-align:center;"| -
|-
| (project)
|style="background:#cef2e0; text-align:center;"| Wikipedia:
|style="background:#cef2e0; text-align:center;"| Meta:
|style="background:#cef2e0; text-align:center;"| Project:
|-
| Help
|style="background:#cef2e0; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#cef2e0; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#cef2e0; text-align:center;"| -
|-
| User
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|-
| Category
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|-
| Image
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|-
| MediaWiki
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|-
| Template
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#faecc8; text-align:center;"| -
|-
| Special
|style="background:#abd5f5; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#abd5f5; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#abd5f5; text-align:center;"| -
|-
| Media
|style="background:#abd5f5; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#abd5f5; text-align:center;"| -
|style="background:#abd5f5; text-align:center;"| -
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" | Additional
| style="vertical-align:top;" | Portal
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
| style="vertical-align:top;" | Extension<br/>Manual
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Color
! Legend
|-
| style="background:#cef2e0;" | &nbsp;
| different usage
|-
| style="background:#faecc8;" | &nbsp;
| same usage
|-
| style="background:#abd5f5;" | &nbsp;
| virtual namespace
|}
<br clear="all" />

==Main, project and help==
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:5%;" |
! style="width:25%;" | Main namespace
! style="width:25%;" | Project namespace
! style="width:25%;" | Help namespace
|-
| '''Wikipedia'''
| encyclopedic articles
| provides information about Wikipedia, its policies, guidelines, rules, etc. along with some help about MediaWiki that is particular to Wikipedia
| Copied from Meta-Wiki's help namespace
|-
| '''Meta-Wiki'''
| style="text-align:center;" | ??
| style="text-align:center;" | ??
| document the basic, technical features of Wikipedia
|-
| '''MediaWiki.org'''
| All general information about the software.
| Organisation of MediaWiki.org, this namespace should be as small as possible.
| style="background:#A6A6ED;" | Set of basic help pages for users of an existing wiki (formatting etc.) The first aim is a complete English version, that can be shipped with the MW distribution. Contributions in this namespace are to be licensed in the PUBLIC DOMAIN.
|}

==Additional namespaces==
MediaWiki.org has two additional namespaces:
;Manual :All technical or more detailed stuff behind the surface, that is not part of the basic help pages (full handbook, mainly for the ones who want to set up an own wiki).
;Extension :All extensions and directly related stuff.

Revision as of 13:13, 2 May 2008

This page summarises the current usage of the namespaces across the different Wikimedia projects. For an explanation of what the namespaces are, see Help:Namespace.

Wikipedia Meta-Wiki MediaWiki.org
(main) - - -
(project) Wikipedia: Meta: Project:
Help - - -
User - - -
Category - - -
Image - - -
MediaWiki - - -
Template - - -
Special - - -
Media - - -
Additional Portal Extension
Manual
Color Legend
  different usage
  same usage
  virtual namespace


Main, project and help

Main namespace Project namespace Help namespace
Wikipedia encyclopedic articles provides information about Wikipedia, its policies, guidelines, rules, etc. along with some help about MediaWiki that is particular to Wikipedia Copied from Meta-Wiki's help namespace
Meta-Wiki ?? ?? document the basic, technical features of Wikipedia
MediaWiki.org All general information about the software. Organisation of MediaWiki.org, this namespace should be as small as possible. Set of basic help pages for users of an existing wiki (formatting etc.) The first aim is a complete English version, that can be shipped with the MW distribution. Contributions in this namespace are to be licensed in the PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Additional namespaces

MediaWiki.org has two additional namespaces:

Manual
All technical or more detailed stuff behind the surface, that is not part of the basic help pages (full handbook, mainly for the ones who want to set up an own wiki).
Extension
All extensions and directly related stuff.