Wiki namespace

In this wiki software, the namespace refers to several article-title prefixes that are treated specially. For example, when you search, by default it searches only in the main namespace. If you don't find a page, it lists various namespaces in which you might want to search.

The namespaces are:

Namespace	Prefix	Description	Examples
Main	(none)	Most articles	Wiki, COLLADA FAQ
Help	Help	Help with using the wiki	Help:Adding an article
Template	Template	Standard text for adding to articles	Template:Editor
Project	COLLADA	Refers to the name of the wiki installation itself, not to the product COLLADA (could be confusing)	COLLADA:Site support
User	User	Individual user pages for each registered user	User:Elf
Image	Image	JPEGs, PNGs, GIFs. When included in an article, displays the image; Gwhen viewed as its own page, contains info about the image as well.	Image:Category example.png
Category	Category	Groups of articles that contain a specific Category label	Category:COLLADA terminology
MediaWiki	MediaWiki	For customizing wiki; only sysops or bureaucrats can edit	MediaWiki:Forum-url
Talk (for each of the preceding)	(varies)	Discussion for articles	User talk:Elf, Help talk:Adding an article
Portal	Portal	Reader-oriented portals (like doors or entry ports) that help readers find and browse through articles related to a specific subject. (might be supported in later versions of wiki software; it's currently treated the same as Main namespace by MediaWiki software, but is used a lot in Wikipedia.)	Tutorials could become Portal:Tutorials

External links

• Wikipedia detailed article on these wiki namespaces