Help:Namespaces
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
Many namespaces can be linked to within Halopedia.
Complete list of namespaces
| Namespace | Purpose | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (main) | Contains all the articles about Halo | Halo 2 |
Talk |
Contains discussion pages about the articles in the main namespace, one for each main-namespace page. | Talk:Halo 2 |
User |
Contains user pages - one page (and possibly subpages) for each user – see Halopedia:User space. | User:Porplemontage |
User talk |
Contains pages used to discuss things specifically with other users - add a message to the user talk page of the user you want to contact. | User talk:Porplemontage |
Halopedia |
Contains pages that are specifically about the wiki, rather than Halo - behind-the-scenes administration and similar things. | Halopedia:FAQ |
Halopedia talk |
Discussions about Halopedia pages, one for each Halopedia page (similar to Talk). | Halopedia talk:FAQ |
File |
When a file is uploaded, it goes into the File namespace. A link labelled [[Image:filename]] will include the image in a page, clicking on it will go to an information page. [[:Image:filename]] will be a normal text link to that information page and [[Media:filename]] a direct link straight to the file | File:Master Chief in Halo 3.png |
File talk |
Same as Talk, but for the images. Not regularly used on this wiki. | File talk:File:Master Chief in Halo 3.png |
MediaWiki |
Contains pages that control some part of how the wiki functions, and all the messages displayed by the wiki (so that users of the MediaWiki software can translate them). Only sysops can edit these pages, but anyone can make suggestions on the MediaWiki talk pages. | MediaWiki:Sitenotice |
MediaWiki talk |
Same as Talk, for MediaWiki pages. Used even less often than Image talk - the MediaWiki pages are relatively static. | MediaWiki talk:Sitenotice |
Template |
Contains pages that are intended to be included in another page with {{curly braces}}. If you use the curly braces and don't specify a namespace, the templates will come from here. | Template:Infobox |
Template talk |
Same as Talk, for the templates. | Template talk:Infobox |
Help |
Contains pages designed to help people learn how to use the wiki. | Help:Editing |
Help talk |
Same as Talk, for Help pages. | Help talk:Editing |
Category |
These pages don't have much content, rather they are used to group other pages. Adding [[Category:categoryname]] to any page will put it in that category. Like with Image, you can use [[:Category:categoryname]] to link to a category. | Category:Games |
Category talk |
Same as Talk, for the categories. | Category talk:Games |
Special |
This doesn't actually contain editable pages, but rather automated scripts, for various purposes such as the watch list and recent changes. It also has important pages for the maintenance of the wiki. | Special:SpecialPages |
Interwiki Links
Although interwiki prefixes are not namespaces, you can use the namespace style to link to pages on other sites:
IMDb:to link to the Internet Movie Database: IMDb:tt0464037Wikipedia:for Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Main Page- Most of the Interwiki Map is also supported