7 Components: the Function Pages - Developers

Help_talk See Talk.
Category Pages can be allocated to categories
which are then accessible in this namespace.
See below.
Category_talk See Talk.
Most pages in the namespaces are generated automatically. Special
pages are generated by the system before installation, media and image
pages are created when a file is uploaded, and user pages when a
user is active in a wiki. 'Talk' or 'discussion' pages are also generated
along with the respective pages. This leaves only the pages in Main,
[Project], Template, Help and Category, which can be designed
freely.
To access a page in a particular namespace or, if it is not yet
available, to create one, simply place its name before the page title
and separate it with a colon:
[[Help:How do I set a link|]]
In the example, the pipe symbol was also added. It prevents the
namespace from being displayed along with the link, which facilitates
reading. If you enter a namespace that the wiki does not recognize,
the page is generated in the standard namespace Main. The
portion of the link indicated as a namespace is supplemented by the
title of the article and not identified as an area name. A page can
only be allocated to one namespace. The same page name in another
namespace generates a new page. In addition, namespaces only exist
on one level; that is, a namespace cannot be subdivided into further
namespaces. That is why a new namespace is created for each discussion
page, instead of linking the namespace with the discussion
page. In searches (see Chapter 6.2), the search area can be limited to
individual namespaces.
Unfortunately, there is currently no way for normal users to receive
a listing of all namespaces. The generation of an individual
user namespace is also only possible with access to the scripts (see
Chapter 7.1.). However, one can use the syntax of the namespaces
and simulate an area in the namespace Main, by adding an individual
name as a prefix followed by a colon to the pages of a desired
area. The general advantages of namespaces remain intact. For instance,
it is possible to use pages having the same name in various
“areas” and thus enable various groups to work on a single wiki.
Since this individual “namespace” prefix is a component of the page
name, one can now see a display of all pages within the “namespace”
by performing a search of the prefix.
Accessing
pages in a
namespace
Individual user
namespaces
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