Thread:Thisismyrofl/@comment-24197561-20131208124958/@comment-1330470-20131208203821

Let's start with "Article". Wikia wikis are first and foremost encyclopedias, repositories of information. "Articles" are the most basic type of page, on which this information is written. An example on my Wolfenstein wiki would be "Guard". There is no prefix, whereas other kinds of pages do have prefixes.

"Page" can be synonymous with "Article", however it has also a broader meaning, that is, it can refer to not only encyclopedic articles but also to pages in other namespaces, which can serve different functions.
 * User: pages (like User:EmilyLiz)
 * Project: pages (like Wookieepedia:Spoilers or Community Central:Chat). These are pages about the wiki itself, its rules, et cetera. The actual prefix used depends on the wiki's name.
 * Help: pages (like Help:Monobook), meant to give information on how to use Wikia
 * Template: pages (like Template:Documentation), used to display identical content across several pages (see Help:Templates)
 * User blog: pages, we'll look into that next

User blog: pages (like User blog:Thisismyrofl/Yet Another Chat Suggestion: PM visibility) are usually not article content for a wiki, but they might be opinions, or suggestions for the community. It does make sense for there to be restrictions. Here on Central, a wiki about wikis, users are free to write blog posts about their wikis, but if they write one about how cute their kitten is, it might get deleted. On Vampire Diaries, they probably want encyclopedic content not to be in blogs but in the actual article namespace (the one without any prefix).

Now, this might all get kinda blurred around the edges on non-encyclopedic wikis, like fanfiction wikis, and roleplay wikis, while very lazy wikis might just put everything in the article namespace, but the general format is like I've described. Since individual wikis can have their own policies, you might check with local administration to see the rules.

Let me know if I can help further. Happy editing!