Forum:Current and New Namespace(s) on Wikis Questions

Quick questions about the namespaces and that is that out of the available namespaces for the wikis (these are the current namespaces and they are: (main), user, name of wiki, file, media-wiki, template, help, category, forum, video, user blog, blog, and all talk pages that are just stated (includes user, file, media, template, help, category, forum, article {main), site-name, media-wiki, video, user blog, and blog talk pages)), my question is am I allowed to have a Portal namespace like wikipedia has for their communities? Also, what others namespaces are we allowed to have? I like to have a You Tube video namespace, but, I believe that is considered to be video namespace, is that correct?

Here is the reasons that I am asking these questions:


 * 1) I am sysop and bureaucrat on some wikis and I like to know how to add a video from you-tube to the article. (P.S. I believe that is a video extension code and do not know how to do that yet.)
 * 2) I would like to create a portal namespace to some, if not all, wikis to allow the user(s) to post a comments, suggestions, questions, and other stuff to THAT particular location and not on the talk-page. The reason of this is, because, I know others will have the same item as the first person who posted it on that page and I hate that I have to read duplicates on my talk-page and it is easier to read all things in one place instead of multiple locations. For example, over at E-Wrestling Encyclopedia, we have two types of groups that covers the wiki, to some degree, to help others, BUT, one group does NOT get enough inquiries to them so they officiously don't have anything to do, so I would like a portal for them so that the users could go there and request anything that they need help on. Also, the other group will have a portal for them because, as a busy administrators, we can't all stop and do thousands of requests at once, so I would create a template for an administrator to use when he, she or they, will do that particular request and the other administrator(s) could go to the next available request and do that one. I hope it makes sense.

I think that this is everything but please respond and ask questions if you don't understand. Sundogs American Law Wiki • Apple Wiki 13:50, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * To setup a new namespace, you'll need to contact Wikia. To embed Youtube videos, you don't need a video: namespace at all. Just use the code:

id code(the code after the v= in the youtube URL)
 * For more info on that, see Help:Youtube extention
 * For the 2nd request, just contact wikia, and they should be able to help you setup a namespace. Good luck -- Random Time  18:01, September 6, 2010 (UTC)