Help:Custom namespaces

A namespace is a type of page in the wiki that allows separation of different kinds of content. Namespaces can make it easier to search or export one part of the wiki.

By default, every Wikia has 18 namespaces, and 2 special namespaces. Custom namespaces can also be created. There is currently no way of creating new namespaces via the wiki interface, so this needs to be done by someone with server access. Because of the maintenance time involved in doing this, each wiki is only allowed three custom namespaces (plus the three associated talk namespaces), and they must follow the rules below.

Requesting a custom namespace

 * 1) If you want to request more than one custom namespace (you can ask for a maximum of three), please request them all at once rather than on three separate occasions.
 * 2) There must not be any pages in the custom namespace before it is created. Any such pages will be inaccessible after the namespace addition.
 * 3) The namespace must not be the same as any of the names in the interwiki map.
 * 4) There must be consensus on your wiki for the addition of the namespace.
 * 5) Every namespace will have a talk page with it. This will usually be at "namespace name_talk:" unless you request otherwise. It isn't possible to have a namespace without an associated talk namespace.
 * 6) Make your request using the Special:Contact form.

PHP code for new namespaces
Custom namespaces have numbers which must start at 100. The following will be added in localsettings.php $wgExtraNamespaces[100] = 'Cytaty'; $wgExtraNamespaces[101] = 'Dyskusja_cytatów';
 * 1) Custom namespaces

In MediaWiki 1.6, if your namespace is more than one word, you need to create MediaWiki:Nstab-lower case namespace name and add the namespace name to that message. For example, w:c:rlds:MediaWiki:Nstab-prayer request.

Forum namespace
The forum namespace is automatically installed on every Wikia. If your wiki asked for custom namespaces before July 2006, you might not have the forum one. Just contact us to fix this.

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