Forum:Is there a right method for a gallery or quote page?

Hi. I've been drawing inspiration from other wiki on how to maintain my own. And I have seen some common way of doing things, but is there very a right or better way of doing them?

For example. Should Gallery pages be done as "Gallery:_Title" or "Gallery:Title"; same with quote pages. Is there a reason not to have a space between? -- Bunai82 (talk) 10:14, December 10, 2011 (UTC)


 * The answer here depends on whether you want gallery and quote pages to be in their own custom namespace or not. If you had a "Gallery" namespace, for instance (accompanied by a "Gallery talk" namespace), then pages in that namespace would be named as "Gallery:Title", regardless of whether you try to put in that extra space or not. This is what we've done on Avatar Wiki. If you would prefer not to have an extra namespace and simply put your galleries in the article namespace, then it probably is neater to have that space i.e. "Gallery: Title". The difference between the two options lies in things like search (if you have a "Gallery" namespace, then you would be able to separate them from ordinary articles in searches – see here). Personally, I'd definitely recommend making a "Gallery" namespace, because it makes a clearer delineation between different kinds of content, and because of the increased flexibility e.g. in recent changes. You can request a custom namespace by just contacting staff. Hope all this answers your question. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  10:46, December 10, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, that helps a bit, thank you.
 * Though not all of my Gallery pages just contain "Gallery:_Title". It is basically like "Gallery Subject:_Title". I believe I am over the limit to request more lol. I just get a feeling that my ideas are off compared to others. -- Bunai82 (talk) 20:13, December 10, 2011 (UTC)