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A custom namespace is an extra community-specific namespace beyond the standard namespaces that exist on every wiki. Custom namespaces allow communities to divide their content into additional areas with unique, topic-themed titles and technical setups.

Custom namespaces can only be added by Fandom Staff.

What restrictions are there on namespace creation?

You can see custom wiki namespaces by going to AllPages and looking at the namespace filter

There must be an agreement in your community for the creation of the namespace.
The namespace must not be the same as any of your wiki's custom interwiki links.
There cannot be any pages that match the custom namespace name before it is created. This means you can't have any pages (including redirects) with a title of the form "Custom namespace name:Pagetitle". Any such pages would become inaccessible after the namespace addition. You should move these pages to a different namespace in order to retain them, and if you are unsure if any pages meet this criteria, you can search for them via Special:PrefixIndex/Custom namespace name:.
Every namespace will have a talk namespace associated with it. This will usually be at "Custom namespace name talk:" unless you request otherwise.

How do I request a custom namespace?

Please decide on the following for your custom namespace:

Should the new namespace be visible in search results by default?
- Unless you have an unusual setup, this answer would usually be "yes".
- Users can still search the namespace using the checkboxes, this choice is only about if the checkbox is checked by default.
Should the new namespace have subpages?
- By default, we enable subpages for all new namespaces unless told not to. Please inform us if you have unique/specific intentions for the namespace.
What should the talk namespace be called?
- If you request "Example", the talk pages will be "Example talk"
- This is often important in languages other than English.

Make your request using the Special:Contact/general form. To help us respond quickly, be sure to include all the answers to the above questions.

Note: if you want multiple custom namespaces (you can generally ask for a maximum of three), please request them together rather than in three separate requests.

Some common custom namespaces

While custom namespaces can be used to organize anything, there are some namespaces communities often request. While you are not limited to these, they illustrate some typical uses:

Portal: A typical gaming namespace that functions as a point of access to similar information on the wiki.
News: Communities that want to publish official press releases about their topic from game creators, movie studios, etc.
Gallery: For pages meant to solely house an image gallery about a community's topic.

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+A '''custom namespace''' is an extra community-specific [[Help:Namespace|namespace]] beyond the standard namespaces that exist on every wiki. Custom namespaces allow communities to divide their content into additional areas with unique, topic-themed titles and technical setups.
+Custom namespaces can only be added by Fandom Staff.
-A '''custom namespace''' is a new [[Help:namespace|namespace]], created additionally to the standard 18 namespaces and 2 special namespaces that exist on every wikia. Custom namespaces allow communities to divide their content into extra areas with unique, wikia-themed titles and technical setups.
+== What restrictions are there on namespace creation? ==
-Custom namespaces can only be added by staff, so after reviewing the rest of this page, please use [[Special:Contact]] to request any new namespaces to be set up.
+[[File:AllPages.png|300px|thumb|You can see custom wiki namespaces by going to [[Special:AllPages|AllPages]] and looking at the namespace filter]]
+# There must be an agreement in your community for the creation of the namespace.
-[[File:AllPages.png|right|300px|thumb|You can see custom wikia namespaces by going to [[:Special:AllPages|AllPages]] and looking at the namespace filter]]
+# The namespace must not be the same as any of your wiki's [[Help:interwiki link|custom interwiki links]].
-==What restrictions are there on namespace creation?==
+# There cannot be any pages that match the custom namespace name before it is created. This means you can't have any pages (including [[Help:Redirects|redirects]]) with a title of the form "Custom namespace name:Pagetitle". Any such pages would become inaccessible after the namespace addition. You should move these pages to a different namespace in order to retain them, and if you are unsure if any pages meet this criteria, you can search for them via [[Special:PrefixIndex/Custom namespace name:]].
-# There must be consensus on your wikia for the addition of the namespace.
+# Every namespace will have a talk namespace associated with it. This will usually be at "Custom namespace name talk:" unless you request otherwise.
-# The namespace must not be the same as any of the names in the [[Help:interwiki link|interwiki map]].
-# There must not be any pages in the custom namespace before it is created -- this means you can't have any pages (including [[Help:Redirects|redirects]]) with a title of the form "Custom namespace name:Pagetitle". Any such pages will be inaccessible after the namespace addition.
-# Every namespace will have a talk namespace associated with it. This will usually be at "Custom namespace name_talk:" unless you request otherwise.
-==How do I request a custom namespace?==
-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. Please decide these choices for each namespace, and include it in your initial request to speed up the process and processing.
+== How do I request a custom namespace? ==
+Please decide on the following for your custom namespace:
 # Should the new namespace be visible in search results by default?
-#* Unless you have an unusual wikia setup, this answer would usually be "yes".
+#* Unless you have an unusual setup, this answer would usually be "yes".
 #* Users can still search the namespace using the checkboxes, this choice is only about if the checkbox is checked by default.
 # Should the new namespace have subpages?
 #* By default, we enable subpages for all new namespaces unless told not to. Please inform us if you have unique/specific intentions for the namespace.
 # What should the talk namespace be called?
-#* If you request "Foo", the talk pages will be "Foo_talk"
+#* If you request "Example", the talk pages will be "Example talk"
-#* This is often important in other languages.
+#* This is often important in languages other than English.
+Make your request using the [[Special:Contact/general]] form. To help us respond quickly, be sure to include all the answers to the above questions.
+Note: if you want multiple custom namespaces (you can generally ask for a maximum of three), please request them together rather than in three separate requests.
-Make your request using the [[Special:Contact]] form. To help us respond quickly, be sure to include the answers to the above questions.
-==Some Common Custom Namespaces==
+== Some common custom namespaces ==
+While custom namespaces can be used to organize anything, there are some namespaces communities often request. While you are not limited to these, they illustrate some typical uses:
+* Portal: A typical gaming namespace that functions as a point of access to similar information on the wiki.
+* News: Communities that want to publish official press releases about their topic from game creators, movie studios, ''etc.''
+* Gallery: For pages meant to solely house an image gallery about a community's topic.
+== See also ==
-While custom namespaces can be used to organize anything, there are some common namespaces communities often request. While you are not limited to these, we want to illustrate some typical uses:
+* [[Help:Namespace]], for general information about what namespaces are and a list of the default namespaces wikis have.
+* [[Help:Special pages#List of pages|Help:Special pages]], a guide about how some Special Pages can help you view and organize namespace pages.
-* Portal: A typical gaming namespace that functions as a point of access to similar information on the wikia.
-* Episode: Entertainment wikias focusing on television shows often like to put all of their articles about series episodes into the same namespace.
-* News: Wikias that want to publish official press releases about their topic from game creators, movie studios, etc., etc.,
-* Gallery: For pages meant to solely house an image gallery about a wikia topic.
-==Related Articles==
-* [[Help:Namespace]] - for general information about what namespaces are and a list of the default namespaces wikias have.
-* [[Help:Special pages#List of pages|Help:Special pages]] - a guide about how some Special Pages can help you view and organize namespace pages.
-==Further Help And Feedback==
+== Further help and feedback ==
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