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class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Příručka:Jmenný prostor (100% translated)" lang="cs" dir="ltr">čeština</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manual:Namespace/ru" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Руководство:Пространство имён (69% translated)" lang="ru" dir="ltr">русский</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manual:Namespace/fa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Manual:فضای نام (1% translated)" lang="fa" dir="rtl">فارسی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manual:Namespace/gu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Manual:Namespace/gu (1% translated)" lang="gu" dir="ltr">ગુજરાતી</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manual:Namespace/th" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="คู่มือการใช้งาน:เนมสเปซ (6% translated)" lang="th" dir="ltr">ไทย</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manual:Namespace/ka" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Manual:Namespace/ka (0% translated)" lang="ka" dir="ltr">ქართული</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manual:Namespace/zh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Manual: (100% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manual:Namespace/ja" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Manual:名前空間 (81% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manual:Namespace/ko" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="메뉴얼:이름공간 (21% translated)" lang="ko" dir="ltr">한국어</a></li></ul></div> <p>A <b>namespace</b> is a collection of pages which have content with a similar purpose, i.e. pages where the intended use is the same. Namespaces can be thought of as partitions of different types of information within the same wiki, and keep "real" content separate from <a href="/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/User:" title="Special:PrefixIndex/User:">user profiles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Help:" title="Special:PrefixIndex/Help:">help pages</a>, etc. The namespace <b>prefix</b> of a page forms part of the title of a page, separated with a <b>colon (<code>:</code>)</b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technical_overview">Technical overview</h2></div> <p>As said, pages exist within a namespace, and this can be distinguished using the namespace prefix of a page, which forms part of the title of a page, separated with a colon (<code>:</code>). </p><p>For example: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Title</th> <th>Namespace </th> <th>Code </th></tr> <tr> <td><code>Foo</code></td> <td>Main </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><code>Template:Foo</code></td> <td>Template </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><code>Module:Foo</code></td> <td>Module </td> <td>828 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The "main namespace" does not have a prefix. Also, pages in the main namespace cannot have names starting with any of the existing namespaces prefixes followed by a colon. </p><p>Pages can be <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Moving_a_page" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Moving a page">moved</a> between namespaces simply by changing the prefix part of their title. </p><p>Namespace prefixes can be translated, and aliases can be configured for each (see <code><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgNamespaceAliases" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgNamespaceAliases">$wgNamespaceAliases</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespaceAliases" title="Manual:$wgNamespaceAliases"> </a></span></code>). All namespaces also have a "canonical" prefix, which works on all wikis regardless of configuration. Aliases and canonical names can be used in links, when performing a <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Searching" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Searching">search</a>, and in the page title with the help of the {{DISPLAYTITLE}} <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic_words" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic words">magic word</a>. </p><p>Each namespace has a corresponding <b>namespace index</b>. Within the database, the title is split into namespace index and text title, and this is used for storage in the <code>page.page_namespace</code> and <code>page.page_title</code> columns, among others. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subject_and_talk_namespaces">Subject and talk namespaces</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Talk_pages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Talk pages">Help:Talk pages</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Talk_pages" title="Help:Talk pages"> </a></span> for instructions on how to use talk pages.</i></dd></dl> <p>Most namespaces have an associated <b>discussion namespace</b> (or "talk" namespace). All discussion namespaces have odd-integer indices, and the discussion namespace index for a specific namespace with index <i>n</i> is <i>n+1</i>. The namespaces with even-integer indices are <b>subject namespaces</b> (note that this is a distinct concept from <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgContentNamespaces" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgContentNamespaces">content namespaces</a>). The subject-talk duality can be explored using the <code>{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}</code> and <code>{{TALKPAGENAME}}</code> <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic_words#Page_names" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic words">magic words</a>. The <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">body</span><span class="p">></span></code> tag of pages in talk namespaces has the <code>ns-talk</code> CSS class, which might be useful for styling. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Built-in_namespaces">Built-in namespaces</h2></div> <p>MediaWiki ships with 18 built-in namespaces: </p> <ul><li>16 "real" namespaces, corresponding to actual pages, numbered 0 to 15, and grouped in subject/talk pairs</li> <li>2 "virtual" namespaces (one for dynamically generated special pages, and one serving as an alias for direct file links), numbered -1 and -2, respectively. Since these namespaces don't correspond to pages stored in the database, one cannot create or delete pages in these namespaces, and there are no corresponding discussion namespaces.</li></ul> <p>The full list is presented in the table below. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>ID </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Purpose </th> <th colspan="2">Talk </th></tr> <tr> <th>0 </th> <td>(Main) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgContentNamespaces" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgContentNamespaces">"Real" content articles</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgContentNamespaces" title="Manual:$wgContentNamespaces"> </a></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Talk </td> <th>1 </th></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>User </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:User_page" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:User page">User pages</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:User_page" title="Help:User page"> </a></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>User talk </td> <th>3 </th></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>Project </td> <td>Information about the wiki.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Project talk </td> <th>5 </th></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>File </td> <td>Media description pages </td> <td>File talk </td> <th>7 </th></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td>MediaWiki </td> <td>Site interface customization<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>MediaWiki talk </td> <th>9 </th></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td>Template </td> <td>Template pages </td> <td>Template talk </td> <th>11 </th></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td>Help </td> <td>Help pages </td> <td>Help talk </td> <th>13 </th></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td>Category </td> <td>Category description pages </td> <td>Category talk </td> <th>15 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>-1 </th> <td>Special </td> <td>Holds special pages </td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#ddd; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;">N/A </td></tr> <tr> <th>-2 </th> <td>Media </td> <td>Alias for direct links to media files </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Each namespace also has a constant derived from its name, with all letters in uppercase, spaces replaced by underscores, and prefixed by <code>NS_</code>. For example, the constant for the "User talk" namespace is <code>NS_USER_TALK</code>. A complete list can be found in <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Namespace_constants" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Namespace constants">Manual:Namespace constants</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Namespace_constants" title="Manual:Namespace constants"> </a></span>. </p> <hr /> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">The subject namespace has no prefix.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Editing a User talk page generates a notification for the user.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Defined by <code><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgMetaNamespace" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgMetaNamespace">$wgMetaNamespace</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgMetaNamespace" title="Manual:$wgMetaNamespace"> </a></span></code>, which unless manually set otherwise, defaults to <code><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgSitename" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgSitename">$wgSitename</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgSitename" title="Manual:$wgSitename"> </a></span></code>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Only editable by users with the '<a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User_rights#editinterface" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User rights">editinterface</a>' permission.<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6651107">.mw-parser-output .note{background-position:left 7px top 50%;padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 40px;margin:0.5em 0;overflow:hidden;background-color:#f8f9fa;color:#333;background-repeat:no-repeat;border:1px solid #ddd}.mw-parser-output .note-inline{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .note-info{background-color:#eaf3ff;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/OOjs_UI_icon_information-progressive.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#a3caff;padding-left:40px;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-reminder{background-color:#fff9ea;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#fc3;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-warn{background-color:#fff9ea;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/OOjs_UI_icon_alert-warning.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#fc3;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-error{background-color:#fee7e6;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#c33;min-height:25px}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .note{background-color:transparent;color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .note{background-color:transparent;color:inherit}}</style><div role="note" class="note note-info note-inline"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgRawHtmlMessages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgRawHtmlMessages">Some pages</a> in this namespace additionally require <code>editsitecss</code> and <code>editesitejs</code> permissions.</div></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Custom_namespaces">Custom namespaces</h2></div> <p>Extensions and site administrators can define additional namespaces to group additional classes of pages together. For a thorough overview, see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Using_custom_namespaces" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Using custom namespaces">Manual:Using custom namespaces</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Using_custom_namespaces" title="Manual:Using custom namespaces"> </a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Functionality">Functionality</h2></div> <p>Some namespaces, like Project and Help, only exist for convenience and do not have any extra functionality compared to the Main namespace. </p><p>Template namespace pages can be <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Transclusion" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> without namespace prefix. </p><p>User namespace pages are associated with user accounts or IP addresses. Changes to <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Talk_pages#User_talk_pages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Talk pages">user talk pages</a> generate an automatic message notification. </p><p>Pages in the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:System_message" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:System message">"MediaWiki" namespace</a> are used to override default messages in <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation" title="Special:MyLanguage/Localisation">language file</a> and can only be edited by administrators or other users with the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User_rights#editinterface" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User rights">editinterface</a> permission. </p><p>File and Category pages have special functionality, as described in <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Managing_files" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Managing files">Help:Managing files</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Managing_files" title="Help:Managing files"> </a></span> and <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Categories" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Categories">Help:Categories</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Categories" title="Help:Categories"> </a></span>. Files can be moved by users with the "movefile" right. Category pages can be moved by users with the "move-categorypages" right. </p><p>All pages in discussion namespaces have a "post a comment" feature. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Namespaces" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Namespaces">Help:Namespaces</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Namespaces" title="Help:Namespaces"> </a></span> – user-oriented information.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Site_administration">Site administration</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings#Namespaces" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration settings">Manual:Configuration settings#Namespaces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Namespace_constants" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Namespace constants">Manual:Namespace constants</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Namespace_constants" title="Manual:Namespace constants"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Using_custom_namespaces" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Using custom namespaces">Manual:Using custom namespaces</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Using_custom_namespaces" title="Manual:Using custom namespaces"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Help_namespace" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Help namespace">Manual:Help namespace</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Help_namespace" title="Manual:Help namespace"> </a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extensions">Extensions</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Category:Namespace_extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Category:Namespace extensions">Category:Namespace extensions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Category:Namespace_extensions" title="Category:Namespace extensions"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:NamespaceManager" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:NamespaceManager">Extension:NamespaceManager</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:NamespaceManager" title="Extension:NamespaceManager"> </a></span> – for management of namespaces.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:BlueSpiceNamespaceManager" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:BlueSpiceNamespaceManager">Extension:BlueSpiceNamespaceManager</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:BlueSpiceNamespaceManager" title="Extension:BlueSpiceNamespaceManager"> </a></span> – lets you create custom namespaces.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:SpecialNamespaces" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:SpecialNamespaces">Extension:SpecialNamespaces</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:SpecialNamespaces" title="Extension:SpecialNamespaces"> </a></span> – a modified version of the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Interwiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Interwiki">Extension:Interwiki</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Interwiki" title="Extension:Interwiki"> </a></span> which changes it to provide a namespace manager as a special page.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Lockdown" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Lockdown">Extension:Lockdown</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Lockdown" title="Extension:Lockdown"> </a></span> – to control access to namespaces.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:SkinPerNamespace" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:SkinPerNamespace">Extension:SkinPerNamespace</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:SkinPerNamespace" title="Extension:SkinPerNamespace"> </a></span> – to use a different skin in a namespace.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="For_extension_developers">For extension developers</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Using_custom_namespaces#In_extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Using custom namespaces">Manual:Using custom namespaces</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Using_custom_namespaces#In_extensions" title="Manual:Using custom namespaces"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension_default_namespaces" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension default namespaces">List of custom namespaces registered by extensions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension_default_namespaces" title="Extension default namespaces"> </a></span>. If you define a constant for a custom namespace, list it here, too.</li> <li>Classes <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MWNamespace.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MWNamespace.php">Manual:MWNamespace.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:MWNamespace.php" title="Manual:MWNamespace.php"> </a></span>, containing the MWNamespace class <span style="color:#d33">(removed in 1.39)</span></li></ul></li> <li>Hooks <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/CanonicalNamespaces" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/CanonicalNamespaces">Manual:Hooks/CanonicalNamespaces</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/CanonicalNamespaces" title="Manual:Hooks/CanonicalNamespaces"> </a></span> – add custom namespaces or alter the defaults.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/NamespaceIsMovable" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/NamespaceIsMovable">Manual:Hooks/NamespaceIsMovable</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/NamespaceIsMovable" title="Manual:Hooks/NamespaceIsMovable"> </a></span> – determine if it is possible to move pages in a namespace.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/SearchableNamespaces" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/SearchableNamespaces">Manual:Hooks/SearchableNamespaces</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/SearchableNamespaces" title="Manual:Hooks/SearchableNamespaces"> </a></span> – modify which namespaces are searchable.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/LanguageGetNamespaces" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/LanguageGetNamespaces">Manual:Hooks/LanguageGetNamespaces</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/LanguageGetNamespaces" title="Manual:Hooks/LanguageGetNamespaces"> </a></span> – provide custom ordering for namespaces or remove namespaces.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/PrefixSearchExtractNamespace" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/PrefixSearchExtractNamespace">Manual:Hooks/PrefixSearchExtractNamespace</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/PrefixSearchExtractNamespace" title="Manual:Hooks/PrefixSearchExtractNamespace"> </a></span> – called if core was not able to extract a namespace from the search string so that extensions can attempt it.</li></ul></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Manual:Namespace&oldid=6801958#Subject_and_talk_namespaces">https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Manual:Namespace&oldid=6801958#Subject_and_talk_namespaces</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Namespace" title="Category:Namespace">Namespace</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 18 October 2024, at 11:22.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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