OSP Wiki:Namespaces

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Namespaces are a way of organizing content on a Wiki, by "isolating" information that is useful for maintaining the project from the project's "public" information.

The OSPhoto wiki makes use of several namespaces:

Main

This is where all the content pages about Open Source Photography are stored. The Main namespace is the default, so it' doesn't use a namespace prefix. Articles in the main namespace are linked by using something like: [[Main Page]].

Talk

Each article in the Main namespace has a corresponding page in the Talk namespace where readers can add comments about the article.

Help

The Help namespace is for pages with documentation about editing pages and wiki syntax and conventions. To refer an help page you use something like: [[help:how to edit a page]].

OSP_Wiki

The OSP_Wiki namespace is for pages about the project itself, such as this page. You can link to it by using [[OSP_Wiki:namespaces]] or by using the "project" prefix ([[project:namespaces]]).

User

Each registered user is assigned a page in the User namespace. This page can (and should) be used a a homepage for contributors to publicize information about their background reggarding to Open Source and Photography.

User_talk

Each user also has a Talk page that can be used to comunicate with others. Whenever someone edits the user's Talk page, the next time reloads a page he is informed that a new "message" is waiting.