Help:Namespaces
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Wikimedia Commons' namespaces provide a basic structure for organising Commons content. This page, Help:Namespaces, is in the Help: namespace. Another example: the page Category:Commons help is a page in the Category: namespace, which lists all pages categorised as "Commons help" pages. Below is a complete list of the namespaces used at Wikimedia Commons and their functions.
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| Name & synonyms |
Lists of pages | Nr. of pages Special pages |
Description | |
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| Standard Namespaces: Common to all MediaWiki Projects | ||||
| Media {{ns:-2}} {{ns:media}} |
n/a | 11,897,581 MyUploads |
Namespace for uploaded media files themselves, as opposed to description pages in the File namespace (6); for example [[Media:Krazy Kat Bugolist 1916 silent.ogv]] as compared to [[:File:Krazy Kat Bugolist 1916 silent.ogv]]. |
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{{ns:-1}} {{ns:special}} |
n/a | SpecialPages | The Special prefix is for pages that are automatically generated and cannot be edited. There is also no corresponding talk page, however, the parts that can be edited (i.e. system messages in the MediaWiki namespace) can be discussed on the appropriate talk page. | |
{{ns:0}} |
104,340 Uncategorized Unwatched Most Linked |
Namespace 0 here known as (Gallery) is used to display galleries of images and other media on Wikimedia Commons. It is referred to as (Gallery) or Article namespace on other projects like Wikipedia. Unlike all other namespaces, this namespace has no prefix before the page name.
 See also: Commons:Galleries |
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{{ns:1}} {{ns:talk}} |
The Talk namespace is the discussion page for the (Gallery) namespace. This page is used to confer with other users about specific galleries in the main namespace. Similar to other odd-numbered namespaces.
See also: Commons:Talk page guidelines |
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{{ns:2}} {{ns:user}} |
List Users ActiveUsers Administrators |
MyPage 1,775,956 25,944 261 |
Registered users have a homepage User:Username linked to by the system in lists of edits, e.g. on page histories, and from signatures on talk pages. Users can edit their page and its subpages to present themselves or for project-related bookmarks, drafts, tests, and other working material. For users who do not log in, the same applies, with the IP as username. See project scope for what content is allowed at user pages. | |
{{ns:3}} {{ns:user_talk}} |
MyTalk | The User talk namespace is used for sending and receiving personal messages. You may send a message to another user by editing their user talk page just like you would edit any other page. If some one leaves you a message on your talk page, you will be notified when you log in. | ||
{{ns:4}} {{ns:project}} (Alias: Project, COM) |
The Commons namespace is an all-purpose namespace. It contains Wikimedia Commons' policies and guidelines, voting pages for the deletion of images and media, voting pages to grant users more power or inclusion into exclusive groups, complaints pages where users can request help in dealing with troublesome users, users essays concerning topics of interest pertaining to Commons, along with many project-related pages. Use the name project instead of Commons on portable pages (especially templates), because project works on all MediaWiki installations. Unsurprisingly there are also aliases COM talk (shorter) and Project talk (portable) for Commons talk (namespace 5). |
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{{ns:5}} {{ns:project_talk}} |
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{{ns:6}} {{ns:file}} (Alias: Image) |
List Files New Files |
11,897,581 Uncategorized Wanted Most Linked |
The File namespace is where all the images and media (such as audio and movie clips) are stored. This is the "real" main namespace of Commons. On image pages, you will usually find the image as well as its copyright information, author, description, and much more. See:
You can also use |
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{{ns:7}} {{ns:file_talk}} |
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{{ns:8}} {{ns:mediawiki}} |
AllMessages |
The MediaWiki namespace is used to hold system messages and other important content. For instance, the page MediaWiki:Edit (or MediaWiki:Vector-view-edit in the default "Vector" skin) contains the text that fills the "Edit" tab at the top of every page. If that page exists, it overrides the default content, which is "edit this page". Similarly, MediaWiki:Common.css is the system message which holds the CSS code that is loaded for all users for each page. It has the special property that the entire namespace is fully protected and can only be edited by administrators.
To request changes, put {{edit request}} on the MediaWiki talk page. Note that "MediaWiki:" pages are often called through use of "int:" prefix. For example one can call {{MediaWiki:January}} (January) or {{int:January}} (January). The difference is that the latter will be translated to language of the user. |
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{{ns:9}} {{ns:mediawiki_talk}} |
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{{ns:10}} {{ns:template}} |
Uncategorized Unused Wanted Most Linked |
The Template namespace stores commonly used code for other namespaces. It is the default namespace for templates: the wikitext code {{name }} refers to and includes the page Template:name.
See also: Commons:Templates |
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{{ns:11}} {{ns:template_talk}} |
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{{ns:12}} {{ns:help}} |
The Help namespace contains help pages for Wikimedia Commons. For an overview see Help:Contents | |||
{{ns:13}} {{ns:help_talk}} |
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{{ns:14}} {{ns:category}} |
Categories |
Uncategorized Unused Wanted Most Linked |
The Help talk namespace is used to organize pages in other namespaces based on common themes, for example, in the Category:Flags page you will find a list of all the pages (images, galleries, and subcategories) that contain the code [[Category:Flags]]. Hopefully all the pages in this category will have something to do with flags. Category:CommonsRoot is the top-most category.
See also: Commons:Categories |
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{{ns:15}} {{ns:category_talk}} |
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| Custom Namespaces: Unique to Wikimedia Commons | ||||
{{ns:100}} |
Category |
10,057 | The Creator namespace is similar to the Template namespace in that it only contains templates, yet this namespace is reserved for {{Creator}} infoboxes. These infobox templates contain general information about notable artists to be used on their works' File namespace pages. Creator pages are especially useful for verifying dates for files using {{PD-old}} license. Actually namespaces 100 and 101 exist on all newer MediaWiki installations, but the name has to be customized. |
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{{ns:101}} |
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{{ns:102}} |
Category |
4 | The TimedText namespace is used for storing .srt file that contained closed captioning text in the SubRip format. See Commons:Timed Text for how to use this; and see the example TimedText:Krazy Kat Bugolist 1916 silent.ogv.en.srt. | |
{{ns:103}} |
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{{ns:104}} |
The Sequence namespace is used for storing video sequences. See Commons:Sequencer for an overview of the Kaltura JavaScript video sequencer. | |||
{{ns:105}} |
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{{ns:106}} (Alias: Museum) |
Category |
1,058 (+ 1,140 stubs) |
The Institution namespace is similar to the Template and Creator namespaces in that it only contains templates, yet this namespace is reserved for {{Institution}} infoboxes. These infobox templates contain general information about museums, galleries, collections and other institutions to be used on their works' File namespace pages, like in gallery field of {{Artwork}}. | |
{{ns:107}} (Alias: Museum talk) |
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| Custom pseudo-namespaces of Wikimedia Commons | ||||
| Info | Category |
75 | The Info prefix is an unfinalized namespace, similar to the Template or Creator namespaces in that it only contains pages to be transcluded on other pages. It is used for sharing information to be displayed on multiple pages:
More information at:
(There is no "Info talk" space but regular "Talk:Info:" pages.) |
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| CAT | The pseudo-namespace CAT: in the (Gallery) namespace (0) contains redirections to important categories (used as shortcuts on talk and project pages). | |||
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