Help:Introduction to navigating Wikipedia/2/table 1
Namespace | Purpose | Example(s) |
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Main/article no prefix |
Articles | Starfish |
Disambiguation pages to help people find the article they're looking for | David (disambiguation) | |
Wikipedia: a.k.a. "Project" |
Policies and guidelines | Wikipedia:Neutral point of view Wikipedia:Manual of Style |
Process pages | Wikipedia:Articles for Creation | |
Discussion forums and noticeboards | Wikipedia:Village pump | |
WikiProject communities focusing on a particular topic | Wikipedia:WikiProject History | |
User: | Personal profile pages about users | User:Jimbo Wales |
Sandboxes and personal draft articles | User:Example/sandbox | |
Draft: | Draft articles that are in progress | Draft:Exampledraft |
Help: | Help pages | Help:Contents |
Template: | Templates, which can be included or substituted on other pages | Template:Citation needed Template:Infobox album |
Category: | Groups of pages organized by their similarities | Category:Painting Category:Wikipedia maintenance |
File: | Images and other files, stored and described | File:Wiki.png |
Portal: | Pages to highlight Wikipedia content in a particular topic area | Portal:Current events Portal:Solar System |
Special: | Pages that are part of the software | Special:RecentChanges Special:Preferences |