Help:Namespaces
We use the following Namespaces for page names on Teflpedia.
Main is the default namespace. Pages names without colons in them are in the Main namespace which is for encyclopedic articles.
Help: namespace is for site help. Eg Help:Editing
Teflpedia: namespace is for pages about the Teflpedia project. Eg Teflpedia:Teachers' room
Debate: namespace is for debating!
Lesson: namespace is for lesson materials and ideas
Essay: namespace is for single author essays. If you want to be the only author of a page and have no collaborative help from others you can begin the page name with Essay:"Title of your essay here". Alternatively, you can make a page a subpage of your User page.
User: namespace is for user pages. Eg User:Bob M is Bob M's page where among other things he can introduce himself to other Teflpedians (and the world at large; there is no private space on Teflpedia). Subpages of User:Bob M are all Bob's own workspace (but they are not private), eg User:Bob M/Intermediate Conversation, Lesson 5 (red in this example because he has not created that page)
Template: namespace is for content that will appear on more than one page or be used as boiler plate text. See Help:Template
MediaWiki: namespace is for site signage. Eg MediaWiki:Sidebar, MediaWiki:Sitenotice and MediaWiki:Anonnotice
Category: namespace is for category pages. See Help:Editing#Categories
Talk: is our namespaces for discussions about pages in the Main namespace. Eg Talk:Grammar is for editors to discuss the writing of the Grammar page. When you say something on a Talk page, please end with"--~~~~" (or click the Signature button, second from right at top of edit box) which will record a date stamp with a link to your user page when you click Save. This helps us know each other. Talk pages are for discussing the page they are connected to.
User talk: is for Talk pages connected to User pages. Eg User talk:Bob M is for talking to Bob M.
Help talk: is for Talk pages connected to Help pages. Eg Help talk:Editing is for talking about the content of Help:Editing.
Debate talk: is for Talk pages connected to Debate pages.
Lesson talk: is for Talk pages connected to Lesson pages.
etc.
Every namespace has an associated Talk space for talk pages, except the Special namespace, eg Special:RecentChanges has no talk page. If you want to talk about a Special page, use the Teflpedia:Teachers' room.
