Help:Namespaces

This is a short guide collecting information about wiki namespaces. It can be helpful when creating templates.

Namespaces on this Wiki:

• {{ns:0}} –
• {{ns:1}} – Talk
• {{ns:2}} – User
• {{ns:3}} – User talk
• {{ns:4}} – Wiki
• {{ns:5}} – Wiki talk
• {{ns:6}} – File
• {{ns:7}} – File talk
• {{ns:8}} – MediaWiki
• {{ns:9}} – MediaWiki talk
• {{ns:10}} – Template
• {{ns:11}} – Template talk
• {{ns:12}} – Help
• {{ns:13}} – Help talk
• {{ns:14}} – Category
• {{ns:15}} – Category talk

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• {{ns:120}} – Item
• {{ns:121}} – Item talk
• {{ns:122}} – Property
• {{ns:123}} – Property talk

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• {{ns:200}} – DE
• {{ns:201}} – DE talk
• {{ns:202}} – FR
• {{ns:203}} – FR talk
• {{ns:204}} – ES
• {{ns:205}} – ES talk
• {{ns:206}} – IT
• {{ns:207}} – IT talk
• {{ns:208}} – NL
• {{ns:209}} – NL talk
• {{ns:210}} – RU
• {{ns:211}} – RU talk
• {{ns:212}} – JA
• {{ns:213}} – JA talk

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• {{ns:710}} – TimedText
• {{ns:711}} – TimedText talk
• {{ns:828}} – Module
• {{ns:829}} – Module talk
• {{ns:2300}} – Gadget
• {{ns:2301}} – Gadget talk
• {{ns:2302}} – Gadget definition
• {{ns:2303}} – Gadget definition talk

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• {{ns:3000}} – Proposal
• {{ns:3001}} – Proposal talk

On this Wiki we also have pseudonamespaces like "Cs:", "Pt:" etc.

Magic words:

• {{NAMESPACE}} – Help
• {{NAMESPACENUMBER}} – 12
• {{SUBJECTSPACE}} or {{ARTICLESPACE}} – Help

See more on mw:Help:Magic words#Namespaces

In Lua

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it.

Wikitext	Lua
{{NAMESPACE}}	mw.title.getCurrentTitle().nsText
{{NAMESPACENUMBER}}	mw.title.getCurrentTitle().namespace
{{SUBJECTSPACE}} or {{ARTICLESPACE}}	mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subjectNsText
{{ns:0}}	mw.site.namespaces[0].name
{{ns:Wiki}}	mw.site.namespaces.Wiki.name

You can define a variable, for example:

local ns = mw.title.getCurrentTitle().namespace

External links

• Help:Namespaces on MediaWiki.org
• Wikipedia:Namespace#Programming on Wikipedia