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	<div class="tf-lead">A namespace is a prefix on a page title that says what kind of page it is. When you see a colon in a title, such as <code>Orders:Admiralty Order 1305-01</code>, the part before the colon is the namespace. This page explains the ones you will meet and when to use each.</div>		<div class="tf-lead">A namespace is a prefix on a page title that says what kind of page it is. When you see a colon in a title, such as <code>Orders:Admiralty Order 1305-01</code>, the part before the colon is the namespace. This page explains the ones you will meet and when to use each.</div>

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	* Governance spaces: <code>Parliament:</code>, <code>Lords:</code>, and <code>Commons:</code>.		* Governance spaces: <code>Parliament:</code>, <code>Lords:</code>, and <code>Commons:</code>.
	* <code>Members:</code> and <code>FLA:</code> for those offices.		* <code>Members:</code> and <code>FLA:</code> for those offices.
	* <code>Sandbox:</code> for ~~practising~~ edits, and <code>Special:</code> for pages the software generates, such as [[Special:RecentChanges]].		* <code>Sandbox:</code> for practicing edits, and <code>Special:</code> for pages the software generates, such as [[Special:RecentChanges]].

	==How to put a page in a namespace==		==How to put a page in a namespace==
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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[TenthFleet:Naming conventions\|Naming conventions]], how to name a page within a namespace.		* [[TenthFleet:Naming conventions\|Naming conventions]], how to name a page within a namespace.
	* [[TenthFleet:Category system\|Category system]], the other way pages are ~~organised~~.		* [[TenthFleet:Category system\|Category system]], the other way pages are organized.

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MDGarcia: Create Namespaces documentation

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Create Namespaces documentation

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<div class="tf-lead">A namespace is a prefix on a page title that says what kind of page it is. When you see a colon in a title, such as <code>Orders:Admiralty Order 1305-01</code>, the part before the colon is the namespace. This page explains the ones you will meet and when to use each.</div>

Pages with no prefix are in the '''main''' namespace. That is where the wiki's actual articles live: ships, echelons, peerages, awards descriptions, and so on. Everything else uses a prefix.

==The namespaces you will use most==
{| class="wikitable"
! Prefix !! Holds !! Example
|-
| ''(none)'' || Articles, the encyclopedia itself || [[HMS Medusa (SD-316)]]
|-
| <code>TenthFleet:</code> || Pages about the wiki: guidelines, policies, and this documentation || [[TenthFleet:Manual of Style]]
|-
| <code>Orders:</code> || Orders and directives, kept as a permanent record || <code>Orders:Admiralty Order 1305-01</code>
|-
| <code>Awards:</code> || Award and decoration pages || [[Awards:Manticore Cross]]
|-
| <code>Help:</code> || How to use the wiki software || [[Help:Editing]]
|-
| <code>Category:</code> || The filing system that groups pages || [[:Category:Ships]]
|-
| <code>Template:</code> || Reusable building blocks such as infoboxes || [[Template:Infobox-award]]
|-
| <code>File:</code> || Uploaded images and their description pages || <code>File:TenthFleet.png</code>
|-
| <code>User:</code> || An editor's own personal page || [[User:MDGarcia]]
|}

<div class="tf-note"><span class="tf-lbl">Every namespace has a Talk twin</span><br>Each namespace has a matching discussion space, such as <code>Talk:</code> for articles or <code>TenthFleet talk:</code> for project pages. Use the Talk page to discuss changes without editing the page itself.</div>

==Specialised namespaces==
The wiki also carries namespaces for particular parts of the organization. You will mostly read these rather than create pages in them:
* Branch and bureau spaces such as <code>RMN:</code>, <code>RMMC:</code>, <code>RMA:</code>, <code>GSN:</code>, <code>IAN:</code>, <code>RHN:</code>, and the bureaus <code>BuComm:</code>, <code>BuPers:</code>, <code>BuTrain:</code>, and others. These hold branch manuals, for example the marksmanship pages under <code>BuPers:</code>.
* Governance spaces: <code>Parliament:</code>, <code>Lords:</code>, and <code>Commons:</code>.
* <code>Members:</code> and <code>FLA:</code> for those offices.
* <code>Sandbox:</code> for practising edits, and <code>Special:</code> for pages the software generates, such as [[Special:RecentChanges]].

==How to put a page in a namespace==
You do not do anything special. You simply include the prefix in the title when you create the page. Typing <code>Awards:Cormany Star</code> in the search box and creating that page puts it in the Awards namespace automatically.

<div class="tf-warn"><span class="tf-lbl">Pick the right one before you create</span><br>Moving a page to a different namespace later is extra work and can break links. Decide where a page belongs first. If you are unsure, an article about a subject goes in the main namespace, and a page about the wiki itself goes in <code>TenthFleet:</code>.</div>

==See also==
* [[TenthFleet:Naming conventions|Naming conventions]], how to name a page within a namespace.
* [[TenthFleet:Category system|Category system]], the other way pages are organised.

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