Help:Custom namespaces

For information on custom namespaces on the Meta-Wiki, see m:Meta:Namespaces.

If you want to add a custom namespace, you need to do the following:

1. Pick the names of your namespace and its talk page. Also pick numbers.

   Note: Even numbers are for the main namespaces, odds for the talk pages. Custom pages start at 100. (Important: Do not include spaces in the name, use an underscore instead)

2. Goto /includes/DefaultSettings.php and copy the variables $wgExtraNamespaces, $wgNamespacesWithSubpages, and $wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault into LocalSettings.php

   If $wgExtraNamespaces is not in DefaultSettings.php, you probably have an old version of MediaWiki (1.3.2 or older). You should upgrade to the current release, as there have been both bug fixes and some security fixes since then.

3. Add to $wgExtraNamespaces the name of your namespace and its talk page, as it would appear in a link.

   • Example:

$wgExtraNamespaces =
       array(100 => "Foo", 
             101 => "Foo_Talk");

1. If you want sub pages, add it to $wgNamespacesWithSubpages

• Example for MediaWiki 1.4.x and older:

$wgNamespacesWithSubpages = 
       array( -1 => 0, 0 => 0, 1 => 1, 2 => 1, 3 => 1,
              4 => 0, 5 => 1, 6 => 0, 7 => 1, 
              8 => 0, 9 => 1, 10 => 0,11 => 1,
              100 => 1, 101 => 1 );

• Example for MediaWiki 1.5.x:

$wgNamespacesWithSubpages = array(
	NS_TALK           => true,
 	NS_USER           => true,
 	NS_USER_TALK      => true,
 	NS_PROJECT_TALK   => true,
 	NS_IMAGE_TALK     => true,
 	NS_MEDIAWIKI_TALK => true,
 	NS_TEMPLATE_TALK  => true,
 	NS_HELP_TALK      => true,
 	NS_CATEGORY_TALK  => true,
 	100               => true,
 	101               => true
);

1. If you want the new namespace (or its talk page) searched by default, set $wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault

• Example for MediaWiki 1.4.x and older:

$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault =
       array( -1 => 0, 0 => 1, 1 => 0, 2 => 0, 3 => 0,
               4 => 0, 5 => 0, 6 => 0, 7 => 0,
               8 => 0, 9 => 1, 10 => 0, 11 => 1,
               100 => 1, 101 => 1 );

• Example for MediaWiki 1.5.x:

$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault = array( -1 => 0, NS_MAIN => 1, NS_USER => 0,
  NS_USER_TALK => 0, NS_PROJECT_TALK => 0, NS_IMAGE_TALK => 0, 
  NS_IMAGE_TALK => 0, NS_TEMPLATE_TALK => 0, NS_HELP_TALK => 0, 
  NS_CATEGORY_TALK => 0, 
  100 => 1, 102 => 1 );

Further information on Namespaces

Other pages for further Namespaces information:

• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sub_pages
• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Namespace#List_of_namespaces