Stiles Wiki:Subpages: Difference between revisions

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Except in the main [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespace]] ([[Wikipedia:Main namespace|article namespace]]), where the [[mw:Help:Subpages|subpage feature]] has been disabled in the English Wikipedia, '''subpages''' are pages separated with a "/" (a [[slash (punctuation)|slash]]) from their 'parent' page.  

# [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] subpages—for project-specific [[Wikipedia:Templates|templates]], discussion, or guidelines pages.

# [[Wikipedia:Portal|Portal]] subpages—for Portal-specific templates and content.

# Dividing up Wikipedia process pages (e.g., [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion]]) which would otherwise get too big to be easily used.

# [[Wikipedia:Template documentation|Documentation subpages for templates]].

# Talk page archiving—both article Talk and User_talk pages are typically archived by moving discussion to numbered subpages.  This allows the discussion to still be searchable, rather than requiring a hunt through the [[Wikipedia:Page history|page history]].

# Talk page adjuncts, such as an article's [[Template:Todo|''/to do'' list]] or the ''/Comments'' pages used for [[WP:GAR|Good Article review]]. A particularly long and complicated ''{{tl|ArticleHistory}}'' may also be put on an ''/ArticleHistory'' transclude page.

# Temporary subpages in Talk namespace, usually formatted ''<nowiki>[[Talk:Example Article/Temp]]</nowiki>'' or [[Wikipedia:Workpages|''<nowiki>[[Talk:Example Article/Dumping ground]]</nowiki>'']], for example the kind of "/Temp" pages that can be created from [[Template:Copyvio]], which allow editors to begin creating an entirely new article from scratch while the copyright violation is being resolved.<br /> Avoid additional incoming and outward links that would make it appear as if this "/Temp" page is part of the encyclopedia: that is, in the case the Copyvio template is used, only this template, applied in article namespace, can link to the "/Temp" article from article or "main" namespace. See [[#Disallowed uses|Disallowed uses]] below for further recommendations on how to avoid creating the impression a "/Temp" page is an encyclopedia page.  Other common variants are ''<nowiki>[[Talk:Example Article/Draft]]</nowiki>'' and ''<nowiki>[[Talk:Example Article/Sandbox]]</nowiki>''. Such temp pages are also sometimes used for template and Wikipedia-namespace development.

# Writing a [[WP:POVFORK|content fork to avoid NPOV]].

# Writing drafts of major article revisions, e.g., ''<nowiki>[[Example Article/Temp]]</nowiki>'' in the main namespace, as you can get there accidentally using [[Special:Random]]—write these in the talk namespace, e.g. ''<nowiki>[[Talk:Example Article/Temp]]</nowiki>''. See [[Wikipedia:Workpages]] for detail. Also, avoid incoming and outward links regarding such "Talk:.../Temp" page that might create the impression this is an encyclopedia page before it is, e.g.:

# Pasting copies of copyrighted reliable sources to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange|"share" with other editors]].  [[WP:COPYVIO|Copyright violations]] are not permitted on '''any''' page in Wikipedia.

*To create a user subpage, see [[Wikipedia:User pages#User pages and user space]].

*To delete a user subpage, see [[Wikipedia:User pages#Deleting user pages and subpages]].

*To use variables associated with subpages, see [[WP:Page name#Subpagename and basepagename]].

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== Wikipedia namespaces that do not have sub-pages ==

The MediaWiki software (which runs Wikipedia) supports selectively allowing or disallowing the creation of subpages in various [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespaces]].

The following namespaces in English Wikipedia do ''not'' have the subpage feature:  

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Some topics have a slash in the name, and should be named accordingly—''e.g.'' [[OS/2]] or [[Providence/Stoughton Line]]. Care should be taken with the corresponding [[WP:Talk page|talk pages]], though, as subpages ''are'' enabled in talk space—for example, [[Talk:OS/2]] is treated by the software as a subpage of [[Talk:OS]].

Subpages were originally used on Wikipedia to differentiate between subjects to create topical hierarchies of articles, but this proved unworkable because articles tend to belong in more than one hierarchy. The present system of [[Wikipedia:disambiguation|disambiguation]] was adopted instead, and the [{{fullurl:Wikipedia:Do not use subpages|oldid=2836167}} Wikipedia:Do not use subpages] policy had to be rigorously enforced and retroactively applied.  Since 2004, the [[Wikipedia:category|category system]] has supported hierarchical organization while still allowing an article to belong to multiple categories.

{{Wikipedia glossary}}

* [[m:Mysterious wikipedia user subpages|Mysterious wikipedia user subpages]]

===In Wikipedia===

* [[Wikipedia:Subpages to be moved]]

* [[Wikipedia:Userfication]]

* [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (long lists)]]

* [[Wikipedia:Editors are not mindreaders]]—Essay encouraging editors to create articles first in user space.

* [[Wikipedia:Articles with slashes in title]]

* [[Wikipedia:Do not use subpages]], a guideline from 2004 when subpages in article space were possible

{{Wikipedia policies and guidelines}}

[[Category:Wikipedia features]]

[[Category:Wikipedia how-to]]

[[Category:Wikipedia page help]]

[[Category:Wikipedia project content guidelines]]

[[Category:Wikipedia user space]]