Zain Memon wrote:
The default Uploadtext says that you should use a tag
in the form
[[{{ns:6}}:image.jpg]] to link to an image. When this Uploadtext is
displayed on the actual Upload page, the {{ns:6}} displays as "Image".
Does this mean that there is one place somewhere (called ns:6) where I
can change "Image" to "File" so people can link to it as
[[File:image.jpg]] instead?
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Well, no. ns:6 is a variable that is called Image in MediaWiki in
English. The Image namespace is called different things in other languages.
The way it works is that you can link with [[Image:image.jpg]] to
display a thumbnail, and if you want to link to a non-image, you use
[[Media:image.jpg]] (or [[Media:foobar.mp3]], etc.).
If you want to make an inline link, you'd prefix either of those with a
colon, like [[:Image:image.jpg]].
You *can* change the name of the namespace but I think it will break all
existing links.
HÃnandil