I don't run my own MediaWiki server, but I use a wikifarm service. On, for example, Wikipedia, I can include the contents of one page on another - i.e. on my userpage, add {{User:Garykirk/ArticlesIStarted}} . However, on my wiki, doing this simply produces red links. I have to create, for example, {{Template:User:Garykirk/ArticlesIStarted}}, which moves it all into the Template namespace. It's very silly, and I don't why this is necessary. Is it some extension, hook or whatever running on Wikimedia Foundation servers? The wikifarm I use is currently running MediaWiki 1.5.
Any help would be much appreciated! -- Gary Kirk