The original software *did* stay within the current namespace if no other was explicitly given. So, "[[test]]" on the page "[[user:Magnus Manske]]" did link to "[[user:test]]" instead of "[[test]]". At that time, I still planned a "stable:" namespace for approved articles, which would automatically link only to other stable articles.
The "blank" namespace was (and still should be) accessible through "[[:Main Page]]" (note the leading colon).
The main switch for that should still be somewhere in wikiTextEn.php.
Magnus
-----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-admin@nupedia.com [mailto:wikipedia-l-admin@nupedia.com]On Behalf Of Jan Hidders Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 6:26 PM To: wikipedia-l@nupedia.com Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] colons
From: "Vicki Rosenzweig" vr@redbird.org
There is a simpeler solution. The actual contents of
Wikipedia get the
namespace "content:". If everything is prefixed with a
namespace then the
first colon is always the end of the namespace.
That's perfect.
Would this require us to explicitly put "content:" in front of
every link?
Not necessarily. I would propose that a link without a namespace should default to the namespace that it is in. That's how namespaces usually work anyway. It means for example that if you create a link on your home page without a namespace it becomes a page in the user: namespace. (Actually I still believe that every user should have his or her own namespace, but that is another issue.)
-- Jan Hidders
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