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(a)nupedia.com
[mailto:wikipedia-l-admin@nupedia.com]On Behalf Of Jan Hidders
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 6:26 PM
To: wikipedia-l(a)nupedia.com
Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] colons
From: "Vicki Rosenzweig" <vr(a)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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