Simetrical wrote:
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Brion Vibber brion@wikimedia.org wrote:
In most cases, I believe the main page is perfectly appropriate for the primary namespace -- its content is targeted directly at end users.
However, in that case they should probably be content with the nstab used for the main namespace. In the default software that's "page", which is fine for the main page. Wikipedia has changed it to "article", which is inappropriate for the main page, and this annoys some people. "Project page" would be more appropriate. "Portal" might be even more appropriate, at least if anyone actually used portals. The main page certainly fits the definition of portals better than anything.
The distinction is not, frankly, one I would worry about.
Note that: 1. The default software message was formerly "article", but was changed to "page" to be more general ("content page" is more exact, though - every page in every namespace is "page"). Wikipedia still uses "article" for obvious reasons. 2. Some projects use scripts to hide the main page title and to change the nstab to "main page" or similar title.