On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Brion Vibber <brion(a)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.