What goes in the main page for a namespace? Should
it be a normal page,
i.e.
www.domain.com/index.php/Illinois or shout it be
www.domain.com/index.php/Illinois:Main_Page?
Up to you. Something predictably consistent across your whole wiki is
best for usability.
Do all pages in the namespace have to be defined as
Illinois:mypage? I am
assuming that for now.
That's the sensible user friendly approach.
Is there a way to have a page in multiple namespaces?
Templates
i.e.say I have Chicago
Illinois which is under Illinois:Chicago. But, Chicago has a group that
wants to make Chicago look different so it becomes its own namespace so I
can do a skin for it. How would I handle that since it needs its own
namespace, yet it is still apart of Illinois?
Instead of unnecesary namespace complexity, why not keep most pages in
a main flat namespace? Simplicity is the key to maintainability. You
may be interested in studying how
Wikitravel.org is organized. Note
their flat namespace -- the whole Earth fits into the main namespace.
It is after all one World. Subpages are kept to a minimum but used to
divide large city pages into districts.
Geographical bread crumbs are another interesting feature on
Wikitravel.org.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Breadcrumb_navigation
Per namespace skins? Such complexity may do a project more harm than
good over time.
Happy trails,
Roger