On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:33:52 +0100, Nathan Larson nathanlarson3141@gmail.com wrote:
it's unclear why we would standardize the other namespace names (Help:, Template:, MediaWiki:, User:, etc.) from one wiki to the next, but not Project:
The User: namespace differs per-wiki in many languages other than English, to reflect the name of the wiki (something akin to "Wikipedia-editor", "Wikisource-editor" etc.).
I don't think standardizing Project: is a good idea, in particular because the name could be confused with "Wikiprojects", which on some wikis (also non-English) have a separate namespace for them.