Help:Namespace

A namespace (NS, not to be confused with National Socialism) is a division in MediaWiki software that defines and separates content in RationalWiki. Usually, they have an associated ID number which can be checked with, e.g.   produces   (Note:   also produces  ).

Except for the "main" ("mainspace"), articles in them are distinguished by having the namespace and a colon before the title, like, for example, Essay:Gender and Sysops (the page "Gender and Sysops" is located in the "Essay" namespace).

List of namespaces
Here are the namespaces and their descriptions in RationalWiki:

Talk pages
Every page in all of these namespaces (except "Special" and "Media") has an associated talk page. Talk pages are not the property of any editor and entries should not be deleted except to archive.

In particular, it should be noted that an editor's "Talk Page" is not the property of that editor and they have no exceptional rights over the contents beyond what is prescribed in the Community Standards.

Searching
When you use the  on the upper right corner of the page, it will first search only in "main" (unless you have changed the criteria in "your preferences"), but will then give you the option to check off boxes for any other namespaces (or their talk spaces) to run the search again.

Likewise, if you go to  (left sidebar) and click on , the mainspace is the default, but you can pick any of the other namespaces from a drop down menu to see what is in them.