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== Untitled ==

I've added some lines indicating where rules pages should go (policy, or proposed/guideline/rejected). Feel free to reword if it isn't clear. [[User:Radiant!|R]][[User_talk:Radiant!|adiant]][[meta:mergist|_*]] 09:55, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

== Red links ==

This page appears to be out of date, as there are two red links on it - one to [[/Alphabetical index]] and another to [[:Category:Wikipedia policy thinktank]]. These ought to be fixed or removed. [[User:Hairy Dude|Hairy Dude]] 00:13, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

==Confusing use of 'wikipedia' in the name of the project namespace for this project==

Calling the project namespace for the wikipedia project the wikipedia namespace is ambiguous because the main or article namespace of the project is also called the Wikipedia. Surely for clarity the project namespace of the wikipedia project should always be refered to by the full name of wikipedia project namespace? [[User:Cyclotronwiki|Cyclotron]] Or an alternate contraction can be found.

:I agree. I was confused about this when I first started on Wikipedia. I think it would be much clearer to call the project namespace "Project" or "Wikipedia Project" or "Editspace" or something. [[User:Libcub|Libcub]] ([[User talk:Libcub|talk]]) 06:45, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

== Getting "Wikiproject" type links on other wiki? ==

I note that if you put Wikipedia:Anything and look at making a new article for it, it calls it a "new project" and it's special. Similarly if you goto mediawiki:anything and try to make a new ariticle, it prevents you from doing so with the message "This page provides interface text for the software, and is locked to prevent abuse.". I'm not sure exactly what that means, but I'm wondering how I can associate that on my own wiki by having Wikiname:blah read specially. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] 22:55, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

:[[Help:MediaWiki namespace|MediaWiki namespace]] can only be edited by administrators, but non-admins can use MediaWiki talk: to make {{tl|editprotected}} requests. If you're running your own wiki presumably you can make yourself an administrator of it, and read the manual to learn how to edit its interface text for the software. [[User:Wbm1058|Wbm1058]] ([[User talk:Wbm1058|talk]]) 21:59, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

== Guideline/Policy ==

Since this page makes some actionable recomendations beyond just being a help page, it should be a guideline or policy. I've tagged it with {{tl|proposed}}. This should also bring some extra light onto this page, since there are a few issues with it. (Linking to the pretty much dead 'Policy Thinktank', not mentioning essays and so on...) --[[User:Barberio|Barberio]] 13:07, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

:Not creating redundant pages is so obvious that we really do not need a guideline to tell us not to, which leaves us with the single actionable reccommendation of not using main projectspace for discussion. While it's debatable whether or not you should, I don't think we should have a guideline saying that, because there might be some case in which we do want it. -[[User:Amarkov|Amark]] <small>[[User_talk:Amarkov|moo!]]</small> 15:37, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

::Do you have a grudge against this page, Barberio? This isn't policy, it's just information about a namespace and what belongs in it. Both tags should be removed. [[User:Ahudson|Ahudson]] 22:16, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

== How? ==

I am currently working n a humoruous essay, and I would like to know how to create a page in the project namespace. please help. [[User:J-stan|<font color="Black">'''J-</font><font color="Red">stan'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:J-stan|<font color="808080">Talk</font>]]} 20:36, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

:The first thing to check before you create a new page in project space is [[Wikipedia:Project namespace#Before creating a new page]]. Make sure that you're not reinventing the wheel. You should probably have some experience creating pages in other namespaces first, a good way to begin creating pages is to create a few good [[WP:Redirect|redirect]]s, which is a lot easier than creating articles. The way I would create a project page is to just type '''WP:''page name''''' into the search box, to see if the page name already exists. For example, type WP:xyzzy and then hit {{key press|Enter}}. The page doesn't exist, so at the top of the '''Search results''' page, you see the message:

{{hatnote|You may create the page "[[Wikipedia:Xyzzy]]", but consider checking the search results below to see whether the topic is already covered.}}

:Click on the red link, and voila, you are '''Creating Wikipedia:Xyzzy'''. But, once again, heed that warning to ''avoid redundancy''. [[WP:WikiProject Merge|WikiProject Merge]] is swamped in it! Good luck, [[User:Wbm1058|Wbm1058]] ([[User talk:Wbm1058|talk]]) 21:30, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

:<small>P.S. Now don't go and create that page, I want it to remain red!</small>

==Appeal a Community Ban==

I was told this as the right place to ask for an appeal on a community ban on the [[Matt Sanchez]] article. Anyone here know? [[User:Bluemarine]] ([[User talk:Bluemarine|talk]]) Matt Sanchez 16:04, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

:I know you asked this question four years ago, but better late than never. Maybe my answer will help someone else. No, this isn't the page for that. But, it is the talk page for a page where you can go to look up the answer. See [[Wikipedia:Project namespace#Pages within project namespace]]. Several of those links might work, but I tried [[Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia]]. Search that for "ban"... oh, I see: Banning: ''see '' [[Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia#Enforc|Enforcement]]. And under that I find [[Wikipedia:Appealing a block]]. Oh my, I see you do have quite a block log. Well, the best way to stay unblocked is to just stop doing whatever you were doing! Good luck with that, [[User:Wbm1058|Wbm1058]] ([[User talk:Wbm1058|talk]]) 20:16, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

==Followup question and logging into Custom Wiki==

We recently changed our hosting to Amazon Cloud and to my dismay the AWB stopped working producing the same error to the one below that was discussed back in 2006.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Archive_12#Custom_Project

{{quote|"An error occurred while loading project information from the server. Please make sure that your internet connection works and such combination of project/language exists"

Do i need some form of check page or something?

Or is there something else?

It is running media wiki

Cheers

Reedy Boy 18:53, 2 November 2006 (UTC)"}}

I'm running version 15.0 and have my API enabled

Any thoughts?

--[[User:Mappc|Mappc]] ([[User talk:Mappc|talk]]) 13:28, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

* Yes, just one thought. Why are you asking a question about AWB here, and not at [[Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser]]? [[User:Wbm1058|Wbm1058]] ([[User talk:Wbm1058|talk]]) 20:52, 10 September 2013 (UTC)