Help:Namespaces

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Many namespaces can be linked to within the Homestar Runner Wiki.

Complete list of namespaces

Namespace	Purpose	Example
(main)	Contains all the articles about Homestar Runner	Main Page
Talk	Contains discussion pages about the articles in the main namespace, one for each main-namespace page.	Talk:Main Page
User	Contains user pages - one page (and possibly subpages) for each user – see HRWiki:User page.	User:JoeyDay
User talk	Contains pages used to discuss things specifically with other users - add a message to the user talk page of the user you want to contact.	User talk:JoeyDay
HRWiki	Contains pages that are specifically about the wiki, rather than Homestar Runner - behind-the-scenes administration and similar things.	HRWiki:The Stick
HRWiki talk	Discussions about the HRWiki pages, one for each HRWiki page (similar to Talk).	HRWiki talk:Standards
Image and Media	When a file is uploaded (even if it's not an image) it goes into the Image namespace. A link labeled [[Image:filename]] will include the image in a page, clicking on it will go to an information page. [[:Image:filename]] will be a normal text link to that information page and [[Media:filename]] a direct link straight to the file	Image:logo.png Media:logo.png
Image talk	Same as Talk, but for the images. Not regularly used on this wiki.	Image talk:HRWikiPuzzle.png
MediaWiki	Contains pages that control some part of how the wiki functions, and all the messages displayed by the wiki (so that users of the MediaWiki software can translate them). Only sysops can edit these pages, but anyone can make suggestions on the MediaWiki talk pages.	MediaWiki:Sitenotice
MediaWiki talk	Same as Talk, for MediaWiki pages. Used even less often than Image talk - the MediaWiki pages are relatively static.	MediaWiki talk:Sitenotice
Template	Contains pages that are intended to be included in another page with {{curly braces}}. If you use the curly braces and don't specify a namespace, the templates will come from here.	Template:stub
Template talk	Same as Talk, for the templates.	Template talk:done
Help	Contains pages designed to help people learn how to use the wiki.	Help:Contents
Help talk	Same as Talk, for Help pages.	Help talk:Contents
Category	These pages don't have much content, rather they are used to group other pages. Adding [[Category:categoryname]] to any page will put it in that category. Like with Image, you can use [[:Category:categoryname]] to link to a category.	Category:Games
Category talk	Same as Talk, for the categories.	Category talk:Main Characters
Special	This doesn't actually contain editable pages, but rather automated scripts, for various purposes such as the watch list and recent changes. It also has important pages for the maintenance of the wiki.	Special:Specialpages

Interwiki Links

Although interwiki prefixes are not namespaces, you can use the namespace style to link to pages on other sites:

• Forum: to link to a forum thread: Forum:15 - to find the appropriate number, go to the thread and look for t=<some number> in the address bar.
• HR: to link to Homestar Runner: HR:index.html
• HRFWiki: to link to the Fanstuff wiki: HRFWiki:Main Page
• HRStore: to link to the Homestar Store: HRStore:index.html
• IMDb: to link to the Internet Movie Database: IMDb:tt0453401
• Old: to link to the Old Homestar Runner Wiki: Old:HomestarRunnerWiki
• Podstar: to link to Podstar Runner: Podstar:index.html
• Snopes: to link to the Urban Legends Reference Pages: Snopes:snopes.asp
• Thorax: to link to Thorax Corporation: Thorax:index.html
• TMBW: to link to This Might Be A Wiki: TMBW:Main Page
• Videlectrix: to link to Videlectrix: Videlectrix:index.html
• Wikipedia: for Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Main Page
• Most of the Interwiki Map is also supported