This is anessay onnotability. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one ofWikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not beenthoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints.

This is a tentative guideline/policy for inclusion of pages in various namespaces. The intent is to keep it short and clear, and if possible, stable. An important goal is directing people to correct places for what they want to do.

This overview should help you decide what to put where on Wikipedia:

Main namespace

Wikipedia includes articles aboutnotable topics, and articles include onlyverifiable information.

Portal:

Includesportals, i.e. sub-mainpages for specific topics.

Category:

Includescategories used for grouping of other pages, which are useful to the project as a whole.

Image:

Includes free images and copyrighted images used underfair use doctrine in articles where they are necessary.

Wikipedia:

Includes policy, process, and other pages useful to the project as a whole, but which are not a part of the encyclopedia.

Template:

Includestemplates used for inclusion on other pages, which are useful to the project as a whole.

User:

Includes project-related pages which are useful to individual users or informal groups of users.

MediaWiki:

IncludesMediaWiki's user interface text. They are all protected by default.

Special:

Includes MediaWiki's builtin special pages with logs, database reports and various extensions. These pages cannot be changed by users.

Talk:

Every page in every namespace can have a talk page for discussion about the content of the page. One exception are user talk pages, which are used for communication with individual users.

Other places

Wikimedia has other projects for useful information which is not appropriate for the encyclopedia. These includeWiktionary,Wikisource,Wikiquote,Wikibooks,Wikinews andWikimedia Commons. If you are interested in a wiki-based personal or group website with fewer restrictions on content, consider choosing one of the free providers of wiki webspace on the internet.

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