Fiction and Fictional Settings Wiki:Namespaces

recommended reading: w:Wikipedia:Namespace

I suppose for now the namespaces are currently, or soon will be will be created:


 * Main namespaces are for articles, maybe DABs and the like. If you want to, say, detail the geography, history, demography, economics, et al of your fictional country(/ies), real ones you've fictionalized, or alternate canon of others works (assuming this is permitted, and I kinda think it is), you might as well put them in the main namespaces. Ditto fictional or fictionalized religions, histories, imports-exports, character bios, etc. Main namespace articles should be quasi-/pseudo-encyclopedic—though as such, things such as sourcing, notability, and the like are unnecessary.
 * Narration namespaces are, implicitly, for narration. If you just want to narrate stories—the-"It-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night"-stuff—that probably should go into the Narration namespace.

I suppose you generally shouldn't edit other people's work in the aforementioned namespaces—unless they permit it, but you can put your questions and the like into the talk pages of such work. Note: While I welcome vigorous criticism of content in talk pages, please no ad hominems. Even if you think a person's work is garbage, he/she/wikt:thon might have put his/her/thons heart and soul into it. Your POVs might be appreciated, but more so if kindly stated.

(I myself am a bit of a curmudgeon who hasn't seen any Terminator movie after Judgement Day; think little of Star Trek these days; know nothing about Harry Potter; haven't seen any of the Matrix movies—I'm not sure Rene Descartes would have bothered with these "red" or "blue" pills that are often referred to on the internet—cogito ergo sum, all of that; get bored with Handmaid's Tale fan-fiction, particularly stuff that has a lot of Nick, June, and Luke fru-fru; and porn that looks like a 1990s video scripts—but hey, that's me.)


 * Story namespaces are DAB's-of-sorts for both main and narration namespace entries. If you have created both main and narration spaces of the same story—maybe even images for thumbnails, poetry, and maybe, just maybe, essays, list and link them all in a story name space. If others have done variations and/or extensions of your story, they can list them on the same page.
 * User namespaces are generally like WP's, though you are allowed more in your user space and its sub-pages.
 * File namespaces: implied, though you might want to upload stuff in Wikicommons as well, or simply post them there and use them here—maybe to c:Category:Fictional places or its sub-cats such as c:Category:Flags of fictional countries. There is also Mirehaze Commons.
 * Draft namespaces: if you're unsure whether to put it in a main or narration space or you have content that's incomplete, you might make a draft.
 * Stub namespaces: like drafts, but much shorter—indeed, it might be better to make them a section of the Stub:Main stub page.
 * Essay namespaces: for dealing with real, or somewhat real, maybe serious, stuff. Don't edit other's essays—unless they permit it, though you can comment on the talk page.
 * Poem: I don't know a lot about poetry, but some folks out there seem to—might as well have a namespace for it. Again, don't edit other's essays—unless they permit it, though you can comment on the talk page.
 * Forum: treat it like a forum thread, though unlike other forums, content that's heavy on facts, has lots of text in a post, and/or likely to be edited, should go to other pages.
 * Fun: In addition to some of the above fun, I'm making a namespace here.
 * Other: for Wkipedia-like articles or other entries.

Category:Contents is where all categories of this wiki start.

Presuming this site and the laws of the country its hosted in allow, content posted, particularly text, my content included, should be done with the understanding that they're in the public domain.

(and now, have some fun.  :D   )