Valoriem:Namespaces

This document provides an overview of the namespaces currently in use on this website. Namespaces in MediaWiki define the structural areas of the site, such as company and brand profiles, user pages, templates, and project-related content. Custom namespaces have been added to support specific functions and governance structures, such as pages related to The Valoriem Collective.

Please note that this page is manually maintained and may not always reflect the most current namespace configuration on the live site.

Regular Namespaces

The standard MediaWiki installation defines sixteen namespaces that can contain user-generated content. These are organized in pairs, with each pair consisting of a subject namespace (for primary content) and a discussion namespace (for related talk pages). Namespaces are numbered starting from zero, with all subject namespaces assigned even numbers and their corresponding discussion namespaces assigned the next odd number.

The table below lists both the standard namespaces and any custom namespaces defined on this wiki. Names shown reflect the localized names in use on the site, which may differ from MediaWiki’s canonical defaults. Custom namespaces appear in the reserved range of 3000–4999, consistent with MediaWiki best practices for site-specific extensions.

Index	Content	Discussion	Index
0	no prefix (main)	Talk	1
2	User	User talk	3
4	Valoriem	Valoriem talk	5
6	File	File talk	7
8	MediaWiki	MediaWiki talk	9
10	Template	Template talk	11
12	Help	Help talk	13
14	Category	Category talk	15
3004	Valoriem Collective	Valoriem Collective talk	3005

Description of Namespace Content

Main

The primary content area of the Valoriem directory. This is where company and brand profiles are created and maintained.

User

Personal pages for registered users. Often used for notes, drafts, or information about the contributor.

Valoriem

Project-related pages for the Valoriem platform itself, including editorial policies, contribution guidelines, and site-wide documentation.

File

Pages that describe and host uploaded media files, such as images or documents. Each file has a dedicated page with metadata and usage info.

MediaWiki

System interface messages and site-wide configuration text. Only editable by users with interface-admin rights.

Template

Reusable content blocks (such as infoboxes or citation formats) used across multiple pages for consistency and structure.

Help

Help documentation and usage guides for contributors. Typically covers how to edit, format, and navigate the site.

Category

Classification pages used to group related content. Pages added to categories appear in index lists for easy browsing.

Valoriem_Collective

Pages related to the governance, mission, and activities of The Valoriem Collective — the non-profit organization that manages the Valoriem directory and related public-interest projects.

Special Namespaces

In addition to the regular namespaces, the standard MediaWiki installation includes two special namespaces that are reserved for system-generated content. These are not intended for user-created pages. Instead, they contain pages that are created dynamically “on the fly” by the MediaWiki software to support search, navigation, system configuration, and other administrative functions.

Index	Name
-2	Media
-1	Special

Aliases

MediaWiki supports namespace aliases, which are alternative names that resolve to existing localized namespace names. Aliases provide flexibility in linking and are often used for backward compatibility or user convenience. For example, by default, Image is an alias for the File namespace, so a link like [[Image:MediaWiki-2020-logo.svg]] is functionally equivalent to [[File:MediaWiki-2020-logo.svg]]. Aliases do not create new namespaces but simply redirect references to an existing one.

Alias	Target Index	Target Name
Image	6	File
Image talk	7	File talk
ValCol	3004	Valoriem Collective
ValCol_talk	3005	Valoriem Collective talk