Editing Template:Namespace/doc (section)

This is the {{t|Namespace}} meta-template.  It helps other templates detect what type of page they are on.

It detects and groups all the different [[Wikipedia:Namespace#Enumeration|namespaces]] used on Fandom into several types:

; main : Main (i.e. article) space, where normal articles are kept.
; talk : Any talk space, including page names that start with "Talk:", "User talk:", "File talk:", etc.
;user
;file
;mediawiki
;template
;help
;category
: The remaining namespaces.
; other : Any namespaces that were not specified as a parameter to the template (see explanation below).

For backwards compatibility, this template handles '''image''' as if '''file'''. '''image''' (<nowiki>[[Image:...]]</nowiki>) is now deprecated.

'''Note:''' For most cases it may be better to use the simpler namespace detection templates (see the [[#See also|see also]] section below). This template is more prone to human errors such as misspelling parameter names.

This template uses the [[w:Help:Lua|Lua templating language]], and more information can be found [[w:c:dev:Global_Lua_Modules/Namespace_detect|on the Global Lua Module page]]. '''For a traditional wikitext version of this template, see [[w:c:templates:Template:Namespace_detect|Namespace_detect on Templates Wiki]]'''.