[Search wiki] Close either main or Mini namespace

[jer]

Seems reasonable, it was also discussed about dedicating a wiki  
specifically to mini articles... I guess we're still in "learning"  
mode to figure out how these will best serve searchers and the  
community, then we can start to optimize and focus on particular  
positive usages.

Jer

On Jan 14, 2008, at 8:33 AM, Rainer Blome wrote:

> Hi!
> Please see
> http://search.wikia.com/wiki/ 
> Forum:Suggest_to_forbid_new_articles_in_main_namespace , the gist  
> of which is this:
>
> For whatever reason, some new articles intended for search engine  
> users (mini articles), ranging from ten to fifty per day, are  
> created in the main instead of in the Mini namespace.
>
> I see two ways to deal with this: Either effectively prevent main  
> pages, or make them the norm.
>
> Disabling the creation of new pages in the main namespace would  
> make it clearer that the main namespace is off limits for mini  
> articles.
> The wiki pages with project content (contents of the "Search" wiki)  
> should instead be created in a dedicated namespace, for example  
> "search:".
>
> Assuming that mini articles pose the majority in this wiki (if not  
> yet, they soon will be), an alternative approach suggests itself:
>
> Drop the "Mini:" prefix altogether.  First move all articles  
> currently in the main namespace to "search:", then move all mini  
> articles to the main namespace.  The search engine would then have  
> to look for mini articles in the main namespace.
>
> The latter may be the simpler approach in the long run, especially  
> for the users.  It is less confusing, and allows for easier copying  
> of existing content from Wikipedia, especially disambiguation pages.
>
> Rainer
>
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>
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