[Search wiki] Close either main or Mini namespace

[Mark (Markie)]

yup seems good to me also :-)  maybe we could move all minis: to the
mainspace and then use search: for the current main space pages.  i think
the moves can be done via db edits ( i hope) otherwise we will need a move
bot :-)

thanks

mark

On Jan 15, 2008 6:29 AM, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:

> I think this makes sense a lot...
>
> what I would propose is:
>
> mainspace is article space... get rid of mini.
>
> And then search: and/or wikia: space is used for "meta" pages.
>
>
>
> 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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