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Namespace Purpose Example(s)
Main/article
no prefix
Articles Starfish
Disambiguation pages to help people find the article they're looking for David (disambiguation)
Wikipedia:
a.k.a. "Project"
Policies and guidelines Wikipedia:Neutral point of view
Wikipedia:Manual of Style
Process pages Wikipedia:Articles for Creation
Discussion forums and noticeboards Wikipedia:Village pump
WikiProject communities focusing on a particular topic Wikipedia:WikiProject History
User: Personal profile pages about users User:Jimbo Wales
Sandboxes and personal draft articles User:Example/sandbox
Draft: Draft articles that are in progress Draft:Exampledraft
Help: Help pages Help:Contents
Template: Templates, which can be included or substituted on other pages Template:Citation needed
Template:Infobox album
Category: Groups of pages organized by their similarities Category:Painting
Category:Wikipedia maintenance
File: Images and other files, stored and described File:Wiki.png
Portal: Pages to highlight Wikipedia content in a particular topic area Portal:Current events
Portal:Solar System
Special: Pages that are part of the software Special:RecentChanges
Special:Preferences