mainspace

English

Etymology

Blend of main + namespace

Noun

mainspace (countable and uncountable, plural mainspaces)

  1. (Internet) The primary namespace of a wiki, excluding secondary content such as discussion pages.
    • 2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, page 64:
      In the tutorial [] you see how to move your article from your personal space (the draft) to mainspace, where actual articles reside.
    • 2010, Jeff Orlof, Mizanur Rahman, MediaWiki 1.1 Beginner's Guide:
      This groups together a majority of the site's content. There is no namespace prefix for the mainspace.

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