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mainspace en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of main + namespace.

Meanings

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

Forms

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mainspaces Number=Plur lexicographic

mainspace en · VERB

Etymology

Blend of main + namespace.

Meanings

  1. (Internet) To move a page on a wiki into the mainspace.

Forms

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mainspaces Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
mainspaced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mainspaced Tense=Past lexicographic
mainspacing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

userspace