mainspace
verbEtymology Blend of main + namespace.
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Internet To move a page on a wiki into the mainspace.
- Related terms
- userspace
mainspace
nounEtymology Blend of main + namespace.
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Internet The primary namespace of a wiki, excluding secondary content such as discussion pages.
- 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:
- 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: