User:Ricken/SandboxPG/Subpages

Except in main namespace (article namespace), where the subpage feature has been disabled, subpages are pages separated with a "/" (a slash) from their 'parent' page.

Making a new [[link]] that begins with a / (slash) is the common way to start a subpage. The page to which this link points is considered "subordinate" to its host page, and is titled and linked as [[Parentpage/Subpage]]. It is possible to create a subpage of a subpage (or a sub-subpage). At the top of each subpage or sub-subpage, you can find a backlink to the higher levels of the page.

Using subpages

Subpages are created and deleted using the same processes as normal pages.

Allowed uses

• User subpages—making extra pages within your own user namespace, e.g. [[User:Example/Draft of article]] or [[User:Example/About me]].
• Portal subpages—for Portal-specific templates and content.
• Documentation subpages for templates.
• Talk page archiving

Disallowed uses

• Using subpages for permanent content that is meant to be part of the encyclopedia.
• Writing drafts of major article revisions, e.g., [[Example Article/Temp]] in the main namespace, as you can get there accidentally using Special:Random.

Namespaces without subpages

The MediaWiki software (which runs AmtWiki) supports selectively allowing or disallowing the creation of subpages in various namespaces.

The following namespaces cannot have subpages:

• Main: this namespace hosts the articles of AmtWiki, where the multifaceted nature of the articles means that hierarchical divisions would make finding information far too complex.
• Category
• File
• MediaWiki

All other namespaces (including the talk namespaces of the above) support subpages.

Slashes in article titles

Some topics have a slash in the name, and should be named accordingly—e.g. Category:5/1 Monsters. Care should be taken with the corresponding talk pages, though, as subpages are enabled in talk space.