Pagenames

Pagenames in the Wiki are converted to lowercase automatically. The only allowed special characters are ., - and _ all other special characters are converted to underscores. Colons (:) are used to create namespaces.

The full pagename and the namespaces in its path is shown at the top left corner of the page. For example this page's name is wiki:pagename.

You may picture namespaces as directories and pagenames as files inside them.

Therefore the a:b:c pagename can be pictured as:

   root namespace (always present)
     |
     +-- 'a' namespace
           |
           +-- 'b' namespace
                 |
                 +-- 'c' pagename

Note that you can have a pagename and a namespace with the same name, at the same time, within any namespace. Back to the above example, the a:b pagename can be pictured as:

   root namespace (always present)
     |
     +-- 'a' namespace
           |
           +-- 'b' pagename (not to be confused with the 'b' namespace above)

When your browser requests a pagename that doesn't already exist, The Wiki may (depending on your access rights) present you with the option to create it. You can do this by directing your browser to the URL of the desired pagename or by creating a link to the new pagename on another Wiki page and following it with your browser.

If the pagename path contains namespaces that don't already exist, they will also be created.

If you edit a pagename and remove all its content then the Wiki will delete the pagename.