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User:UberScienceNerd/Tutorials/Using subpages

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Welcome to the tutorial on subpages! They are simple to use and create.

What are subpages for?

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Subpages can be created in all namespaces except for the main (article) space. They have several uses:

  • Subpages of talk pages, with the naming format "Talk:Name of article/Temp", can be used to compose article drafts. This is particularly used to rewrite articles that have been labelled as potential copyright violations.
  • Rather than putting everything on their user page, users can create subpages of their user pages. This tutorial is on a subpage of a user subpage!
  • Many Wikipedia processes use subpages, such as motto of the day and articles for deletion.
  • Talk, user talk, image talk, etc. pages, as well as certain Wikipedia pages such as the village pump pages, can be archived.

How do I create a subpage?

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Creating a subpage is mostly the same as creating any other page. Go to a nonexistent page named using the name of its parent with a slash and more text. For example, if Gray Porpoise wants to make a user subpage about where he lives, he could create a page called User:Gray Porpoise/Where I live. Subpages can have subpages as well, e.g. User:Gray Porpoise/Where I live/My office.

How do I navigate subpages?

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At the top of subpages, there are links to higher-level pages. For example, in small lettering at the top of this tutorial, there are links to User:Gray Porpoise/Tutorials and User:Gray Porpoise.

What are the rules for subpages?

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There are certain ways in which subpages can be used that are disallowed.

  • You may put information about yourself on your user subpages, but keep this limited.
  • Absolutely no POV forks of articles are permitted.
  • Use subpages for drafts and other temporary or non-encyclopedic content. Use the article space only for content meant to stay part of the encyclopedia.

Further reading

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[[Category:Wikipedia how-to]]