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	::I can see the benefit of have a ''WikiProject'' or ''Project'' namespace. It would be helpful to understand what other FamilySearch wikis are in the pipeline and how they will effect the Research Wiki. Will they be part of the same MediaWiki installation, ie at ''wiki.familysearch.org'' sharing the same namespaces or will they be on a different server? Perhaps this wiki's server should be renamed ''researchwiki.familysearch.org''. Whatever is decided I have always thought that the namespace ''FamilySearch Wiki'' was too long and thought it would be useful to have an [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Namespace_alias namespace alias] like ''Project'' set-up. --[[User:CottrellS\|Steve]] 00:24, 15 December 2009 (UTC)		::I can see the benefit of have a ''WikiProject'' or ''Project'' namespace. It would be helpful to understand what other FamilySearch wikis are in the pipeline and how they will effect the Research Wiki. Will they be part of the same MediaWiki installation, ie at ''wiki.familysearch.org'' sharing the same namespaces or will they be on a different server? Perhaps this wiki's server should be renamed ''researchwiki.familysearch.org''. Whatever is decided I have always thought that the namespace ''FamilySearch Wiki'' was too long and thought it would be useful to have an [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Namespace_alias namespace alias] like ''Project'' set-up. --[[User:CottrellS\|Steve]] 00:24, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

			:I do not like the cumbersome names of projects as we are currently using them. I would like to see them shortened as much as possible and still retain a brief idea of the content of the project -- enough to draw potential contributors to that project. I would vote for a namespace of ''WikiProject'' (second choice ''Project'') with as short a title as possible following it. At the top of that project's page should be as brief statement of the scope and purpose of that project. Most potential contributors would be willing to click once to get to a page which describes the project in a little more detail, so they could decide whether or not they would like to contribute. I agree with the concern about confusing users of the Wiki by having the projects in the Main namespace and the potential problem of spamming the search results.[[User:Jbparker\|Jbparker]] 05:30, 15 December 2009 (UTC)