mainspace

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noun

The primary namespace of a wiki, excluding secondary content such as discussion pages.

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Meanings

nounmainspace (countable and uncountable, plural mainspaces)

plural mainspaces

  1. InternetcountableuncountableThe primary namespace of a wiki, excluding secondary content such as discussion pages.

    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
    1 more example

    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
verbmainspace (third-person singular simple present mainspaces, present participle mainspacing, simple past and past participle mainspaced)

present singular third person mainspaces · participle present mainspacing · participle past mainspaced · past mainspaced

  1. InternetTo move a page on a wiki into the mainspace.

Origin

Blend of main + namespace.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

spanaemic
Cite this entry
APA

mainspace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mainspace

MLA

“mainspace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mainspace. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mainspace,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mainspace.

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