Wikipedia:Index
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Wikipedia:Index is a page within Wikipedia's project namespace. This namespace—identified by the "Wikipedia:" prefix—does not contain encyclopedia articles but rather holds policies, guidelines, and organizational pages for the project. The term "index" refers to a navigational list that directs readers to other pages.
Pages of this type are typically created by project participants to facilitate the discovery of administrative information. Rather than searching for individual help pages separately, an index consolidates links to support pages, policies, and maintenance tools in one location.
Project namespace
Wikipedia organizes its pages into namespaces. The main namespace contains encyclopedia articles. The "Wikipedia:" namespace—known in English as the project namespace—holds documentation about how the project operates: editing guidelines, discussion procedures, and community structure. Pages in this namespace do not contain encyclopedic or scientific information.
Function of an index page
An index page typically consists of interconnected lists divided into separate sections. The contents of such pages change when indexed pages are created, renamed, or deleted. For this reason, an index is a continuously updated document maintained by editors rather than a fixed text.
Somali Wikipedia
Somali Wikipedia is one of the language editions of the project. Like other editions, it has project pages written in Somali, many of which have been translated or adapted from other editions. Pages of this type are typically linked to Wikidata, the shared data repository of Wikimedia projects, allowing different language editions to connect their corresponding pages.