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:I have a technical question, I clicked on [[Special:Random]] and came across an "essay" (I forget the title). Isn't [[Special:Random]] only for mainspace articles? Or do "essays" not have their own namespace? (It started with Essay: so it looked like it had its own namespace). [[User:ChristopherW|ChristopherW]] ([[User talk:ChristopherW|talk]]) 15:00, 21 March 2017 (EDT)
:I have a technical question, I clicked on [[Special:Random]] and came across an "essay" (I forget the title). Isn't [[Special:Random]] only for mainspace articles? Or do "essays" not have their own namespace? (It started with Essay: so it looked like it had its own namespace). [[User:ChristopherW|ChristopherW]] ([[User talk:ChristopherW|talk]]) 15:00, 21 March 2017 (EDT)
:I have the answer to my question, "essays" do not have their own namespace. It seems silly to have asked it when answering the question myself was so easy. [[User:ChristopherW|ChristopherW]] ([[User talk:ChristopherW|talk]]) 15:02, 21 March 2017 (EDT)
:I have the answer to my question, "essays" do not have their own namespace. It seems silly to have asked it when answering the question myself was so easy. [[User:ChristopherW|ChristopherW]] ([[User talk:ChristopherW|talk]]) 15:02, 21 March 2017 (EDT)
::No problem, please do feel free to ask, even if the question does seem "silly"!
As I understand it, articles are created with various namespace titles, but Special:Random picks from any namespace, so there is little effect. However, namespaces are still used in maintenance, statistics, and so on. My bot also uses namespaces so some extent. I don't know if Special:Random was configured intentionally to load pages from any namespace, or if there is a glitch in the system somewhere. --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 16:00, 21 March 2017 (EDT)