Help:Subpages

Subpages introduce some hierarchical organization into wiki pages, with levels of the hierarchy separated by slashes (/).

How it works

Slashes (/) within a page name break the page into parent and subpages, recursively, e.g.:

• Help:Subpages - this page
• Help:Subpages/subpage - child page
• Help:Subpages/subpage/sub-subpage - grandchild page

Note that the part of page names after a slash is case sensitive including the first letter.

In subpages, a link back to antecedent pages will automatically appear at the top. These links do not appear, however, if the antecedent pages have not yet been created.

Use of subpages

There are various uses for the subpage feature. Some of the typical usages of subpages are:

• to create attachments belonging to the page

Subpages are useful for organising information hierarchically. On the other hand, subpages tend to have a long name that is hard to remember, so it may be more user-friendly to use them as little as possible. You can also organize pages with the category feature, which is more suitable for creating a hierarchical network of information.

See also

• Help:Variables#Page names
• Special:PrefixIndex – Provides a list of subpages.