You can create a personal section in MediaWiki for your own notes — and there are a few ways to do it, depending on how visible, organized, or private you want it to be.
Here are some common approaches:
📝 Option 1: Use your User page
Each user automatically has a page like this:
[[User:ARoth]]
You can treat this like your personal scratchpad — it's meant for user-specific content. You can even create subpages for better organization:
[[User:ARoth/Notes]]
[[User:ARoth/Ideas]]
[[User:ARoth/Drafts/April2025]]
🔐 Option 2: Mark as private using permissions
If the wiki is set up to support per-namespace or per-page permissions (e.g., via extensions like Lockdown or Access Control), we could create a "Private Notes" namespace, or just protect our pages so only we (or admins) can view/edit.
📚 Option 3: Use a Personal Notes Category
You can tag your pages like this:
[[Category:Personal Notes]]
Then visit Special:Categories or create a custom landing page for all your tagged pages.
🗂 Option 4: Create a namespace for personal work (advanced)
If you're an admin or have config access, you can define a dedicated namespace like:
Personal:ARoth
This gives you a clean and organized separation from the main content.
✅ Bonus: Tips
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Use
__NOTOC__or__NOINDEX__if you don’t want your personal pages showing up in navigation or search engines. - Add a small header on each personal page to remind others it's your workspace:
'''Note:''' This is a personal work-in-progress page. Please don't edit without permission.