Thread:Talk:Extension default namespaces/Notes/reply (2)

Why don't we create some sort of real installation, or at least store namespaces somewhere else? Then instead of attempting to reserve namespace ids which may already be taken by a custom content namespace, or conflict with an extension that didn't know about this page, or was hosted somewhere other than here and thus not listed, we could instead just have extensions grab a free ns id and reserve it internally. It doesn't have to be real complex installation, just some sort of install.php maintenance script, with a Special page counterpart for those without SSH. Just for small things like reserving ns id's.