Forum:SH Archive/New namespaces for lists and disambigs

OK, I believe we've had this conversation before, but I still don't get the logic behind having lists and disambiguation pages in the main namespace. To me, it's a little deceiving to say we have articles when a number of those are lists and disambig pages that aren't focused on a particular encyclopedic topic. After all, you would find "List of US presidents" in a physical encyclopedic book. I understand the need for lists and disambigs, definitely, but I don't see why they should be part of the main namespace. I'm open to thoughts. I'd really like to know why we (and most wikis) do it this way. MasterFred (Whatever) 13:57, May 11, 2011 (UTC)