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 -- Adjust as needed!
 local DEFAULT_SUPPRESSED_NAMESPACES = {
+	["main"] = false,
      ["talk"] = true,
      ["user"] = true,
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 	"sandbox",
 }
+-- List of namespace aliases
+-- For "main", this is so editors can type in "main" since the main namespace's
+-- actual name is "". For "xw"-related namespaces, these are shorthands.
+local NAMESPACE_ALIASES = {
+	[""] = "main",							-- "" is treated as "main"
+	["xw"] = "xenharmonic wiki",			-- Shorthand
+	["xw talk"] = "xenharmonic wiki talk"	-- Shorthand
+}
+-- Helper function
+-- Converts namespace aliases to their actual names
+-- Must be placed before is_suppressed_namespace()
+local function normalize_ns(ns)
+	ns = mw.ustring.lower(mw.text.trim(ns or ""))	-- Convert to lowercase and and trim extra spaces
+	if ns == "" then ns = "main" end				-- Empty-string is assumed to be "main"
+	if NAMESPACE_ALIASES[ns] then
+		return NAMESPACE_ALIASES[ns]
+	end
+	return ns
+end
 -- Helper function: check if current namespace is excluded
 -- Accepts an optional table, containing or overriding other namespaces' rules
 local function is_suppressed_namespace(ns_override)
-	-- Get current namespace, as lowercase
+	-- Get current namespace, or aliased namespace, as lowercase
-	local curr_ns = mw.ustring.lower(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().nsText or '')
+	local curr_ns = normalize_ns(mw.title.getCurrentTitle().nsText)
 	-- Build table of suppressed namespaces; start with default list
 	local namespaces = {}
 	for k, v in pairs(DEFAULT_SUPPRESSED_NAMESPACES) do
-		namespaces[k] = v
+		namespaces[normalize_ns(k)] = v
 	end
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 	if type(ns_override) == "table" then
 		for k, v in pairs(ns_override) do
-			namespaces[k] = v
+			namespaces[normalize_ns(k)] = v
 		end
 	end