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How i can give same name for 2 pages under different parents?

Hananya Beck

I've read the whole history of this topic.

And it is clear that your answer (identical names to pages under different parents is problematic) is a BIG mistake.

You should refer to a page like Windows (for example) refers to a file:
I can create 2 files with the same name (fileX for example) under different folders.
And if I'm searching for the fileX which is both under parentA and under parentB I will get 2 results:
ParentA / fileX
ParentB / fileX

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

A file system is a poor analogy (and a worse model) for a documentation or wiki system.

Confluence doesn't allow spaces to contain duplicate names because it's a poor sorting and search system for documents.

If I search for "critical information" and get the result

Page name: Critical information
Page name: Critical information
Page name: Critical information

Which one was I looking for?

Hananya Beck

As you have been offered a million times in the past, the list will look like this (the page name will be full from the root of the Space):

Page name: SpaceName / ParentParentA / ParentA / Critical information
Page name: SpaceName / ParentParentB / ParentB / Critical information
Page name: SpaceName / ParentParentC / ParentC / Critical information

OR
Page name: Critical information
- Location: SpaceName / ParentParentA / ParentA
Page name: Critical information
- Location: SpaceName / ParentParentB / ParentB
Page name: Critical information
- Location: SpaceName / ParentParentC / ParentC

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Yes, but as you are refusing to understand, that does not answer the question.

Which one of those pages do I need?

I don't know that ParentA is going to usefully tell me that. I don't even know that someone has got that right.

So, to reuse the example again (and a real life one which was the entire reason a client chose to dump their system in favour of Confluence), within Space <System>:

Page name: /GRUM/Critical information
Page name: /PLIB/Critical information
Page name: /KLOM/Critical information

Which one of those do I need when I'm looking for "Critical information" about <System>?

And of course, the other failure - I want to have a "runbook" for my 450 systems and know I can enter <system>/runbook without having to know how to wade through layers that (again) might be misnamed or inconsistent.

Hananya Beck

If i need the "critical info" of subject X (GRUM for example)
i will choose the X/Critical information.

It is clear that the names of the parents are meaningful to those reading the document.

If i have a "runbook" for my 450 systems it is the same principle (i am adding some parents in the path):

Page name: system1/GRUM/temp1/temp2/runbook
Page name: system2/temp3/PLIB/runbook
Page name: system3/KLOM/runbook

ALL MUST TO BE SAME AS EACH FILE-EXPLORER OR DOCUMENT\BOOK EDITOR (like: word and more)

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