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'''Special pages''' are pages generated by the software on demand for special purposes, usually related to project maintenance. They are found in the <code>Special:</code> [[Meta:Namespaces|namespace]], a virtual namespace whose pages lack corresponding talk pages. They are not written in [[Help:Formatting|wikitext]] and cannot be directly edited but elements of their pages can sometimes be edited through corresponding pages in the [[Help:System message|MediaWiki namespace]]. If you make a normal redirect to a special page, the redirect will not be immediately followed (though special pages can be targets of [[soft redirect]]s), and directly creating any pages beginning with the <code>Special:</code> prefix is also not possible.
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'''Special pages''' are [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Creating a page on the fly</tvar>|created by the software on demand]]. They are located in the "<tvar name="2">Special:</tvar>" [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Namespace</tvar>|namespace]] and have no corresponding wikitext. An automatic list of most special pages is available by the <tvar name="4">[[Special:Specialpages|{{int:specialpages}}]]</tvar> link on every wiki page.


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Special pages often take parameters. Sometimes these can be supplied after a slash (as in [[Special:Log/block]]); in other cases an index.php call is used; for example https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&days=3&limit=10. Also, the content of most special pages depends on preferences that have been set by the user, e.g. classic or enhanced Recent Changes, the number of titles in Recent Changes and the watchlist, etc.
Below is an arranged list of special pages available on most [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia movement</tvar>|Wikimedia]] projects. Page names are case-insensitive; their default names were converted from capitalized lowercase to [[w:CamelCase|CamelCase]] in March 2008.</translate><!--revision?-->
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For many special pages the option <tvar name="1">[[Special:Preferences|{{int:mypreferences}}]]</tvar> → <tvar name="2">{{int:recentchanges}}</tvar> → "<tvar name="3">{{int:recentchangescount}}</tvar>" determines the number of titles per page.


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A directory of special pages ''available for the current user'' can be accessed from [[Special:SpecialPages]], which is found in the sidebar of every page on Wikipedia in the Tools section.


== Modifying special pages ==
=== All pages === <!--T:5-->
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Although special pages are not themselves editable, they generally contain standard text which is modifiable (although only by administrators). To find the right portion of text, append <code>[[mw:Help:Qqx|?uselang=qqx]]</code> to the special page URL, or append <code>&uselang=qqx</code> instead if the URL already contains a <code>?</code>. This will reveal message names in parentheses. Then, go to that name in the [[Help:System message|MediaWiki namespace]]. For example, <span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Special:BookSources}}?uselang=qqx Special:BookSources?uselang=qqx]</span> reveals "(booksources-summary)", so [[MediaWiki:Booksources-summary]] is used on that page. To propose a modification, leave an {{tl|edit fully-protected}} request on the talk page of the relevant MediaWiki page. An administrator will make the change if it seems appropriate.
* '''[[Special:Allpages|{{int:allpages}}]]''' <small>(Allpages)</small>
* '''[[Special:Prefixindex|{{int:prefixindex}}]]''' <small>(Prefixindex)</small>
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MediaWiki searches all pages in a specified group of names in a special [[w:ASCII#Order|ASCII order]]. Capitals come before lowercase letters; special characters, such as <tvar name="1">''é''</tvar>, come after <tvar name="2">''z''</tvar>.


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== Available special pages ==
MediaWiki searches include redirects (for example: <tvar name="1"><nowiki>#REDIRECT[[Page name]]</nowiki></tvar>). These redirects are usually displayed in a different style than normal pages because of <tvar name="2"><code>allpagesredirect</code></tvar> class.
=== By function ===
==== General information ====
* [[Special:AllMessages]] (System messages): displays all pages in the MediaWiki namespace. See [[Help:System message]].
* [[Special:SiteMatrix]] (Wikimedia wikis): lists all Wikimedia projects (such as different language Wikipedias) and their codes.
* [[Special:SpecialPages]]: a list of most special pages currently available to all users.
* [[Special:Statistics]]: total number of pages and users in various categories.
* [[Special:Version]]: shows the version of the software the site is currently running and lists the extensions, skins, and libraries currently installed.


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==== Page listings ====
If a person uses "<tvar name="1">{{int:allpagesfrom}}</tvar>" to search, both <tvar name="2">[[Special:Prefixindex]]</tvar> and <tvar name="3">[[Special:Allpages]]</tvar> will show the list of pages starting with this word, then Allpages will display all of the other pages in ASCII order which don't have this word.
* [[Special:AllPages]]: allows the user to access a portion of an alphabetical list of all Wikipedia pages in a specified namespace. A starting point can be given as a parameter, e.g. [[Special:AllPages/T]] (pages in the main namespace, from "T"), [[Special:AllPages/Template:]] (pages in the Template: namespace, from the start). For the order in which pages are listed, see alphabetical order.
* [[Special:Categories]]: shows an alphabetical list of categories, with numbers of members.
* [[Special:CategoryTree]]: displays categories in a tree structure.
* [[Special:ListFiles]] (File list): list of images and other files uploaded; can be sorted by size or date. [[Special:ListFiles/Example]] lists files uploaded by User:Example.
* [[Special:ListRedirects]] (Redirects): lists all redirects.
* [[Special:PagesWithProp]] (Pages with a page property): lists pages that use a particular page property.
* [[Special:PrefixIndex]] (All pages with prefix): similar to AllPages. Lists all pages of a specified namespace beginning with a given prefix. Useful to find subpages, for example: [[Special:PrefixIndex/User:Example]].
* [[Special:ProtectedPages]]: lists protected pages.
* [[Special:ProtectedTitles]]: lists titles which have been protected to prevent pages being created there.
* [[Special:UnconnectedPages]] (Pages not connected to items): lists pages not connected with any item from Wikidata.


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==== Tools ====
For example, if a person types in "<tvar name="1">Computer</tvar>" in the "<tvar name="2">{{int:allpagesfrom}}</tvar>" box on the <tvar name="3">[[Special:AllPages]]</tvar> page, MediaWiki will first list all pages that start with the word "<tvar name="1">Computer</tvar>":
* [[Special:ApiHelp]]: MediaWiki API help.
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* [[Special:ApiSandbox]]
* Computer
* [[Special:Book]] (Manage your book): gives access to functionality for creating personalized sets of Wikipedia pages. See [[Book tool]].
* Computer-Aided Design
* [[Special:ComparePages]]: to compare two pages (diffs between two pages).
* Computer-Aided Test Tool
* [[Special:Diff]]: e.g. <code><nowiki>[[Special:Diff/611653557|<text>]]</nowiki></code> gives [[Special:Diff/611653557|diff between version 611653557 and the preceding version of the same article]], or <code><nowiki>[[Special:Diff/583498451/611653557|<text>]]</nowiki></code> gives [[Special:Diff/583498451/611653557|diff between version 583498451 and 611653557]], not necessarily of the same article, e.g. [[Special:Diff/330350877/611653557]].
* ComputerWorld Smithsonian Award
** [[Special:MobileDiff/548289653...567368971|Special:MobileDiff/''id1''...''id2'']]: diffs in mobile version. e.g., [[Special:MobileDiff/548289653...567368971]].
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* [[Special:Export]] (Export pages): produces an XML file containing the wikitext and metadata of either the current version only, or all revisions, of one or more pages, specified in the form of a list; the XML file is in the format required for Special:Import; exporting is typically done either in preparation of applying the latter at another MediaWiki project, or for searching within old page revisions. See [[Help:Export]].
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* [[Special:Gadgets]]: lists gadgets that users can enable in their preferences.
MediaWiki will then list all of the other pages that don't start with "<tvar name="1">Computer</tvar>" in [[en:ASCII#Order|ASCII order]].
* [[Special:MIMESearch]]: filters files for media type.
* [[Special:MovePage]]: for moving (renaming) a page (see [[Help:Moving a page]]). The page must be given as a parameter.
* [[Special:Nearby]]: to see a list of articles around you (articles near your geographical location).
* [[Special:Random]]: redirects to a random page from the main namespace which is not a redirect. Other namespaces can be specified as a parameter, e.g. [[Special:Random/Talk]]. See [[Help:Random page]] for more details.
* [[Special:RandomInCategory]] (Random page in category): redirects to a random page within the specified category (can be from any namespace).
* [[Special:RandomRedirect]]: redirects to a random redirect page.
* [[Special:RandomRootpage]]: redirects to a random ''root'' page, that is, excluding sub-pages. Some wikis, such as Wikibooks, use a sub-page hierarchy. This function can be used there as a substitute for Special:Random, so it can be used to show "random books" in Wikibooks, instead of random pages.<ref>[[w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions/Archive 18#Volunteer-initiated extension to be deployed to Wikimedia sites]]</ref>
* [[Special:Search]]: for searching Wikipedia. See [[Help:Searching]].
* [[Special:TemplateSandbox]]
* [[Special:Upload]] (Upload file): upload a file to the wiki.
* [[Special:VipsTest]] (VIPS scaling test page)
* [[Special:WhatLinksHere]]: enables listing all pages linking to a given page (including transclusions and redirects). The target can be specified as a parameter, e.g. [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Swaziland]]. See [[Help:What links here]].


==== Latest changes ====
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* [[Special:AbuseFilter]] (Edit filter management): a set of tools for detecting problematic edits. See [[AbuseFilter]].
* '''[[Special:Protectedpages|{{int:protectedpages}}]]''' <small>(Protectedpages)</small> — <translate><!--T:12--> pages [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Protection</tvar>|protected]] from editing</translate>
* [[Special:AbuseLog]] (Edit filter log): the log generated by the Abuse Filter.
* '''[[Special:Protectedtitles|{{int:protectedtitles}}]]''' <small>(Protectedtitles)</small> — <translate><!--T:13--> titles protected from creation. This feature replaced cascading protection hack. Titles can be also protected by mask with <tvar name="1">[[MediaWiki:Titleblacklist]]</tvar>.</translate>
* Special:AdvancedReviewLog or Special:QualityOversight: listed recent approvals and deprecations of pending revisions. (deprecated in 2022; see [[phab:T277883]])
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* Special:ConfiguredPages (deprecated in 2022; see [[phab:T277883]])
=== Categories === <!--T:14-->
* [[Special:Log]] (All public logs): combined display of various logs. The type of log, user and page affected can be specified. Parameters "block", "delete", "protect" and "upload" are available. e.g. [[Special:Log/block]] displays the block log directly. For more information, see [[w:Help:Log]].
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* [[Special:NewFiles]] (Gallery of new files): gallery of new uploaded files.
* '''[[Special:Categories|{{int:categories}}]]''' <small>(Categories)</small>
* [[Special:NewPages]]: newest pages with creation date and time, current size, user who created the page, and first edit summary, in reverse order of creation.
: <translate><!--T:15--> List of all [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Category</tvar>|categories]], alphabetically ordered, showing the number of top elements in each category. Not very convenient, so many projects create index pages like [[w:Wikipedia:Contents/Categories]].</translate>
* Special:ProblemChanges (Tagged pending changes): tagged pending changes. (deprecated in 2021; see [[phab:T277883]])
* '''[[Special:CategoryTree|Category Tree]]''' <small>(Categorytree)</small>
* [[Special:RecentChanges]]: lists the latest edits in the project. Changes to watched pages appear bold. See [[Help:Recent changes]].
: <translate><!--T:16--> The tree of pages and subcategories, using [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CategoryTree</tvar>|Extension:CategoryTree]]. The same tree functionality is used on categories pages, and can be inserted into any page with <tvar name="2">{{tag|categorytree|open}}</tvar> tag.</translate>
* [[Special:RecentChangesLinked]] (Related changes): enables listing of the most recent changes in pages linked from a selected page, or belonging to a selected category. Changes to watched pages appear bold. The page can be supplied as a parameter, e.g. [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/Lesotho]]. See [[Help:Related changes]].
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* Special:ReviewedPages (deprecated in 2021; see [[phab:T277883]])
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* Special:ReviewedVersions (deprecated in 2021; see [[phab:T277883]])
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* Special:Stabilization or Special:Stabilisation (deprecated in 2022; see [[phab:T277883]])
* '''[[Special:Imagelist|{{int:imagelist}}]]''' <small>(Imagelist)</small>
* [[Special:Tags]]: lists the tags with which edits may be marked. See [[w:Wikipedia:Tags]].
: <translate><!--T:18--> List of uploaded files with descriptions, can be sorted by date, name or size.</translate>
* Special:UnreviewedPages (deprecated in 2022; see [[phab:T277883]])
* '''[[Special:Newimages|{{int:newimages}}]]''' <small>(Newimages)</small>
: <translate><!--T:19--> Gallery of uploaded files with thumbnails, sorted by upload date.</translate>
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==== Users ====
All these lists are updated periodically (not in real time). They say "The following data is cached" and show the day of the last update.
* [[Special:ActiveUsers]] (Active users list): lists editors who have performed at least one action in the last 30 days.
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* [[Special:BlockList]] (Blocked users): blocked IPs and usernames.
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* [[Special:Contributions]] (User contributions): enables listing of a user's contributions, or all new users' contributions. The user can be supplied as a parameter, e.g. [[Special:Contributions/Example]]. See [[Help:User contributions]].
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* [[Special:EmailUser]]: e.g. [[Special:EmailUser/Example]].
All these lists are limited to 5000 titles, on several large Wikimedia projects to 1000 titles.
* [[Special:ListGroupRights]] (User group rights): shows the rights assigned to user groups.
* [[Special:ListUsers]] (Users): lists all registered users. Can be filtered by group (e.g. administrators) and other criteria. Note that [[Special:ListAdmins]] redirects to [[Special:ListUsers/sysop]].


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* [[Special:CentralAuth]] (Global account information): global user statistics through the [[Help:Unified login|unified login]] or SUL (single user login). e.g. [[Special:CentralAuth/Jimbo Wales]].
* '''[[Special:Listredirects|{{int:listredirects}}]]''' <small>(Listredirects)</small>
* [[Special:GlobalBlockList]] (List of globally blocked IP addresses): all IP addresses with global blocks.
: <translate><!--T:24--> List of first 500/1000 [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Redirect</tvar>|redirects]], ordered by creation date.</translate>
* [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]] (Global group management): lists the rights associated with global user groups. Also lists the members of global user groups, and allows for management of rights.
* '''[[Special:Mostlinkedtemplates|{{int:mostlinkedtemplates}}]]''' <small>(Mostlinkedtemplates)</small>
* [[Special:GlobalUsers]] (Global accounts list): lists users across all Wikimedia wikis, along with global user group membership, and whether their account exists locally on English Wikipedia. Can also be filtered by global user groups.
* '''[[Special:Mostimages|{{int:mostimages}}]]''' <small>(Mostimages)</small>
* '''[[Special:Mostlinkedcategories|{{int:mostlinkedcategories}}]]''' <small>(Mostlinkedcategories)</small>
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These lists only show main namespace pages:
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* '''[[Special:Mostcategories|{{int:mostcategories}}]]''' <small>(Mostcategories)</small>
* '''[[Special:Shortpages|{{int:shortpages}}]]''' <small>(Shortpages)</small>
* '''[[Special:Longpages|{{int:longpages}}]]''' <small>(Longpages)</small>
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The following lists are no longer updated in Wikimedia projects due to big server load:
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* '''<s>[[Special:Mostlinked|{{int:mostlinked}}]]</s>''' <small>(Mostlinked)</small>
* '''<s>[[Special:Ancientpages|{{int:ancientpages}}]]</s>''' <small>(Ancientpages)</small>
* '''<s>[[Special:Fewestrevisions|{{int:fewestrevisions}}]]</s>''' <small>(Fewestrevisions)</small>
* '''<s>[[Special:Mostrevisions|{{int:mostrevisions}}]]</s>''' <small>(Mostrevisions)</small>
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* '''[[Special:BrokenRedirects|{{int:brokenredirects}}]]''' <small>(BrokenRedirects)</small>
: <translate><!--T:28--> Redirects to non-existent pages, usually left after deletions. Periodically fixed or deleted by administrators.</translate>


* '''[[Special:DoubleRedirects|{{int:doubleredirects}}]]''' <small>(DoubleRedirects)</small>
==== Personal ====
: <translate><!--T:29--> Redirects to other redirects. May contain false positives. Double redirects are fixed by [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Bot</tvar>|bots]] in many projects.</translate>
* [[Special:CentralLogin]] (Central user log in)
* [[Special:ChangePassword]], [[Special:ChangeEmail]] (Change or remove email address), [[Special:ConfirmEmail]] (Confirm email address) and [[Special:ResetTokens]]
* [[Special:Contributions]] (User contributions)
** [[Special:MyContributions]]: links to your contributions page. See [[Help:User contributions]].
* [[Special:EditWatchlist]] and [[Special:EditWatchlist/raw]]: To edit your watchlist.
* [[Special:MergeAccount]] (Login unification status): to create a unified account to log on to any Wikimedia project. See [[Help:Unified login]].
* [[Special:MyPage]]: links to your [[Help:User page|user page]].
* [[Special:MyTalk]]: links to your user talk page.
* [[Special:MyUploads]] (File list): lists files you have uploaded.
* [[Special:Notifications]]: links to your [[Echo (Notifications)|notifications]] page.
* [[Special:Preferences]]: allows you to view and modify your personal settings. See [[Help:Preferences]].
* [[Special:TopicSubscriptions]]: topics on talk pages you are following.
* [[Special:UserLogin]] (Log in): to log in to Wikipedia. [[Special:UserLogin/signup]] (Create account) to create an account. See [[Help:Logging in]].
* [[Special:UserLogout]] (Log out): to log out of your account.
* [[Special:Watchlist]]: shows recent changes to the pages you are watching. See [[Help:Watching pages]].


* '''[[Special:Lonelypages|{{int:lonelypages}}]]''' <small>(Lonelypages)</small>
==== Maintenance ====
: <translate><!--T:30--> Main namespace pages with no links to them in the wiki.</translate>
* [[Special:BrokenRedirects]]: lists redirects that point a non-existent page. May contain false positives.
* [[Special:DisambiguationPages]]: lists all the disambiguation pages.
* [[Special:DisambiguationPageLinks]] (Pages linking to disambiguation pages), which lists all of the pages that link to disambiguation pages. (This is a replacement for the old Special:Disambiguations page which is deprecated.)
* [[Special:DoubleRedirects]]: lists redirects that redirect to another redirect. May contain false positives.
* [[Special:FileDuplicateSearch]]: Check to see if a certain file has a duplicate.
* [[Special:ListDuplicatedFiles]]: See all duplicated files on Wikipedia.
* [[Special:LongPages]]: pages in the main namespace, with size in bytes, in order of decreasing size.
* [[Special:MostLinkedFiles]] (Most linked-to files): lists images and other files linked from the largest number of pages.
* [[Special:ShortPages]]: pages in the main namespace, with size (of the wikitext excluding that of templates used) in bytes, in order of increasing size.
* [[Special:UncategorizedFiles]]: images and other files without category tags (see above).
* [[Special:UncategorizedPages]]: pages without category tags. Note that after adding a tag to a page, refreshing this page does not immediately reflect the change. Note also that [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]] is disabled.
* [[Special:UncategorizedTemplates]]: templates without category tags (see above).
* [[Special:UnusedCategories]]
* [[Special:UnusedFiles]]
* [[Special:UnusedTemplates]]: templates which are not transcluded (however, they may be used for substitution).
* [[Special:WantedCategories]]: categories with members but no category page.
* [[Special:WantedFiles]]: missing image files and others.
* [[Special:WithoutInterwiki]] (Pages without language links): pages without links to other language Wikipedias.


* '''[[Special:Deadendpages|{{int:deadendpages}}]]''' <small>(Deadendpages)</small>
==== Miscellaneous ====
: <translate><!--T:31--> Main namespace pages without any outgoing internal links.</translate>
* [[Special:Badtitle]]: The error message shown when attempting to access a page with an invalid title or with an incorrectly linked [[Help:Interwiki linking|interwiki]] prefix. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%23 (%23 represents the number sign, which is unsupported) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meatball:WikiPedia (meatball: cannot be directly linked in the URL) for examples. Note that this special page was intentionally and by design a red link.
* [[Special:BlankPage]]: a blank page.
* [[Special:BookSources]]: search sources for a book by inputting the book's ISBN number.
* [[Special:Captcha]] (CAPTCHA help): shows "Captcha" help.
* [[Special:Cite]] (Cite This Page): generates bibliographic citations, in several formats, for citing a Wikipedia article as a reference.
* [[Special:ExpandTemplates]]: an extension used to produce expanded wikitext, i.e. templates, parser functions and variables in the input text are expanded recursively. See also [[mw:Extension:ExpandTemplates]].
* [[Special:FilePath]] (Redirect by file, user, page or revision ID): returns the complete path for a file.
* [[Special:Hieroglyphs]] (Try hieroglyph markup): to try out hieroglyph markup.
* [[Special:Interwiki]] (View interwiki data): view interwiki data.
* [[Special:LinkSearch]] (External links search): for searching for external links. See [[Help:Linksearch]] and [[mw:Help:Linksearch]].
* [[Special:MobileOptions]] (Settings): change settings for Mobile view.
* [[Special:Permalink/532639569|Special:Permalink/''Oldid'']]: for linking to a specific version of a wiki page. See [[w:Help:Permanent link]].
* [[Special:Random]]: a random page.
* [[Special:Redirect]] (Redirect by file, user, page or revision ID): [[Special:Redirect/revision/532639569]] is equivalent to [[Special:Permalink/532639569]]
* [[Special:SecurePoll]]
* [[Special:WikiSets]], shows a list of wiki sets


* '''[[Special:Withoutinterwiki|{{int:withoutinterwiki}}]]''' <small>(Withoutinterwiki)</small>
==== Restricted ====
: <translate><!--T:32--> Main namespace pages without [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Interwiki linking#Interlanguage links</tvar>|Interlanguage links]].</translate>
The following pages can be accessed only by users with certain privileges.
* [[Special:Block]]: available to [[Meta:Administrators|administrators]]. Used to block or unblock users, IPs and ranges of IPs.
* [[Special:CheckUser]]: available to users with the [[Meta:CheckUsers|checkuser]] privilege.
* [[Special:DeletedContributions]]: available to administrators.
* [[Special:Import]]: available to administrators and importers. See [[Help:Import]].
* [[Special:LockDB]] and [[Special:UnlockDB]]: available only to [[developers]]. Used to switch the database between read/write and read-only modes.
* [[Special:MassMessage]]: allows administrators and mass message senders to send a message to a list of users ([[mw:Help:Extension:MassMessage|help]]).
* [[Special:Nuke]]: available to administrators.
* [[Special:Undelete]]: available to administrators. Provides one way to undelete a page.
* [[Special:UnwatchedPages]]: available to administrators.
* [[Special:UserRights]]: can be read by anyone, however only administrators can use the page to assign and remove user access rights (e.g. [[Meta:Rollback|rollbacker]] status).


* '''[[Special:Wantedcategories|{{int:wantedcategories}}]]''' <small>(Wantedcategories)</small>
==== Infrequently updated ====
: <translate><!--T:33--> Non-existent categories used on wiki pages. These should either be created (by adding category description and upper categories) or those wiki pages should be fixed (e.g. if someone mistyped a category name).</translate>
The following special pages are updated on a less regular schedule. Some of these pages may have analogues on [[w:Wikipedia:Wikimedia Cloud Services|cloud services]].
* '''[[Special:Wantedpages|{{int:wantedpages}}]]''' <small>(Wantedpages)</small>
* [[Special:AncientPages]] (Dormant pages): pages in the main namespace, in order of last edit. See [[w:Wikipedia:Database reports/Forgotten articles]]. Updated on the 8th and 22nd of each month.<ref>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/ancientpages.pp</ref>
: <translate><!--T:34--> List of non-existing pages with the most links to them, excluding pages which only have redirects linking to them.</translate>
* [[Special:DeadendPages]]: pages without any outgoing links. Updated on the 9th and 23rd of each month.<ref>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/deadendpages.pp</ref>
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* [[Special:FewestRevisions]] (Pages with the fewest revisions): lists articles with the fewest revisions. Updated on the 13th and 27th of each month.<ref>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/fewestrevisions.pp</ref>
* [[Special:LonelyPages]] (Orphaned pages): i.e. articles with no links to them in the wiki. Updated on the 15th of every month.<ref>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#4</ref>
* [[Special:MostCategories]] (Pages with the most categories): lists articles whose number of categories is largest. Updated on the 16th of every month.<ref>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#9</ref>
* [[Special:MostLinkedCategories]] (Most linked-to categories): lists categories with the most pages. Updated on the 17th of every month.<ref>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#14</ref>
* [[Special:MostLinkedPages]] (Most linked-to pages): lists pages linked from the largest number of other pages. Updated on the 10th and 24th of each month.<ref>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/mostlinked.pp</ref>
* [[Special:MostRevisions]] (Pages with the most revisions): lists articles with the most revisions. Updated on the 11th and 25th of each month.<ref>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/mostrevisions.pp</ref>
* [[Special:MostTranscludedPages]] or [[Special:MostLinkedTemplates]] (Most transcluded pages): lists templates for which the number of pages in which the template is transcluded is largest, not counting transclusions through redirects. Updated on the 18th of every month.<ref>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#19</ref>
* [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]] Updated on the 19th of every month.<ref>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#24</ref>
* [[Special:WantedPages]] Updated on the 12th and 26th of each month.<ref>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/wantedpages.pp</ref>
* [[Special:WantedTemplates]] Updated on the 20th of every month.<ref>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#29</ref>


=== Alphabetical order ===
=== Without categories === <!--T:35-->
==== A ====
* [[Special:AbuseFilter]], Edit filter management
* [[Special:AbuseLog]], Edit filter log
* [[Special:ActiveUsers]], Active users list
* [[Special:AllMessages]], System messages
* [[Special:AllMyUploads]], File list
* [[Special:AllPages]], All pages
* [[Special:AncientPages]], Dormant pages
* [[Special:ApiFeatureUsage]], Deprecated API feature usage
* [[Special:ApiHelp]], MediaWiki API help
* [[Special:ApiSandbox]], MediaWiki web service API sandbox
* [[Special:AutoblockList]], list of active autoblocks


<!--T:36-->
==== B ====
Usually these pages need to be either categorized or deleted.
* [[Special:BannerLoader]]
</translate>
* [[Special:BannerRandom]], 410
* '''[[Special:UncategorizedPages|{{int:uncategorizedpages}}]]''' <small>(Uncategorizedpages)</small>
* [[Special:BetaFeatures]], Beta features
* '''[[Special:UncategorizedCategories|{{int:uncategorizedcategories}}]]''' <small>(Uncategorizedcategories)</small>
* [[Special:BlankPage]], Blank page
* '''[[Special:UncategorizedImages|{{int:uncategorizedimages}}]]''' <small>(Uncategorizedimages)</small>
* [[Special:Block]], Block user
* '''[[Special:UncategorizedTemplates|{{int:uncategorizedtemplates}}]]''' <small>(Uncategorizedtemplates)</small>
* [[Special:BlockList]], Blocked users
<translate>
* [[Special:Book]], Manage your book
=== Unused === <!--T:37-->
* [[Special:BookSources]], Book sources given the 10- or 13-digit ISBN number
* [[Special:BotPasswords]], Create bot passwords
* [[Special:BrokenRedirects]], Broken redirects
* [[Special:BrokenLinks]], Wanted pages. Redirects to [[Special:WantedPages]].


<!--T:38-->
==== C ====
If the pages are not used, they probably need to be deleted. Note however that images might be used externally, and templates may be used for substitution.
* [[Special:Captcha]], CAPTCHA help
</translate>
* [[Special:Categories]], Categories
* '''[[Special:UnusedImages|{{int:unusedimages}}]]''' <small>(Unusedimages)</small>
* [[Special:CategoryTree]], Category tree
* '''[[Special:UnusedCategories|{{int:unusedcategories}}]]''' <small>(Unusedcategories)</small>
* [[Special:CentralAuth]], Global account information
* '''[[Special:UnusedTemplates|{{int:unusedtemplates}}]]''' <small>(Unusedtemplates)</small>
* [[Special:CentralAutoLogin]], Central login (use by the software); see next
<translate>
* [[Special:CentralLogin]], Central login
== Tools == <!--T:39-->
* [[Special:ChangeContentModel]], Change content model of a page. Available only to [[template editor]]s and [[Meta:Administrators|administrator]]s.
</translate>
* [[Special:ChangeCredentials]], For changing password
* '''[[Special:WhatLinksHere|{{int:whatlinkshere}}]]''' <small>(Whatlinkshere)</small>
* [[Special:ChangeEmail]], Change or remove email address
: <translate><!--T:40--> This link is available on every wiki page, see [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:What links here</tvar>|Help:What links here]] on MediaWiki.</translate>
* [[Special:ChangePassword]], For changing password
* '''[[Special:Upload|{{int:upload}}]]''' <small>(Upload)</small>
* [[Special:CheckUser]], Check user. Available only to users with the [[Meta:CheckUsers|CheckUser]] right.
: <translate><!--T:41--> Available only to [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/registered user</tvar>|autoconfirmed]] users on most projects.</translate>
* [[Special:CheckUserLog]], CheckUser log
* '''[[Special:FilePath|{{int:filepath}}]]''' <small>(Filepath)</small>
* [[Special:CiteThisPage]], Cite this page
: <translate><!--T:42--> Returns the complete path for a file.</translate>
* [[Special:CollabPad]]
* '''[[Special:ExpandTemplates|{{int:expandtemplates}}]]''' <small>(ExpandTemplates)</small>
* [[Special:ComparePages]], Compare differences between page A and B
: <translate><!--T:43--> Provides an input box to enter wikitext, and another one to enter a page name, and produces [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Expansion</tvar>|expanded]] wikitext, i.e., templates, parser functions and variables are expanded recursively; variables depending on page name are expanded based on the supplied page name.</translate>
* [[Special:ConfirmEmail]], Confirm email address
* '''[[Special:Booksources|{{int:booksources}}]]''' <small>(Booksources)</small>
* [[Special:Contribs]], redirects to [[Special:Contributions]]
: <translate><!--T:44--> [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Help:ISBN links</tvar>|ISBN]] Book Sources</translate>
* [[Special:Contributions]], List contributions of a user
* '''[[Special:CiteThisPage|{{int:citethispage}}]]''' <small>(Cite)</small>
* [[Special:CreateAccount]], Create account
: <translate><!--T:45--> See [[w:Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia]].</translate>
* [[Special:CreateMassMessageList]], Create mass message delivery list
* '''[[Special:Export|{{int:export}}]]''' <small>(Export)</small>
: <translate><!--T:46--> Produces an XML file containing the wikitext and metadata of either the current version only, or all revisions, of one or more pages, specified in the form of a list; the XML file is in the format required for <tvar name="1">Special:Import</tvar>; exporting is typically done either in preparation of applying the latter at another MediaWiki project, or for searching within old page revisions. See [[<tvar name="2">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Export</tvar>|Help:Export]] on MediaWiki.</translate>
<translate>
=== Search === <!--T:47-->
</translate>
* '''[[Special:Search|{{int:search}}]]''' <small>(Search)</small>
: <translate><!--T:48--> See <tvar name="1">{{ll|Help:Searching}}</tvar>.</translate>
* '''[[Special:Linksearch|{{int:linksearch}}]]''' <small>(Linksearch)</small>
: <translate><!--T:49--> See [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Linksearch|Help:Linksearch]] on MediaWiki.</translate>
* '''[[Special:MIMEsearch|{{int:mimesearch}}]]''' <small>(MIMEsearch)</small>
: <translate><!--T:50--> Filters files for its MIME-type.</translate>
<translate>
=== Random === <!--T:51-->
</translate>
* '''[[Special:Random|{{int:randompage}}]]''' <small>(Random)</small>
* '''[[Special:Randomredirect|{{int:randomredirect}}]]''' <small>(Randomredirect)</small>
<translate>
<!--T:52-->
These links redirect to a random page/redirect from the main namespace. Other namespaces can be specified as a parameter.
</translate>
{| class="collapsible collapsed" style="width:40%; float:left; border: 1px solid #999; background: transparent; margin:.5em; padding:5px; margin-left:30px"
|-
!colspan=2|<translate><!--T:53--> Random pages</translate>
|-
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:0}}|(Main)]]
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:1}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|-
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:2}}|{{ns:2}}]]
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:3}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|-
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:4}}|{{ns:4}}]]
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:5}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|-
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:6}}|{{ns:6}}]]
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:7}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|-
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:8}}|{{ns:8}}]]
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:9}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|-
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:10}}|{{ns:10}}]]
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:11}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|-
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:12}}|{{ns:12}}]]
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:13}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|-
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:14}}|{{ns:14}}]]
|[[Special:Random/{{ns:15}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|}


{| class="collapsible collapsed" style="width:40%; float:left; border: 1px solid #999; background: transparent; margin:.5em; padding:5px"
==== D ====
|-
* [[Special:DeadendPages]], Dead-end pages
!colspan=2|<translate><!--T:54--> Random redirects</translate>
* [[Special:DeletedContributions]], Deleted user contributions
|-
* [[Special:Diff]], Display the difference between one version and another of a Wikipedia page
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:0}}|(Main)]]
* [[Special:DisableGlobalBlock]], Local status of global blocks
* [[Special:DisableOATHForUser]]
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:1}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|-
* [[Special:DisambiguationPageLinks]], Pages linking to disambiguation pages
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:2}}|{{ns:2}}]]
* [[Special:DisambiguationPages]], Disambiguation pages
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:3}}|{{ns:1}}]]
* [[Special:DisplayNotificationsConfiguration]], Display Notifications configuration
|-
* [[Special:DoubleRedirects]], Double redirects
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:4}}|{{ns:4}}]]
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:5}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|-
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:6}}|{{ns:6}}]]
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:7}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|-
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:8}}|{{ns:8}}]]
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:9}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|-
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:10}}|{{ns:10}}]]
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:11}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|-
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:12}}|{{ns:12}}]]
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:13}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|-
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:14}}|{{ns:14}}]]
|[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:15}}|{{ns:1}}]]
|}
{{Clear}}
<translate>
=== Users actions === <!--T:55-->
</translate>
* '''[[Special:Log|{{int:log}}]]''' <small>(Log)</small>
: <translate><!--T:56--> See [[<tvar name="1">#Logs</tvar>|#Logs]] below.</translate>


* '''[[Special:Recentchanges|{{int:recentchanges}}]]''' <small>(Recentchanges)</small>
==== E ====
: <translate><!--T:57--> See <tvar name="1">{{ll|Help:Recent changes}}</tvar>. Limited to 30 days on Wikimedia projects, just like two following special pages and the watchlist.</translate>
* [[Special:Edit]], redirects to [[Special:EditPage]]
* '''[[Special:Recentchangeslinked|{{int:recentchangeslinked}}]]''' <small>(Recentchangeslinked – Relatedchanges ([[bugzilla:13112]]))</small>
* [[Special:EditMassMessageList]], Edit mass message delivery list
: <translate><!--T:58--> See [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Related changes</tvar>|Help:Related changes]] on MediaWiki.</translate>
* [[Special:EditPage]], edit a page
* '''[[Special:Newpages|{{int:newpages}}]]''' <small>(Newpages)</small>
* [[Special:EditTags]], For edit [[special:tags|tags]]
:: <translate><!--T:59--> See [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLangauge/Help:New pages</tvar>|Help:New pages]] on MediaWiki. Can be [[<tvar name="2">mw:Special:MyLangauge/Help:Patrolled edits</tvar>|patrolled]] on Wikimedia projects.</translate>
* [[Special:EditWatchlist]], Edit watchlist
<translate>
* [[Special:EditWikiSets]], Wiki sets
== Project == <!--T:60-->
* [[Special:EmailUser]], Email user
* [[Special:EntityUsage]], Entity usage
* [[Special:ExpandTemplates]], Expand templates
* [[Special:Export]], Export pages


==== F ====
=== Account === <!--T:61-->
</translate>
* [[Special:FeedItem]], Feed item
* '''[[Special:Userlogin|{{int:userlogin}}]]''' <small>(Userlogin)</small>
* [[Special:FewestRevisions]], Pages with the fewest revisions
: <translate><!--T:62--> Creates new login [[w:HTTP cookie|cookie]].</translate>
* [[Special:FileDuplicateSearch]], Search for duplicate files
* <translate><!--T:63--> <tvar name="1">[[Special:CreateAccount]]</tvar> and <tvar name="2">[[Special:Userlogin/signup]]</tvar> are two aliases for account creation page. Registered user can use this page to create a new account (for example, for a bot), so that it's affiliation with the main account would be obvious from the [[<tvar name="3">Special:Log/newusers</tvar>|user creation log]].</translate>
* [[Special:FilePath]], Redirect to a file
* '''[[Special:Userlogout|{{int:logout}}]]''' <small>(Userlogout)</small>
* [[Special:FileList]], File list. Redirects to [[Special:ListFiles]]
: <translate><!--T:64--> Destroys cookie, see also <tvar name="1">{{ll|Privacy policy}}</tvar>. This link is not included in the automatic list because it is present on every page.</translate>
<translate>
<!--T:65-->
Pages available only to [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Registered user</tvar>|registered users]]:
</translate>
* '''[[Special:Preferences|{{int:preferences}}]]''' <small>(Preferences)</small>
: <translate><!--T:66--> See <tvar name="1">{{ll|Help:Preferences}}</tvar>.</translate>
* '''[[Special:Watchlist|{{int:watchlist}}]]''' <small>(Watchlist)</small>
: <translate><!--T:67--> See [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Watching pages|Help:Watching pages]] on MediaWiki.</translate>
* '''[[Special:MergeAccount|{{int:mergeaccount}}]]''' <small>(MergeAccount)</small>
: <translate><!--T:68--> See <tvar name="1">{{ll|Help:Unified login}}</tvar>.</translate>
<translate>
=== Users === <!--T:69-->
</translate>
* '''[[Special:Listusers|{{int:listusers}}]]''' <small>(Listusers)</small>
: <translate><!--T:70--> Alphabetic list of all registered users, can be shown by group. There also is <tvar name="1">[[Special:ListAdmins]]</tvar>, which is a redirect to <tvar name="2">[[Special:ListUsers/sysop]]</tvar>. For some project families, notably Fandom, this applies for the whole family.</translate>
* '''[[Special:Ipblocklist|{{int:ipblocklist}}]]''' <small>(Ipblocklist)</small>
: <translate><!--T:71--> Blocked IPs and usernames.</translate>
* '''[[Special:Contributions|{{int:contributions}}]]''' <small>(Contributions)</small>
: <translate><!--T:72--> Requires a target user: e.g. <tvar name="1">[[Special:Contributions/Example]]</tvar>. This link is also present on every user/user talk page. Registered users also have the link to their own contributions on top.</translate>
<translate>
=== MediaWiki === <!--T:73-->
</translate>
* '''[[Special:Version|{{int:version}}]]''' <small>(Version)</small>
: <translate><!--T:74--> Shows <tvar name="1">{{ll|MediaWiki}}</tvar> version the site is currently running, and a listing of extensions installed.</translate>
* '''[[Special:Statistics|{{int:statistics}}]]''' <small>(Statistics)</small>
: <translate><!--T:75--> Project statistics, appearance is defined by <tvar name="1">[[MediaWiki:Sitestatstext]]</tvar>.</translate>
* '''[[Special:Specialpages|{{int:specialpages}}]]''' <small>(Specialpages)</small>
: <translate><!--T:76--> Automatic list of most special pages.</translate>
* '''[[Special:Allmessages|{{int:allmessages}}]]''' <small>(Allmessages)</small>
: <translate><!--T:77--> All pages in the MediaWiki namespace, see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:System message|Help:System message]] on MediaWiki.</translate>
* '''[[Special:Gadgets|Gadgets]]''' <small>(Gadgets)</small>
: <translate><!--T:78--> By [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Gadgets</tvar>|Extension:Gadgets]].</translate>
<translate>
=== Wikimedia === <!--T:79-->
</translate>
* '''[[Special:SiteMatrix|Wiki matrix]]''' <small>(SiteMatrix)</small>
: <translate><!--T:80--> By [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:SiteMatrix</tvar>|Extension:SiteMatrix]]. Displays all sites of the <tvar name="2">{{ll|Wikimedia Foundation}}</tvar>.</translate>
* '''[[Special:Boardvote|<translate><!--T:81--> Wikimedia Board of Trustees election</translate>]]''' <small>(Boardvote)</small>
: <translate><!--T:82--> Voting software for <tvar name="1">{{ll|Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees}}</tvar> elections.</translate>
<translate>
== Restricted special pages == <!--T:83-->


<!--T:84-->
==== G ====
These pages are only available to users with special rights. Most of them are linked from the corresponding places in MediaWiki interface.
* [[Special:Gadgets]], List of Gadgets
</translate>
* [[Special:GadgetUsage]], Gadget usage statistics
; <translate><!--T:85--> Sysops</translate>
* [[Special:GlobalBlock]], Globally block IP addresses
* [[Special:Blockip|{{int:blockip}}]] <small>(Blockip)</small>
* [[Special:GlobalBlockList]], List of globally blocked IP addresses
: <translate><!--T:86--> Block or unblock users, IPs and ranges of IPs.</translate>
* [[Special:GlobalBlockWhitelist]], Local status of global blocks
* [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]], Global group management
* [[Special:Undelete|{{int:undelete}}]] <small>(Undelete)</small>
: <translate><!--T:87--> Restore all or some revisions of deleted page.</translate>
* [[Special:GloballyWantedFiles]], Globally wanted files
* [[Special:DeletedContributions|{{int:deletedcontributions}}]] <small>(DeletedContributions)</small>
* [[Special:GlobalRenameProgress]], Global rename progress
: <translate><!--T:88--> Show user's contributions to deleted pages.</translate>
* [[Special:GlobalRenameQueue]], Global rename queue
* [[Special:GlobalRenameRequest]], Global user account rename request
* [[Special:Import|{{int:import}}]] <small>(Import)</small>
: <translate><!--T:89--> Imports the wikitext and metadata of one or more revisions of one or more pages by uploading an XML file in the format produced by <tvar name="1">Special:Export</tvar> (typically after applying the latter at another MediaWiki project). See <tvar name="2">{{ll|Help:Import}}</tvar>.</translate>
* [[Special:GlobalRenameUser]], Globally rename user account
* [[Special:Unwatchedpages|{{int:unwatchedpages}}]] <small>(Unwatchedpages)</small>
* [[Special:GlobalUnblock]], Unblock globally blocked IP addresses
: <translate><!--T:90--> List of pages not watched by anyone.</translate>
* [[Special:GlobalUsage]], Global file usage
* [[Special:GlobalUserMerge]], Merge user accounts
* [[Special:Nuke|{{int:Nuke}}]] <small>(Nuke)</small>
: <translate><!--T:91--> Mass deletions of pages recently added by a given user or IP. This is [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Nuke</tvar>|Extension:Nuke]], enabled only on some Wikimedia projects.</translate>
* [[Special:GlobalUserRights]], Membership in global groups
* [[Special:GlobalUsers]], Global accounts list
* [[Special:GoToInterwiki]], (required value: valid project prefix), Hop into another project. Example: [[Special:GoToInterwiki/fr:]]
* [[Special:GraphSandbox]], Graph sandbox


; <translate><!--T:92--> Bureaucrats</translate>
==== H ====
* [[Special:HideBanners]], gives blank page
* [[Special:Makesysop]]
: <translate><!--T:93--> Make a user into a sysop.</translate>
* [[Special:Hieroglyphs]], Try hieroglyph markup
* [[Special:Makebot]]
* [[Special:History]], (required value; valid page name). Page history. [[Special:History/Example]]
: <translate><!--T:94--> Make a user into a bot.</translate>
* [[Special:Renameuser]]
: <translate><!--T:95--> Rename user account, see [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Renameuser</tvar>|Extension:Renameuser]].</translate>


; <translate><!--T:96--> CheckUsers</translate>
==== I ====
* [[Special:CheckUser]]
* [[Special:Import]], Import pages. Available only to [[Meta:Administrators|administrator]]s, [[importer]]s, and transwiki importers.
: <translate><!--T:97--> Get user IP, see <tvar name="1">{{ll|Help:CheckUser}}</tvar>.</translate>
* [[Special:Info]], redirects to [[Special:PageInfo]]
* [[Special:Interwiki]], View interwiki data
* [[Special:InvalidateEmail]], invalidate e-mail. Parameter required.
* [[Special:Investigate]], same as [[Special:CheckUser]]
* [[Special:InvestigateBlock]], same as [[Special:CheckUser]]


; <translate><!--T:98--> Oversight</translate>
==== L ====
* [[Special:LinkAccounts]], Link accounts
* [[Special:Oversight]]
: <translate><!--T:99--> See [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Oversight policy</tvar>|oversight policy]].</translate>
* [[Special:LinkSearch]], External links search
* [[Special:LintErrors]], Lint errors ([[mw:Help:Extension:Linter]])
* [[Special:ListAdmins]], redirects to [[Special:ListUsers/sysop]]
* [[Special:ListBots]], redirects to [[Special:ListUsers/bot]]
* [[Special:ListDuplicatedFiles]], List of files with duplicates
* [[Special:ListGrants]], Grants
* [[Special:ListGroupRights]], User group rights
* [[Special:ListRedirects]], Redirects
* [[Special:ListUsers]], List of all users
* [[Special:LockDB]], Lock database (disable write)
* [[Special:Log]], All public logs
* [[Special:LonelyPages]], Orphaned pages
* [[Special:LongPages]], Long pages
* [[Special:Login]], redirects to [[Special:UserLogin]]
* [[Special:Logout]], redirects to [[Special:UserLogout]]


; <translate><!--T:100--> Stewards</translate>
==== M ====
* [[Special:Map]], Coordinates information
* [[Special:Userrights|{{int:userrights}}]] <small>(Userrights)</small>
: <translate><!--T:101--> Give and remove user access rights (e.g. sysop, bureaucrat, checkuser) on any Wikimedia project. On some projects also available to sysops for giving users patrol or rollback flags.</translate>
* [[Special:MassMessage]], Send mass message
* [[Special:MathShowImage]]
* [[Special:MathStatus]], Math status
* [[Special:MathWikibase]], information of mathematical items
* [[Special:MediaStatistics]], Media statistics about uploaded file types
* [[Special:MergeAccount]], Login unification
* [[Special:MergeHistory]], Merge page histories
* [[Special:MIMESearch]], MIME search
* [[Special:MobileDiff]], (required value: valid revision id). Shows diffs as they are shown on mobile web. Cf. [[Special:MobileDiff/1]]
* [[Special:MobileLanguages]], parameter required. Only available on mobile view.
* [[Special:MobileOptions]], Settings
* [[Special:MostCategories]], Pages with the most categories
* [[Special:MostGloballyLinkedFiles]], Most globally linked files
* [[Special:MostInterwikis]], Pages with the most interwikis
* [[Special:MostLinkedCategories]], Most linked-to categories
* [[Special:MostLinkedFiles]], Most linked-to files
* [[Special:MostLinkedPages]], Most linked-to pages
* [[Special:MostRevisions]], Pages with the most revisions
* [[Special:MostTranscludedPages]], Most transcluded pages
* [[Special:MovePage]], (required value: valid page name). Example [[Special:MovePage/Main page]]
* [[Special:MultiLock]], Lock and Unlock global accounts.
* [[Special:MyContributions]], User contributions
* [[Special:MyLanguage]], intended for multilingual sites. This special page goes to the page of the name supplied after the slash, e.g. [[Special:MyLanguage/Example]] goes to [[Example]] on this wiki. When an interwiki Page or an invalid page name is entered after the slash, this page redirects to Main page.
* [[Special:MyPage]], User page for active user, also used for generic link to User/[[Special:MyPage/sandbox|sandbox]]
* [[Special:MyTalk]], Talk page of active user.
* [[Special:MyUploads]], Uploads of active user


; <translate><!--T:102--> Developers</translate>
==== N ====
* [[Special:Nearby]], articles nearby your geographical location
* [[Special:Lockdb]]
: <translate><!--T:103--> Lock database, puts the wiki in read only mode.</translate>
* [[Special:NewFiles]], Gallery of new files
* [[Special:NewPages]], New pages
* [[Special:Unlockdb]]
: <translate><!--T:104--> Unlock database: returns the wiki to read/write mode.</translate>
* [[Special:Notifications]], notifications
<translate>
* [[Special:NotificationsMarkRead]], Notification: Mark as read
<!--T:105-->
* [[Special:Nuke]], Mass delete
== Other pages ==
These pages are not listed in the automatic list because they are already present in MediaWiki interface.
</translate>
* '''[[Special:Movepage|{{int:move}}]]''' <small>(Movepage)</small>
* '''[[Special:Captcha|{{int:captchahelp-title}}]]''' <small>(Captcha)</small>
* '''[[Special:Confirmemail|{{int:confirmemail}}]]''' <small>(Confirmemail)</small>


<translate><!--T:106--> Also, by definition these pages can be considered special:</translate><!--action=delete vs Special:Move was not very consistent-->
==== O ====
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Page history|<translate><!--T:107--> Page history</translate>]]
* [[Special:OATH]], Enable two-factor authentication
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Diff|<translate><!--T:108--> Diff</translate>]]
* [[Special:OAuth]], Outside application authorization
* <translate><!--T:109--> Delete, protect, and block pages available to sysops.</translate>
* [[Special:OAuthListConsumers]], List OAuth applications
* [[Special:OAuthManageMyGrants]], Manage connected applications
* [[Special:OrphanedTimedText]], Orphaned TimedText pages
* [[Special:OrphanedPages]], Orphaned pages


<translate>
==== P ====
== Links to special pages == <!--T:119-->
* [[Special:PageHistory]], e.g. [[Special:PageHistory/Example]] is the page history for the page [[Example]]. Redirects to [[Special:History]] on mobile view.
</translate>
* [[Special:PageInfo]], information for a page
{{anchor|Miscellaneous}} <!--old name-->
* [[Special:PagesWithBadges]], Pages with badges (e.g. good article or featured article)
<translate>
* [[Special:PasswordReset]], Reset password
<!--T:120-->
* [[Special:PermanentLink]], A link to a specific version of a wiki page
Special pages can be linked to as usual, like <tvar name="1">[[Special:Recentchanges]]</tvar>. Instead of "<tvar name="2">special</tvar>" prefix, a localized namespace name can be used, e.g. "<tvar name="3">Speciaal</tvar>" in Dutch, "<tvar name="4">Spezial</tvar>" in German, "<tvar name="5">Speciális</tvar>" in Hungarian and "<tvar name="6">מיוחד</tvar>" in Hebrew. The localized name also appears in the [[<tvar name="7">Special:MyLanguage/Help:URL</tvar>|URLs]].
* [[Special:Preferences]], preferences
* [[Special:PrefixIndex]], All pages with prefix
* [[Special:ProtectedPages]], Protected pages
* [[Special:ProtectedTitles]], Protected titles
* [[Special:ProvideSubmittedText]], parameter required (e.g. [[Special:ProvideSubmittedText/Example]])
* [[Special:Purge]], refresh a page


<!--T:121-->
==== Q ====
Redirects to special pages have been disabled because of their complications.
* [[Special:QueryBadges]], redirects to [[Special:PagesWithBadges]]


<!--T:122-->
==== R ====
Some special pages accept (and some require) a parameter after <tvar name="1"><code>/</code></tvar>. For other pages and parameters the full URL has to be given, for example <tvar name="2">{{SERVER}}/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Recentchanges&days=3&limit=10</tvar> (last 10 changes).
* [[Special:Random]], Random page
</translate>
* [[Special:RandomInCategory]], Random page in category
* <translate><!--T:123--> <tvar name="1"><code>Allpages</code></tvar> and <tvar name="2"><code>Prefixindex</code></tvar> allow a namespace and a (partial) pagename, for example:</translate>
* [[Special:RandomRedirect]], Random redirect
:* [[Special:Allpages/Template:Z]] — <translate><!--T:124--> all templates starting with "<tvar name="1">Z</tvar>" and all templates after that.</translate>
* [[Special:RandomRootpage]]
:* [[Special:Prefixindex/User:Example/]] — <translate><!--T:125--> all [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Subpages</tvar>|subpages]] of user <tvar name="2">Example</tvar>; this is the most popular usage of <tvar name="3">PrefixIndex</tvar>.</translate>
* [[Special:RecentChanges]], Recent changes
: <translate><!--T:126--> Besides, these special pages can be [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Transclusion</tvar>|transcluded]] into wikitext, so the result appears as the part of the page, e.g. <tvar name="2"><code><nowiki>{{Special:Prefixindex/User:Example/}}</nowiki></code></tvar>.</translate>
* [[Special:RecentChangesLinked]], Related changes
* <translate><!--T:127--> <tvar name="1"><code>Whatlinkshere</code></tvar>, <tvar name="2"><code>Recentchangeslinked</code></tvar>, <tvar name="3"><code>Movepage</code></tvar>, <tvar name="4"><code>Undelete</code></tvar>, <tvar name="5"><code>Contributions</code></tvar> and <tvar name="6"><code>Blockip</code></tvar>, being interface links, accept (or even require) a page or a user name, e.g. <tvar name="7">[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Help:Special page]]</tvar>.</translate>
* [[Special:RecordImpression]], blank page
* <translate><!--T:128--> <tvar name="1"><code>Search</code></tvar>, <tvar name="2"><code>Linksearch</code></tvar> and <tvar name="3"><code>MIMEsearch</code></tvar> accept search value, e.g. <tvar name="4">[[Special:Search/word]]</tvar>.</translate>
* [[Special:Redirect]], Redirect by file, user, page, revision, or log ID
* <translate><!--T:129--> <tvar name="1"><code>Listusers</code></tvar> can be used with a group name: <tvar name="2">sysop</tvar>, <tvar name="3">bot</tvar>, <tvar name="4">bureaucrat</tvar>, <tvar name="5">checkuser</tvar>, e.g. <tvar name="6">[[Special:Listusers/bot]]</tvar>.</translate>
* [[Special:RemoveCredentials]]
* <translate><!--T:130--> <tvar name="1"><code>Log</code></tvar> can be used with a log type: <tvar name="2">move</tvar>, <tvar name="3">protect</tvar>, <tvar name="4">block</tvar>, <tvar name="5">delete</tvar>, e.g. <tvar name="6">[[Special:Log/move]]</tvar>.</translate>
* [[Special:RenameUser]], locally rename user. Used extremely rarely and available only to [[stewards]].
* <translate><!--T:131--> <tvar name="1"><code>Random</code></tvar> and <tvar name="2"><code>Randomredirect</code></tvar> accept namespace (see [[<tvar name="3">#Random</tvar>|above]]).</translate>
* [[Special:ResetTokens]], Reset tokens which allow access to certain private data associated with your account
<translate>
* [[Special:RevisionDelete]], used to delete revisions
<!--T:132-->
* [[Special:RunJobs]]
Two special pages <tvar name="1">'''[[Special:Mypage|Mypage]]'''</tvar> and <tvar name="2">'''[[Special:Mytalk|Mytalk]]'''</tvar> exist specially for internal links, they redirect to the pages of a user who follows these links. Examples: <tvar name="3">[[Special:Mypage]]</tvar>, <tvar name="4">[[Special:Mypage/common.js]]</tvar>.


== Transclusion == <!--T:133-->
==== S ====
</translate>
* [[Special:Search]], search
* <translate><!--T:134--> <tvar name="1"><code>Recentchanges</code></tvar>, <tvar name="2"><code>Newpages</code></tvar>, <tvar name="3"><code>Newimages</code></tvar> and <tvar name="4"><code>OldReviewedPages</code></tvar> can be transcluded:</translate>
* [[Special:SecurePoll]], list of polls
*: <code><nowiki>{{Special:Newpages/shownav}}</nowiki></code> — <translate><!--T:135--> show with header</translate>
* [[Special:ShortPages]], Short pages
*: <code><nowiki>{{Special:Newpages/10}}</nowiki></code> — <translate><!--T:136--> show 10 elements</translate>
* [[Special:SiteMatrix]], Lists all Wikimedia wikis
*: <code><nowiki>{{Special:Newpages/limit=10,offset=10,shownav}}</nowiki></code> — <translate><!--T:137--> start from 10th element, plus previous parameters</translate>
* [[Special:SpecialPages]], Special pages
<translate>
* [[Special:Statistics]], statistics
<!--T:138-->
From [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLangauge7MediaWiki 1.19</tvar>|MediaWiki 1.19]] template-like syntax works also, see <tvar name="2">[[bugzilla:15558]]</tvar>. For example:
</translate>
<pre>
{{Special:Newpages|limit=3}}
</pre>
<translate><!--T:139--> gives</translate>
{{Special:Newpages|limit=3}}
<translate>
== Logs == <!--T:140-->
</translate>
<!--Maybe move to [[Help:Logs]] ? -->
[[Special:Log]] - <translate><!--T:141--> combined display of various logs. You can narrow down the view by:</translate>
* <translate><!--T:142--> selecting a log type, including:</translate>
** [[Special:Log/block|{{int:blockpage}}]] - <translate><!--T:143--> blocks and unblocks</translate>
** [[Special:Log/delete|{{int:dellogpage}}]] - <translate><!--T:144--> deleted and undeleted pages</translate>
** [[Special:Log/protect|{{int:protectlogpage}}]] - <translate><!--T:145--> protected and unprotected pages</translate>
** [[Special:Log/upload|{{int:uploadlogpage}}]] - <translate><!--T:146--> list of images uploaded</translate>
* <translate><!--T:147--> entering the full name without prefix of the acting user (usual case-sensitivity)</translate>
* <translate><!--T:148--> entering the full name of the affected page (usual case-sensitivity) e.g. "<tvar name="1">File:Map South Holland.png</tvar>"), or the full name including prefix of the affected user (in the case of blocking, setting user rights, setting bot status, and user creation) or without prefix (in the case of renaming a user)</translate>
<translate>
<!--T:149-->
It does not seem possible to search by editor for edits of deleted pages. They can only be seen by a sysop with Special:Undelete if the exact page name is known.


<!--T:150-->
==== T ====
There are no logs available on the site for:
* [[Special:Tags]], Tags that the software may mark an edit or logged action with, and their meaning
</translate>
* [[Special:TemplateSandbox]], Template sandbox
* <translate><!--T:151--> adding or removing a page from a user's list of page to watch (the user can only view the current state)</translate>
* [[Special:Thanks]], Send thanks
* <translate><!--T:152--> change of preferences of a user (ditto)</translate>
* [[Special:TimedMediaHandler]], redirects to [[Special:Transcode statistics]]
* <translate><!--T:153--> viewing a page (except that, if <tvar name="1">[[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDisableCounters|$wgDisableCounters]]</tvar> is <tvar name="2"><code>false</code></tvar>, the total number of views of a page is displayed on it)</translate>
* [[Special:TrackingCategories]], Tracking categories which are automatically populated by the MediaWiki software
* <translate><!--T:154--> editing and previewing a page without saving</translate>
* [[Special:TranscodeStatistics]], redirects to [[Special:Transcode statistics]]
* <translate><!--T:155--> applying <tvar name="1">[[Special:ExpandTemplates]]</tvar></translate>
* [[Special:Transcode statistics]], gives current transcoding status. Viewable only by autoconfirmed users.
* <translate><!--T:156--> applying <tvar name="1">[[Special:Export]]</tvar></translate>
* [[Special:TwoColConflictProvideSubmittedText]], redirects to [[Special:ProvideSubmittedText]]
* <translate><!--T:157--> unfinished operations (e.g. an attempted page move)</translate>
* [[Special:Two-factor authentication]], Enable two-factor authentication
<translate>
<!--T:158-->
It is possible to add other events to the logs; for an example, see the code for [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:GlobalBlocking</tvar>|Extension:GlobalBlocking]] or for <tvar name="2">[[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Article.php|Article.php]]</tvar>.


==== U ====
== See also == <!--T:159-->
</translate>
* [[Special:Unblock]], Unblock user
* [[Special:MyLangauge/Help:Namespace#Special namespace|<translate><!--T:160--> Help:Namespace#Special namespace</translate>]]
* [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]], Uncategorized categories
* <translate><!--T:161--> <tvar name="1">{{ll|Help:Alphabetic order}}</tvar> used by <tvar name="2">[[Special:Allpages]]</tvar> among others</translate>
* [[Special:UncategorizedFiles]], Uncategorized files
* <translate><!--T:162--> [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Special pages</tvar>|Manual:Special pages]] on MediaWiki</translate>
* [[Special:UncategorizedPages]], Uncategorized pages
* <translate><!--T:163--> [[<tvar name="1">mw:Special:MyLangauge/Category:Special page extensions</tvar>|Category:Special page extensions]] on MediaWiki</translate>
* [[Special:UncategorizedTemplates]], Uncategorized templates
* [[Special:UnconnectedPages]], Pages not connected to data items
* [[Special:Undelete]], Search deleted pages; View and restore deleted pages
* [[Special:UnlinkAccounts]]
* [[Special:UnlockDB]], opposite of [[#L|LockDB]]
* [[Special:UnusedCategories]], Unused categories
* [[Special:UnusedFiles]], Unused files
* [[Special:UnusedTemplates]], Unused templates
* [[Special:Upload]], Upload file
* [[Special:Uploads]], redirects to [[Special:ListFiles]]
* [[Special:UploadStash]], Upload stash, files that are uploaded or in the process of uploading
* [[Special:UrlRedirector]], redirects to [[Special:UrlShortener]]
* [[Special:UrlShortener]], URL Shortener. Only available on [[Special:UrlShortener|meta.wikimedia.org]].
* [[Special:UserLogin]], log in
* [[Special:UserLogout]], log out
* [[Special:UserMerge]], merge users
* [[Special:UserRights]], User groups management
* [[Special:UserGroupRights]], redirects to [[Special:ListGroupRights]]
* [[Special:UserList]], redirects to [[Special:ListUsers]]


==== V ====
* [[Special:Version]], Version of MediaWiki in use, extensions installed, authors, etc.
* [[Special:VipsTest]], VIPS scaling test page

==== W ====
* [[Special:WantedCategories]], most red-linked categories
* [[Special:WantedFiles]], most red-linked images
* [[Special:WantedPages]], most red-linked articles
* [[Special:WantedTemplates]], most red-linked templates
* [[Special:Watchlist]], watchlist
* [[Special:WhatLinksHere]], What links here
* [[Special:WikiSets]], Wiki sets
* [[Special:WithoutInterwiki]], Pages without language links
* [[Special:WikimediaWikis]], Wikimedia wikis. Redirects to [[Special:SiteMatrix]].
* [[Special:WithoutConnection]], Pages not connected to data items

== Linking and transcluding<span class="anchor" id="Linking to or listing special pages"></span> ==
To create a link to a special page:
* <code><nowiki>[[Special:PrefixIndex/HMS]]</nowiki></code> → [[Special:PrefixIndex/HMS]]
It can take a label:
* <code><nowiki>[[Special:PrefixIndex/HMS|All HMSs]]</nowiki></code> → [[Special:PrefixIndex/HMS|All HMSs]]

To present the list on a page, transclude the name:
* <code><nowiki>{{Special:PrefixIndex/HMS}}</nowiki></code>
However, some pages cannot be transcluded and would produce only a wikilink (e.g., <code><nowiki>{{Special:Random}}</nowiki></code> → {{Special:Random}}). When non-existent pages are linked or transcluded, a red link is produced (e.g., [[Special:RedLinkExample]]).{{efn|[[MediaWiki:Nospecialpagetext]] is the message displayed for non-existent special pages. However, [[Special:Badtitle]] is peculiar as it has actual viewable content but is a red link, which is because this special page was intentionally and by design to be considered non-existent (unlike all other valid page names.) See [[:phab:T262959]] for more details.}}

More information on transcludable special pages can be found at [[w:Help:Transclusion#Special pages]].

=== Links containing URL query strings ===
{{main|w:Help:Link#Links containing URL query strings}}
Because the ampersand character (&) is disallowed, it is not possible to create an ordinary link containing <code>&action=edit</code> or <code>&redirect=no</code> in the URL query string.

== Special pages in other languages ==
The term in the site language equivalent to the English word "Special" and the special page name in English (e.g. "Special:Statistics") is used in each project, for example:
* "{{lang|es|Especial:Estadísticas|italic=no}}" in Spanish
* "{{lang|nl|Speciaal:Statistieken|italic=no}}" in Dutch
* "{{lang|fr|Spécial:Statistiques|italic=no}}" in French
* "{{lang|de|Spezial:Statistik|italic=no}}" in German

These also appear in the [[Help:URL|URL]]s. The English word "Special" and the special page name in English (e.g. "Special:Statistics") always works, even on foreign-language sites, but non-English equivalents don't work on English-language projects, nor on other-language project besides the language edition one is on.

== See also ==
* [[mw:Writing a new special page|Writing a new special page]] on the MediaWiki site
* [[mw:Category:Special page extensions|Special page extensions]]: MediaWiki category

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://doc.wikimedia.org/mediawiki-core/master/php/html/classSpecialPage.html MediaWiki special page class definitions]
{{h:f|langs=|enname=Special page}}
{{h:f|langs=|enname=Special page}}


[[Category:Reader handbook]]
[[Category:Reader handbook{{#translation:}}]]

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Special pages are created by the software on demand. They are located in the "Special:" namespace and have no corresponding wikitext. An automatic list of most special pages is available by the Special pages link on every wiki page.

Below is an arranged list of special pages available on most Wikimedia projects. Page names are case-insensitive; their default names were converted from capitalized lowercase to CamelCase in March 2008. For many special pages the option Preferences → Recent changes → "Number of edits to show in recent changes, page histories, and in logs, by default:" determines the number of titles per page.

Lists

All pages

MediaWiki searches all pages in a specified group of names in a special ASCII order. Capitals come before lowercase letters; special characters, such as é, come after z.

MediaWiki searches include redirects (for example: #REDIRECT[[Page name]]). These redirects are usually displayed in a different style than normal pages because of allpagesredirect class.

If a person uses "Display pages starting at:" to search, both Special:Prefixindex and Special:Allpages will show the list of pages starting with this word, then Allpages will display all of the other pages in ASCII order which don't have this word.

For example, if a person types in "Computer" in the "Display pages starting at:" box on the Special:AllPages page, MediaWiki will first list all pages that start with the word "Computer":

  • Computer
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computer-Aided Test Tool
  • ComputerWorld Smithsonian Award

MediaWiki will then list all of the other pages that don't start with "Computer" in ASCII order.

Protected

Categories

List of all categories, alphabetically ordered, showing the number of top elements in each category. Not very convenient, so many projects create index pages like w:Wikipedia:Contents/Categories.
The tree of pages and subcategories, using Extension:CategoryTree. The same tree functionality is used on categories pages, and can be inserted into any page with <categorytree> tag.

Images

List of uploaded files with descriptions, can be sorted by date, name or size.
Gallery of uploaded files with thumbnails, sorted by upload date.

Cached lists

All these lists are updated periodically (not in real time). They say "The following data is cached" and show the day of the last update. All these lists are limited to 5000 titles, on several large Wikimedia projects to 1000 titles.

Record pages

List of first 500/1000 redirects, ordered by creation date.

These lists only show main namespace pages:

The following lists are no longer updated in Wikimedia projects due to big server load:

Problematic

Redirects to non-existent pages, usually left after deletions. Periodically fixed or deleted by administrators.
Redirects to other redirects. May contain false positives. Double redirects are fixed by bots in many projects.
Main namespace pages with no links to them in the wiki.
Main namespace pages without any outgoing internal links.
Main namespace pages without Interlanguage links.
Non-existent categories used on wiki pages. These should either be created (by adding category description and upper categories) or those wiki pages should be fixed (e.g. if someone mistyped a category name).
List of non-existing pages with the most links to them, excluding pages which only have redirects linking to them.

Without categories

Usually these pages need to be either categorized or deleted.

Unused

If the pages are not used, they probably need to be deleted. Note however that images might be used externally, and templates may be used for substitution.

Tools

This link is available on every wiki page, see Help:What links here on MediaWiki.
Available only to autoconfirmed users on most projects.
Returns the complete path for a file.
Provides an input box to enter wikitext, and another one to enter a page name, and produces expanded wikitext, i.e., templates, parser functions and variables are expanded recursively; variables depending on page name are expanded based on the supplied page name.
ISBN Book Sources
See w:Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia.
Produces an XML file containing the wikitext and metadata of either the current version only, or all revisions, of one or more pages, specified in the form of a list; the XML file is in the format required for Special:Import; exporting is typically done either in preparation of applying the latter at another MediaWiki project, or for searching within old page revisions. See Help:Export on MediaWiki.

Search

See Help:Searching .
See Help:Linksearch on MediaWiki.
Filters files for its MIME-type.

Random

These links redirect to a random page/redirect from the main namespace. Other namespaces can be specified as a parameter.

Users actions

See #Logs below.
See Help:Recent changes . Limited to 30 days on Wikimedia projects, just like two following special pages and the watchlist.
See Help:Related changes on MediaWiki.
See Help:New pages on MediaWiki. Can be patrolled on Wikimedia projects.

Project

Account

Creates new login cookie.
Destroys cookie, see also Privacy policy . This link is not included in the automatic list because it is present on every page.

Pages available only to registered users:

See Help:Preferences .
See Help:Watching pages on MediaWiki.
See Help:Unified login .

Users

Alphabetic list of all registered users, can be shown by group. There also is Special:ListAdmins, which is a redirect to Special:ListUsers/sysop. For some project families, notably Fandom, this applies for the whole family.
Blocked IPs and usernames.
Requires a target user: e.g. Special:Contributions/Example. This link is also present on every user/user talk page. Registered users also have the link to their own contributions on top.

MediaWiki

Shows MediaWiki version the site is currently running, and a listing of extensions installed.
Project statistics, appearance is defined by MediaWiki:Sitestatstext.
Automatic list of most special pages.
All pages in the MediaWiki namespace, see Help:System message on MediaWiki.
By Extension:Gadgets.

Wikimedia

By Extension:SiteMatrix. Displays all sites of the Wikimedia Foundation .
Voting software for Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections.

Restricted special pages

These pages are only available to users with special rights. Most of them are linked from the corresponding places in MediaWiki interface.

Sysops
Block or unblock users, IPs and ranges of IPs.
Restore all or some revisions of deleted page.
Show user's contributions to deleted pages.
Imports the wikitext and metadata of one or more revisions of one or more pages by uploading an XML file in the format produced by Special:Export (typically after applying the latter at another MediaWiki project). See Help:Import .
List of pages not watched by anyone.
Mass deletions of pages recently added by a given user or IP. This is Extension:Nuke, enabled only on some Wikimedia projects.
Bureaucrats
Make a user into a sysop.
Make a user into a bot.
Rename user account, see Extension:Renameuser.
CheckUsers
Get user IP, see Help:CheckUser .
Oversight
See oversight policy.
Stewards
Give and remove user access rights (e.g. sysop, bureaucrat, checkuser) on any Wikimedia project. On some projects also available to sysops for giving users patrol or rollback flags.
Developers
Lock database, puts the wiki in read only mode.
Unlock database: returns the wiki to read/write mode.

Other pages

These pages are not listed in the automatic list because they are already present in MediaWiki interface.

Also, by definition these pages can be considered special:

Links to special pages

Special pages can be linked to as usual, like Special:Recentchanges. Instead of "special" prefix, a localized namespace name can be used, e.g. "Speciaal" in Dutch, "Spezial" in German, "Speciális" in Hungarian and "מיוחד" in Hebrew. The localized name also appears in the URLs.

Redirects to special pages have been disabled because of their complications.

Some special pages accept (and some require) a parameter after /. For other pages and parameters the full URL has to be given, for example //meta.wikimedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Recentchanges&days=3&limit=10 (last 10 changes).

  • Allpages and Prefixindex allow a namespace and a (partial) pagename, for example:
Besides, these special pages can be transcluded into wikitext, so the result appears as the part of the page, e.g. {{Special:Prefixindex/User:Example/}}.
  • Whatlinkshere, Recentchangeslinked, Movepage, Undelete, Contributions and Blockip, being interface links, accept (or even require) a page or a user name, e.g. Special:Whatlinkshere/Help:Special page.
  • Search, Linksearch and MIMEsearch accept search value, e.g. Special:Search/word.
  • Listusers can be used with a group name: sysop, bot, bureaucrat, checkuser, e.g. Special:Listusers/bot.
  • Log can be used with a log type: move, protect, block, delete, e.g. Special:Log/move.
  • Random and Randomredirect accept namespace (see above).

Two special pages Mypage and Mytalk exist specially for internal links, they redirect to the pages of a user who follows these links. Examples: Special:Mypage, Special:Mypage/common.js.

Transclusion

  • Recentchanges, Newpages, Newimages and OldReviewedPages can be transcluded:
    {{Special:Newpages/shownav}} — show with header
    {{Special:Newpages/10}} — show 10 elements
    {{Special:Newpages/limit=10,offset=10,shownav}} — start from 10th element, plus previous parameters

From MediaWiki 1.19 template-like syntax works also, see bugzilla:15558. For example: 

{{Special:Newpages|limit=3}}

gives

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Logs

Special:Log - combined display of various logs. You can narrow down the view by:

  • selecting a log type, including:
  • entering the full name without prefix of the acting user (usual case-sensitivity)
  • entering the full name of the affected page (usual case-sensitivity) e.g. "File:Map South Holland.png"), or the full name including prefix of the affected user (in the case of blocking, setting user rights, setting bot status, and user creation) or without prefix (in the case of renaming a user)

It does not seem possible to search by editor for edits of deleted pages. They can only be seen by a sysop with Special:Undelete if the exact page name is known.

There are no logs available on the site for:

  • adding or removing a page from a user's list of page to watch (the user can only view the current state)
  • change of preferences of a user (ditto)
  • viewing a page (except that, if $wgDisableCounters is false, the total number of views of a page is displayed on it)
  • editing and previewing a page without saving
  • applying Special:ExpandTemplates
  • applying Special:Export
  • unfinished operations (e.g. an attempted page move)

It is possible to add other events to the logs; for an example, see the code for Extension:GlobalBlocking or for Article.php.

See also

Old logs on Meta, until Dec 2004:

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