Board Thread:New Features/@comment-1519608-20150503044056/@comment-1038387-20150505144304

LostInRiverview wrote: On first glance, it seems pointless. The only thing, insofar as I can tell, that this does is list out pages missing certain items, namely pages without categories, pages without links to other pages, pages without images, and wanted pages. The reason I say this is pointless is, these lists already exist on Special:SpecialPages.

What it has on the Special Pages is that it's more presentable to users. The Special pages are long lists (well, if you're on one of those wikis) that might scare people off. It's a storefront or bulletin board for stuff to do; the Special Page is the back room.

The way I understand it, this is just an extra feature; it will not replace the special pages.