Help:Special pages



Special pages are useful tools and reports come with our MediaWiki software and help with wiki management. Special pages always begin with the prefix "Special:".

How to Find Special Pages

 * You can see a list of special pages available by visiting Special:SpecialPages on your wiki.


 * If you're an admin on the wiki, you can find this in the Admin Dashboard under the "Advanced" Tab.


 * If you want to create a shortcut to this list, you can add it to your toolbar by clicking "Customize" and adding "Special pages" to your list.

A List of Special Pages
Below is a list of options in Special:SpecialPages, color coded by access levels:
 * Black - Available to anyone
 * Green - Available to logged in users
 * Red - Available to admins and bureaucrats
 * Orange - Available to bureaucrats only

If a Special Page isn't available to a user, it will generally not display on their view of Special:SpecialPages.

Maintenance reports

 * Broken redirects
 * Special:BrokenRedirects : List of pages whose target article has been deleted (Help:Redirect)


 * Dead-end pages
 * Special:DeadendPages : Pages without any outgoing links (Help:Dead-end street)


 * Double redirects
 * Special:DoubleRedirects : List of pages that redirect to another redirect page (Help:Redirect)


 * Long pages
 * Special:LongPages : Pages that contain the most characters in descending order


 * Oldest pages
 * Special:AncientPages : Lists the oldest pages on a wiki


 * Orphaned pages
 * Special:LonelyPages : Articles not linked to or from any other page on the wiki


 * Pages with the fewest revisions
 * Special:FewestRevisions : Pages with the least amount of edits


 * Pages without language links
 * Special:WithoutInterwiki : Pages that do not link to any alternate language counterparts (Help:Interlanguage links)


 * Protected pages
 * Special:ProtectedPages : List pages that cannot be edited by non-admins or non-autoconfirmed users (Help:Page protection)


 * Protected titles
 * Special:ProtectedTitles : Pages that have been protected from creation from non-admins (Help:Page protection)


 * Short pages
 * Special:ShortPages : Pages that contain the fewest characters in ascending order


 * Tags Report
 * Special:TagsReport : Lists all of the specific tags in alphabetical order along with how many pages for each tag


 * Uncategorized categories
 * Special:UncategorizedCategories : Categories without category tags (Help:Category)


 * Uncategorized pages
 * Special:UncategorizedPages : Pages without category tags (Help:Category)


 * Uncategorized photos
 * Special:UncategorizedImages : Images without category tags (Help:Category)


 * Uncategorized templates
 * Special:UncategorizedTemplates : Templates without category tags (Help:Category)


 * Unused categories
 * Special:UnusedCategories displays categories that have not been used


 * Unused photos
 * Special:UnusedImages : Images that do not appear on any page (Help:Images)


 * Unused templates
 * Special:UnusedTemplates : Templates that are not included in any page (Help:Templates)


 * Unwatched pages
 * Special:UnwatchedPages : Pages that are not on any user's watchlist


 * Wanted categories
 * Special:WantedCategories : Pages that use a category that has not been created yet (Help:Category)


 * Wanted pages
 * Special:WantedPages : Most internally linked-to articles that do not yet exist


 * Wanted photos
 * Special:WantedFiles : Most internally linked-to files (not just images) that do not yet exist

List of pages

 * All pages
 * Special:AllPages : A list of every page on the wiki


 * All pages with prefix
 * Special:PrefixIndex Displays all prefixes within the wiki, along with a search box


 * Categories list
 * Special:Categories : List of categories (Help:Category)


 * Category tree
 * Special:CategoryTree : Use a category name to see its contents as a tree structure (Help:Category)


 * Disambiguation pages
 * Special:Disambiguations : List pages marked as disambiguations (Help:Glossary)


 * Redirects list
 * Special:ListRedirects : List of redirects on a wiki (Help:Redirect)

Users and rights

 * Block user
 * Special:BlockIP : Block a user or IP address. (Help:Blocking)


 * Blocked IP addresses and usernames
 * Special:IPBlockList : Blocked IPs and usernames (Help:Blocking)


 * Change password
 * Special:ChangePassword : Change the password associated with your user account


 * Contributions
 * Special:Contributions : List of contributions of anonymous or logged-in users (Help:User contributions)


 * Deleted contributions
 * Special:DeletedContributions : View a user's or IP address's edits that have been deleted (Help:Deletion)


 * Edit count
 * Special:EditCount : Edit tally broken down by namespaces locally and globally (Help:Edit count)


 * Preferences
 * Special:Preferences : Set your user preferences (Help:Preferences)


 * User group rights
 * Special:ListGroupRights : List of rights associated with each user group (Help:User access levels)


 * User rights management
 * Special:UserRights : Use to appoint new admins/bureaucrats or to add/remove rollback users. (Help:User access levels)


 * Users list
 * Special:ListUsers : List of people who have edited this wiki (Help:Active users)

Recent changes and logs

 * Followed Pages
 * Special:Following : A list of pages you are following on that wiki


 * Logs (extended list)
 * Special:Log : Logs of deletion, protection, blocking, image uploads and user rights settings


 * New pages
 * Special:NewPages : List of new pages on a wiki (Help:Newest Pages)


 * New photos on this wiki
 * Special:NewFiles : List of photos on a wiki sorted by newest to oldest


 * Recent changes
 * Special:RecentChanges : The latest edits on a wiki (Help:Recent changes)

or to members of a specified category (Help:Related changes)
 * Related changes
 * Special:RelatedChanges : Changes made recently to pages linked from a specified page


 * Valid change tags
 * Special:Tags : A list of the tags that MediaWiki may mark an edit with, and their meaning


 * Watchlist
 * Special:Watchlist : Show the pages you are watching (Help:Watchlist)

Media reports and uploads

 * Duplicate photos search
 * Special:FileDuplicateSearch : Locate duplicate files based on filename


 * File list
 * Special:ImageList : List of images uploaded that can be sorted by size or date (Help:Images)


 * File path
 * Special:FilePath : Returns the complete path for a file (Help:Images)


 * Import Free Images
 * Special:ImportFreeImages : Import properly licensed photos from flickr (Help:Import free images)


 * MIME search
 * Special:MIMESearch : Enables the filtering of files for its MIME-type


 * Upload multiple photos
 * Special:MultipleUpload : Upload up to 10 files to the wiki (Help:Multiple uploads)


 * Upload photo
 * Special:Upload : Upload a file to the wiki (Help:Uploading files)

Wiki data and tools

 * Statistics
 * Special:Statistics : Total number of pages and users


 * System messages
 * Special:Allmessages : Displays all pages in the MediaWiki namespace (Help:System Messages)


 * Version
 * Special:Version : The version of the software the site is currently running. Also displayed 'installed' extensions


 * Wikia Statistics
 * Special:WikiStats : Displays monthly statistics of active users, edits, uploads, and other useful data

Redirecting special pages

 * External links search
 * Special:LinkSearch : Links on pages that take readers outside of the wiki


 * Random page
 * Special:RandomPage : Redirects to a random page (Help:Redirect)


 * Random redirect
 * Special:RandomRedirect : Randomly taken to a redirecting page (Help:Redirect)


 * Search
 * Special:Search : Search the wiki (Help:Searching)

High use pages

 * Most linked-to categories
 * Special:MostLinkedCategories : Categories that have the most links to them in descending order


 * Most linked-to pages
 * Special:MostLinked : Pages that have the most links to them in descending order


 * Most linked-to photos
 * Special:MostImages : Images that have the most links to them in descending order


 * Most linked-to templates
 * Special:MostLinkedTemplates : Templates that have the most links to them in descending order


 * Most popular categories
 * Special:Mostpopularcategories : List of the most popular categories


 * Pages with the most categories
 * Special:MostCategories : List of pages with the most categories in descending order


 * Pages with the most revisions
 * Special:MostRevisions : List of pages with the large number of edits in descending order

Page tools

 * Create a new page
 * Special:Createpage : Guided process to creating new pages (Help:New page)


 * Export pages
 * Special:Export : Exports the source of individual wiki pages, optionally with their histories, in a thin XML wrapper which includes metadata like time, etc (Help:Exporting pages)


 * Import pages
 * Special:Import : Import pages exported from another wiki in an XML file


 * Restore deleted pages
 * Special:Undelete : One way to undelete a page or review deleted revisions of pages


 * What links here
 * Special:WhatLinksHere : Find all pages that link to an article

Wikia pages

 * Contact Wikia
 * Special:Contact : Send a message or inquiry to the Community Team (Help:Contacting Wikia)


 * Create blog
 * Special:CreateBlogPage : Create a new blog post


 * Create blog listing
 * Special:CreateBlogListingPage : Create a new blog listing page to display blog posts from categories


 * Partner feed
 * Special:PartnerFeed : RSS feed for types of wiki actions and content

Login/sign up

 * Connect account with Facebook
 * Special:Connect

Other special pages

 * API Explorer
 * Special:ApiExplorer : Displays documentation for the wiki's API


 * Achievements Leaderboard
 * Special:Leaderboard : A ranked list of users by achievement badges


 * Activity feed
 * Special:WikiActivity : A visual feed of edits and communication on the wiki


 * Book sources
 * Special:BookSources : Used when an ISBN is linked to on a page


 * Random page in category
 * Special:RandomInCategory : Generates a random page limited to the named category


 * Wiki Features
 * Special:WikiFeatures : Enable, disable, and give feedback on experimental and optional features

Logs

 * Block log - blocks and unblocks (Help:Blocking)
 * Deletion log - deleted and undeleted pages (Help:Deletion)
 * Import log - administrative imports of pages with edit history from other wikis
 * Merge log - list of the most recent merges of one page history into another
 * Move log - list of page moves (Help:Moving pages)
 * User creation log - list of newly created accounts.
 * Protection log - protected and unprotected pages (Help:Page protection)
 * Settings log - changes to the default site skin
 * Upload log - list of images uploaded (Help:Uploading files)
 * User rights log - changes to user rights (Help:User access levels)

Some extension also add new log types to the wiki (these will only exist if they are enabled at your wiki). Examples:
 * Patrol log - log of patrolled revisions (Help:Recent changes patrol)
 * User Avatar - Logs of uploading/changing of avatars (Blogs)

Further Help & Feedback
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