Help:Special pages



A special page is a part of the MediaWiki software that performs specific functions (such as showing a list of broken redirects, a table of all the articles on the wiki, or access to view user groups), and always begins with the prefix "Special:".


 * The "Special pages" link in the toolbox in the sidebar leads to Special:SpecialPages, which lists all available functions in alphabetical order.
 * You can include some special pages in other pages - see Help:Special page inclusion.

Pages listed below in red are only available to sysops and bureaucrats, while orange signifies bureaucrats only (see Help:User access levels). These pages, when viewed on Special:SpecialPages will be denoted by bold links to those who can access them and will not appear at all to users who do not have the required user right.

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
 * Uncategorized categories : Special:UncategorizedCategories : Categories without category tags (Help:Category)
 * Uncategorized files : Special:UncategorizedImages : Images without category tags (Help:Category)
 * Uncategorized pages : Special:UncategorizedPages : Pages without category tags (Help:Category)
 * Uncategorized templates : Special:UncategorizedTemplates : Templates without category tags (Help:Category)
 * Unused files : 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 files : Special:WantedFiles : Most internally linked-to files (not just images) that do not yet exist

List of pages
;Admins list : Special:Listadmins : A list of all administrators
 * All pages : Special:AllPages : A list of every page on the wiki
 * Categories : 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:Disambiguation)
 * List redirects : Special:ListRedirects : List of redirects on a wiki (Help:Redirect)
 * Prefix index : Special:PrefixIndex : Display pages with prefix (Help:Subpages)

Login/sign up

 * Login : Special:UserLogin : Log in or create a new account (Help:User account)
 * Logout : Special:UserLogout : Log out of your account (Help:User account)

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)
 * Contributions : Special:Contributions : List of contributions of anonymous or logged-in users (Help:User contributions)
 * Deleted user 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 list : Special:ListUsers : List of people who have edited this wiki (Help:Active users)
 * User rights management : Special:UserRights : Use to appoint new admins/bureaucrats or to add/remove rollback users. (Help:User access levels)

Recent changes and logs
or to members of a specified category (Help:Related changes)
 * Gallery of new files: Special:NewImages : The most recently uploaded images displayed in a gallery format (Help:Images)
 * Logs : Special:Log : Logs of deletion, protection, blocking, image uploads and user rights settings
 * My watchlist : Special:Watchlist : Show the pages you are watching (Help:Watchlist)
 * New pages : Special:NewPages : List of new pages on a wiki (Help:Newest Pages)
 * Recent changes : Special:RecentChanges : The latest edits on a wiki (Help:Recent changes)
 * Related changes : Special:RelatedChanges : Changes made recently to pages linked from a specified page

Media reports and uploads

 * 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
 * Search for duplicate files : Special:FileDuplicateSearch : Locate duplicate files based on filename
 * Upload files : Special:MultipleUpload : Upload up to 10 files to the wiki (Help:Multiple uploads)
 * Upload image/file : 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.

Redirecting special pages

 * 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 files : Special:MostImages : Images 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 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 article : 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
 * View 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 (Help:What links here)

Wikia special pages

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

Other special pages

 * Book sources : Special:BookSources : Used when an ISBN is linked to on a page
 * Search web links : Special:Linksearch : Search web pages linked on the wiki based on different patterns.

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)
 * Patrol log - log of patrolled revisions (Help:Recent changes patrol)
 * Problem reports - Logs of reported problems and changes of their status (Help:ProblemReports)
 * User Avatar - Logs of uploading/changing of avatars (Blogs)