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, 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).

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 which 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 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 which do not link to any alternate language counterparts (Help:Interlanguage links)
 * Problem reports list : Special:ProblemReports : Display reported problems (Help:ProblemReports)
 * Protected pages : Special:ProtectedPages : List pages which cannot be edited by non-admins or non-autoconfirmed users (Help:Page protection)
 * Protected titles : Special:ProtectedTitles : Pages which have been protected from creation from non-admins (Help:Page protection)
 * Short pages : Special:ShortPages : Pages which 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 any users 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

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 : View a user's or IP addresses edits which have been deleted (Help:Deletion)
 * Edit count : Special:EditCount : Edit tally broken down by namespaces locally and globally (Help:Edit count)
 * Invite friends to join Wikia : Special:InviteSpecialPage : Invite friends based on address lists or otherwise (Help:Invite Friends)
 * Preferences : Special:Preferences : Set your user preferences (Help:Preferences)
 * User list : Special:ListUsers : A list of people who have edited this wiki (Help:Active users)
 * User rights management : Special:UserRights : Use to add new admins, bureaucrats, and add or 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 5 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

 * Parser Diff Test : Special:ParserDiffTest : Display differences between the old and new preprocessor
 * 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.
 * Webtools [BETA] : Special:Webtools : How your wiki rates with search engines, etc (Help:Webtools)
 * Wikia Statistics : Special:WikiaStats : Comprehensive statistical information about a wiki (Help:WikiaStats)

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 articles (from database) : Special:Mostpopulararticles : List of the most popular articles
 * Most popular categories : Special:Mostpopularcategories : List of the most popular categories
 * Most visited pages : Special:Mostvisitedpages : Pages which have the most views in descending order
 * 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:CreatePage)
 * 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)
 * WidgetDashboard : Special:WidgetDashboard : Control the display of widgets (Help:Widget Dashboard)
 * Widgets list : Special:Widgets : Display a list of widgets (Help:Widgets)

Spam tools

 * Find spam : Special:FindSpam : Locate spam made by a given IP address (Help:Spam)

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.
 * Simplified upload : Special:MiniUpload : Simplified uploading

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)
 * Patrol log - log of patrolled revisions
 * Problem reports - Logs of reported problems and changes of their status (Help:ProblemReports)
 * 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)