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[[File:Special Pages.png|thumb|300px|The Special Pages page.]]
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'''Special pages''' are tools and reports that come with the [[Help:MediaWiki|MediaWiki software]] and help with wiki management. Special pages always begin with the prefix "Special:".
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== How to find special pages? ==
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* You can see a list of special pages available by visiting [[Special:SpecialPages]] on your wiki. You can also access this page using the [[Help:Keyboard shortcuts|keyboard shortcut]] Alt + Shift + Q.
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* If you're an [[Help:User rights#Administrators|admin]] on the wiki, you can find this in the [[Help:Admin Dashboard|Admin Dashboard]] under the "Advanced" Tab.
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* If you want to create a shortcut to this list, you can add it to your [[Help:Toolbar|toolbar]] by clicking "Customize" and adding "Special pages" to your list.
   
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== List of special pages ==
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'''Special pages''' are useful tools and reports that come with the [[wikipedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki software]] and help with wikia management. Special pages always begin with the prefix "Special:".
  
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Below is a list of options in Special:SpecialPages, color and letter coded by access levels:
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* '''Default color''' (no letter) — Available to anyone
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* <span style="color: green;">'''Green'''</span> (L) — Available to logged in users
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* <span style="color: red;">'''Red'''</span> (A) — Available to admins
   
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If a special page isn't available to an user, it will generally not display on their view of Special:SpecialPages.
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==How to Find Special Pages==
  
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*You can see a list of special pages available by visiting [[Special:SpecialPages]] on your wikia.
  
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*If you're an admin on the wikia, you can find this in the [[Help:Admin Dashboard|Admin Dashboard]] under the "Advanced" Tab.
  
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*If you want to create a shortcut to this list, you can add it to your [[Help:Toolbar|toolbar]] by clicking "Customize" and adding "Special pages" to your list.
  
   
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{{Anchor|Maintenance reports}}
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==A List of Special Pages==
  
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=== {{int:specialpages-group-maintenance}} ===
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Below is a list of options in Special:SpecialPages, color coded by access levels:
  
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; {{int:brokenredirects}}
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*'''Black'''—Available to anyone
  
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: [[Special:BrokenRedirects]] — List of pages whose target page has been deleted or doesn't exist. ([[Help:Redirects]])
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*<span style="color:green;">'''Green'''</span>—Available to logged in users
  
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; {{int:deadendpages}}
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*<span style="color:red;">'''Red'''</span>—Available to admins
  
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: [[Special:DeadendPages]] — Pages without any outgoing links.
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; {{int:doubleredirects}}
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: [[Special:DoubleRedirects]] — List of pages that redirect to another redirect page. ([[Help:Redirects]])
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; {{int:longpages}}
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: [[Special:LongPages]] — Pages that contain the most characters in descending order.
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; {{int:nonportableinfoboxes}}
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: [[Special:NonportableInfoboxes]] — Templates are not portables for infoboxes. ([[Help:Infoboxes]])
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; {{int:ancientpages}}
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: [[Special:AncientPages]] — Lists the oldest pages on a wiki.
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; {{int:lonelypages}}
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: [[Special:LonelyPages]] — Pages not linked to or from any other page on the wiki.
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; {{int:fewestrevisions}}
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: [[Special:FewestRevisions]] — Pages with the least amount of edits.
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; {{int:withoutinterwiki}}
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: [[Special:WithoutInterwiki]] — Pages that do not link to any alternate language counterparts. ([[Help:Interlanguage links]])
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; {{int:protectedpages}}
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: [[Special:ProtectedPages]] — List pages that cannot be edited by non-admins or non-autoconfirmed users. ([[Help:Page protection]])
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; {{int:protectedtitles}}
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: [[Special:ProtectedTitles]] — Pages that have been protected from creation from non-admins. ([[Help:Page protection]])
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; {{int:shortpages}}
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: [[Special:ShortPages]] — Pages that contain the fewest characters in ascending order.
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; {{int:uncategorizedcategories}}
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: [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]] — Categories without category tags. ([[Help:Categories]])
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; {{int:uncategorizedimages}}
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: [[Special:UncategorizedFiles]] — Images without category tags. ([[Help:Categories]])
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; {{int:uncategorizedpages}}
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: [[Special:UncategorizedPages]] — Pages without category tags. ([[Help:Categories]])
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; {{int:uncategorizedtemplates}}
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: [[Special:UncategorizedTemplates]] — Templates without category tags. ([[Help:Categories]])
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; {{int:unorganizedtemplates}}
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: [[Special:UnorganizedTemplates]] — Templates without any type definitions. ([[Help:Template types]])
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; {{int:unusedcategories}}
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: [[Special:UnusedCategories]] — Displays categories that have not been used.
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; {{int:unusedimages}}
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: [[Special:UnusedFiles]] — Images that do not appear on any page. ([[Help:Adding images]])
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; {{int:unusedtemplates}}
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: [[Special:UnusedTemplates]] — Templates that are not included in any page. ([[Help:Templates]])
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; <span style="color: red;">{{int:unwatchedpages}}</span> (A)
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: [[Special:UnwatchedPages]] — Pages that are not on any user's watchlist.
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; {{int:wantedcategories}}
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: [[Special:WantedCategories]] — Pages that use a category that has not been created yet. ([[Help:Categories]])
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; {{int:wantedfiles}}
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: [[Special:WantedFiles]] — Most internally linked-to files (not just images) that do not yet exist.
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; {{int:wantedpages}}
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: [[Special:WantedPages]] — Most internally linked-to articles that do not yet exist.
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; {{int:wantedtemplates}}
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: [[Special:WantedTemplates]] — Most internally linked-to templates that do not yet exist.
   
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{{Anchor|List of pages}}
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If a Special Page isn't available to a user, it will generally not display on their view of Special:SpecialPages.
  
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=== {{int:specialpages-group-pages}} ===
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; {{int:allpages}}
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: [[Special:AllPages]] — A list of every page on the wiki.
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; {{int:prefixindex}}
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: [[Special:PrefixIndex]] — Displays all namespaces within the wiki, along with a search box.
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; {{int:categories}}
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: [[Special:Categories]] — List of categories. ([[Help:Categories]])
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; {{int:categorytree}}
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: [[Special:CategoryTree]] — Use a category name to see its contents as a tree structure. ([[Help:Categories]])
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; {{int:disambiguationpages}}
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: [[Special:DisambiguationPages]] — List pages marked as disambiguations. ([[Help:Glossary#D]])
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; {{int:linksearch}}
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: [[Special:LinkSearch]] — Links on pages that take readers outside of the wiki. ([[Help:Searching]])
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; {{int:listredirects}}
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: [[Special:ListRedirects]] — List of redirects on a wiki. ([[Help:Redirects]])
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; {{int:disambiguationpagelinks}}
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: [[Special:DisambiguationPageLinks]] — List of pages that are linking to the disambiguation page by <code><nowiki>__DISAMBIG__</nowiki></code> magic word. ([[Help:Glossary#D]])
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; {{int:pageswithprop}}
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: [[Special:PagesWithProp]] — Pages that are using properties.
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; {{int:trackingcategories}}
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: [[Special:TrackingCategories]] — Lists to the maintenance categories.
   
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{{Anchor|Users and rights}}
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===Maintenance reports===
  
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=== {{int:specialpages-group-users}} ===
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;Broken redirects
  
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; {{int:autoblocklist}}
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:[[Special:BrokenRedirects]]—List of pages whose target article has been deleted ([[Help:Redirect]])
  
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: [[Special:AutoblockList]] — Lists the autoblocked users. ([[Help:Blocking]])
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;Dead-end pages
  
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; <span style="color:red;">{{int:block}}</span> (A)
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:[[Special:DeadendPages]]—Pages without any outgoing links.
  
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: [[Special:Block]] — Block a user or IP address. ([[Help:Blocking]])
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;Double redirects
  
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; {{int:blocklist}}
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:[[Special:DoubleRedirects]]—List of pages that redirect to another redirect page ([[Help:Redirect]])
  
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: [[Special:BlockList]] — Blocked IPs and usernames. ([[Help:Blocking]])
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;Long pages
  
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; {{int:botpasswords}}
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:[[Special:LongPages]]—Pages that contain the most characters in descending order
  
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: [[Special:BotPasswords]] — Registers user's bot account. ([[Help:Bots]])
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;Oldest pages
  
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; {{int:fandom-changeemail}}
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:[[Special:AncientPages]]—Lists the oldest pages on a wiki
  
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: [[Special:ChangeEmail]] — Change the email address associated with your account. (Also within [[Special:Preferences]])
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;Orphaned pages
  
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; <span style="color:red;">{{int:deletedcontributions}}</span> (A)
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:[[Special:LonelyPages]]—Articles not linked to or from any other page on the wiki
  
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: [[Special:DeletedContributions]] — View a user's or IP address's edits that have been deleted. ([[Help:Delete]])
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;Pages with the fewest revisions
  
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; {{int:listgrants}}
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:[[Special:FewestRevisions]]—Pages with the least amount of edits
  
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: [[Special:ListGrants]] — Lists the grants.
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;Pages without language links
  
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; <span style="color:green;">{{int:notifications}}</span> (L)
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:[[Special:WithoutInterwiki]]—Pages that do not link to any alternate language counterparts ([[Help:Interlanguage links]])
  
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: [[Special:Notifications]] — Lists Gamepedia notifications. ([[Help:Notifications]])
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;Protected pages
  
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; {{int:passwordpolicies}}
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:[[Special:ProtectedPages]]—List pages that cannot be edited by non-admins or non-autoconfirmed users ([[Help:Page protection]])
  
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: [[Special:PasswordPolicies]] — Lists the password policies.
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;Protected titles
  
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; {{int:preferences}}
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:[[Special:ProtectedTitles]]—Pages that have been protected from creation from non-admins ([[Help:Page protection]])
  
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: [[Special:Preferences]] — Change your user preferences. ([[Help:Preferences]])
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;Short pages
  
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; {{int:resettokens}}
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:[[Special:ShortPages]]—Pages that contain the fewest characters in ascending order
  
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: [[Special:ResetTokens]] — Resets the tokens from watchlist. ([[Help:Watchlist]])
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;Tags Report
  
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; <span style="color:red;">{{int:unblock}}</span> (A)
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:[[Special:TagsReport]]—Lists all of the specific tags in alphabetical order along with how many pages for each tag
  
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: [[Special:Unblock]] — [[Help:Blocking|Unblock]] a user or IP address.
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;Uncategorized categories
  
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; {{int:listgrouprights}}
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:[[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]—Categories without category tags ([[Help:Category]])
  
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: [[Special:ListGroupRights]] — List of rights associated with each user group. ([[Help:User rights]])
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;Uncategorized pages
  
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; {{int:listusers}}
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:[[Special:UncategorizedPages]]—Pages without category tags ([[Help:Category]])
  
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: [[Special:ListUsers]] — List of people who have edited this wiki. You can also narrow it down to view specific user groups with a specific edit to "Users". This tool also has some aliases that will immediately narrow down the scope of the page. ([[Help:ListUsers]])
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;Uncategorized photos
  
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:: [[Special:ListAdmins]] — Only sysops are returned by default.
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:[[Special:UncategorizedImages]]—Images without category tags ([[Help:Category]])
  
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:: [[Special:ListBots]] — Only [[Help:Bots|bots]] are returned by default.
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;Uncategorized templates
  
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; {{int:contributions}}
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:[[Special:UncategorizedTemplates]]—Templates without category tags ([[Help:Category]])
  
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: [[Special:Contributions]] — List of contributions of anonymous or logged-in users. ([[Help:User contributions]])
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;Unused categories
  
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; <span style="color:red;">{{int:userrights}}</span> (A)
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: [[Special:UnusedCategories]] displays categories that have not been used
  
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: [[Special:UserRights]] — Use to manage user rights of users. ([[Help:User rights]])
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;Unused photos
  
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:[[Special:UnusedImages]]—Images that do not appear on any page ([[Help:Photos]])
  
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;Unused templates
  
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:[[Special:UnusedTemplates]]—Templates that are not included in any page ([[Help:Templates]])
  
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;Unused videos
  
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:[[Special:UnusedVideos]]—Videos that do not appear on any page ([[Help:Videos#Special_Unused_Videos_page|Help:Videos]])
  
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;<span style="color:red;">Unwatched pages</span>
  
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:[[Special:UnwatchedPages]]—Pages that are not on any user's watchlist
  
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;Wanted categories
  
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:[[Special:WantedCategories]]—Pages that use a category that has not been created yet ([[Help:Category]])
  
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;Wanted pages
  
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:[[Special:WantedPages]]—Most internally linked-to articles that do not yet exist
  
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;Wanted photos
  
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:[[Special:WantedFiles]]—Most internally linked-to files (not just images) that do not yet exist
  
   
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{{Anchor|Recent changes and logs}}
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===List of pages===
  
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=== {{int:specialpages-group-changes}} ===
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;All pages
  
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; {{int:abuselog}}
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:[[Special:AllPages]]—A list of every page on the wiki
  
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: [[Special:AbuseLog]] — Logs of abuse filters by AbuseFilter.
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;All pages with prefix
  
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; {{int:newimages}}
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: [[Special:PrefixIndex]] Displays all prefixes within the wiki, along with a search box
  
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: [[Special:NewFiles]] — List of new images on a wiki. ([[Help:Adding images]])
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;Categories list
  
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; {{int:log}} ([[#Logs|extended list]])
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:[[Special:Categories]]—List of categories ([[Help:Category]])
  
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: [[Special:Log]] — Logs of deletion, protection, blocking, image uploads and user rights settings.
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;Category tree
  
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; {{int:newpages}}
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:[[Special:CategoryTree]]—Use a category name to see its contents as a tree structure ([[Help:Category]])
  
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: [[Special:NewPages]] — List of new pages on a wiki. ([[Help:New page]])
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;Disambiguation pages.
  
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; {{int:recentchanges}}
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:[[Special:Disambiguations]]—List pages marked as disambiguations ([[Help:Glossary#D]])
  
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: [[Special:RecentChanges]] — The latest edits on a wiki. ([[Help:Recent changes]])
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;Redirects list
  
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; {{int:recentchangeslinked}}
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:[[Special:ListRedirects]]—List of redirects on a wiki ([[Help:Redirect]])
  
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: [[Special:RecentChangesLinked]] — Changes made recently to pages linked from a specified page or to members of a specified category.
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; {{int:tags}}
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: [[Special:Tags]] — A list of the tags that MediaWiki may mark an edit with, and their meaning.
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; {{int:watchlist}}
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: [[Special:Watchlist]] — A recent changes list of all edits to pages you're following.
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: [[Special:EditWatchlist]] — Edit your list of watched pages. ([[Help:Watchlist]])
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: [[Special:EditWatchlist/raw]]
   
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{{Anchor|Media reports and uploads}}
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===Users and rights===
  
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=== {{int:specialpages-group-media}} ===
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;<span style="color:red;">Block user</span>
  
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; {{int:listfiles}}
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:[[Special:Block]]—Block a user or IP address. ([[Help:Blocking]])
  
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: [[Special:ListFiles]] — List of files uploaded that can be sorted by size or date.
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;Blocked IP addresses and usernames
  
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; {{int:listduplicatedfiles}}
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:[[Special:IPBlockList]]—Blocked IPs and usernames ([[Help:Blocking]])
  
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: [[Special:ListDuplicatedFiles]] — Lists the duplicated files.
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;Change password
  
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; {{int:mimesearch}}
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:[[Special:ChangePassword]]—Change the password associated with your user account
  
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: [[Special:MIMESearch]] — Enables the filtering of files for its MIME-type.
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;Contributions
  
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; {{int:mediastatistics}}
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:[[Special:Contributions]]—List of contributions of anonymous or logged-in users ([[Help:User contributions]])
  
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: [[Special:MediaStatistics]] — Lists the media statistics.
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;<span style="color:red;">Deleted contributions</span>
  
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; {{int:orphanedtimedtext}}
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:[[Special:DeletedContributions]]—View a user's or IP address's edits that have been deleted ([[Help:Deletion]])
  
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: [[Special:OrphanedTimedText]] — Lists the orphaned timed text with TimedText: namespace.
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;Edit count
  
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; {{int:fileduplicatesearch}}
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:[[Special:EditCount]]—Edit tally broken down by namespaces locally and globally ([[Help:Edit count]])
  
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: [[Special:FileDuplicateSearch]] — Locate duplicate files based on filename.
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;Preferences
  
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; <span style="color:green;">{{int:transcodestatistics}}</span> (L)
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:[[Special:Preferences]]—Set your user preferences ([[Help:Preferences]])
  
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: [[Special:Transcode statistics]] — Shows the stats about sound files with transcodes.
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;User group rights
  
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; <span style="color:green;">{{int:upload}}</span> (L)
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:[[Special:ListGroupRights]]—List of rights associated with each user group ([[Help:User rights]])
  
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: [[Special:Upload]] — [[Help:Uploading files|Upload]] a file to the wiki.
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;<span style="color:red;">User rights management</span>
  
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:[[Special:UserRights]]—Use to appoint new admins/bureaucrats or to add/remove rollback users. ([[Help:User rights]])
  
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;Users list
  
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:[[Special:ListUsers]]—List of people who have edited this wiki ([[Help:Active users]]). You can also narrow it down to view specific user groups with a specific edit. threshold. This tool also has some aliases that will immediately narrow down the scope of the page.
  
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::[[Special:ListAdmins]]—Only sysops and bureaucrats are returned by default.
  
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::[[Special:ListStaff]]—Only [[staff]] members are returned by default.
  
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::[[Special:ListVSTF]]—Only [[Help:VSTF|VSTF]] members are returned by default.
  
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::[[Special:ListBots]]—Only [[Help:Bots|bots]] are returned by default.
  
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::[[Special:ListHelpers]]—Only [[Help:Volunteers and Helpers#Helpers|helpers]] members are returned by default.
  
   
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{{Anchor|Data and tools}}
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===Recent changes and logs===
  
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=== {{int:specialpages-group-wiki}} ===
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;Followed Pages
  
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; {{int:apisandbox}}
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:[[Special:Following]]—A list of pages you are following on that wiki
  
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: [[Special:ApiSandbox]] — Opens the API sandbox for queries.
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;Logs ([[#Logs|extended list]])
  
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; {{int:abusefilter}}
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:[[Special:Log]]—Logs of deletion, protection, blocking, image uploads and user rights settings
  
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: [[Special:AbuseFilter]] — Opens the main page of AbuseFilter.
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;New pages
  
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; {{int:booksources}}
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:[[Special:NewPages]]—List of new pages on a wiki ([[Help:Newest Pages]])
  
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: [[Special:BookSources]] — Searches for book sources. Used when an ISBN is linked to on a page. See [[mw:Manual:ISBN|Manual:ISBN]] for more information and right syntax.
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;New photos on this wiki
  
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; {{int:expandtemplates}}
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:[[Special:NewFiles]]—List of photos on a wiki sorted by newest to oldest
  
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: [[Special:ExpandTemplates]] — Expands the template. ([[Help:Templates]])
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;Recent changes
  
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; {{int:gadgetusage}}
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:[[Special:RecentChanges]]—The latest edits on a wiki ([[Help:Recent changes]])
  
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: [[Special:GadgetUsage]] — Lists for usage of gadgets. ([[Help:Gadgets]])
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;Related changes
  
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; {{int:gadgets}}
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:[[Special:RelatedChanges]]—Changes made recently to pages linked from a specified page<br />or to members of a specified category ([[Help:Related changes]])
  
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: [[Special:Gadgets]] — Lists the gadgets. ([[Help:Gadgets]])
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;Valid change tags
  
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; {{int:statistics}}
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:[[Special:Tags]]—A list of the tags that MediaWiki may mark an edit with, and their meaning
  
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: [[Special:Statistics]] — Total number of pages and users
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;Watchlist
  
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; {{int:allmessages}}
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:[[Special:Watchlist]]—Show the pages you are watching ([[Help:Watchlist]])
  
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: [[Special:AllMessages]] — Displays all pages in the MediaWiki namespace ([[Help:System messages]])
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; {{int:version}}
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: [[Special:Version]] — The version of the software the site is currently running. Also displayed 'installed' extensions.
   
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{{Anchor|Redirecting special pages}}
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===Media reports and uploads===
  
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=== {{int:specialpages-group-redirects}} ===
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;Duplicate photos search
  
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; {{int:diff-form}}
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:[[Special:FileDuplicateSearch]]—Locate duplicate files based on filename
  
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: [[Special:Diff]] — Shows for the difference ID. ([[Help:Page history]])
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;File list
  
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; {{int:editpage}}
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:[[Special:ImageList]]—List of images uploaded that can be sorted by size or date ([[Help:Images]])
  
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: [[Special:EditPage]] — Allows to edit a page with a target page. ([[Help:Editing]])
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;File path
  
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; {{int:newsection}}
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:[[Special:FilePath]]—Returns the complete path for a file ([[Help:Images]])
  
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: [[Special:NewSection]] — Allows to add a new section with a target page. ([[Help:Editing]])
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;<span style="color:green;">Import Free Images</span>
  
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; {{int:pagehistory}}
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:[[Special:ImportFreeImages]]—Import properly licensed photos from flickr ([[Help:Import free images]])
  
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: [[Special:PageHistory]] — Allows to enter page's history with a target page. ([[Help:Page history]])
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;MIME search
  
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; {{int:pageinfo}}
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:[[Special:MIMESearch]]—Enables the filtering of files for its MIME-type
  
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: [[Special:PageInfo]] — Allows to enter page's info with a target page.
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;<span style="color:green;">Upload multiple photos</span>
  
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; {{int:permanentlink}}
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:[[Special:MultipleUpload]]—Upload up to 10 files to the wiki ([[Help:Multiple uploads]])
  
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: [[Special:PermanentLink]] — Enters for the revision ID.
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;<span style="color:green;">Upload photo</span>
  
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; {{int:purge}}
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:[[Special:Upload]]—Upload a file to the wiki ([[Help:Uploading files]])
  
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: [[Special:Purge]] — Allows to purge with a target page. ([[Help:Purge]])
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; {{int:randompage}}
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: [[Special:RandomPage]] — Redirects to a random page.
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; {{int:randomincategory}}
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: [[Special:RandomInCategory]] — Generates a random page limited to the named category.
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; {{int:randomredirect}}
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: [[Special:RandomRedirect]] — Randomly taken to a redirecting page. ([[Help:Redirects]])
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; {{int:randomrootpage}}
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: [[Special:RandomRootpage]] — Redirects to a root page.
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; {{int:redirect}}
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: [[Special:Redirect]] — Opens the redirect for a page, file name, user ID, revision ID, or log ID.
   
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{{Anchor|High use pages}}
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===Wiki data and tools===
  
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=== {{int:specialpages-group-highuse}} ===
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;Statistics
  
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; {{int:mostlinkedcategories}}
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:[[Special:Statistics]]—Total number of pages and users
  
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: [[Special:MostLinkedCategories]] — Categories that have the most links to them in descending order.
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;System messages
  
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; {{int:mostimages}}
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:[[Special:Allmessages]]—Displays all pages in the MediaWiki namespace ([[Help:System Messages]])
  
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: [[Special:MostLinkedFiles]] — Files that have the most links to them in descending order.
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;Version
  
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; {{int:mostlinked}}
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:[[Special:Version]]—The version of the software the site is currently running. Also displayed 'installed' extensions
  
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: [[Special:MostLinkedPages]] — Pages that have the most links to them in descending order.
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;Wikia Statistics
  
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; {{int:mostlinkedtemplates}}
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:[[Special:WikiStats]]—Displays monthly statistics of active users, edits, uploads, and other useful data
  
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: [[Special:MostTranscludedPages]] — Pages that have the most transcluded to them.
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; {{int:mostcategories}}
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: [[Special:MostCategories]] — List of pages with the most categories in descending order.
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; {{int:mostinterwikis}}
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: [[Special:MostInterwikis]] — Pages that have the most interlanguage links. ([[Help:Interlanguage links]])
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; {{int:mostrevisions}}
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: [[Special:MostRevisions]] — List of pages with the most number of edits in descending order.
   
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{{Anchor|Page tools}}
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===Redirecting special pages===
  
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;Random page
  
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:[[Special:RandomPage]]—Redirects to a random page ([[Help:Redirect]])
  
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: [[Special:ComparePages]] — A tool to allow comparing revisions of two different pages.
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;Random redirect
  
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:[[Special:RandomRedirect]]—Randomly taken to a redirecting page ([[Help:Redirect]])
  
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: [[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]])
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;Search
  
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:[[Special:Search]]—Search the wiki ([[Help:Searching]])
  
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: [[Special:Import]] — Import pages exported from another wiki in an XML file ([[Help:Exporting pages]])
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; <span style="color:red;">{{int:mergehistory}}</span> (A)
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: [[Special:MergeHistory]] — Merges the histories.
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: [[Special:Undelete]] — One way to undelete a page or review deleted revisions of pages
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: [[Special:WhatLinksHere]] — Finds all pages that link to an article. Three filters are available to except links, redirects or transclusions from the results. It is not yet possible to except transcluded links.
   
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===High use pages===
  
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; {{int:leaderboard}}
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;Most linked-to categories
  
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: [{{fullurl:Special:Leaderboard}} Special:Leaderboard] — A ranked list of users by achievement badges. ([[Help:Achievements]])
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:[[Special:MostLinkedCategories]]—Categories that have the most links to them in descending order
  
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: [[Special:UserRenameTool]] — User Rename service. You can only rename your account once. ([[Help:Changing your username]])
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:[[Special:MostImages]]—Images that have the most links to them in descending order
  
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:[[Special:MostLinkedTemplates]]—Templates that have the most links to them in descending order
  
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: [[Special:ConfirmEmail]] — Confirms user's email address.
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:[[Special:MostCategories]]—List of pages with the most categories in descending order
  
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;Pages with the most revisions
  
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: [[Special:CreatePage]] — Guided process to creating new pages. ([[Help:New page]])
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:[[Special:MostRevisions]]—List of pages with the large number of edits in descending order
  
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; {{int:createbloglistingpage}}
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: [[Special:CreateBlogListingPage]] — Create a new blog listing page to display blog posts from categories. ([[Help:Blogs]])
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: [[Special:CreateNewWiki]] — Guided process to creating a new wiki. ([[Help:Start a new community]])<ref name="note">This only shows in [[w:|English Community Central]].</ref>
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; {{int:downloadyourdata}}
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: [[Special:DownloadYourData]] — Download the data we provide: username, user ID, real name (if provided), email address, account creation date and a link to a list of your contributions. ([[Help:Database download]])
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; {{int:editcount}}
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: [{{fullurl:Special:EditCount}} Special:EditCount] — Edit tally broken down by namespaces locally and globally. ([[Help:Edit count]])
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; {{int:searchcommunity}}
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: [[Special:SearchCommunity]] — Finds any communities on Fandom.
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; <span style="color: green;">{{int:infoboxbuilder}}</span> (L)
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: [{{fullurl:Special:InfoboxBuilder}} Special:InfoboxBuilder]―A graphical user interface for creating [[Help:Infoboxes|portable infoboxes]].
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; {{int:jspages}}
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: [[Special:JSPages]] — Lists the current review status of MediaWiki namespace scripts. ([[Help:JavaScript review process]])
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; {{int:listglobalusers}}
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: [[Special:ListGlobalUsers]] — List of users with global user rights. Only Global Discussions Moderators, Vanguards, SOAP, Helpers, and Staff are returned by default.
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:* [[Special:ListStaff]] — Only [[Help:Community Team|staff]] members are returned by default.
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:* [[Special:ListSOAP]] — Only [[Help:SOAP|SOAP]] members are returned by default.
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:* [[Special:ListHelpers]] — Only [[Help:Volunteers and Helpers#Helpers|helpers]] members are returned by default.
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; {{int:userlogin}}
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: [[Special:UserLogin]] — Login to your Fandom account. ([[Help:Logging in]])
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; {{int:userlogout}}
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: [[Special:UserLogout]] — Logout to your Fandom account. ([[Help:Logging in]])
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; {{int:mapeditor}}
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: [[Special:MapEditor]] ― An editor for maps. ([[Help:Maps Extension]])
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; <span style="color: green;">{{int:mathstatus}}</span> (L)
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: [[Special:MathStatus]] — Shows the status about maths. ([[Help:Math]])
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; {{int:newwikis}}
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: [[Special:NewWikis]] — Lists all recently-created wikis.<ref name="note" />
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; {{int:withoutimages}}
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: [[Special:Withoutimages]] — List of pages without [[Help:Adding images|images]] on them.
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; {{int:search}}
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: [[Special:Search]] — Search the wiki. ([[Help:Searching]])
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; {{int:socialactivity-page-title}}
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: [[Special:SocialActivity]] — Recent posts about [[Help:Comments|comments]], [[Help:Message Wall|Message Wall]], and [[Help:Discussions|Discussions]]. ([[Help:Social Activity Feed]])
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; {{int:tagsreport}}
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: [[Special:TagsReport]] — Allows searching for usage of templates, parser functions and HTML-like extension tags - by name, parameter name and parameter value.
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; {{int:usersignup}}
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: [[Special:UserSignup]] — Sign up to your Fandom account. ([[Help:Create an account]])
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; <span style="color:red;">{{int:analytics_dashboard}}</span> (A)
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: [[Special:Analytics]] — Provides analytics information for the wiki. ([[Help:Analytics dashboard]])
   
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== Unlisted special pages ==
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===Page tools===
  
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These pages are not listed on [[Special:SpecialPages]].
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[[File:Whatlinkshere.png|right|300px|thumb|Example output of the Special:WhatLinksHere page.]]
  
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;Create a new page
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; Blank page
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: [[Special:BlankPage]] ― A blank page. Can be used by [[Help:Advanced_CSS_and_JS|JavaScript]] scripts to insert custom user interface.
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:[[Special:Createpage]]—Guided process to creating new pages ([[Help:New page]])
  
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; Change password
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;Export pages
  
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: [[Special:ChangePassword]] — Change the password associated with your user account.
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:[[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]])
  
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; Move page
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;<span style="color:red;">Import pages</span>
  
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:[[Special:Import]]—Import pages exported from another wiki in an XML file
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: [[Special:MovePage]] — [[Help:Moving pages|Move]] a page.
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; Your contributions
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;<span style="color:red;">Restore deleted pages</span>
  
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: [[Special:Mycontributions]] — Redirects to your [[Help:User contributions|contributions page]].
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:[[Special:Undelete]]—One way to undelete a page or review deleted revisions of pages
  
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; Your talk page
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;What links here
  
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: [[Special:Mytalk]] — Redirects to your [[Help:Talk pages|talk page]] or [[Help:Message Wall|message wall]].
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:[[Special:WhatLinksHere]]—Finds all pages that link to an article. Three filters are available to except links, redirects or transclusions from the results. It is not yet possible to except transcluded links.
  
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; Your uploads
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: [[Special:MyUploads]] — Redirects to Special:ListFiles with your [[Help:Uploading files|uploads]].
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; Your user page
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: [[Special:Mypage]] — Redirects to your [[Help:Profiles|user page]].
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; Special pages
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: [[Special:SpecialPages]] — Lists all the special pages.
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; <span style="color:red;">Theme Designer</span>
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: [[Special:ThemeDesigner]] ― Edit the wiki theme.
   
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===Wikia pages===
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=== Logs ===
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* [[Special:Log/block|Block log]] - blocks and unblocks ([[Help:Blocking]])
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;Contact Wikia
  
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:[[Special:Contact]]—Send a message or inquiry to the [[Help:Community Team|Community Team]] ([[Help:Contacting Wikia]])
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* [[Special:Log/delete|Deletion log]] - deleted and undeleted pages ([[Help:Delete]])
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* [[Special:Log/import|Import log]] - administrative imports of pages with edit history from other wikis
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;Create blog
  
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* [[Special:Log/merge|Merge log]] - list of the most recent merges of one page history into another
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:[[Special:CreateBlogPage]]—Create a new blog post
  
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* [[Special:Log/move|Move log]] - list of page moves ([[Help:Moving pages]])
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;Create blog listing
  
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* [[Special:Log/newusers|User creation log]] - list of newly created accounts.
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:[[Special:CreateBlogListingPage]]—Create a new blog listing page to display blog posts from categories
  
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* [[Special:Log/create|Page creation log]] - list of page creations ([[Help:New page]])
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;Partner feed
  
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* [[Special:Log/protect|Protection log]] - list of page protections and unprotections ([[Help:Page protection]])
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:[[Special:PartnerFeed]]—RSS feed for types of wiki actions and content
  
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* [[Special:Log/upload|Upload log]] - list of images uploaded ([[Help:Uploading files]])
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* [[Special:Log/rights|User rights log]] - changes to user rights ([[Help:User rights]])
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* [[Special:Log/templateclassification|Template classification log]] - changes to [[Help:Template types|template types]].
   
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===Login/sign up===
  
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* [[Special:Log/patrol|Patrol log]] - log of [[Help:Recent changes patrol|patrolled]] revisions.
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;Connect account with Facebook
  
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* [[Special:Log/abusefilter|Abuse Filter log]] - log of changes to [[Help:Extensions#Restricted extensions|abuse filters]].
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: [[Special:Connect]]
  
   
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===Other special pages===
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== See also ==
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* [[Help:Special page inclusion]]
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;API Explorer
  
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* [[Help:Extensions]]
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:[[Special:ApiExplorer]]—Displays documentation for the wiki's API
  
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* [[m:Help:Special page|Meta-Wiki help page]]
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;Achievements Leaderboard
  
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:[[Special:Leaderboard]]—A ranked list of users by achievement badges
  
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;Activity feed
  
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:[[Special:WikiActivity]]—A visual feed of edits and communication on the wiki
  
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;Book sources
  
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:[[Special:BookSources]]—Used when an ISBN is linked to on a page. See [[mw:Manual:ISBN|Manual:ISBN]] for more information and right syntax.
  
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;Random page in category
  
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:[[Special:RandomInCategory]]—Generates a random page limited to the named category
  
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*[[Special:Log/delete|Deletion log]] - deleted and undeleted pages ([[Help:Deletion]])
  
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*[[Special:Log/import|Import log]] - administrative imports of pages with edit history from other wikis
  
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*[[Special:Log/merge|Merge log]] - list of the most recent merges of one page history into another
  
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*[[Special:Log/newusers|User creation log]] - list of newly created accounts.
  
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*[[Special:Log/upload|Upload log]] - list of images uploaded ([[Help:Uploading files]])
  
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*[[Special:Log/rights|User rights log]] - changes to user rights ([[Help:User rights]])
  
   
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Special Pages

The Special Pages page.

Special pages are tools and reports that come with the 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. You can also access this page using the keyboard shortcut Alt + Shift + Q.
  • 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.

List of special pages

Below is a list of options in Special:SpecialPages, color and letter coded by access levels:

  • Default color (no letter) — Available to anyone
  • Green (L) — Available to logged in users
  • Red (A) — Available to admins

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

Maintenance reports

Broken redirects
Special:BrokenRedirects — List of pages whose target page has been deleted or doesn't exist. (Help:Redirects)
Dead-end pages
Special:DeadendPages — Pages without any outgoing links.
Double redirects
Special:DoubleRedirects — List of pages that redirect to another redirect page. (Help:Redirects)
Long pages
Special:LongPages — Pages that contain the most characters in descending order.
Non-portable infoboxes
Special:NonportableInfoboxes — Templates are not portables for infoboxes. (Help:Infoboxes)
Oldest pages
Special:AncientPages — Lists the oldest pages on a wiki.
Orphaned pages
Special:LonelyPages — Pages 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:Categories)
Uncategorized files
Special:UncategorizedFiles — Images without category tags. (Help:Categories)
Uncategorized pages
Special:UncategorizedPages — Pages without category tags. (Help:Categories)
Uncategorized templates
Special:UncategorizedTemplates — Templates without category tags. (Help:Categories)
Unorganized templates
Special:UnorganizedTemplates — Templates without any type definitions. (Help:Template types)
Unused categories
Special:UnusedCategories — Displays categories that have not been used.
Unused files
Special:UnusedFiles — Images that do not appear on any page. (Help:Adding images)
Unused templates
Special:UnusedTemplates — Templates that are not included in any page. (Help:Templates)
Unwatched pages (A)
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:Categories)
Wanted files
Special:WantedFiles — Most internally linked-to files (not just images) that do not yet exist.
Wanted pages
Special:WantedPages — Most internally linked-to articles that do not yet exist.
Wanted templates
Special:WantedTemplates — Most internally linked-to templates that do not yet exist.

Lists of pages

All pages
Special:AllPages — A list of every page on the wiki.
All pages with prefix
Special:PrefixIndex — Displays all namespaces within the wiki, along with a search box.
Categories
Special:Categories — List of categories. (Help:Categories)
Category tree
Special:CategoryTree — Use a category name to see its contents as a tree structure. (Help:Categories)
Disambiguation pages
Special:DisambiguationPages — List pages marked as disambiguations. (Help:Glossary#D)
External links search
Special:LinkSearch — Links on pages that take readers outside of the wiki. (Help:Searching)
List of redirects
Special:ListRedirects — List of redirects on a wiki. (Help:Redirects)
Pages linking to disambiguation pages
Special:DisambiguationPageLinks — List of pages that are linking to the disambiguation page by __DISAMBIG__ magic word. (Help:Glossary#D)
Pages with a page property
Special:PagesWithProp — Pages that are using properties.
Tracking categories
Special:TrackingCategories — Lists to the maintenance categories.

Users and rights

Autoblocks
Special:AutoblockList — Lists the autoblocked users. (Help:Blocking)
Block user (A)
Special:Block — Block a user or IP address. (Help:Blocking)
Blocked users
Special:BlockList — Blocked IPs and usernames. (Help:Blocking)
Bot passwords
Special:BotPasswords — Registers user's bot account. (Help:Bots)
Change email address
Special:ChangeEmail — Change the email address associated with your account. (Also within Special:Preferences)
Deleted user contributions (A)
Special:DeletedContributions — View a user's or IP address's edits that have been deleted. (Help:Delete)
Grants
Special:ListGrants — Lists the grants.
Notifications (L)
Special:Notifications — Lists Gamepedia notifications. (Help:Notifications)
Password policies
Special:PasswordPolicies — Lists the password policies.
Preferences
Special:Preferences — Change your user preferences. (Help:Preferences)
Reset tokens
Special:ResetTokens — Resets the tokens from watchlist. (Help:Watchlist)
Unblock user (A)
Special:Unblock — Unblock a user or IP address.
User group rights
Special:ListGroupRights — List of rights associated with each user group. (Help:User rights)
User list
Special:ListUsers — List of people who have edited this wiki. You can also narrow it down to view specific user groups with a specific edit to "Users". This tool also has some aliases that will immediately narrow down the scope of the page. (Help:ListUsers)
Special:ListAdmins — Only sysops are returned by default.
Special:ListBots — Only bots are returned by default.
User contributions
Special:Contributions — List of contributions of anonymous or logged-in users. (Help:User contributions)
User rights (A)
Special:UserRights — Use to manage user rights of users. (Help:User rights)

Recent changes and logs

Abuse filter log
Special:AbuseLog — Logs of abuse filters by AbuseFilter.
Gallery of new files
Special:NewFiles — List of new images on a wiki. (Help:Adding images)
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:New page)
Recent changes
Special:RecentChanges — The latest edits on a wiki. (Help:Recent changes)
Related changes
Special:RecentChangesLinked — Changes made recently to pages linked from a specified page or to members of a specified category.
Valid change tags
Special:Tags — A list of the tags that MediaWiki may mark an edit with, and their meaning.
Watchlist
Special:Watchlist — A recent changes list of all edits to pages you're following.
Special:EditWatchlist — Edit your list of watched pages. (Help:Watchlist)
Special:EditWatchlist/raw

Media reports and uploads

File list
Special:ListFiles — List of files uploaded that can be sorted by size or date.
List of files with duplicates
Special:ListDuplicatedFiles — Lists the duplicated files.
MIME search
Special:MIMESearch — Enables the filtering of files for its MIME-type.
Media statistics
Special:MediaStatistics — Lists the media statistics.
⧼orphanedtimedtext⧽
Special:OrphanedTimedText — Lists the orphaned timed text with TimedText: namespace.
Search for duplicate files
Special:FileDuplicateSearch — Locate duplicate files based on filename.
⧼transcodestatistics⧽ (L)
Special:Transcode statistics — Shows the stats about sound files with transcodes.
Upload file (L)
Special:Upload — Upload a file to the wiki.

Data and tools

API sandbox
Special:ApiSandbox — Opens the API sandbox for queries.
Abuse filter management
Special:AbuseFilter — Opens the main page of AbuseFilter.
Book sources
Special:BookSources — Searches for book sources. Used when an ISBN is linked to on a page. See Manual:ISBN for more information and right syntax.
Expand templates
Special:ExpandTemplates — Expands the template. (Help:Templates)
Gadget usage statistics
Special:GadgetUsage — Lists for usage of gadgets. (Help:Gadgets)
Gadgets
Special:Gadgets — Lists the gadgets. (Help:Gadgets)
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

Differences
Special:Diff — Shows for the difference ID. (Help:Page history)
Edit a page
Special:EditPage — Allows to edit a page with a target page. (Help:Editing)
New section
Special:NewSection — Allows to add a new section with a target page. (Help:Editing)
Page history
Special:PageHistory — Allows to enter page's history with a target page. (Help:Page history)
Page info
Special:PageInfo — Allows to enter page's info with a target page.
Permanent link
Special:PermanentLink — Enters for the revision ID.
Purge
Special:Purge — Allows to purge with a target page. (Help:Purge)
Random page
Special:RandomPage — Redirects to a random page.
Random page in category
Special:RandomInCategory — Generates a random page limited to the named category.
Random redirect
Special:RandomRedirect — Randomly taken to a redirecting page. (Help:Redirects)
Random root page
Special:RandomRootpage — Redirects to a root page.
Redirect by file, user, page, revision, or log ID
Special:Redirect — Opens the redirect for a page, file name, user ID, revision ID, or log ID.

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:MostLinkedFiles — Files that have the most links to them in descending order.
Most linked-to pages
Special:MostLinkedPages — Pages that have the most links to them in descending order.
Most transcluded pages
Special:MostTranscludedPages — Pages that have the most transcluded to them.
Pages with the most categories
Special:MostCategories — List of pages with the most categories in descending order.
Pages with the most interwikis
Special:MostInterwikis — Pages that have the most interlanguage links. (Help:Interlanguage links)
Pages with the most revisions
Special:MostRevisions — List of pages with the most number of edits in descending order.

Page tools

Change content model of a page (A)
Special:ChangeContentModel — Changes the content model.
Compare pages
Special:ComparePages — A tool to allow comparing revisions of two different pages.
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 (A)
Special:Import — Import pages exported from another wiki in an XML file (Help:Exporting pages)
Merge page histories (A)
Special:MergeHistory — Merges the histories.
View deleted pages (A)
Special:Undelete — One way to undelete a page or review deleted revisions of pages
What links here
Special:WhatLinksHere — Finds all pages that link to an article. Three filters are available to except links, redirects or transclusions from the results. It is not yet possible to except transcluded links.

Other special pages

Achievements Leaderboard
Special:Leaderboard — A ranked list of users by achievement badges. (Help:Achievements)
Announcements (A)
Special:Announcements — Allows you to make an announcement. (Help:Announcements)
Change a user's name
Special:UserRenameTool — User Rename service. You can only rename your account once. (Help:Changing your username)
Close My Account
Special:CloseMyAccount — Allows you to close your account. Accounts will be closed automatically after 30 days. (Help:Closing an account)
Community
Special:Community ― Partially editable by admins. (Community Page)
Confirm email address
Special:ConfirmEmail — Confirms user's email address.
Create a new page
Special:CreatePage — Guided process to creating new pages. (Help:New page)
Create blog listing
Special:CreateBlogListingPage — Create a new blog listing page to display blog posts from categories. (Help:Blogs)
Create New Community
Special:CreateNewWiki — Guided process to creating a new wiki. (Help:Start a new community)[1]
Download Your Data
Special:DownloadYourData — Download the data we provide: username, user ID, real name (if provided), email address, account creation date and a link to a list of your contributions. (Help:Database download)
Edit count
Special:EditCount — Edit tally broken down by namespaces locally and globally. (Help:Edit count)
Find communities on FANDOM
Special:SearchCommunity — Finds any communities on Fandom.
Infobox Builder (L)
Special:InfoboxBuilder―A graphical user interface for creating portable infoboxes.
JavaScript pages
Special:JSPages — Lists the current review status of MediaWiki namespace scripts. (Help:JavaScript review process)
List global users
Special:ListGlobalUsers — List of users with global user rights. Only Global Discussions Moderators, Vanguards, SOAP, Helpers, and Staff are returned by default.
Log in / create account
Special:UserLogin — Login to your Fandom account. (Help:Logging in)
Log out
Special:UserLogout — Logout to your Fandom account. (Help:Logging in)
Map editor
Special:MapEditor ― An editor for maps. (Help:Maps Extension)
Math status (L)
Special:MathStatus — Shows the status about maths. (Help:Math)
New wikis
Special:NewWikis — Lists all recently-created wikis.[1]
Pages without images
Special:Withoutimages — List of pages without images on them.
Search
Special:Search — Search the wiki. (Help:Searching)
Social Activity
Special:SocialActivity — Recent posts about comments, Message Wall, and Discussions. (Help:Social Activity Feed)
Tags report
Special:TagsReport — Allows searching for usage of templates, parser functions and HTML-like extension tags - by name, parameter name and parameter value.
UserSignup
Special:UserSignup — Sign up to your Fandom account. (Help:Create an account)
Wiki Analytics Admin Dashboard (A)
Special:Analytics — Provides analytics information for the wiki. (Help:Analytics dashboard)

Unlisted special pages

These pages are not listed on Special:SpecialPages.

Blank page
Special:BlankPage ― A blank page. Can be used by JavaScript scripts to insert custom user interface.
Change password
Special:ChangePassword — Change the password associated with your user account.
Move page
Special:MovePage — Move a page.
Your contributions
Special:Mycontributions — Redirects to your contributions page.
Your talk page
Special:Mytalk — Redirects to your talk page or message wall.
Your uploads
Special:MyUploads — Redirects to Special:ListFiles with your uploads.
Your user page
Special:Mypage — Redirects to your user page.
Special pages
Special:SpecialPages — Lists all the special pages.
Theme Designer
Special:ThemeDesigner ― Edit the wiki theme.

Logs

Some extensions also add new log types to the wiki (these will only exist if they are enabled at your wiki). Examples:

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 This only shows in English Community Central.

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