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.
Special:SpecialPages
Maintenance reports
- Broken redirects
- Special:BrokenRedirects : List of pages whose target article has been deleted (Help:Redirect)
- Dead-end pages
- Special:DeadendPages : Pages without any outgoing links (Help:Dead-end street)
- Double redirects
- Special:DoubleRedirects : List of pages that redirect to another redirect page (Help:Redirect)
- Long pages
- Special:LongPages : Pages that contain the most characters in descending order
- Oldest pages
- Special:AncientPages : Lists the oldest pages on a wiki
- Orphaned pages
- Special:LonelyPages : Articles not linked to or from any other page on the wiki
- Pages with the fewest revisions
- Special:FewestRevisions : Pages with the least amount of edits
- Pages without language links
- Special:WithoutInterwiki : Pages that do not link to any alternate language counterparts (Help:Interlanguage links)
- Protected pages
- Special:ProtectedPages : List pages that cannot be edited by non-admins or non-autoconfirmed users (Help:Page protection)
- Protected titles
- Special:ProtectedTitles : Pages that have been protected from creation from non-admins (Help:Page protection)
- Short pages
- Special:ShortPages : Pages that contain the fewest characters in ascending order
- 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
- 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
- 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
or to members of a specified category (Help:Related changes)
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)