Help:Special pages

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

How to Find Special Pages

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

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

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

A List of Special Pages

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

Black - Available to anyone
Green - Available to logged in users
Red - Available to admins and bureaucrats
Orange - Available to bureaucrats only

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

Maintenance reports

Broken redirects: Special:BrokenRedirects : List of pages whose target article has been deleted (Help:Redirect)
Dead-end pages: Special:DeadendPages : Pages without any outgoing links (Help:Dead-end street)
Double redirects: Special:DoubleRedirects : List of pages that redirect to another redirect page (Help:Redirect)
Long pages: Special:LongPages : Pages that contain the most characters in descending order
Oldest pages: Special:AncientPages : Lists the oldest pages on a wiki
Orphaned pages: Special:LonelyPages : Articles not linked to or from any other page on the wiki
Pages with the fewest revisions: Special:FewestRevisions : Pages with the least amount of edits
Pages without language links: Special:WithoutInterwiki : Pages that do not link to any alternate language counterparts (Help:Interlanguage links)
Protected pages: Special:ProtectedPages : List pages that cannot be edited by non-admins or non-autoconfirmed users (Help:Page protection)
Protected titles: Special:ProtectedTitles : Pages that have been protected from creation from non-admins (Help:Page protection)
Short pages: Special:ShortPages : Pages that contain the fewest characters in ascending order
Tags Report: Special:TagsReport : Lists all of the specific tags in alphabetical order along with how many pages for each tag
Uncategorized categories: Special:UncategorizedCategories : Categories without category tags (Help:Category)
Uncategorized pages: Special:UncategorizedPages : Pages without category tags (Help:Category)
Uncategorized photos: Special:UncategorizedImages : Images without category tags (Help:Category)
Uncategorized templates: Special:UncategorizedTemplates : Templates without category tags (Help:Category)
Unused categories: Special:UnusedCategories displays categories that have not been used
Unused photos: Special:UnusedImages : Images that do not appear on any page (Help:Images)
Unused templates: Special:UnusedTemplates : Templates that are not included in any page (Help:Templates)
Unwatched pages: Special:UnwatchedPages : Pages that are not on any user's watchlist
Wanted categories: Special:WantedCategories : Pages that use a category that has not been created yet (Help:Category)
Wanted pages: Special:WantedPages : Most internally linked-to articles that do not yet exist
Wanted photos: Special:WantedFiles : Most internally linked-to files (not just images) that do not yet exist

List of pages

All pages: Special:AllPages : A list of every page on the wiki
All pages with prefix: Special:PrefixIndex Displays all prefixes within the wiki, along with a search box
Categories list: Special:Categories : List of categories (Help:Category)
Category tree: Special:CategoryTree : Use a category name to see its contents as a tree structure (Help:Category)
Disambiguation pages: Special:Disambiguations : List pages marked as disambiguations (Help:Glossary#D)
Redirects list: Special:ListRedirects : List of redirects on a wiki (Help:Redirect)

Users and rights

Block user: Special:BlockIP : Block a user or IP address. (Help:Blocking)
Blocked IP addresses and usernames: Special:IPBlockList : Blocked IPs and usernames (Help:Blocking)
Change password: Special:ChangePassword : Change the password associated with your user account
Contributions: Special:Contributions : List of contributions of anonymous or logged-in users (Help:User contributions)
Deleted contributions: Special:DeletedContributions : View a user's or IP address's edits that have been deleted (Help:Deletion)
Edit count: Special:EditCount : Edit tally broken down by namespaces locally and globally (Help:Edit count)
Preferences: Special:Preferences : Set your user preferences (Help:Preferences)
User group rights: Special:ListGroupRights : List of rights associated with each user group (Help:User access levels)
User rights management: Special:UserRights : Use to appoint new admins/bureaucrats or to add/remove rollback users. (Help:User access levels)
Users list: Special:ListUsers : List of people who have edited this wiki (Help:Active users)

Recent changes and logs

Followed Pages: Special:Following : A list of pages you are following on that wiki
Logs (extended list): Special:Log : Logs of deletion, protection, blocking, image uploads and user rights settings
New pages: Special:NewPages : List of new pages on a wiki (Help:Newest Pages)
New photos on this wiki: Special:NewFiles : List of photos on a wiki sorted by newest to oldest
Recent changes: Special:RecentChanges : The latest edits on a wiki (Help:Recent changes)
Related changes: Special:RelatedChanges : Changes made recently to pages linked from a specified page
or to members of a specified category (Help:Related changes)
Valid change tags: Special:Tags : A list of the tags that MediaWiki may mark an edit with, and their meaning
Watchlist: Special:Watchlist : Show the pages you are watching (Help:Watchlist)

Media reports and uploads

Duplicate photos search: Special:FileDuplicateSearch : Locate duplicate files based on filename
File list: Special:ImageList : List of images uploaded that can be sorted by size or date (Help:Images)
File path: Special:FilePath : Returns the complete path for a file (Help:Images)
Import Free Images: Special:ImportFreeImages : Import properly licensed photos from flickr (Help:Import free images)
MIME search: Special:MIMESearch : Enables the filtering of files for its MIME-type
Upload multiple photos: Special:MultipleUpload : Upload up to 10 files to the wiki (Help:Multiple uploads)
Upload photo: Special:Upload : Upload a file to the wiki (Help:Uploading files)

Wiki data and tools

Statistics: Special:Statistics : Total number of pages and users
System messages: Special:Allmessages : Displays all pages in the MediaWiki namespace (Help:System Messages)
Version: Special:Version : The version of the software the site is currently running. Also displayed 'installed' extensions
Wikia Statistics: Special:WikiStats : Displays monthly statistics of active users, edits, uploads, and other useful data

Redirecting special pages

External links search: Special:LinkSearch : Links on pages that take readers outside of the wiki
Random page: Special:RandomPage : Redirects to a random page (Help:Redirect)
Random redirect: Special:RandomRedirect : Randomly taken to a redirecting page (Help:Redirect)
Search: Special:Search : Search the wiki (Help:Searching)

High use pages

Most linked-to categories: Special:MostLinkedCategories : Categories that have the most links to them in descending order
Most linked-to pages: Special:MostLinked : Pages that have the most links to them in descending order
Most linked-to photos: Special:MostImages : Images that have the most links to them in descending order
Most linked-to templates: Special:MostLinkedTemplates : Templates that have the most links to them in descending order
Most popular categories: Special:Mostpopularcategories : List of the most popular categories
Pages with the most categories: Special:MostCategories : List of pages with the most categories in descending order
Pages with the most revisions: Special:MostRevisions : List of pages with the large number of edits in descending order

Create a new page: Special:Createpage : Guided process to creating new pages (Help:New page)
Export pages: Special:Export : Exports the source of individual wiki pages, optionally with their histories, in a thin XML wrapper which includes metadata like time, etc (Help:Exporting pages)
Import pages: Special:Import : Import pages exported from another wiki in an XML file
Restore deleted pages: Special:Undelete : One way to undelete a page or review deleted revisions of pages
What links here: Special:WhatLinksHere : Find all pages that link to an article

Wikia pages

Contact Wikia: Special:Contact : Send a message or inquiry to the Community Team (Help:Contacting Wikia)
Create blog: Special:CreateBlogPage : Create a new blog post
Create blog listing: Special:CreateBlogListingPage : Create a new blog listing page to display blog posts from categories
Partner feed: Special:PartnerFeed : RSS feed for types of wiki actions and content

Login/sign up

Connect account with Facebook: Special:Connect

Other special pages

API Explorer: Special:ApiExplorer : Displays documentation for the wiki's API
Achievements Leaderboard: Special:Leaderboard : A ranked list of users by achievement badges
Activity feed: Special:WikiActivity : A visual feed of edits and communication on the wiki
Book sources: Special:BookSources : Used when an ISBN is linked to on a page
Random page in category: Special:RandomInCategory : Generates a random page limited to the named category
Wiki Features: Special:WikiFeatures : Enable, disable, and give feedback on experimental and optional features

Logs

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

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

Patrol log - log of patrolled revisions (Help:Recent changes patrol)
User Avatar - Logs of uploading/changing of avatars (Blogs)

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