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* [[Special:MIMESearch]]: filters files for media type.
* [[Special:MIMESearch]]: filters files for media type.
* [[Special:MovePage]]: for moving (renaming) a page (see [[Wikipedia:Moving a page]]). The page must be given as a parameter.
* [[Special:MovePage]]: for moving (renaming) a page (see [[Wikipedia:Moving a page]]). The page must be given as a parameter.
* [[Special:Nearby]]: to see a list of articles around you (articles near your geographical location).
* [[Special:Random]]: redirects to a random page from the main namespace which is not a redirect. Other namespaces can be specified as a parameter, e.g. [[Special:Random/Talk]]. See [[Wikipedia:Random]] for more details.
* [[Special:Random]]: redirects to a random page from the main namespace which is not a redirect. Other namespaces can be specified as a parameter, e.g. [[Special:Random/Talk]]. See [[Wikipedia:Random]] for more details.
* [[Special:RandomInCategory]] (Random page in category): redirects to a random page within the specified category (can be from any namespace).
* [[Special:RandomInCategory]] (Random page in category): redirects to a random page within the specified category (can be from any namespace).
* [[Special:RandomRedirect]]: redirects to a random redirect page.
* [[Special:RandomRedirect]]: redirects to a random redirect page.
* [[Special:RandomRootpage]]: redirects to a random ''root'' page, that is, excluding sub-pages. Some wikis, such as Wikibooks, use a sub-page hierarchy. This function can be used there as a substitute for Special:Random, so it can be used to show "random books" in Wikibooks, instead of random pages.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions/Archive 18#Volunteer-initiated extension to be deployed to Wikimedia sites]]</ref>
* [[Special:RandomRootpage]]: redirects to a random ''root'' page, that is, excluding sub-pages.  
* [[Special:Search]]: for searching Wikipedia. See [[Help:Searching]].
* [[Special:Search]]: for searching Wikipedia. See [[Help:Searching]].
* [[Special:Upload]] (Upload file): upload a file to the wiki.
* [[Special:Upload]] (Upload file): upload a file to the wiki.
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* [[Special:Watchlist]], watchlist
* [[Special:Watchlist]], watchlist
* [[Special:WhatLinksHere]], What links here
* [[Special:WhatLinksHere]], What links here
* [[Special:WikiSets]], Wiki sets
* [[Special:WithoutInterwiki]], Pages without language links
* [[Special:WithoutInterwiki]], Pages without language links


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* [[mw:Writing a new special page|Writing a new special page]] on the MediaWiki site
* [[mw:Writing a new special page|Writing a new special page]] on the MediaWiki site
* [[mw:Category:Special page extensions|Special page extensions]]: MediaWiki category
* [[mw:Category:Special page extensions|Special page extensions]]: MediaWiki category
* [[m:Help:Special page|Help:Special page]] on Meta


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

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See also: Maintenance departments

Special pages are pages generated by the software on demand for special purposes, usually related to project maintenance. They are found in the Special: namespace, a virtual namespace whose pages lack corresponding talk pages. They are not written in wikitext and cannot be directly edited but elements of their pages can sometimes be edited through corresponding pages in the MediaWiki namespace. If you make a normal redirect to a special page, the redirect will not be immediately followed (though special pages can be targets of soft redirects), and directly creating any pages beginning with the Special: prefix is also not possible.

Special pages often take parameters. Sometimes these can be supplied after a slash (as in Special:Log/block); in other cases an index.php call is used; for example https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&days=3&limit=10. Also, the content of most special pages depends on preferences that have been set by the user, e.g. classic or enhanced Recent Changes, the number of titles in Recent Changes and the watchlist, etc.

A directory of special pages available for the current user can be accessed from Special:SpecialPages, which is found in the sidebar of every page on Wikipedia in the Tools section.

Modifying special pages

Although special pages are not themselves editable, they generally contain standard text which is modifiable (although only by administrators). To find the right portion of text, append ?uselang=qqx to the special page URL, or append &uselang=qqx instead if the URL already contains a ?. This will reveal message names in parentheses. Then, go to that name in the MediaWiki namespace. For example, Template:Querylink reveals "(booksources-summary)", so MediaWiki:Booksources-summary is used on that page. An administrator will make the change if it seems appropriate.

Available special pages

By function

General information

Page listings

Tools

Latest changes

Users

Personal

Maintenance

Miscellaneous

Restricted

The following pages can be accessed only by users with certain privileges.

Infrequently updated

The following special pages are updated on a less regular schedule. Some of these pages may have analogues on cloud services.

Alphabetical order

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

L

M

N

O

P

Q

  • None

R

S

T

U

V

  • Special:Version, Version of MediaWiki in use, extensions installed, authors, etc.

W

Linking and transcluding

To create a link to a special page:

It can take a label:

  • [[Special:PrefixIndex/HMS|All HMSs]]All HMSs

To present the list on a page, transclude the name:

  • {{Special:PrefixIndex/HMS}}

However, some pages cannot be transcluded and would produce only a wikilink (e.g., {{Special:Random}}Special:Random). When non-existent pages are linked or transcluded, a red link is produced (e.g., Special:RedLinkExample).[lower-alpha 1]

More information on transcludable special pages can be found at Help:Transclusion#Special pages.

Links containing URL query strings

Because the ampersand character (&) is disallowed, it is not possible to create an ordinary link containing &action=edit or &redirect=no in the URL query string.

See also

Notes

Template:Notelist

References

  1. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_default_namespaces
  2. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/ancientpages.pp
  3. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/deadendpages.pp
  4. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/fewestrevisions.pp
  5. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#4
  6. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#9
  7. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#14
  8. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/mostlinked.pp
  9. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/mostrevisions.pp
  10. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#19
  11. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#24
  12. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/wantedpages.pp
  13. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/0c69e0e8cdcdf4cf25a29aebe9ae87eb2eabf700/modules/profile/manifests/mediawiki/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#29

External links

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