Help:Special Pages
That means that this article contains information intended to advise or aid on the functions of the wiki, on how to use the wiki, or on general recommendations for users of the wiki.
Pages with Special: in their name are automatically generated by the website.
Special:ActiveUsers
List of users that have done stuff in the last 30 days.
Special:AllMessages
Special:AllMyFiles
Goes to Special:ListFiles and filters by the user you are logged in as.
Special:AllMyUploads
Functions identically to Special:AllMyFiles.
Special:AllPages
Lists every page on the wiki, including redirects.
Special:AncientPages
Pages listed by the last time they were edited, with oldest at the top.
Special:ApiHelp
Help with wiki API commands.
Special:ApiSandbox
For testing out wiki API stuff.
Special:BlankPage
An intentionally blank page. How fun.
Special:Block
For administrators only. Used for blocking people from editing the wiki.
Special:BlockIP
For administrators only. Special:Block but for blocking an IP address.
Special:BlockList
List of individual blockings that administrators have done.
Special:BlockUser
For administrators only. Special:Block but for blocking a single user?[confirm]
Special:BookSources
Search for books referenced on the wiki by ISBN. Not really useful for our wiki.
Special:BotPasswords
Special:BrokenLinks
Redirects to Special:WantedPages.
Special:BrokenRedirects
Redirect pages that lead to non-existent pages.
Special:Captcha
Information about security questions.
Special:Categories
Shows all categories.
Special:CategoryTree
Insert a category and this will return categories included under it, categories this one is included under, and the pages in this category. Basically, it's visiting a category page but without actually visiting it.
Special:ChangeContentModel
For administrators only. Changes the type of data in a page. 99% of pages seen are defined as "wikitext".
Special:ChangeCredentials
Lets you change your password.
Special:ChangeEmail
Lets you change or remove your email from your account.
Special:ChangePassword
Same as Special:ChangeCredentials.
Special:ComparePages
Compare any two pages.
Special:ConfirmEmail
Prompts a user to confirm their email. If they have already confirmed their email, it will show the date and time that they confirmed.
Special:Contribs
Redirects to Special:Contributions.
Special:Contributions
Shows all edits made by a particular user.
Special:CreateAccount
Page used for creating an account.
Special:DeadendPages
Lists pages that don't link to any other pages. This list should be showing no pages, ideally.
Special:DeleteBatch
For Bureaucrat-level users only. For deleting pages.
Special:DeletedContributions
For administrators only.
Special:Diff
Listed by the search bar, but apparently does not exist...? Seems like it would serve the same purpose as Special:ComparePages.
Special:DoubleRedirects
Shows redirect chains. This list should be showing no pages, ideally.
Special:EditTags
Special:EditWatchlist
Page for editing your watchlist.
Special:Email
Redirects to Special:EmailUser.
Special:EmailUser
Send an email to another user. They may have chosen to not receive emails.
Special:ExpandTemplates
Shows expanded versions of templates.
Special:Export
Export a page as XML.
Special:FewestRevisions
Lists pages with very few edits.
Special:FileDuplicateSearch
Enter a file name, and see if there's any duplicate images.
Special:FileList
Redirects to Special:ListFiles.
Special:FilePath
Goes to Special:Redirect and automatically sets Lookup to Filename.
Special:GoToInterwiki
Special:ImageList
Redirects to Special:ListFiles.
Special:Import
For administrators only.
Special:Interwiki
Lists all wikis you can easily link to, for example Wikipedia:Main Page.
Special:InvalidateEmail
Cancels email confirmation?
Confirm:Really? Seems odd.Special:IPBlockList
Redirects to Special:BlockList.
Special:LinkAccounts
Special:LinkSearch
Search through external links on the wiki.
Special:ListAdmins
Goes to Special:ListUsers and filters by administrators.
Special:ListBlocks
Redirects to Special:BlockList.
Special:ListBots
Goes to Special:ListUsers and filters by bots.
Special:ListDuplicatedFiles
Lists all images that are identical to others.
Special:ListFileDuplicates
Redirects to Special:ListDuplicatedFiles.
Special:ListFiles
Lists all uploaded files.
Special:ListGrants
Details about user permissions.
Special:ListGroupRights
Lists permissions for each group of users.
Special:ListRedirects
Lists all redirect pages and where they lead to.
Special:ListUsers
Lists all users who have registered on the wiki.
Special:LockDB
For administrators only.
Special:Log
Shows all image uploads and page moves.
Special:Login
Redirects to Special:UserLogin.
Special:Logout
Redirects to Special:UserLogout.
Special:Logs
Redirects to Special:Log.
Special:LonelyPages
Lists pages that are not linked to on any other wiki pages. This list should be showing no pages, ideally.
Special:LongPages
Lists pages sorted by their length.
Special:MakeBot
Redirects to Special:UserRights.
Special:MakeSysop
Redirects to Special:UserRights.
Special:MediaStatistics
Lists stats about uploaded images.
Special:MergeHistory
For administrators only. Probably shows logs about merged pages.
Special:MIMESearch
Filter images by file extension. (Not very useful for this wiki since we only allow png, jpg, and gif.)
Special:MostCategories
Displays pages that have the highest number of categories.
Special:MostFiles
Redirects to Special:MostLinkedFiles.
Special:MostImages
Redirects to Special:MostLinkedFiles.
Special:MostInterwikis
Lists pages with the highest number of links to other wikis. (as of July 23rd, 2018 it seems no pages link to more than one?)
Special:MostLinked
Redirects to Special:MostLinkedPages.
Special:MostLinkedCategories
Lists categories that are most frequently linked to by other pages.
Special:MostLinkedFiles
Lists images that are most frequently put on pages.
Special:MostLinkedPages
Lists pages that are most frequently linked to by other pages.
Special:MostLinkedTemplates
Redirects to Special:MostTranscludedPages.
Special:MostRevisions
Lists pages that have been edited the most.
Special:MostTranscludedPages
Lists templates most frequently used on pages. This doesn't show just templates actually; any page can be transcluded.
Special:MostUsedCategories
Redirects to Special:MostLinkedCategories.
Special:MostUsedTemplates
Redirects to Special:MostTranscludedPages.
Special:MovePage
Special:MyContributions
Goes to Special:Contributions and filters by the user you are logged in as.
Special:MyFiles
Functions identically to Special:AllMyFiles.
Special:MyLanguage
Redirects to a page specified after a / in the language the user uses.
Confirm:Languages are determined by IP address.Special:MyPage
Redirects to the user page of the user you are logged in as.
Special:MyTalk
Redirects to the user talk page of the user you are logged in as.
Special:MyUploads
Functions identically to Special:AllMyFiles.
Special:NewFiles
Lists the most recently uploaded files.
Special:NewImages
Redirects to Special:NewFiles.
Special:NewPages
Lists the most recently created pages.
Special:Nuke
For administrators only.
Special:OrphanedPages
Redirects to Special:LonelyPages.
Special:Pagesbyprop
Redirects to Special:PagesWithProp.
Special:Pageswithprop
Redirects to Special:Pageswithprop.
Special:PagesWithProp
Filters pages by magic words they use.
Special:PasswordReset
Allows you to reset your password.
Special:PermaLink
Redirects to Special:PermanentLink.
Special:PermanentLink
Generates never-changing links to pages.
Special:Preferences
User settings page.
Special:PrefixIndex
Filter pages by what the names start with, such as "point_".
Special:ProtectedPages
Lists pages that are locked from being edited by regular users.
Special:ProtectedTitles
Words or phrases in this list are banned from being inside a page title.[confirm]
Special:Random
Redirects to a random page.
Special:RandomInCategory
Redirects to a random page in a given category.
Special:RandomPage
Functions identically to Special:Random.[confirm]
Special:RandomRedirect
Redirects to a random redirect page.
Special:RandomRootpage
Functions identically to Special:Random.[confirm]
Special:RecentChanges
Lists all recent edits, uploads, moves, and deletions.
Special:RecentChangesLinked
Lists all recent changes to pages that are linked to by a certain page.
Special:Redirect
Special:RelatedChanges
Redirects to Special:RecentChangesLinked.
Special:RemoveCredentials
Remove your password and replace it with a random temporary one.
Special:ResetPass
Redirects to Special:ChangeCredentials.
Special:ResetPassword
Redirects to Special:ChangeCredentials.
Special:ResetTokens
Security options in case your account may have been compromised.
Special:RevisionDelete
For administrators only.
Special:RunJobs
Runs mw:Manual:RunJobs.php?[confirm]
Special:Search
Search through all pages.
Special:ShortPages
Lists pages with the smallest at the top.
Special:SpecialPages
Lists many of the Special: pages (but not all).
Special:Statistics
Stats about the website.
Special:Tags
Lists "tags"
Special:TrackingCategories
Lists automatically-generated categories.
Special:Unblock
For administrators only. Allows blocked users to be un-blocked from editing.
Special:UncategorizedCategories
Lists categories that are not listed under other categories.
Special:UncategorizedFiles
Lists images that are not listed under any categories.
Special:UncategorizedImages
Redirects to Special:UncategorizedFiles.
Special:UncategorizedTemplates
Lists templates that are not listed under any categories.
Special:Undelete
For administrators only. Allows for deleted pages to be un-deleted.
Special:UnlinkAccounts
Special:UnlockDB
For administrators only.
Special:UnusedCategories
Lists categories with no pages in them.
Special:UnusedFiles
Lists images that are not used on any pages.
Special:UnusedImages
Redirects to Special:UnusedFiles.
Special:UnusedTemplates
Lists templates that are not used on any pages.
Special:UnwatchedPages
For administrators only. Lists pages that are not on the watchlist of any user.
Special:Upload
Page for uploading images to the wiki server.
Special:UploadStash
Shows images you've uploaded that failed to upload.[confirm]
Special:UserGroupRights
Redirects to Special:ListGroupRights.
Special:UserList
Redirects to Special:ListUsers.
Special:UserLogin
Login page.
Special:UserLogout
Logs you out of the wiki.
Special:UserMerge
Limited to Bureaucrat-level users only.
Special:UserRights
For administrators only. Probably edits default permissions for users.
Special:Version
Stats about software running on the website.
Special:WantedCategories
Categories that are linked to a lot, but don't officially "exist". This list is not crucial. A category does not need a description to function.
Special:WantedFiles
Lists images that are posted onto pages, but do not exist. These images to need to be replaced in some manner. This list should be showing no pages, ideally.
Special:WantedPages
Lists pages that are frequently linked to by other pages, but do not exist. This list should be showing no pages, ideally.
Special:WantedTemplates
Lists templates that are frequently used on pages, but do not exist. This list should be showing no pages, ideally.
Special:Watchlist
Lists recent changes you have chosen to keep track of.
Special:WhatLinksHere
Shows pages that have links to a specific page.
Special:WithoutInterwiki
Lists pages that do not have any translations.