Help:Special page

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, Special:BookSources?uselang=qqx reveals "(booksources-summary)", so MediaWiki:Booksources-summary is used on that page. To propose a modification, leave an {{edit fully-protected}} request on the talk page of the relevant MediaWiki page. An administrator will make the change if it seems appropriate.

• Special:AllMessages (System messages): displays all pages in the MediaWiki namespace. See Help:MediaWiki namespace.
• Special:NamespaceInfo, information about site namespaces.
• Special:SiteMatrix (Wikimedia wikis): lists all Wikimedia projects (such as different language Wikipedias) and their codes.
• Special:SpecialPages: a list of most special pages currently available to all users.
• Special:Statistics: total number of pages and users in various categories.
• Special:Version: shows the version of the software the site is currently running and lists the extensions, skins, and libraries currently installed.

• Special:AllPages: allows the user to access a portion of an alphabetical list of all Wikipedia pages in a specified namespace. A starting point can be given as a parameter, e.g. Special:AllPages/T (pages in the main namespace, from "T"), Special:AllPages/Template: (pages in the Template: namespace, from the start). For the order in which pages are listed, see Help:Alphabetical order.
• Special:Categories: shows an alphabetical list of categories, with numbers of members.
• Special:CategoryTree: displays categories in a tree structure.
• Special:ListFiles (File list): list of images and other files uploaded; can be sorted by size or date. Special:ListFiles/Example lists files uploaded by User:Example.
• Special:ListRedirects (Redirects): lists all redirects.
• Special:PagesWithProp (Pages with a page property): lists pages that use a particular page property.
• Special:PrefixIndex (All pages with prefix): similar to AllPages. Lists all pages of a specified namespace beginning with a given prefix. Useful to find subpages, for example: Special:PrefixIndex/User:Example.
• Special:ProtectedPages: lists protected pages.
• Special:ProtectedTitles: lists titles which have been protected to prevent pages being created there.
• Special:StablePages (Pages using Pending Changes): lists pages under pending changes protection.
• Special:UnconnectedPages (Pages not connected to items): lists pages not connected with any item from Wikidata.

• Special:ApiHelp: MediaWiki API help.
• Special:ApiSandbox
• Special:Book (Manage your book): gives access to functionality for creating personalized sets of Wikipedia pages. See Help:Books.
• Special:ComparePages: to compare two pages (diffs between two pages).
• Special:Diff: e.g. [[Special:Diff/611653557|<text>]] gives diff between version 611653557 and the preceding version of the same article, or [[Special:Diff/583498451/611653557|<text>]] gives diff between version 583498451 and 611653557, not necessarily of the same article, e.g. Special:Diff/330350877/611653557.
  • Special:MobileDiff/id1...id2: diffs in mobile version. e.g., Special:MobileDiff/548289653...567368971.
• Special:Export (Export pages): produces an XML file containing the wikitext and metadata of either the current version only, or all revisions, of one or more pages, specified in the form of a list; the XML file is in the format required for Special:Import; exporting is typically done either in preparation of applying the latter at another MediaWiki project, or for searching within old page revisions. See Help:Export.
• Special:Gadgets: lists gadgets that users can enable in their preferences.
• 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: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: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: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.^[1]
• Special:Search: for searching Wikipedia. See Help:Searching.
• Special:TemplateSandbox
• Special:Upload (Upload file): upload a file to the wiki.
• Special:VipsTest (VIPS scaling test page)
• Special:WhatLinksHere: enables listing all pages linking to a given page (including transclusions and redirects). The target can be specified as a parameter, e.g. Special:WhatLinksHere/Swaziland. See Help:What links here.

• Special:AbuseFilter (Edit filter management): a set of tools for detecting problematic edits. See Wikipedia:Edit filter.
• Special:AbuseLog (Edit filter log): the log generated by the Abuse Filter.
• Special:AdvancedReviewLog or Special:QualityOversight: listed recent approvals and deprecations of pending revisions. (deprecated in 2022; see phab:T277883)
• Special:ConfiguredPages (deprecated in 2022; see phab:T277883)
• Special:Log (All public logs): combined display of various logs. The type of log, user and page affected can be specified. Parameters "block", "delete", "protect" and "upload" are available. e.g. Special:Log/block displays the block log directly. For more information, see Help:Log.
• Special:NewFiles (Gallery of new files): gallery of new uploaded files.
• Special:NewPages: newest pages with creation date and time, current size, user who created the page, and first edit summary, in reverse order of creation. See Wikipedia:New pages patrol.
  • Special:NewPagesFeed: for new page patrolling. See Wikipedia:Page Curation.
• Special:PendingChanges or Special:OldReviewedPages (Articles with edits awaiting review): articles with edits awaiting review. See Wikipedia:Pending changes.
• Special:ProblemChanges (Tagged pending changes): tagged pending changes. (deprecated in 2021; see phab:T277883)
• Special:RecentChanges: lists the latest edits in the project. Changes to watched pages appear bold. See Help:Recent changes.
• Special:RecentChangesLinked (Related changes): enables listing of the most recent changes in pages linked from a selected page, or belonging to a selected category. Changes to watched pages appear bold. The page can be supplied as a parameter, e.g. Special:RecentChangesLinked/Lesotho. See Help:Related changes.
• Special:ReviewedPages (deprecated in 2021; see phab:T277883)
• Special:ReviewedVersions (deprecated in 2021; see phab:T277883)
• Special:RevisionReview
• Special:Stabilization or Special:Stabilisation (deprecated in 2022; see phab:T277883)
• Special:Tags: lists the tags with which edits may be marked. See Wikipedia:Tags.
• Special:UnreviewedPages (deprecated in 2022; see phab:T277883)

• Special:ActiveUsers (Active users list): lists editors who have performed at least one action in the last 30 days.
• Special:BlockList (Blocked users): blocked IPs and usernames.
• Special:Contributions (User contributions): enables listing of a user's contributions, or all new users' contributions. The user can be supplied as a parameter, e.g. Special:Contributions/Example. See Help:User contributions.
• Special:EmailUser: e.g. Special:EmailUser/Example. For emailing users, see Wikipedia:Emailing users.
• Special:ListGroupRights (User group rights): shows the rights assigned to user groups.
• Special:ListUsers (Users): lists all registered users. Can be filtered by group (e.g. administrators) and other criteria. Note that Special:ListAdmins redirects to Special:ListUsers/sysop.

• Special:CentralAuth (Global account information): global user statistics through the unified login or SUL (single user login). e.g. Special:CentralAuth/Jimbo Wales.
• Special:GlobalBlockList (List of globally blocked IP addresses): all IP addresses with global blocks.
• Special:GlobalGroupPermissions (Global group management): lists the rights associated with global user groups. Also lists the members of global user groups, and allows for management of rights.
• Special:GlobalUsers (Global accounts list): lists users across all Wikimedia wikis, along with global user group membership, and whether their account exists locally on English Wikipedia. Can also be filtered by global user groups.

• Special:CentralLogin (Central user log in)
• Special:ChangePassword, Special:ChangeEmail (Change or remove email address), Special:ConfirmEmail (Confirm email address) and Special:ResetTokens
• Special:Contributions (User contributions)
  • Special:MyContributions: links to your contributions page. See Help:User contributions.
• Special:EditWatchlist and Special:EditWatchlist/raw: To edit your watchlist.
• Special:Homepage, curated suggested edits and impact statistics
• Special:MergeAccount (Login unification status): to create a unified account to log on to any Wikimedia project. See Help:Unified login.
• Special:MyPage: links to your user page.
• Special:MyTalk: links to your user talk page.
• Special:MyUploads (File list): lists files you have uploaded.
• Special:Notifications: links to your notifications page.
• Special:Preferences: allows you to view and modify your personal settings. See Help:Preferences.
• Special:TopicSubscriptions: topics on talk pages you are following.
• Special:UserLogin (Log in): to log in to Wikipedia. Special:UserLogin/signup (Create account) to create an account. See Help:Logging in.
• Special:UserLogout (Log out): to log out of your account.
• Special:Watchlist: shows recent changes to the pages you are watching. See Help:Watchlist.

• Special:BrokenRedirects: lists redirects that point a non-existent page. May contain false positives.
• Special:DisambiguationPages: lists all the disambiguation pages.
• Special:DisambiguationPageLinks (Pages linking to disambiguation pages), which lists all of the pages that link to disambiguation pages. (This is a replacement for the old Special:Disambiguations page which is deprecated.)
• Special:DoubleRedirects: lists redirects that redirect to another redirect. May contain false positives.
• Special:FileDuplicateSearch: Check to see if a certain file has a duplicate.
• Special:ListDuplicatedFiles: See all duplicated files on Wikipedia.
• Special:LongPages: pages in the main namespace, with size in bytes, in order of decreasing size.
• Special:MostLinkedFiles (Most linked-to files): lists images and other files linked from the largest number of pages.
• Special:ShortPages: pages in the main namespace, with size (of the wikitext excluding that of templates used) in bytes, in order of increasing size.
• Special:UncategorizedFiles: images and other files without category tags (see above).
• Special:UncategorizedPages: pages without category tags. Note that after adding a tag to a page, refreshing this page does not immediately reflect the change. Note also that Special:UncategorizedCategories is disabled; use Wikipedia:Database reports/Uncategorized categories instead.
• Special:UncategorizedTemplates: templates without category tags (see above).
• Special:UnusedCategories
• Special:UnusedFiles
• Special:UnusedTemplates: templates which are not transcluded (however, they may be used for substitution).
• Special:WantedCategories: categories with members but no category page.
• Special:WantedFiles: missing image files and others.
• Special:WithoutInterwiki (Pages without language links): pages without links to other language Wikipedias.

• Special:Badtitle: The error message shown when attempting to access a page with an invalid title or with an incorrectly linked interwiki prefix. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%23 (%23 represents the number sign, which is unsupported) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meatball:WikiPedia (meatball: cannot be directly linked in the URL) for examples. Note that this special page was intentionally and by design a red link.
• Special:BlankPage: a blank page.
• Special:BookSources: search sources for a book by inputting the book's ISBN number.
• Special:Captcha (CAPTCHA help): shows "Captcha" help.
• Special:Cite (Cite This Page): generates bibliographic citations, in several formats, for citing a Wikipedia article as a reference.
• Special:ExpandTemplates: an extension used to produce expanded wikitext, i.e. templates, parser functions and variables in the input text are expanded recursively. See also mw:Extension:ExpandTemplates.
• Special:FilePath (Redirect by file, user, page or revision ID): returns the complete path for a file.
• Special:Hieroglyphs (Try hieroglyph markup): to try out hieroglyph markup.
• Special:Interwiki (View interwiki data): view interwiki data.
• Special:LinkSearch (External links search): for searching for external links. See Help:Linksearch and mw:Help:Linksearch.
• Special:MobileOptions (Settings): change settings for Mobile view.
• Special:Permalink/Oldid: for linking to a specific version of a wiki page. See Help:Permanent link.
• Special:Random: a random page.
• Special:Redirect (Redirect by file, user, page or revision ID): Special:Redirect/revision/532639569 is equivalent to Special:Permalink/532639569
• Special:SecurePoll
• Special:ValidationStatistics (Page review statistics): page review statistics for pending changes.
• Special:WikiSets, shows a list of wiki sets

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

• Special:Block: available to administrators. Used to block or unblock users, IPs and ranges of IPs.
• Special:CheckUser: available to users with the checkuser privilege.
• Special:DeletedContributions: available to administrators.
• Special:Import: available to administrators and importers. See Help:Import.
• Special:LockDB and Special:UnlockDB: available only to developers. Used to switch the database between read/write and read-only modes.
• Special:MassMessage: allows administrators and mass message senders to send a message to a list of users (help).
• Special:Nuke: available to administrators.
• Special:Undelete: available to administrators. Provides one way to undelete a page.
• Special:UnwatchedPages: available to administrators.
• Special:UserRights: can be read by anyone, however only administrators can use the page to assign and remove user access rights (e.g. rollbacker status).

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

• Special:AncientPages (Dormant pages): pages in the main namespace, in order of last edit. See Wikipedia:Database reports/Forgotten articles. Updated on the 8th and 22nd of each month.^[2]
• Special:DeadendPages: pages without any outgoing links. Updated on the 9th and 23rd of each month.^[3]
• Special:FewestRevisions (Pages with the fewest revisions): lists articles with the fewest revisions. Updated on the 13th and 27th of each month.^[4]
• Special:LonelyPages (Orphaned pages): i.e. articles with no links to them in the wiki. Updated on the 15th of every month.^[5]
• Special:MostCategories (Pages with the most categories): lists articles whose number of categories is largest. Updated on the 16th of every month.^[6]
• Special:MostLinkedCategories (Most linked-to categories): lists categories with the most pages. Updated on the 17th of every month.^[7]
• Special:MostLinkedPages (Most linked-to pages): lists pages linked from the largest number of other pages. Updated on the 10th and 24th of each month.^[8]
• Special:MostRevisions (Pages with the most revisions): lists articles with the most revisions. Updated on the 11th and 25th of each month.^[9]
• Special:MostTranscludedPages or Special:MostLinkedTemplates (Most transcluded pages): lists templates for which the number of pages in which the template is transcluded is largest, not counting transclusions through redirects. Updated on the 18th of every month.^[10]
• Special:UncategorizedCategories Updated on the 19th of every month.^[11]
• Special:WantedPages Updated on the 12th and 26th of each month.^[12]
• Special:WantedTemplates Updated on the 20th of every month.^[13]

• Special:AbuseFilter, Edit filter management
• Special:AbuseLog, Edit filter log
• Special:ActiveUsers, Active users list
• Special:AllMessages, System messages
• Special:AllMyUploads, File list
• Special:AllPages, All pages
• Special:AncientPages, Dormant pages
• Special:ApiFeatureUsage, Deprecated API feature usage
• Special:ApiHelp, MediaWiki API help
• Special:ApiSandbox, MediaWiki web service API sandbox
• Special:AutoblockList, list of active autoblocks

• Special:BannerLoader
• Special:BannerRandom, 410
• Special:BetaFeatures, Beta features
• Special:BlankPage, Blank page
• Special:Block, Block user
• Special:BlockList, Blocked users
• Special:Book, Manage your book
• Special:BookSources, Book sources given the 10- or 13-digit ISBN number
• Special:BotPasswords, Create bot passwords
• Special:BrokenRedirects, Broken redirects
• Special:BrokenLinks, Wanted pages. Redirects to Special:WantedPages.

• Special:Captcha, CAPTCHA help
• Special:Categories, Categories
• Special:CategoryTree, Category tree
• Special:CentralAuth, Global account information
• Special:CentralAutoLogin, Central login (use by the software); see next
• Special:CentralLogin, Central login
• Special:ChangeContentModel, Change content model of a page. Available only to template editors and administrators.
• Special:ChangeCredentials, For changing password
• Special:ChangeEmail, Change or remove email address
• Special:ChangePassword, For changing password
• Special:CheckUser, Check user. Available only to users with the CheckUser right.
• Special:CheckUserLog, CheckUser log
• Special:CiteThisPage, Cite this page
• Special:CollabPad
• Special:ComparePages, Compare differences between page A and B
• Special:ConfirmEmail, Confirm email address
• Special:ContentTranslation, Translate page
• Special:ContentTranslationStats, Content translation stats
• Special:Contribs, redirects to Special:Contributions
• Special:Contributions, List contributions of a user
• Special:CreateAccount, Create account
• Special:CreateMassMessageList, Create mass message delivery list

• Special:DeadendPages, Dead-end pages
• Special:DeletedContributions, Deleted user contributions
• Special:Diff, Display the difference between one version and another of a Wikipedia page
• Special:DisableGlobalBlock, Local status of global blocks
• Special:DisableOATHForUser
• Special:DisambiguationPageLinks, Pages linking to disambiguation pages
• Special:DisambiguationPages, Disambiguation pages
• Special:DisplayNotificationsConfiguration, Display Notifications configuration
• Special:DoubleRedirects, Double redirects

• Special:Edit, redirects to Special:EditPage
• Special:EditMassMessageList, Edit mass message delivery list
• Special:EditPage, edit a page
• Special:EditTags, For edit tags
• Special:EditWatchlist, Edit watchlist
• Special:EditWikiSets, Wiki sets
• Special:EmailUser, Email user
• Special:EntityUsage, Entity usage
• Special:ExpandTemplates, Expand templates
• Special:Export, Export pages

• Special:FeedItem, Feed item
• Special:FewestRevisions, Pages with the fewest revisions
• Special:FileDuplicateSearch, Search for duplicate files
• Special:FilePath, Redirect to a file
• Special:FileList, File list. Redirects to Special:ListFiles

• Special:Gadgets, List of Gadgets
• Special:GadgetUsage, Gadget usage statistics
• Special:GlobalBlock, Globally block IP addresses
• Special:GlobalBlockList, List of globally blocked IP addresses
• Special:GlobalBlockWhitelist, Local status of global blocks
• Special:GlobalGroupPermissions, Global group management
• Special:GloballyWantedFiles, Globally wanted files
• Special:GlobalRenameProgress, Global rename progress
• Special:GlobalRenameQueue, Global rename queue
• Special:GlobalRenameRequest, Global user account rename request
• Special:GlobalRenameUser, Globally rename user account
• Special:GlobalUnblock, Unblock globally blocked IP addresses
• Special:GlobalUsage, Global file usage
• Special:GlobalUserRights, Membership in global groups
• Special:GlobalUsers, Global accounts list
• Special:GoToInterwiki, (required value: valid project prefix), Hop into another project. Example: Special:GoToInterwiki/fr:

• Special:HideBanners, gives blank page
• Special:Hieroglyphs, Try hieroglyph markup
• Special:History, (required value; valid page name). Page history. Special:History/Wikipedia:Sandbox

• Special:Impact, without parameter shows your impact on Wikipedia. Can be used to specify another user with their username followed after the slash symbol.
• Special:Import, Import pages. Available only to administrators, importers, and transwiki importers.
• Special:Info, redirects to Special:PageInfo
• Special:Interwiki, View interwiki data
• Special:InvalidateEmail, invalidate e-mail. Parameter required.
• Special:Investigate, same as Special:CheckUser
• Special:InvestigateBlock, same as Special:CheckUser

• Special:LinkAccounts, Link accounts
• Special:LinkSearch, External links search
• Special:LintErrors, Lint errors (mw:Help:Extension:Linter)
• Special:ListAdmins, redirects to Special:ListUsers/sysop
• Special:ListBots, redirects to Special:ListUsers/bot
• Special:ListDuplicatedFiles, List of files with duplicates
• Special:ListGrants, Grants
• Special:ListGroupRights, User group rights
• Special:ListRedirects, Redirects
• Special:ListUsers, List of all users
• Special:LockDB, Lock database (disable write)
• Special:Log, All public logs
• Special:LonelyPages, Orphaned pages
• Special:LongPages, Long pages
• Special:Login, redirects to Special:UserLogin
• Special:Logout, redirects to Special:UserLogout

• Special:Map, Coordinates information
• Special:MassMessage, Send mass message
• Special:MathShowImage
• Special:MathStatus, Math status
• Special:MathWikibase, information of mathematical items
• Special:MediaStatistics, Media statistics about uploaded file types
• Special:MergeAccount, Login unification
• Special:MergeHistory, Merge page histories
• Special:MIMESearch, MIME search
• Special:MobileDiff, (required value: valid revision id). Shows diffs as they are shown on mobile web. Cf. Special:MobileDiff/1
• Special:MobileLanguages, parameter required. Only available on mobile view.
• Special:MobileOptions, Settings for mobile version
• Special:MostCategories, Pages with the most categories
• Special:MostGloballyLinkedFiles, Most globally linked files
• Special:MostInterwikis, Pages with the most interwikis
• Special:MostLinkedCategories, Most linked-to categories
• Special:MostLinkedFiles, Most linked-to files
• Special:MostLinkedPages, Most linked-to pages
• Special:MostRevisions, Pages with the most revisions
• Special:MostTranscludedPages, Most transcluded pages
• Special:MovePage, (required value: valid page name). Example Special:MovePage/Main page
• Special:MultiLock, Lock and Unlock global accounts.
• Special:MyContributions, User contributions
• Special:MyLanguage, intended for multilingual sites. This special page goes to the page of the name supplied after the slash, e.g. Special:MyLanguage/Example goes to Example on this wiki. When an interwiki Page or an invalid page name is entered after the slash, this page redirects to Main page.
• Special:MyPage, User page for active user, also used for generic link to User/sandbox
• Special:MyTalk, Talk page of active user.
• Special:MyUploads, Uploads of active user

• Special:NamespaceInfo, information about site namespaces
• Special:Nearby, articles nearby your geographical location
• Special:NewFiles, Gallery of new files
• Special:NewPages, New pages
• Special:NewPagesFeed, New pages feed
• Special:Notifications, notifications
• Special:NotificationsMarkRead, Notification: Mark as read
• Special:Nuke, Mass delete

• Special:OATH, Enable two-factor authentication
• Special:OAuth, Outside application authorization
• Special:OAuthListConsumers, List OAuth applications
• Special:OAuthManageMyGrants, Manage connected applications
• Special:OldReviewedPages, Articles with edits awaiting review
• Special:OrphanedTimedText, Orphaned TimedText pages
• Special:OrphanedPages, Orphaned pages

• Special:PageAssessments, Page assessments
• Special:PageHistory, e.g. Special:PageHistory/Example is the page history for the page Example. Redirects to Special:History on mobile view.
• Special:PageInfo, information for a page
• Special:PagesWithBadges, Pages with badges (e.g. good article or featured article)
• Special:PasswordReset, Reset password
• Special:PendingChanges, Articles with edits awaiting review
• Special:PermanentLink, A link to a specific version of a wiki page
• Special:Preferences, preferences
• Special:PrefixIndex, All pages with prefix
• Special:ProtectedPages, Protected pages
• Special:ProtectedTitles, Protected titles
• Special:ProvideSubmittedText, parameter required (e.g. Special:ProvideSubmittedText/Example)
• Special:Purge, refresh a page

• Special:QueryBadges, redirects to Special:PagesWithBadges

• Special:Random, Random page
• Special:RandomInCategory, Random page in category
• Special:RandomRedirect, Random redirect
• Special:RandomRootpage
• Special:RecentChanges, Recent changes
• Special:RecentChangesLinked, Related changes
• Special:RecordImpression, blank page
• Special:Redirect, Redirect by file, user, page, revision, or log ID
• Special:RemoveCredentials
• Special:RenameUser, locally rename user. Used extremely rarely and available only to stewards.
• Special:ResetTokens, Reset tokens which allow access to certain private data associated with your account
• Special:RevisionDelete, used to delete revisions
• Special:RevisionReview
• Special:RunJobs

• Special:Search, search
• Special:SecurePoll, list of polls
• Special:ShortPages, Short pages
• Special:SiteMatrix, Lists all Wikimedia wikis
• Special:SpecialPages, Special pages
• Special:StablePages, Pages using Pending Changes protection
• Special:Statistics, statistics

• Special:Tags, Tags that the software may mark an edit or logged action with, and their meaning
• Special:TemplateSandbox, Template sandbox
• Special:Thanks, Send thanks
• Special:TimedMediaHandler, redirects to Special:Transcode statistics
• Special:TrackingCategories, Tracking categories which are automatically populated by the MediaWiki software
• Special:TranscodeStatistics, redirects to Special:Transcode statistics
• Special:Transcode statistics, gives current transcoding status. Viewable only by autoconfirmed users.
• Special:TwoColConflictProvideSubmittedText, redirects to Special:ProvideSubmittedText
• Special:Two-factor authentication, Enable two-factor authentication

• Special:Unblock, Unblock user
• Special:UncategorizedCategories, Uncategorized categories
• Special:UncategorizedFiles, Uncategorized files
• Special:UncategorizedPages, Uncategorized pages
• Special:UncategorizedTemplates, Uncategorized templates
• Special:UnconnectedPages, Pages not connected to data items
• Special:Undelete, Search deleted pages; View and restore deleted pages
• Special:UnlinkAccounts
• Special:UnlockDB, opposite of LockDB
• Special:UnusedCategories, Unused categories
• Special:UnusedFiles, Unused files
• Special:UnusedTemplates, Unused templates
• Special:Upload, Upload file
• Special:Uploads, redirects to Special:ListFiles
• Special:UploadStash, Upload stash, files that are uploaded or in the process of uploading
• Special:UrlRedirector, redirects to Special:UrlShortener
• Special:UrlShortener, URL Shortener. Only available on meta.wikimedia.org.
• Special:UserLogin, log in
• Special:UserLogout, log out
• Special:UserRights, User groups management
• Special:UserGroupRights, redirects to Special:ListGroupRights
• Special:UserList, redirects to Special:ListUsers

• Special:ValidationStatistics, Page review statistics
• Special:Version, Version of MediaWiki in use, extensions installed, authors, etc.
• Special:VipsTest, VIPS scaling test page

• Special:WantedCategories, most red-linked categories
• Special:WantedFiles, most red-linked images
• Special:WantedPages, most red-linked articles
• Special:WantedTemplates, most red-linked templates
• Special:Watchlist, watchlist
• Special:WhatLinksHere, What links here
• Special:WikiSets, Wiki sets
• Special:WithoutInterwiki, Pages without language links
• Special:WikimediaWikis, Wikimedia wikis. Redirects to Special:SiteMatrix.
• Special:WithoutConnection, Pages not connected to data items

To create a link to a special page:

• [[Special:PrefixIndex/HMS]] → Special:PrefixIndex/HMS

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).^[a]

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

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.

The term in the site language equivalent to the English word "Special" and the special page name in English (e.g. "Special:Statistics") is used in each project, for example:

• "Especial:Estadísticas" in Spanish
• "Speciaal:Statistieken" in Dutch
• "Spécial:Statistiques" in French
• "Spezial:Statistik" in German

These also appear in the URLs. The English word "Special" and the special page name in English (e.g. "Special:Statistics") always works, even on foreign-language sites, but non-English equivalents don't work on English-language projects, nor on other-language project besides the language edition one is on.

• Writing a new special page on the MediaWiki site
• Special page extensions: MediaWiki category
• Help:Special page on Meta

• MediaWiki special page class definitions