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==Special pages for all users==
 
==Special pages for all users==
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These pages should be visible for everyone at [[Special:Specialpages]] (see entry below).
 
  
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These pages should be visible for everyone at [[Special:Specialpages]].
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===Searching===
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These special pages are primarily used for searching.
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====General searching and browsing====
 
; {{MediaWiki:Allpages}} — [[Special:Allpages]]
 
; {{MediaWiki:Allpages}} — [[Special:Allpages]]
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: All pages in a specified namespace (chosen by drop-down menu), in alphabetical order, including redirects (shown in black).
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: Alphabetical listing of all pages in a specified [[Project:namespace|namespace]] (chosen by drop-down menu), including redirects, which are shown in black.
 
: Unfortunately, when linking to this page a namespace cannot be specified (it defaults to the main article namespace), but a starting point can be given after a forward slash in the link: <tt>[[Special:Allpages/So|<nowiki>[[Special:Allpages/So]]</nowiki>]]</tt>.
 
: Unfortunately, when linking to this page a namespace cannot be specified (it defaults to the main article namespace), but a starting point can be given after a forward slash in the link: <tt>[[Special:Allpages/So|<nowiki>[[Special:Allpages/So]]</nowiki>]]</tt>.
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; {{MediaWiki:Mostcategories}} &mdash; [[Special:Mostcategories]]
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; {{MediaWiki:Prefixindex}} &mdash; [[Special:Prefixindex]]
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: Articles containing the most <nowiki>[[Category:]]</nowiki> links.
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: Alphabetical list of every page in a specified namespace (chosen by drop-down menu) whose title begins with a given string of characters; also includes redirects (shown in black).
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: When linking to this special page the main article namespace is used; the "prefix" string is given after a forward slash at the end of the link: <tt>[[Special:Prefixindex/So|<nowiki>[[Special:Prefixindex/So]]</nowiki>]]</tt>.
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; {{MediaWiki:Search}} &mdash; [[Special:Search]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Categories}} &mdash; [[Special:Categories]]
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; {{MediaWiki:Randompage}} &mdash; [[Special:Randompage]]
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====Specialized searching====
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; {{MediaWiki:Booksources}} &mdash; [[Special:Booksources]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Disambiguations}} &mdash; [[Special:Disambiguations]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Imagelist}} &mdash; [[Special:Imagelist]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Listredirects}} &mdash; [[Special:Listredirects]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Mimesearch}} &mdash; [[Special:MIMEsearch]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Listusers}} &mdash; [[Special:Listusers]]
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: ...
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===Maintenance===
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====Checking for vandalism and other bad edits====
 
; {{MediaWiki:Mostrevisions}} &mdash; [[Special:Mostrevisions]]
 
; {{MediaWiki:Mostrevisions}} &mdash; [[Special:Mostrevisions]]
 
: Articles that have been edited the most.
 
: Articles that have been edited the most.
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; ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Newimages}} &mdash; [[Special:Newimages]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Newpages}} &mdash; [[Special:Newpages]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Recentchanges}} &mdash; [[Special:Recentchanges]]
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: ...
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====Wiki errors in need of fixing====
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; {{MediaWiki:Brokenredirects}} &mdash; [[Special:Brokenredirects]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Deadendpages}} &mdash; [[Special:Deadendpages]]
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; {{MediaWiki:Doubleredirects}} &mdash; [[Special:Doubleredirects]]
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; {{MediaWiki:Lonelypages}} &mdash; [[Special:Lonelypages]]
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; {{MediaWiki:Uncategorizedcategories}} &mdash; [[Special:Uncategorizedcategories]]
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; {{MediaWiki:Uncategorizedpages}} &mdash; [[Special:Uncategorizedpages]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Unusedcategories}} &mdash; [[Special:Unusedcategories]]
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; {{MediaWiki:Unusedimages}} &mdash; [[Special:Unusedimages]]
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; {{MediaWiki:Wantedcategories}} &mdash; [[Special:Wantedcategories]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Wantedpages}} &mdash; [[Special:Wantedpages]]
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: ...
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====General cleanup====
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; {{MediaWiki:Mostcategories}} &mdash; [[Special:Mostcategories]]
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: Articles containing the most <nowiki>[[Category:]]</nowiki> links.
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; {{MediaWiki:Shortpages}} &mdash; [[Special:Shortpages]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Longpages}} &mdash; [[Special:Longpages]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Mostlinkedcategories}} &mdash; [[Special:Mostlinkedcategories]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Mostimages}} &mdash; [[Special:Mostimages]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Mostlinked}} &mdash; [[Special:Mostlinked]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Ancientpages}} &mdash; [[Special:Ancientpages]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Popularpages}} &mdash; [[Special:Popularpages]]
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: ...
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===Administrative information and tasks===
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; {{MediaWiki:Export}} &mdash; [[Special:Export]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Ipblocklist}} &mdash; [[Special:Ipblocklist]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Log}} &mdash; [[Special:Log]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Statistics}} &mdash; [[Special:Statistics]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Allmessages}} &mdash; [[Special:Allmessages]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Upload}} &mdash; [[Special:Upload]]
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; {{MediaWiki:Version}} &mdash; [[Special:Version]]
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===User tasks===
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; {{MediaWiki:Userlogin}} &mdash; [[Special:Userlogin]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Watchlist}} &mdash; [[Special:Watchlist]]
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: ...
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; {{MediaWiki:Preferences}} &mdash; [[Special:Preferences]]
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''(more info to come...)''
 
''(more info to come...)''
  
 
[[Category:Iron Chariots|Special pages]]
 
[[Category:Iron Chariots|Special pages]]

Revision as of 15:03, 8 April 2007

Special pages are pages that can't be directly edited by users; their content is instead generated by the MediaWiki software automatically, sometimes in real-time, sometimes based on cached information. Most special pages provide lists of pages that match specific criteria, such as articles with no categories or those having no incoming links to them. Others list other things, such as registered users. Some are page-specific, such as "what links here".

Below is a list of the special pages in use on this wiki and brief descriptions of what they're used for. For more in-depth information, see WikimediaMeta:Help:Special page.

Contents

Special pages for all users

These pages should be visible for everyone at Special:Specialpages.

Searching

These special pages are primarily used for searching.

General searching and browsing

All pages — Special:Allpages
Alphabetical listing of all pages in a specified namespace (chosen by drop-down menu), including redirects, which are shown in black.
Unfortunately, when linking to this page a namespace cannot be specified (it defaults to the main article namespace), but a starting point can be given after a forward slash in the link: [[Special:Allpages/So]].
All pages with prefix — Special:Prefixindex
Alphabetical list of every page in a specified namespace (chosen by drop-down menu) whose title begins with a given string of characters; also includes redirects (shown in black).
When linking to this special page the main article namespace is used; the "prefix" string is given after a forward slash at the end of the link: [[Special:Prefixindex/So]].
Search — Special:Search
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Categories — Special:Categories
...
Random page — Special:Randompage
...

Specialized searching

Book sources — Special:Booksources
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Pages linking to disambiguation pages — Special:Disambiguations
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MediaWiki:Imagelist — Special:Imagelist
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List of redirects — Special:Listredirects
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MIME search — Special:MIMEsearch
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User list — Special:Listusers
...

Maintenance

Checking for vandalism and other bad edits

Pages with the most revisions — Special:Mostrevisions
Articles that have been edited the most.
Gallery of new files — Special:Newimages
...
New pages — Special:Newpages
...
Recent changes — Special:Recentchanges
...

Wiki errors in need of fixing

Broken redirects — Special:Brokenredirects
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Dead-end pages — Special:Deadendpages
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Double redirects — Special:Doubleredirects
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Orphaned pages — Special:Lonelypages
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Uncategorized categories — Special:Uncategorizedcategories
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Uncategorized pages — Special:Uncategorizedpages
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Unused categories — Special:Unusedcategories
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Unused files — Special:Unusedimages
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Wanted categories — Special:Wantedcategories
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Wanted pages — Special:Wantedpages
...

General cleanup

Pages with the most categories — Special:Mostcategories
Articles containing the most [[Category:]] links.
Short pages — Special:Shortpages
...
Long pages — Special:Longpages
...
Most linked-to categories — Special:Mostlinkedcategories
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Most linked-to files — Special:Mostimages
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Most linked-to pages — Special:Mostlinked
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Oldest pages — Special:Ancientpages
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Popular pages — Special:Popularpages
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Administrative information and tasks

Export pages — Special:Export
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Blocked users — Special:Ipblocklist
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Logs — Special:Log
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Statistics — Special:Statistics
...
System messages — Special:Allmessages
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Upload file — Special:Upload
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Version — Special:Version
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User tasks

Log in / create account — Special:Userlogin
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My watchlist — Special:Watchlist
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Preferences — Special:Preferences
...

(more info to come...)

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