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{{redirect|WP:SPEC|the policy on speculative information in articles|Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a crystal ball}}

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| {{Namespaces}}

| {{Special pages list}}

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'''Special pages''' are pages generated by the software on demand for special purposes, usually related to project maintenance. They are found in the <code>Special:</code> [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespace]], a virtual namespace whose pages lack corresponding talk pages. They are not written in [[Help:Wikitext|wikitext]] and cannot be directly edited but elements of their pages can sometimes be edited through corresponding pages in the [[Help:MediaWiki namespace|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 [[Wikipedia:Soft redirect|soft redirect]]s), and directly creating any pages beginning with the <code>Special:</code> prefix is also not possible.

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==== General information ====

* [[Special:AllMessages]] (System messages): displays all pages in the MediaWiki namespace. See [[Help:MediaWiki namespace]].

* [[Special:NamespaceInfo]], information about site [[Wikipedia:Namespace|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.

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* [[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]].

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* 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. ParametersIt can be given one or two slash parameters, the first specifying the logged action type ("block", "delete", "protect" and, "upload"), areand the second specifying the performer of the availableaction. eE.g. [[Special:Log/block]], displays the [[Special:Log/block/Jimbo log directlyWales]]. 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]].

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* [[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

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* [[Special:GlobalUnblock]], Unblock globally blocked IP addresses

* [[Special:GlobalUsage]], Global file usage

* [[Special:GlobalUserMerge]], Merge user accounts

* [[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:GraphSandbox]], Graph sandbox

==== H ====

* [[Special:HideBanners]], gives blank page

* [[Special:Hieroglyphs]], Try hieroglyph markup

* [[Special:History]], (required value; valid page name). Page history. [[Special:History/ExampleWikipedia:Sandbox]]

==== I ====

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==== M ====

* [[Special:ManageMentors]], list of mentors

* [[Special:Map]], Coordinates information

* [[Special:MassMessage]], Send mass message

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* [[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

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==== N ====

* [[Special:NamespaceInfo]], information about site [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespaces]]

* [[Special:Nearby]], articles nearby your geographical ___location

* [[Special:NewFiles]], Gallery of new files

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* [[Special:UserLogin]], log in

* [[Special:UserLogout]], log out

* [[Special:UserMerge]], merge users

* [[Special:UserRights]], User groups management

* [[Special:UserGroupRights]], redirects to [[Special:ListGroupRights]]

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* [[Special:ValidationStatistics]], Page review statistics

* [[Special:Version]], Version of MediaWiki in use, extensions installed, authors, etc.

* [[Special:VipsTest]], VIPS scaling test page

==== W ====

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== External links ==

* [https://doc.wikimedia.org/mediawiki-core/master/php/html/classSpecialPagegroup__SpecialPage.html MediaWiki special page class definitions]

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