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== Available special pages ==

=== General information ===

* [[Special:SpecialPages]]: a list of most special pages currently available to all users.

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

* [[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:SiteMatrix]] (Wikimedia wikis): lists all Wikimedia projects (such as different language Wikipedias) and their codes.

=== Page listings ===

* [[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: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: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 [[Wikipedia:Pending changes|pending changes]] protection.

* [[Special:PagesWithProp]] (Pages with a page property): lists pages that use a particular page property.

* [[Special:UnconnectedPages]] (Pages not connected to items): lists pages not connected with any item from Wikidata.

=== Tools ===

* [[Special:SearchApiHelp]]: forMediaWiki searchingAPI Wikipedia. See [[Help:Searching]].help

* [[Special:ApiSandbox]]

* [[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: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. <code><nowiki>[[Special:Diff/611653557|<text>]]</nowiki></code> gives [[Special:Diff/611653557|diff between version 611653557 and the preceding version of the same article]], or <code><nowiki>[[Special:Diff/583498451/611653557|<text>]]</nowiki></code> gives [[Special:Diff/583498451/611653557|diff between version 583498451 and 611653557]], not necessarily of the same article, e.g. [[Special:Diff/330350877/611653557]].

** [[Special:MobileDiff/548289653...567368971|Special:MobileDiff/''id1''...''id2'']]: diffs in mobile version. e.g., [[Special:MobileDiff/548289653...567368971]]

* [[Special:MovePage]]: for moving (renaming) a page (see [[Wikipedia:Moving a page]]). The page must be given as a parameter.

* [[Special:Upload]] (Upload file): upload a file to the wiki.

* [[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: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: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.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions/Archive 18#Volunteer-initiated extension to be deployed to Wikimedia sites]]</ref>

* [[Special:Gadgets]]: lists gadgets that users can enable in their preferences.

* [[Special:BookSearch]] (Manage your book): gives access to functionality for creating personalized sets ofsearching Wikipedia pages. See [[Help:BooksSearching]].

* [[Special:VipsTest]] (VIPS scaling test page)

* [[Special:ApiHelp]]: MediaWiki API help

* [[Special:TemplateSandbox]]

* [[Special:ApiSandboxUpload]] (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]].

=== Latest changes ===

* [[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:PendingChanges]] (Articles with edits awaiting review): articles with edits awaiting review. See [[Wikipedia:Pending changes]].

* [[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:NewFiles]] (Gallery of new files): gallery of new uploaded files.

* [[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: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: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]] (Articles with edits awaiting review): articles with edits awaiting review. See [[Wikipedia:Pending changes]].

* [[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:Tags]]: lists the tags with which edits may be marked. See [[Wikipedia:Tags]].

=== Users ===

* [[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: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:EmailUser]]: e.g. [[Special:EmailUser/Example]]. For emailing users, see [[Wikipedia:Emailing users]].

==== Global users ====

* [[Special:CentralAuth]] (Global account information): global user statistics through the [[Wikipedia:Unified login|unified login or SUL (single user login)]]. e.g. [[Special:CentralAuth/Jimbo Wales]]

* [[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: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.

=== Personal ===

* [[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:CentralLogin]] (Central user log in)

* [[Special:ChangePassword]], [[Special:ChangeEmail]] (Change or remove email address), [[Special:ConfirmEmail]] (Confirm email address) and [[Special:ResetTokens]]

* [[Special:Preferences]]: allows you to view and modify your personal settings. See [[Help:Preferences]].

* [[Special:Contributions]] (User contributions)

** [[Special:MyContributions]]: links to your contributions page. See [[Help:User contributions]].

* [[Special:MyUploadsEditWatchlist]] (Fileand list)[[Special:EditWatchlist/raw]]: lists filesTo youedit haveyour uploadedwatchlist.

* [[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 [[Wikipedia:User pages|user page]].

* [[Special:Notifications]]: links to your [[Help:Notifications|notifications]] page

* [[Special:MyTalk]]: links to your user talk page.

* [[Special:WatchlistMyUploads]]: shows(File recentlist): changeslists to the pagesfiles you arehave watching. See [[Help:Watchlist]]uploaded.

* [[Special:EditWatchlistNotifications]]: andlinks to your [[SpecialHelp:EditWatchlist/rawNotifications|notifications]]: To edit your watchlist.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:MergeAccountUserLogin]] (LoginLog unification statusin): to createlog ain unifiedto accountWikipedia. to[[Special:UserLogin/signup]] log(Create onaccount) to anycreate Wikimediaan projectaccount. See [[Help:UnifiedLogging loginin]].

* [[Special:UserLogout]] (Log out): to log out of your account.

* [[Special:Watchlist]]: shows recent changes to the pages you are watching. See [[Help:Watchlist]].

=== Maintenance ===

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* [[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:ShortPages]]: pages in the main namespace, with size (of the wikitext excluding that of templates used) in bytes, in order of increasing 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:WithoutInterwiki]] (Pages without language links): pages without links to other language Wikipedias.

* [[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: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]]

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* [[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:ListDuplicatedFiles]]: See all duplicated files on Wikipedia.

* [[Special:FileDuplicateSearch]]: Check to see if a certain file has a duplicate.

=== Miscellaneous ===

* [[Special:BadTitle]]: The error message shown when attempting to access a page with an invalid title or with an incorrectly linked [[Help:Interwiki linking|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:Random]]: a random page.

* [[Special:Cite]] (Cite This Page): generates bibliographic citations, in several formats, for citing a Wikipedia article as a reference.

* [[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/532639569|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:Interwiki]] (View interwiki data): view interwiki data.

* [[Special:SecurePoll]]

* [[Special:ValidationStatistics]] (Page review statistics): page review statistics for pending changes.

* [[Special:WikiSets]], shows a list of wiki sets

* [[Special:ValidationStatistics]] (Page review statistics): page review statistics for pending changes.

* [[Special:Hieroglyphs]] (Try hieroglyph markup): to try out hieroglyph markup.

* [[Special:BadTitle]]: The error message shown when attempting to access a page with an invalid title or with an incorrectly linked [[Help:Interwiki linking|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.

=== Restricted special pages ===

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

* [[Special:Block]]: available to [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]]. Used to block or unblock users, IPs and ranges of IPs.

* [[Special:CheckUser]]: available to users with the [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] privilege.

* [[Special:DeletedContributions]]: available to administrators.

* [[Special:Import]]: available to administrators and importers. See [[Help:Import]].

* [[Special:UndeleteLockDB]] and [[Special:UnlockDB]]: available only to administrators[[Wikipedia:Developer|developers]]. ProvidesUsed oneto wayswitch tothe database between read/write undeleteand aread-only pagemodes.

* [[Special:DeletedContributions]]: available to administrators.

* [[Special:UnwatchedPages]]: available to administrators.

* [[Special:MassMessage]]: allows administrators and mass message senders to send a message to a list of users ([[mw:Help:Extension:MassMessage|help]]).

* [[Special:Nuke]]: available to administrators.

* [[Special:LockDB]] and [[Special:UnlockDBUndelete]]: available only to [[Wikipedia:Developer|developers]]administrators. UsedProvides toone switchway the database between read/writeto andundelete read-onlya modespage.

* [[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. [[Wikipedia:Rollback|rollbacker]] status).

* [[Special:CheckUser]]: available to users with the [[Wikipedia:CheckUser|checkuser]] privilege.

=== Inactive ===

* [[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.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/ancientpages.pp ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[Special:DeadendPages]]: pages without any outgoing links. Updated on the 9th and 23rd of each month.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/deadendpages.pp ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

The following special pages are updated on a less regular schedule. Some of these pages may have analogues on [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia Cloud Services|cloud services]].

* [[Special:FewestRevisions]] (Pages with the fewest revisions): lists articles with the fewest revisions. Updated on the 13th and 27th of each month.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/fewestrevisions.pp ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[Special:UncategorizedCategoriesLonelyPages]] (Orphaned pages): i.e. articles with no links to them in the wiki. Updated on the 19th15th of every month.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#3915 ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[Special:MostCategories]] (Pages with the most categories): lists articles whose number of categories is largest. Updated on the 16th of every month.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#21 ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[Special:MostRevisions]] (Pages with the most revisions): lists articles with the most revisions. Updated on the 11th and 25th of each month.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/mostrevisions.pp ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[Special:DeadendPages]]: pages without any outgoing links. Updated on the 9th and 23rd of each month.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/deadendpages.pp ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[Special:MostLinkedCategories]] (Most linked-to categories): lists categories with the most pages. Updated on the 17th of every month.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#27 ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[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.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/mostlinked.pp ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[Special:MostLinkedTemplates]] or Special:MostTranscludedPages (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.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#33 ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[Special:LonelyPagesMostRevisions]] (OrphanedPages pageswith the most revisions): i.e.lists articles with nothe links to them in themost wikirevisions. Updated on the 15th11th and 25th of everyeach month.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjobmostrevisions.pp#15 ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[Special:MostRevisionsUncategorizedCategories]] (Pages with the most revisions): lists articles with the most revisions. Updated on the 11th and 25th19th of eachevery month.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/mostrevisionsenwiki/cronjob.pp#39 ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[Special:WantedPages]] Updated on the 12th and 26th of each month.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/wantedpages.pp ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[Special:WantedTemplates]] Updated on the 20th of every month.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#45 ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[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.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/ancientpages.pp ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

* [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]] Updated on the 19th of every month.<ref>[https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/puppet/+/production/modules/mediawiki/manifests/maintenance/updatequerypages/enwiki/cronjob.pp#39 ]{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

== Linking and transcluding<span class="anchor" id="Linking to or listing special pages"></span> ==