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A directory of special pages ''available for the current user'' can be accessed from [[Special:SpecialPages]], which is found in the sidebar of every page on Wikipedia in the Tools section.

== Modifying special pages ==

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 <code>[[mw:Help:Qqx|?uselang=qqx]]</code> to the special page URL, or append <code>&uselang=qqx</code> instead if the URL already contains a <code>?</code>. This will reveal message names in parentheses. Then, go to that name in the [[Help:MediaWiki namespace|MediaWiki namespace]]. For example, {{querylink|Special:BookSources|qs=uselang=qqx|2=Special:BookSources?uselang=qqx}} reveals "(booksources-summary)", so [[MediaWiki:Booksources-summary]] is used on that page. To propose a modification, leave an {{tl|edit fully -protected}} request on the talk page of the relevant MediaWiki page. An administrator will make the change if it seems appropriate.

== 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:SystemMediaWiki messagenamespace]]

* [[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.

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

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

* [[Special:BadtitleBadTitle]]: 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 ===

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To present the list on a page, transclude the name:

* <code><nowiki>{{Special:PrefixIndex/HMS}}</nowiki></code>

However, some pages cannot be transcluded and would produce only a wikilink (e.g., <code><nowiki>{{Special:Random}}</nowiki></code> → {{Special:Random}}). When non-existent pages are linked or transcluded, a red link is produced (e.g., [[Special:RedLinkExample]]).{{efn|[[MediaWiki:Nospecialpagetext]] is the message displayed for non-existent special pages. However, [[Special:BadtitleBadTitle]] is peculiar as it has actual viewable content but is a red link, which is because this special page was intentionally and by design to be considered non-existent (unlike all other valid page names.) See [[:phab:T262959]] for more details.}}

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