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== Available special pages ==
=== General information ===
* [[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.
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=== Tools ===
* [[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. <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: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).
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* [[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]].
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==== 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: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.
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* [[Special:MyTalk]]: links to your user talk page.
* [[Special:MyUploads]] (File list): lists files you have uploaded.
* [[Special:Notifications]]: links to your [[Help:Notifications|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.
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* [[Special:WikiSets]], shows a list of wiki sets
=== Restricted
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.
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* [[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).
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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: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>
* [[Special:DeadendPages]]: pages without any outgoing links. Updated on the 9th and 23rd of each month.<ref>
* [[Special:FewestRevisions]] (Pages with the fewest revisions): lists articles with the fewest revisions. Updated on the 13th and 27th of each month.<ref>
* [[Special:LonelyPages]] (Orphaned pages): i.e. articles with no links to them in the wiki. Updated on the 15th of every month.<ref>
* [[Special:MostCategories]] (Pages with the most categories): lists articles whose number of categories is largest. Updated on the 16th of every month.<ref>
* [[Special:MostLinkedCategories]] (Most linked-to categories): lists categories with the most pages. Updated on the 17th of every month.<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>
* [[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>
* [[Special:MostRevisions]] (Pages with the most revisions): lists articles with the most revisions. Updated on the 11th and 25th of each month.<ref>
* [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]] Updated on the 19th of every month.<ref>
* [[Special:WantedPages]] Updated on the 12th and 26th of each month.<ref>
* [[Special:WantedTemplates]] Updated on the 20th of every month.<ref>
== Linking and transcluding<span class="anchor" id="Linking to or listing special pages"></span> ==
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