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<translate><!--T:1--> '''Special pages''' are pages that are created by the software on demand.</translate><br />
<translate><!--T:36--> They are located in their own [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Namespaces</tvar>|namespace]] (<tvar name=2>''{{ns:-1}}''</tvar>) and are not editable directly as other pages.</translate><br />
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Some special pages depend on the [[<tvar name=pref>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Preferences</tvar>|preferences]] that have been set by a user, e.g., the number of titles which is displayed on a user's [[<tvar name=watchlist>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Watchlist</tvar>|watchlist]].<br />
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Special pages also take parameters, e.g., <tvar name=1>[[Special:Log/block]]</tvar> takes you to the log of block users.<br />
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To view a directory of all special pages, use <tvar name=1>[[Special:SpecialPages]]</tvar>.<br />
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== Editing Special namespace pages == <!--T:16--><br />
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The <tvar name="1"><code>Special:</code></tvar> namespace stands for special pages generated by MediaWiki. There is no matching talk space. The special pages are not made up of wikitext and are therefore not editable like other pages might be.<br />
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They usually contain [[<tvar name=1>Help:System message#Finding messages and documentation</tvar>|system messages]] from MediaWiki namespace, which are editable by [[<tvar name=2>Special:MyLanguage/Interface administrators</tvar>|interface administrators]].<br />
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{{Note|type=reminder|text=<translate><!--T:30--> The ampersand character (<tvar name=1><code>&</code></tvar>) is not allowed.</translate>}}<br />
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== Linking, transcluding, or redirecting to a special page == <!--T:19--><br />
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<translate><!--T:20--> You can [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Links</tvar>|link]] a special page as you would do for any other internal page; e.g. <tvar name="3"><code><nowiki>[[Special:Diff|see diff page]]</nowiki></code></tvar>.</translate><br />
<translate><!--T:39--> Some special pages can take a parameter value after a slash character; e.g. <tvar name="4"><code><nowiki>[[Special:Diff/6372234]]</nowiki></code></tvar> takes a user to the <tvar name=5>6372234</tvar> revision ID of this page.</translate><br />
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<translate><!--T:21--> Some special pages are [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Transclusion</tvar>|transcludable]], and some other ones are not.</translate><br />
<translate><!--T:38--> For example, you may transclude the list of [[<tvar name=2>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Recent changes</tvar>|recent changes]] with <tvar name="3"><code><nowiki>{{Special:RecentChanges}}</nowiki></code></tvar>.</translate><br />
<translate><!--T:33--> But, transcluding <tvar name=1><code><nowiki>{{Special:Random}}</nowiki></code></tvar> gives <tvar name=2>{{Special:Random}}</tvar>.</translate><br />
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<translate><!--T:22--> You cannot create a [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Redirects</tvar>|redirection]] towards a special page: it will display a link towards the page instead of a direct redirect to it.</translate><br />
<translate><!--T:40--> However, some special pages have [[<tvar name=2>#Page name alias and localization</tvar>|built-in aliases which redirect to them]].</translate><br />
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=== Links containing URL query strings === <!--T:34--><br />
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Since the ampersand (<tvar name=1><code>&</code></tvar>) is not allowed, you can't create a standard link with <tvar name=2><code>&action=edit</code></tvar> or <tvar name=3><code>&redirect=no</code></tvar> in the URL query string.<br />
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== Page name alias and localization == <!--T:23--><br />
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<translate><!--T:24--> Unlike other namespaces, the first heading of pages in the <tvar name=1><code>Special:</code></tvar> namespace is not consistent with the page name in the URL.</translate><br />
<translate><!--T:41--> The <tvar name=1><code>Special:</code></tvar> prefix is not displayed, and the heading text may vary a bit from the page name.</translate><br />
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<translate><!--T:25--> Each special page has a default English name, but it may also have aliases, i.e. other special page names which redirect to it.</translate><br />
<translate><!--T:37--> Besides, on non-English wikis (i.e. <tvar name=1>{{ll|Manual:$wgLanguageCode|$wgLanguageCode}}</tvar> different from “<tvar name=2>en</tvar>”), special page names are localized, and English names are aliases which redirect to the localized page name.</translate><br />
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{{Note|type=reminder|text=<translate><!--T:26--> The localized aliases only work in one language per wiki, in addition to English ones; e.g. Italian special page names only work on Italian wikis. Multilingual wikis with [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Translate</tvar>|Translate extension]] only support English names.</translate>}}<br />
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The <tvar name=1><code>Special:</code></tvar> namespace prefix itself may be localized depending on the wiki content language.<br />
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For example, in each project's language, the word used for "<tvar name=1>Special</tvar>" in special page names like <tvar name=2><code>Special:Statistics</code></tvar> is different. Here is the equivalent term in each language:<br />
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* {{#language:de|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}: <code>Spezial:Statistik</code><br />
* {{#language:es|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}: <code>Especial:Estadísticas</code><br />
* {{#language:fr|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}: <code>Spécial:Statistiques</code><br />
* {{#language:nl|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}: <code>Speciaal:Statistieken</code><br />
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== List of special pages == <!--T:3--><br />
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''[[<tvar name=special>Special:SpecialPages</tvar>|Special:SpecialPages]]'' shows a list of almost all special pages on a wiki. It is often linked in the [[<tvar name=nav>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Navigation#Toolbox</tvar>|toolbox]] on the side panel.<br />
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==See also== <!--T:11--><br />
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* [[w:Help:Special page]]<br />
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