Help:Special Pages

Special Pages
Special pages provide useful utilities and information to help contribute to the wiki, special pages cannot be edited. Here are some:


 * Broken redirects
 * Double redirects
 * Unused files and templates
 * Recent changes
 * Problem reports list
 * Dead-end pages
 * Uncategorized files, pages and categories
 * Log in / create account
 * Block user
 * View deleted user contributions
 * Preferences
 * Upload files
 * Statistics
 * System messages
 * Wikia Statistics
 * Restore and view deleted pages
 * Import page

Redirects

 * Broken redirects: Redirects which are broken and direct to an inexistant page. They should be fixed by pointing to the right page or (if such a page does not exist) deletion. Note that interwiki redirects cannot be fixed.
 * Double redirects: Redirects which point to another redirect. For example if MP redirected to Main which then redirected to Main Page, MP would be a "Double redirect". They should be fixed by pointing to the correct target destination.

Unused

 * Unused Images and Templates: Images or templates which are not in use, note that sites linking to images, or template substitution will not count and the pages may still be in use.

Uncategorized

 * Uncategorized Images, Pages, Templates and Categories: Just that, pages with no categories.

Account management

 * User Login - Allows a user to log in, but also has a link to Sign up to the Wiki.
 * Preferences (Users)- The special page to customize your view of the Wiki, things like skin choice, signature appearence, language, and mores. Note: Language is limited to the sidebars etc, not the actual contents.

Statistics

 * Statistics - General information like page count.
 * Wikia Stats - Wikia statistics of in-depth things such as percentages of article size, etc.

Misc.

 * System messages - Displays messages held in the MediaWiki namespace, including the common CSS and JS files. Note:To avoid vandalism, these pages are protected (and cannot be unprotected).
 * Recent Changes: One of the most useful utilities, this page displays the most recent changes to the wiki. You may wish to subscribe to the RSS feed to get updates on the recent changes without being on the site.
 * Problem Reports: Lists all reports by users of the wiki.
 * Dead-end Pages: Pages which do not link to a different page. These pages may need attention.
 * Upload - The upload form.

Restricted

 * View and Undelete pages (sysops) - Allows viewing of previously deleted pages to restore them entirely or in part.
 * Import pages (sysops) - Imports pages from an XML file.
 * Block user (sysops), the form which allows people with sysop rights to block users from editing.