Help:Special pages

Special pages are pages on Wikifunctions generated by the MediaWiki software for special reasons. These pages are found in the special namespace, which is a namespace of pages that cannot be directly edited. A list of all existent special pages on this wiki is available at Special:SpecialPages.

Editing a special page

Special pages cannot be directly edited, but system messages in the MediaWiki namespace are able to be edited by administrators and interface administrators. Pages in the MediaWiki namespace are system messages, and making changes to them will also cause changes to the MediaWiki interface.

Example

For example, Special:BadTitle (which appears as a redlink but is a valid special page) can be edited by an administrator or interface administrator by editing the system message at MediaWiki:Badtitletext.

Transclusion of a special page

There are a few special pages on Wikifunctions that can be transcluded by adding {{Special:PageName}}, where "PageName" should be replaced with the name of the special page.

Examples

When transcluding Special:RecentChanges, that would produce:

List of abbreviations:

D

Wikidata edit

F

Edit from Wikifunctions

N

This edit created a new page (also see list of new pages)

m

This is a minor edit

b

This edit was performed by a bot

(±123)

The page size changed by this number of bytes

7 November 2025

• diffhist Wikifunctions:Project chat 01:07 −17 DMartin (WMF) talk contribs (→Functions using this function) Tag: Visual edit
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Project chat 01:06 +272 DMartin (WMF) talk contribs (→Functions using this function: Reply) Tag: Reply

6 November 2025

• diffhist Swedish: genetivo: "genitiv" (Z29323) 22:51 +10 99of9 talk contribs
• diffhist form for table header, composition (Z29319) 22:51 +156 99of9 talk contribs
• diffhist Italian: "caso" (Z29322) 22:49 +139 99of9 talk contribs
• diffhist Swedish: genetivo: "genitiv" (Z29323) 22:48 +142 99of9 talk contribs
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/de 22:03 −29 Ameisenigel talk contribs (Created page with "Vielen Dank an alle, die aktiv Vorschläge eingereicht und an der Abstimmung teilgenommen haben! Wir freuen uns darauf, die zweite Runde des Abstimmungsprozesses vorzubereiten, die am 17. November beginnt.")
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/de 22:02 −18 Ameisenigel talk contribs (Created page with "Nachdem die erste Runde nun beendet ist, möchte ich einige Vorschläge unterbreiten, bei denen wir sehr froh sind, dass sie nicht gemacht wurden: “1 Wikipedia”, “Common Wikipedia” (beachte, dass Common kein “s” am Ende hat, die andere Domain ist bereits vergeben) und “Wikipedia Foundation”.")
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/de 22:00 +11 Ameisenigel talk contribs (Created page with "Bis zum Beginn der Abstimmung richten wir eine Seite ein, um Meinungen zu den Vorschlägen zu sammeln und zu diskutieren. Am Ende möchten wir neben einem Link zur vollständigen Diskussion auch eine Abstimmungsanleitung mit einer kurzen Zusammenfassung der Diskussion anbieten. Wir würden uns freuen, die Diskussion gemeinsam mit euch allen zu führen und die Zusammenfassung gemeinsam zu verfassen.")
• User rename log 21:50 Kadı talk contribs renamed user Sophia Guevara (0 edits) to Sophia Retired (per request)
• User rename log 21:43 Cabayi talk contribs renamed user Idontknowwhattoputherebutieditarticlesrandomly (0 edits) to Renamed user fe34d9561eb1e3fe8a839a4ed797f884 (per request)
• User creation log 19:35 User account IlPietrino talk contribs was created
• User creation log 19:30 User account S S M T W T F S S G S S S S S G S J O P Q S W A S G S S S S S G S S F T W T M S S talk contribs was created
• User rename log 17:33 AccountVanishRequests talk contribs renamed user Mpd1995 (0 edits) to Renamed user 143cbe3ba142b4d7c8f254f7d78c0d20 (This user vanish request has been automatically approved.)
• diffhist User:Geno (WMF)/Sandbox 17:00 −1 Geno (WMF) talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
• diffhist form for table header (Z29315) 16:14 +44 Dv103 talk contribs (Added Z29322 e Z29323 to the approved list of test cases)
• diffhist N Swedish: genetivo: "genitiv" (Z29323) 16:14 +1,028 Dv103 talk contribs
• diffhist N Italian: "caso" (Z29322) 16:13 +1,021 Dv103 talk contribs
• diffhist Untitled (Z29256) 15:56 +22 Dv103 talk contribs (Added Z29257 to the approved list of implementations)
• diffhist Untitled (Z29256) 15:55 +22 Dv103 talk contribs (Added Z29258 to the approved list of test cases)
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/fr 15:06 +78 Pamputt talk contribs (Created page with "Cette semaine, nous avons corrigé la fonction d’analyse syntaxique $1 qui affiche le nom et la description de l’objet Zid donné, afin que les descriptions contenant du wikitexte ne rompent pas le lien vers l’objet ($2). Cette fonction d’analyse syntaxique fonctionne désormais comme prévu et les éditeurs et éditrices sont invités à utiliser wikifunctionlabeldesc et wikifunctionlabel. Certains modèles communautaires tels que Z+ peuvent encore nécessiter d...")
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/fr 15:05 −4 Pamputt talk contribs (Created page with "=== Changements récents du logiciel ===")
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/fr 15:05 +80 Pamputt talk contribs (Created page with "Si vous avez besoin d’aide, n’hésitez pas à demander ! Nous serons ravis de vous guider dans la création de vos premiers tableaux. De même, si vous avez d’autres idées susceptibles d’aider les contributeurs et contributrices du Wiktionnaire, n’hésitez pas à les partager ! Nous souhaitons développer un ensemble croissant de fonctionnalités utiles dans les différentes éditions linguistiques du Wiktionnaire.")
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/fr 15:04 +108 Pamputt talk contribs (Created page with "« Élargir les possibilités des Wiktionnaires » : profitons de cet élan. Nous aimerions beaucoup que vous nous aidiez à développer davantage de fonctions utiles aux contributeurs et contributrices des Wiktionnaires, par exemple des tableaux de déclinaisons pour davantage de langues ou des tableaux de conjugaison de verbes. L’élargissement de la collection de fonctions linguistiques rendra Wikifunctions encore plus utile, en aidant les éditeurs et éditrices d...")
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/fr 15:03 +83 Pamputt talk contribs (Created page with "Alors que Wikifunctions continue à se déployer sur davantage d’éditions du Wiktionnaire, il est passionnant de voir comment il peut aider les communautés wiktionaristes. La fonction de tableau de déclinaison de la première déclinaison est disponible (fonction de tableau de déclinaison des noms allemands) et déjà intégrée dans un exemple Wiktionnaire (voir cet exemple sur le Wiktionnaire croate), montrant comment Wikidata et les fonctions peuve...")
• diffhist User:Geno (WMF)/Sandbox 15:02 0 Geno (WMF) talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/fr 15:01 +9 Pamputt talk contribs (Created page with "=== Wikifunctions en action sur les Wiktionnaires ===")
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/fr 15:01 +6 Pamputt talk contribs (Created page with "Wikifunctions est désormais disponible sur sept autres Wiktionnaires et sur Wikipédia en bengali ! Ces projets ont désormais la possibilité d’appeler des fonctions directement depuis Wikifunctions. Les sept Wiktionnaires concernés sont ceux en polonais, russe, islandais, madourais, santali, toulou et amazigh marocain standard.")
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/fr 15:00 +46 Pamputt talk contribs (Created page with "=== Wikifonctions intégrées à Wikipédia en bengali et à sept autres Wiktionnaires ===")
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/fr 15:00 +44 Pamputt talk contribs (Created page with "=== Le premier tour de vote pour nommer le wiki dédié au contenu abstrait est clos ===")
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/fr 15:00 −46 Pamputt talk contribs (Created page with "Mise à jour suivante")
• diffhist Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/fr 15:00 −46 Pamputt talk contribs (Created page with "Mise à jour précédente")
• diffhist N Wikifunctions:Status updates/2025-11-05/fr 15:00 +7,825 Pamputt talk contribs (Created page with "Wikifonctions:Mises à jour/5 novembre 2025")
• diffhist form for table header, default (Z29316) 14:58 +340 Dv103 talk contribs
• diffhist form for table header, default (Z29316) 14:57 +22 Dv103 talk contribs (Added Z29321 to the approved list of test cases)
• diffhist N nominative, en (Z29321) 14:57 +1,000 Dv103 talk contribs
• diffhist User:Geno (WMF)/Sandbox 14:56 0 Geno (WMF) talk contribs
• diffhist name for table header (Z27885) 14:53 −22 Dv103 talk contribs (Removed Z27903 from the approved list of implementations)
• diffhist name for table header (Z27885) 14:53 +22 Dv103 talk contribs (Added Z29320 to the approved list of implementations)
• diffhist N name for table header, language selection (Z29320) 14:53 +2,907 Dv103 talk contribs
• diffhist form for table header (Z29315) 14:48 +22 Dv103 talk contribs (Added Z29319 to the approved list of implementations)
• diffhist N form for table header, composition (Z29319) 14:48 +1,046 Dv103 talk contribs
• diffhist form for table header, default (Z29316) 14:47 +22 Dv103 talk contribs (Added Z29318 to the approved list of implementations)
• diffhist form for table header, default (Z29316) 14:47 −480 Dv103 talk contribs
• diffhist N Untitled (Z29318) 14:46 +1,318 Dv103 talk contribs
• diffhist N selectors of form for table header (Z29317) 14:44 +809 Dv103 talk contribs
• diffhist N form for table header, default (Z29316) 14:44 +1,713 Dv103 talk contribs
• diffhist N form for table header (Z29315) 14:42 +2,225 Dv103 talk contribs
• diffhist User:Geno (WMF)/Sandbox 14:27 0 Geno (WMF) talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
• diffhist User:Geno (WMF)/Sandbox 14:25 0 Geno (WMF) talk contribs Tag: Visual edit

When transcluding Special:RecentChangesLinked/Z12863, that would produce:

No changes during the given period match these criteria.

Problems with transcluding

Many special pages cannot have its contents read when transcluding it. This would result in only a link to the special page. For example, when transcluding Special:SpecialPages, that would produce: Special:SpecialPages

The above transclusion is a link to the special page rather than its contents.

Valid and invalid special pages

Valid special pages

There are multiple special pages that exist on Wikifunctions, and a list can be found at Special:SpecialPages.

Invalid special pages

Requesting an invalid special page will display a "No such special page" message. For example, Special:Special is an invalid special page, and clicking on it will not result in it being edited. The system message is available in the MediaWiki namespace, at MediaWiki:Nospecialpagetext. It looks like this:

You have requested an invalid special page.

A list of valid special pages can be found at Special pages.

At the bottom of the system message, there is a button that directs you to Wikifunctions:Main Page.

Linking problems

If a link to a non-existent special page (example: Special:RedLink) is added, it would be displayed as a red link. However, there is a problem, that being Special:BadTitle being displayed as a red link even though it is a valid special page.