en:Help:Special characters This page is a soft redirect....

make a Category, please find the list of all Categories by clicking on "Special pages" in the left sidebar "toolbox" box. Check the contents of any other...

to change pages. The Special namespace contains scripts of the encyclopedia. They are always prefixed with Special:. All special pages are non-changeable...

the word. The method is simple to understand because it does not use any special symbols except the schwa ("ə"), which represents the "uh" sound. Another...

archive: Start by picking a name for it. If you're making an archive for a special topic, you may use a name indicating that topic, for example /Place of...

install the ParserFunctions extension. Help:External searches – a template special use case example Help:Magic words – fancy stuff you may find in some templates...

enabled in the first place. The “special pages” tool lists the MediaWiki special pages. In MediaWiki terminology, a special page is one that presents information...

contributions. For example, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=BadVandal&bot=1. When you click the rollback links...

script-title are wrapped in special HTML markup to isolate RTL script from adjacent left-to-right text. Part of that special markup is a language attribute...

Recent pages is a special page that lists recent changes in reverse order, with creation date and time, current size, user who created the page, and first...

New pages is a special page that lists recently created pages in reverse order of creation, with creation date and time, current size, user who created...

after Special:Random, with a slash in between. For example, Special:Random/Help will take you to a random page in the Help namespace; Special:Random/Category...

person looks at a page in wikipedia, the wiki markup can make the text look special, such as bold, large, or in a table. The person viewing the page does not...

MediaWiki offers a collection of special pages and tools to keep track of what is going on in the wiki. So you can watch for example: recent changes to...

New images is a special page that lists recently added files as a gallery in reverse order, with creation date and time, current size, user who uploaded...

After you've uploaded a file, you can use it in an article, with some special wiki syntax to create the link. See Help:Images. Your file gets its very...

obtained - got odd - strange originate - come from performed - did specific - special taken aback - surprised and perhaps shocked transfer - move to or change...

The special page Special:PasswordReset is useful sometimes. These will be listed bellow. If you have forgotten your password and you have already entered...

shown. <name> stripmarker in |<param>= at position n Strip markers are special sequences of characters that MediaWiki inserts as a place-holder for certain...

the reference list. You may have misspelled the reference name, or used special characters that look the same but are actually different. For instance...

talk page. For more help and information, see mw:Help:System message. Special:Allmessages - A list of all the customisable MediaWiki messages, showing...

"Permanent link". Clicking on it will load up the permanent link page. It has a special URL, for example on the Main Page: http://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index...

here" toolbox link to find double redirects to a particular page, or use Special:DoubleRedirects to find them throughout the whole wiki. To prevent a page...

Looks like this: Term Definition1 Definition2 Definition3 Definition4 Special characters can often be displayed using numeric character references or...

the “Search” button without filling in anything, you will be taken to “Special:Search” which gives you extra searching options (also available from any...

deletion log (Special:Log). To undelete a page you must navigate to the exact page name of the page. You can find this in the deletion log (Special:Log) if...

another window leaving the current window as is. This help is for such special situation only. If your wiki is completely locked for editing, and you...

all Wikimedia projects). An older, non-unified account can be unified at Special:MergeAccount; unified users can use that page to check the status of their...

browsers. To hide all infoboxes, add the following to Special:MyPage/common.css (for all skins, or Special:MyPage/skin.css for just the current skin), on a...

characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example...

Range blocks are technical restrictions applied through Special:Blockip to a group of IP addresses that prevent them from editing, creating new accounts...

default, anything you enter there will be wrapped with [[ ]]. To use a special linking (without this automatic link), you have to check the tickbox for...

[[:{{ns:category}}:Books]] You can also create books without the use of the input box and Special:Books page. The wiki syntax to use is: Location of books Books can either...

preventing repeated vandalism. You can find out who the sysops are at Special:ListUsers/sysop There are a number of extra features available to sysops...

username here)|<span style="color:blue; font-size:small">am</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/(insert your username here)|<span style="color:red;...

from changing the wiki. Blocking users is fairly straightforward, visit Special:BlockIP and follow these steps: IP Address or username: Enter in the username...

style="color:#399DD1; font-family:comic sans ms">talk</span></big>]][[Special:Contributions/Stalker1|<big><span style="color:#59EDE2; font-family:comic...

as the letters. To fix this, you can use the template {{lang}} or add a special code called the left-to-right mark (LRM) at the end of the Arabic text...

ordered with PediaPress. Simply click "Order book from PediaPress" on the Special:Book page. This uploads your book to the PediaPress website. After choosing...

ask an administrator why a page was deleted. Another place to look is Special:Log/delete. If you know the date it was deleted you can scroll down the...

The content of this message is dependent on the language setting in Special:Preferences. You can test how the error messages look in the most popular...