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No Wanted categories. Has someone been very busy or is something not working correctly?  — [Unsigned comment added by Traveler100 (talk • contribs) 30 December 2009.]

On most special pages, there is a link to a talk page, but not on that page. LibraryGeek (talk) 06:35, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

May I call your attention to my recent post at Wikipedia talk:Special:ListRedirects I think it's time we implement a generalized search/list function with the ability to select/deselect namespaces, properties, etc. We have a number of special-purpose pages that don't allow you to combine searches and have generally outlived their usefulness. Thoughts and suggestions are most welcome. LibraryGeek (talk) 06:39, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Is there any particular reason why Special:History is not documented on this page? It seems to work OK, even if the output format is a little unfamiliar. Example. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:59, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think that it's designed for mobile users; most prople who write the help pages are desktop users. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:36, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I wanted to ask: just as there is a special page Special:PrefixIndex, is there an equivalent for pages with a last specific word? Many thanks in advance. NoonIcarus (talk) 00:36, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NoonIcarus: Special:SpecialPages#mw-specialpagesgroup-pages suggests not. --Redrose64 🦌 (talk) 17:22, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Redrose64: I understand. It's a pity, but thank you for letting me know. Kind regards, --NoonIcarus (talk) 17:29, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]