Is there a list of all the "Special:" links (like "Special:Whatlinkshere)?

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The only "Special:" links I know about, I just stumbled across. It would be nice if there's a list of all of them and what they do - I just couldn't find it in the Help pages or by doing a Help search.
in WikiTree Tech by Bob Utterback G2G4 (4.3k points)
retagged by Bob Utterback
What are Special links and where do we find them? I can't remember having seen any.

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hi Bob - -

above, on this page is "[Tags]" - click it, and all will be revealed - -

hope this helps - cheers - john.a

ps - also , you should add ' what_links_here'   to the your question - so click edit, and add and save -  because others follow this "tag" -ja

by John Andrewartha G2G6 Pilot (115k points)
edited by John Andrewartha
Sorry, but that's not what I was asking about. Those tags are what's been used in G2G questions. I'm asking about all the possible features in WikiTree that start with  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:  - like https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Space:Lathrop_/_Utterback_Family_History. The Special:Whatlinkshere link is the only one I can think of right now, but I've seen others.
perhaps John was indicating that if you added some tags to this question the right people may see it who know the answer to this very interesting question.   - I hope the right person does see it!
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(Partially) Answering my own question, here's a list of what I've found so far:

The Login page is also a "Special:" link, but I was looking more for what you might put in a profile, like a Space profile.

by Bob Utterback G2G4 (4.3k points)
edited by Bob Utterback
thanks for this (partial) list

Are there Help pages for all the Special pages?

I found that the Help:Relationship_Finder actually provides an example of how to pass parameters via a hotlink.  But the Help:Connection_Finder completely overlooks this needful aspect of its documentation.

While constructing a reference page for a Genealogy reference book, it became needful to embed several 'Special' page links.  Thanks to the Help:Relationship_Finder page, I was able to add Special:Relationship links that clarifies how the 2 key anchor ancestors of her book relate to each other. 

(The author is living and has opted to not have a WikiTree profile for herself. The book subtitle notes the genealogy was published as a tribute to one of the anchors & the preface clarifies this was author's mother. The other anchor is the immigrant progenitor of the author's maternal grandmother... so the surname connection isn't readily apparent.)

The first link helps. But I'd like to put in Special:Connection links that allow a visitor to check their own Connection to either anchor... similar to the links at the bottom of every profile. (But without the extraneous effort & server load of opening the already linked anchor profiles & scrolling down to find the "find your genealogical relationship with ______” link.)

The Special:ConnectionSpecial:Relationship features evidently don't use the same parameters. And it is also unclear how to feed the logged-in-User's profile ID as one of the parameters.

Yeah, that's a shame. It looks like the best that can be done is to run the Connection, click the "Get Shareable Image" button, then have a link in your reference page that displays that image (or have it as an embedded image). Not as "clean", tho, as being able to provide a URL with the 2 profile IDs like you can with the Relationship. And you'd only be able to do that for the author and anchor ancestor, not for visitors to check their connection to either.

And I've looked but also didn't find a tag or template for using the logged-in user's profile ID.

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