Help:Page information
Wikipedia information page
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Page information shows information about a page on Wikipedia. A link to "Page information" is in the Tools panel of the sidebar. On the mobile site, first click "Desktop" at the bottom, or add ?action=info to the URL. Registered users can also enable advanced mode in mobile settings and then click on three dots. Some of the below fields only appear for pages where relevant information is available.
Basic information
| Field | Explanation | Example for Wikipedia:Sandbox |
|---|---|---|
| Display title | See WP:DISPLAYTITLE | Wikipedia:Sandbox |
| Redirects to | A link to the redirect target and its info page (omitted when the page is not a redirect). | |
| Default sort key | See Help:Defaultsort | Sandbox |
| Page length (in bytes) | Size of page content (source text without transclusions) in bytes | 440 |
| Namespace ID | The namespace number of the page | 4 |
| Namespace | Which namespace the page is in (omitted for articles) | Wikipedia |
| Page ID | See mw:Page id | 16283969 |
| Page content language | See mw:Page content language | en - English |
| Page content model | Type of content (eg. wiki content, or program code like CSS or JavaScript). See also mw:Manual:ContentHandler | wikitext |
| User ID | See mw:User id (omitted when the page is not a user page). | |
| Indexing by robots | See WP:NOINDEX. | Allowed |
| Number of page watchers | See Help:Watchlist#watchers. Precise number only given if above 30 (for security reasons). This count includes all accounts (blocked, inactive, etc.). | 18,081 |
| Number of page watchers who visited recent edits | Number of watchers who have visited any revision made 30 days or less earlier than the most recent one. | 333 |
| Number of redirects to this page | 43 | |
| Counted as a content page | This says "Yes" for mainspace pages (excluding redirects) and is omitted for other pages | |
| Number of subpages of this page | 14 (8 redirects; 6 non-redirects) | |
| Page views in the past 30 days | Page view statistics under "External tools" at the bottom is more detailed | 24,100 |
| Wikidata item ID | Q3938 | |
| Local description | Description on the local wiki (the English Wikipedia) | |
| Central description | Description on Wikidata | page intended for test edits |
| Page image | Image automatically selected by mw:Extension:PageImages#Image choice to represent the page. Not always present. |  |
Page protection
| Field | Explanation | Example for Wikipedia:Sandbox |
|---|---|---|
| Edit | If the page is protected, this indicates what authorisation level is required for making changes. | Allow all users (no expiry set) |
| Move | If the page is protected, this indicates what authorisation level is required for moving (or renaming) the page. | Allow all users (no expiry set) |
Edit history
| Field | Explanation | Example for Wikipedia:Sandbox |
|---|---|---|
| Page creator | First user in the page history | Username (talk | contribs) |
| Date of page creation | Time is in UTC. Registered users may set a time zone. | 01:44, 2 January 2006 |
| Latest editor | Username (talk | contribs) | |
| Date of latest edit | Time is in UTC | 04:09, 13 December 2015 |
| Total number of edits | 670,900 | |
| Recent number of edits (within past 30 days) | 800 | |
| Recent number of distinct authors | 300 |
Page properties
| Field | Explanation | Example for Wikipedia:Sandbox |
|---|---|---|
| Magic words | If the page uses any behaviour switches, they are shown here | (None) |
| Hidden categories | If the page is part of any hidden categories, they are shown here | (None) |
| Transcluded templates | Shows transcluded pages in all namespaces, not just templates. This list may be incomplete. For a complete list, click the "Edit" or "View source" tab and see "Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page" at the bottom |
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| Wikidata entities | Which Wikidata entities were used to generate the page (usually by an infobox or other templates) |
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Lint errors
This information section shows results from scanning the page for Lint errors. These are detected by the Extension:Linter program.
Header and footer
When viewing page information, the wiki software can show additional custom text at the start and end of the page.
The top of the information page (before the first section for "Basic information") comes from MediaWiki:Pageinfo-header. It is blank by default, but individual wikis can add content here. For example, on English Wikipedia, the header is used to create a table of contents.
The bottom of the information can be customised via MediaWiki:Pageinfo-footer. It is blank by default but can be set at each wiki. For example, on English Wikipedia, it is used to create an additional section "External tools".