Help:Page information
Page information shows information about a page on Wikipedia. A link to "Page information" is in the Tools panel of the sidebar.
Contents
Basic information
| Field | Explanation | Example for Wikipedia:Sandbox |
|---|---|---|
| Display title | See WP:DISPLAYTITLE | Wikipedia:Sandbox |
| Default sort key | See Help:Defaultsort | Sandbox |
| Page length (in bytes) | Total size of page content in bytes | 16283969 |
| Page ID | See mw:Page id | 3591587 |
| Page content language | See mw:Page content language | English (en) |
| Page content model | Type of content (eg. wiki content, or program code like CSS or JavaScript). See also mw:Manual:ContentHandler |
wikitext |
| 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). | Fewer than 30 watchers |
| Number of redirects to this page | 41 | |
| Number of subpages of this page | 12 (7 redirects; 5 non-redirects) | |
| Wikidata item ID | None | |
| Page image | (This field is optional, and may be missing on some articles) | 
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| Page views in the past 30 days | 24,100 | |
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 | 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 | (Optional) If the page uses any internal behaviour switched, this row shows which behaviour switches are enabled. | (None) |
| Hidden categories | (Optional) If the page is part of any hidden categories, this row shows the categories in question. | (None) |
| Transcluded templates |
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| Wikidata entities |
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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.
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 the MediaWiki:Pageinfo-header template. It is blank by default, but individual wikis can add content here. For example, on English Wikipedia, the header is used to link to the page you are currently reading.
The bottom of the information can be customised via the MediaWiki:Pageinfo-footer. template It is blank by default but can be set at each wiki. For example, on English Wikipedia, it is used to create an addition section with "External tools".
