Help:URL Parameters

Useful list of URL query strings followed by common bookmarklets. All capitalization matters. Unless the text is a VARIABLE it should always be lowercase.

Index.php Specific Queries
These Queries are specific to  (ex. community.wikia.com/index.php?title=Help:System_messages).

Title
Format: Description: Specify a page using the title.

CurID
Format: Description: Specify a page using the current ID.

Action
Format: Description: Specify a page action. List of ACTION s:

Action=Credits
Format: Description: Shows Users who have contributed to the page. Must be used alone unless called from index.php.

Action=Delete
Format: Description: Opens the Page deletion screen. Must be used alone unless called from index.php.

Action=Edit
Format: Description: Edit the Page. Can be used with Parameters:
 * editintro
 * preload
 * preloadparams%5B%5D or preloadparams[]
 * preloadtitle
 * section
 * summary
 * useeditor

Action=EditRedLink
Format: See Action=Edit

Action=History
Format: Description: Shows Page History. Can be used with Parameters:
 * limit

Action=Protect
Format: Description: Launches the add protection form for the page. Must be used alone unless called from index.php.

Action=Purge
Format: Description: Force Wikia to reload the page (refreshes cache). Must be used alone unless called from index.php.

Action=Raw
Format: Description: Displays only the WikiText of a Page. Can be used with Parameters: CANNOT be used with Parameters:
 * oldid
 * section
 * templates=expand
 * uselang
 * usesitecss
 * usesitejs
 * search
 * skin
 * theme
 * useusercss
 * useuserjs

Action=Render
Format: Description: Loads the Page and strips all styles and scripts. Can be used with Parameters: CANNOT be used with Parameters:
 * oldid
 * templates=expand
 * uselang
 * usesitecss
 * usesitejs
 * search
 * section
 * skin
 * theme
 * useusercss
 * useuserjs

Action=Revert
Format: Description: Reverts the page to a previous revision (Requires additional Parameters).

Action=Rollback
Format: Description: Rollback a single user's edits (Requires additional Parameters).

Action=Submit
Format: Description: Submits the edit page (Cannot be used in a normal HTML request).

Action=Unprotect
Format: Description: Launches the remove protection form for the page. Must be used alone unless called from index.php.

Action=Unwatch
Format: Description: Remove the Page from your Watchlist (Shows Prompt). Must be used alone unless called from index.php.

Action=View
Format: Description: Displays the page. This is the default action. Can be used with Parameters: Almost any.

Action=Watch
Format: Description: Add the Page to your Watchlist (Shows Prompt). Must be used alone unless called from index.php.

AllowUserCSS
Format: See UseUserCSS=0

AllowUserJS
Format: See UseUserJS=0

Debug
Format: Description: Causes the ResourceLoader to serve non-minified CSS & Javascript. Can be used with Parameters: Almost any

Diff
Format: Description: Shows difference in pages based on MODIFIER. List of MODIFIER s:

Diff=NUMBER
Format: Description: Used alone, shows the difference between revision NUMBER and the newest revision of that NUMBER 's page. Used with  , shows the difference between revision NUMBER and revision OLD_NUMBER (Like this it can be used to compare two different pages).

Diff=Next
Format: Description: Used alone, shows the original page (When article was created). Used with  , Shows the difference between revision NUMBER and next revision.

Diff=Prev
Format: Description: Used alone, shows the current page revision. Used with  , Shows the difference between revision NUMBER and previous revision.

DiffOnly
Format: Description: Hide page preview below diff. Requires Parameters:
 * diff

EditIntro
Format: Description: Adds an Notice (Transcluded from PAGE ) to the Edit Page. Requires Parameters: Can be used with Parameters:
 * action=edit or action=editredlink
 * preload
 * preloadparams%5B%5D or preloadparams[]
 * preloadtitle
 * section
 * summary
 * useeditor

From
Format: Description: Limits the length of lists provided by some Special Pages to show all entries starting at, and including, CHARACTER. CANNOT be used with Parameters:
 * until

Limit
Format: Description: Limits the length of lists provided by some Special Pages to NUMBER of entries.

OldID
Format: Description: Specify a page revision. Can be used with Parameters:
 * action=edit or action=editredlink
 * action=view
 * action=render
 * action=raw
 * diff

Page
Format: Description: Displays page NUMBER of a DJVU file (The first page is 1). Can be used with Parameters: Unknown

PreLoad
Format: Description: Edits the page with PAGE transcluded into the edit box. Requires Parameter(s): Can be used with Parameters:
 * action=edit or action=editredlink
 * editintro
 * preloadparams%5B%5D or preloadparams[]
 * preloadtitle
 * section
 * summary
 * useeditor

PreLoadParams%5B%5D
Format: Description: Replaces "$ Parameters" in preload= PAGE with PARAMETER. The first time this is used in the URL, $1 will be replaced by PARAMETER. The second time this is used in the URL, $2 will be replaced by PARAMETER. This pattern continues for $3, $4, $5, etc. etc. Requires Parameter(s): Can be used with Parameters:
 * action=edit or action=editredlink
 * preload
 * editintro
 * preload
 * Additional preloadparams%5B%5D or preloadparams[]
 * preloadtitle
 * section
 * summary
 * useeditor

PreLoadParams[]
Format: See preloadparams%5B%5D, it's more browser friendly.

PreLoadTitle
Format: Description: Adds header TITLE to a newly created section. Requires Parameter(s): Can be used with Parameters:
 * action=edit or action=editredlink
 * section
 * editintro
 * preload
 * preloadparams%5B%5D or preloadparams[]
 * summary
 * useeditor

Redirect
Format: Description: Prevents the page from redirecting. Requires Parameter(s):
 * action=view or None

RedLink
Format: Description: Edit a non-existent page. Requires Parameters: CANNOT be used with Parameters: Can be used with Parameters:
 * action=edit
 * action=editredlink
 * editintro
 * preload
 * preloadparams%5B%5D or preloadparams[]
 * summary
 * useeditor

Search
Format: Description: Adds TEXT to the search bar. CANNOT be used with Parameters:
 * action=raw
 * action=render

Section
Format: Description: Specify a Section type. List of TYPE/NUMBER s:

Section=New
Format: Description: Creates a new section, added to the bottom of the page. Requires Parameters: Can be used with Parameters:
 * action=edit or action=editredlink
 * editintro
 * preload
 * preloadparams%5B%5D or preloadparams[]
 * preloadtitle
 * summary
 * useeditor

Section=NUMBER
Format: Description: Specify Section NUMBER on the Page. Requires Parameters: Can be used with Parameters:
 * action=edit or action=editredlink or action=raw?????
 * editintro
 * preload
 * preloadparams%5B%5D or preloadparams[]
 * summary
 * useeditor

Summary
Format: Description: Sets the summary field on an edit page to TEXT. Requires Parameters: Can be used with Parameters:
 * action=edit or action=editredlink
 * editintro
 * preload
 * preloadparams%5B%5D or preloadparams[]
 * preloadtitle
 * section
 * useeditor

Templates
Format: Description: Recursively expands templates on a page. Requires Parameters:
 * action=raw

Until
Format: Description: Limits the length of lists provided by some Special Pages to show all entries up to, not including, CHARACTER. CANNOT be used with Parameters:
 * from

UseEditor
Format: Description: Edits Page using the Classic Editor. Requires Parameters: Can be used with Parameters:
 * action=edit or action=editredlink
 * editintro
 * preload
 * preloadparams%5B%5D or preloadparams[]
 * preloadtitle
 * section
 * summary

UseLang
Format: Description: Loads the page using the chosen Language. List of CODE s:

UseLang=QQX
Format: Description: Show Interface Message Names instead of Contents. CANNOT be used with Parameters:
 * action=raw
 * action=render

UseLang=LANGUAGE_CODE
Format: Description: Loads the page using the chosen LANGUAGE_CODE (Defined by ISO 639-3 and ISO 639-1). CANNOT be used with Parameters:
 * action=raw
 * action=render

UseSiteCSS
Format: Description: Loads the page without Site CSS. CANNOT be used with Parameters:
 * action=raw
 * action=render

UseSiteJS
Format: Description: Loads the page without Site JavaScript. CANNOT be used with Parameters:
 * action=raw
 * action=render

UseSkin
Format: Description: Display the page using the chosen SKIN. List of SKIN s: CANNOT be used with Parameters:
 * monobook - Monobook (Wikipedia Style)
 * oasis - Oasis (Non-Mobile Default)
 * wikiamobile - WikiaMobile (Mobile Default)
 * action=raw
 * action=render

UseTheme
Format: Description: Display the page using the chosen THEME. CANNOT be used with Parameters: List of THEME s:
 * action=raw
 * action=render
 * oasis - The default Wikia Theme.

UseUserCSS
Format: Description: Loads the page without User CSS. CANNOT be used with Parameters:
 * action=raw
 * action=render

UseUserJS
Format: Description: Loads the page without User Javascript. CANNOT be used with Parameters:
 * action=raw
 * action=render

Variant
Format: Description: Selects a specific Language VARIANT for viewing the page. Requires Parameters:
 * uselang

VEAction
Format: Description: Edit the Page using the Visual Editor. Can be used with Parameters:
 * editintro ?????
 * preload ?????
 * preloadparams%5B%5D or preloadparams[] ?????
 * preloadtitle ?????
 * section ?????
 * summary ?????

Need to Add

 * dir
 * offset
 * feed
 * direction
 * nosummary
 * undo

Edit/Submit Parameters

 * wpPreview
 * wpDiff
 * Parameters Needed to Save Edit
 * wpTextbox1
 * wpStartTime
 * wpRecreate
 * wpEditTime
 * wpEditToken
 * Parameters optional to Save Edit
 * wpSummary
 * wpMinoredit
 * wpWatchthis
 * wpSection
 * wpChangeTags
 * wpAutoSummary
 * wpIgnoreBlankSummary
 * wpTextbox2
 * safemode
 * wpScrolltop
 * redlink
 * wpExtraQueryRedirect
 * Special Page Parameters
 * wpReason
 * wpBlockReason
 * wpBlockReasonList
 * mwProtect-reason

See Aslo

 * MediaWiki's Parameter Manual