Stop AI crawlers

AI crawlers from all over the world have become a huge problem. They don't play by the (Robots.txt) rules, so it's even worse than old-school indexing by Bing, Google, and Yahoo which were bad enough.

In his 2025 MediaWiki User and Developer Workshop presentation Jeffrey Wang mentions some approaches as inadequate:

• Fail2ban
• Nepenthes
• Varnish and caching

So, what can we do?

Defenses before MediaWiki

• WAF e.g. Cloudflare - the Content Distribution Network (CDN) company offers a Web Application Firewall (WAF) product to stop network attacks. )
• Filtering reverse proxies
• Anubis - their README claims the solution to be over-zealous, but then offers default configurations that would appear to expressly allow the good guys like Internet Archive, bing and google.

Defenses in MediaWiki

really just the two in bold:

• Lockdown extension - most suitable for other purposes in the category of "User Rights". It is useful for disallowing anonymous reads of "heavy" pages. For example, you can block certain swaths of URLs in an entire namespace such as all Special pages - although you need to list each SpecialPage individually in your configuration (see example below). It is just not designed for complex filtering.
• StopForumSpam - as the name suggests, suitable for preventing write access (not reads/views).
• AbuseFilter extension- suitable for setting rules about content editing such as preventing links to specific domains, but not for traffic.
• CrawlerProtection extension- by MyWikis' Jeffrey Wang. Currently has a PR by vedmaka that would enable a list of SpecialPages to deny anonymous access to. I submitted another PR incorporating the suggestions therein.

Problematic pages in MediaWiki

• SpecialPages
  • WhatLinksHere
  • RecentChangesLinked
• History
• Arbitrary Diffs
• The 'ABCD' special pages
  • SMW
    • Ask
    • BrowseData
  • Cargo
    • CargoQuery
    • Drilldown

Discussion

Handling web crawlers provides details on various solutions, like how to use Lockdown to at least prevent anonymous reads on heavy pages.

Solution

We tracked this work in issue 156

Listing of all Special Pages on this wiki. We obtain the list by querying the API with curl -s "[YOURWIKI]api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=specialpagealiases&format=json" | jq -r '.query.specialpagealiases[].aliases[]' | sort

By querying your own API, you get SpecialPages that are added by the extensions unique to your wiki versus just MediaWiki core.

Other ways to list SpecialPages via the API

# Get all aliases as a flat array
curl -s "https://wiki.freephile.org/wiki/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=specialpagealiases&format=json" | \
  jq -r '.query.specialpagealiases[].aliases[]'

# Get aliases grouped by special page (more useful)
curl -s "https://wiki.freephile.org/wiki/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=specialpagealiases&format=json" | \
  jq '.query.specialpagealiases[] | {realname, aliases}'

# Get a clean JSON array of just the alias strings
curl -s "https://wiki.freephile.org/wiki/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=specialpagealiases&format=json" | \
  jq '[.query.specialpagealiases[].aliases[]]'

# Get unique aliases (in case there are duplicates)
curl -s "https://wiki.freephile.org/wiki/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=specialpagealiases&format=json" | \
  jq '[.query.specialpagealiases[].aliases[]] | unique'

Allow List of SpecialPages

Items marked with ✅ are suggested to be allowed for anonymous users rather than blocked. Since 2011 "Special:PasswordReset", "Special:UserLogin" and "Special:ChangePassword" are always allow-listed in core. Note: due to aliases, some entries may appear to be duplicate. See also: Manual:$wgWhitelistRead and Extension:Whitelist Pages

1. AbuseFilter
2. AbuseLog
3. AccountSecurity
4. ActiveUsers
5. AddData
6. AddPage
7. AdminLinks
8. AllMessages
9. AllMyFiles
10. AllMyUploads
11. AllPages
12. AncientPages
13. ApiHelp
14. ApiSandbox
15. Ask
16. AuthenticationPopupSuccess
17. AutoblockList
18. BatchUpload
19. BetaFeatures
20. BlankPage
21. Block
22. BlockedExternalDomains
23. BlockIP
24. BlockList
25. BlockUser
26. Book
27. BookSources
28. BotPasswords
29. BrokenLinks
30. BrokenRedirects
31. ✅ Browse
32. BrowseData
33. Captcha
34. ✅ Categories
35. CategoryTree
36. ChangeContentModel
37. ChangeCredentials
38. ChangeEmail
39. ✅ ChangePassword
40. CheckUser
41. CheckUserLog
42. Cite
43. CiteThisPage
44. ClearPendingReviews
45. Collab_Pad
46. CollabPad
47. Collection
48. ComparePages
49. Concepts
50. ✅ ConfirmEmail
51. ConstraintErrorList
52. Contribs
53. Contribute
54. Contributions
55. ContributionScores
56. CreateAccount
57. CreateCategory
58. CreateClass
59. CreateForm
60. CreateProperty
61. CreateRedirect
62. CreateTemplate
63. DeadendPages
64. Delete
65. DeleteBatch
66. DeletedContributions
67. DeletePage
68. Diff
69. DisableOATHForUser
70. DiscussionToolsDebug
71. DisplayNotificationsConfiguration
72. DoubleRedirects
73. Edit
74. EditData
75. EditDiagram
76. EditPage
77. EditSchema
78. EditTags
79. EditWatchlist
80. Email
81. EmailUser
82. EnableFlow
83. EnableStructuredDiscussions
84. ExpandTemplates
85. Export
86. ExportRDF
87. FacetedSearch
88. FewestRevisions
89. FileDuplicateSearch
90. FileList
91. FilePath
92. FindComment
93. Flow
94. FormEdit
95. Forms
96. FormStart
97. Gadgets
98. GadgetUsage
99. GeneratePages
100. GetData
101. GoToComment
102. GoToInterwiki
103. GraphSandbox
104. History
105. History
106. ImageList
107. Import
108. ImportCSV
109. ImportSpreadsheet
110. ImportXML
111. Info
112. Interwiki
113. InvalidateEmail
114. Investigate
115. InvestigateBlock
116. IPBlockList
117. LinkAccounts
118. LinkSearch
119. LintErrors
120. ListAdmins
121. ListAutoblocks
122. ListBlocks
123. ListBots
124. ListDuplicatedFiles
125. ListFileDuplicates
126. ListFiles
127. ListGrants
128. ListGroupRights
129. ListRedirects
130. ListUsers
131. LockDB
132. Log
133. ✅ Login
134. Logout
135. Logs
136. LonelyPages
137. LongPages
138. MakeBot
139. MakeSysop
140. Manage_Two-factor_authentication
141. MathShowImage
142. MathStatus
143. MediaStatistics
144. MergeHistory
145. MIMESearch
146. MissingRedirectAnnotations
147. MobileDiff
148. MobileLanguages
149. MobileOptions
150. MostCategories
151. MostFiles
152. MostImages
153. MostInterwikis
154. MostLinked
155. MostLinkedCategories
156. MostLinkedFiles
157. MostLinkedPages
158. MostLinkedTemplates
159. MostRevisions
160. MostTranscludedPages
161. MostUsedCategories
162. MostUsedTemplates
163. MovePage
164. MultiPageEdit
165. MyContribs
166. MyContributions
167. MyFiles
168. MyLanguage
169. MyLog
170. MyPage
171. MyTalk
172. MyUploads
173. NamespaceInfo
174. NewFiles
175. NewImages
176. NewPages
177. Newsection
178. NewSection
179. Notifications
180. NotificationsMarkRead
181. Nuke
182. OATH
183. OATHAuth
184. OATH_Manage
185. OATHManage
186. OrphanedPages
187. Packages
188. PageData
189. PageHistory
190. PageInfo
191. PageProperty
192. Pagesbyprop
193. PagesByProp
194. PageStatistics
195. Pageswithprop
196. PagesWithProp
197. PasswordPolicies
198. ✅ PasswordReset
199. PendingReviews
200. PendingTaskList
201. PermaLink
202. PermanentLink
203. ✅ PluggableAuthLogin
204. PluggableAuthLogout
205. Preferences
206. ✅ PrefixIndex
207. ProcessingErrorList
208. Properties
209. PropertyLabelSimilarity
210. Protect
211. ProtectedPages
212. ProtectedTitles
213. ProtectPage
214. Purge
215. ✅ Random
216. RandomInCategory
217. ✅ RandomPage
218. RandomRedirect
219. RandomRootpage
220. RecentChanges
221. RecentChangesLinked
222. Redirect
223. RelatedChanges
224. RemoveCredentials
225. RenameUser
226. ReplaceText
227. ✅ ResetPass
228. ✅ ResetPassword
229. ResetTokens
230. RevisionDelete
231. RunJobs
232. RunQuery
233. ✅ Search
234. ✅ SearchByProperty
235. SemanticMediaWiki
236. ShortPages
237. SMWAdmin
238. ✅ SpecialPages
239. ✅ Statistics
240. ✅ Stats
241. StructuredDiscussions
242. Tags
243. TalkPage
244. Templates
245. Thanks
246. TopicSubscriptions
247. TrackingCategories
248. Two-factor_authentication
249. Types
250. Unblock
251. UncategorizedCategories
252. UncategorizedFiles
253. UncategorizedImages
254. UncategorizedPages
255. UncategorizedTemplates
256. Undelete
257. UnlinkAccounts
258. UnlockDB
259. UnusedCategories
260. UnusedFiles
261. UnusedImages
262. UnusedProperties
263. UnusedTemplates
264. UnwatchedPages
265. Upload
266. Uploads
267. UploadStash
268. UploadWindow
269. URIResolver
270. UserGroupRights
271. UserList
272. ✅ UserLogin
273. UserLogout
274. UserMerge
275. UserRights
276. Users
277. VerifyOATHForUser
278. ✅ Version
279. ViewXML
280. WantedCategories
281. WantedFiles
282. WantedPages
283. WantedProperties
284. WantedTemplates
285. WatchAnalytics
286. Watchlist
287. WebChat
288. WhatLinksHere
289. WhoIsWatching
290. WithoutInterwiki

You can configure the CrawlerProtection extension to block anonymous read of SpecialPages as you see fit.

You can achieve this restriction using the Lockdown extension with this configuration:

$wgSpecialPageLockdown['AbuseFilter'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['AbuseLog'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['AccountSecurity'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ActiveUsers'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['AddData'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['AddPage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['AdminLinks'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['AllMessages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['AllMyFiles'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['AllMyUploads'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['AllPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['AncientPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ApiHelp'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ApiSandbox'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Ask'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['AuthenticationPopupSuccess'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['AutoblockList'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['BatchUpload'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['BetaFeatures'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['BlankPage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Block'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['BlockedExternalDomains'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['BlockIP'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['BlockList'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['BlockUser'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Book'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['BookSources'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['BotPasswords'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['BrokenLinks'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['BrokenRedirects'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['BrowseData'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Captcha'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['CategoryTree'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ChangeContentModel'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ChangeCredentials'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ChangeEmail'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ChangePassword'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['CheckUser'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['CheckUserLog'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Cite'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['CiteThisPage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ClearPendingReviews'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Collab_Pad'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['CollabPad'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Collection'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ComparePages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Concepts'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ConstraintErrorList'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Contribs'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Contribute'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Contributions'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ContributionScores'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['CreateAccount'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['CreateCategory'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['CreateClass'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['CreateForm'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['CreateProperty'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['CreateRedirect'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['CreateTemplate'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['DeadendPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Delete'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['DeleteBatch'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['DeletedContributions'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['DeletePage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Diff'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['DisableOATHForUser'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['DiscussionToolsDebug'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['DisplayNotificationsConfiguration'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['DoubleRedirects'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Edit'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['EditData'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['EditDiagram'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['EditPage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['EditSchema'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['EditTags'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['EditWatchlist'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Email'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['EmailUser'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['EnableFlow'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['EnableStructuredDiscussions'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ExpandTemplates'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Export'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ExportRDF'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['FacetedSearch'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['FewestRevisions'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['FileDuplicateSearch'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['FileList'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['FilePath'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['FindComment'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Flow'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['FormEdit'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Forms'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['FormStart'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Gadgets'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['GadgetUsage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['GeneratePages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['GetData'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['GoToComment'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['GoToInterwiki'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['GraphSandbox'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['History'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['History'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ImageList'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Import'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ImportCSV'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ImportSpreadsheet'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ImportXML'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Info'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Interwiki'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['InvalidateEmail'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Investigate'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['InvestigateBlock'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['IPBlockList'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['LinkAccounts'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['LinkSearch'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['LintErrors'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ListAdmins'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ListAutoblocks'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ListBlocks'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ListBots'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ListDuplicatedFiles'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ListFileDuplicates'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ListFiles'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ListGrants'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ListGroupRights'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ListRedirects'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ListUsers'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['LockDB'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Log'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Logout'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Logs'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['LonelyPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['LongPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MakeBot'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MakeSysop'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Manage_Two-factor_authentication'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MathShowImage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MathStatus'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MediaStatistics'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MergeHistory'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MIMESearch'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MissingRedirectAnnotations'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MobileDiff'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MobileLanguages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MobileOptions'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MostCategories'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MostFiles'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MostImages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MostInterwikis'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MostLinked'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MostLinkedCategories'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MostLinkedFiles'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MostLinkedPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MostLinkedTemplates'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MostRevisions'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MostTranscludedPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MostUsedCategories'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MostUsedTemplates'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MovePage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MultiPageEdit'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MyContribs'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MyContributions'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MyFiles'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MyLanguage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MyLog'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MyPage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MyTalk'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['MyUploads'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['NamespaceInfo'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['NewFiles'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['NewImages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['NewPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Newsection'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['NewSection'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Notifications'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['NotificationsMarkRead'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Nuke'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['OATH'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['OATHAuth'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['OATH_Manage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['OATHManage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['OrphanedPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Packages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PageData'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PageHistory'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PageInfo'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PageProperty'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Pagesbyprop'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PagesByProp'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PageStatistics'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Pageswithprop'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PagesWithProp'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PasswordPolicies'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PendingReviews'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PendingTaskList'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PermaLink'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PermanentLink'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PluggableAuthLogout'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Preferences'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ProcessingErrorList'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Properties'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['PropertyLabelSimilarity'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Protect'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ProtectedPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ProtectedTitles'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ProtectPage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Purge'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['RandomInCategory'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['RandomRedirect'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['RandomRootpage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['RecentChanges'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['RecentChangesLinked'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Redirect'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['RelatedChanges'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['RemoveCredentials'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['RenameUser'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ReplaceText'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ResetTokens'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['RevisionDelete'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['RunJobs'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['RunQuery'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['SemanticMediaWiki'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ShortPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['SMWAdmin'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['StructuredDiscussions'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Tags'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['TalkPage'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Templates'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Thanks'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['TopicSubscriptions'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['TrackingCategories'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Two-factor_authentication'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Types'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Unblock'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UncategorizedCategories'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UncategorizedFiles'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UncategorizedImages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UncategorizedPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UncategorizedTemplates'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Undelete'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UnlinkAccounts'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UnlockDB'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UnusedCategories'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UnusedFiles'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UnusedImages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UnusedProperties'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UnusedTemplates'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UnwatchedPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Upload'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Uploads'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UploadStash'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UploadWindow'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['URIResolver'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UserGroupRights'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UserList'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UserLogout'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UserMerge'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['UserRights'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Users'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['VerifyOATHForUser'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['ViewXML'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['WantedCategories'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['WantedFiles'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['WantedPages'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['WantedProperties'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['WantedTemplates'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['WatchAnalytics'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['Watchlist'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['WebChat'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['WhatLinksHere'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['WhoIsWatching'] = ['user'];
$wgSpecialPageLockdown['WithoutInterwiki'] = ['user'];

Uniform Resource Locator = an address of a web page or other component, including the protocol.

Semantic MediaWiki = See Metadata

Application Programming Interface

JavaScript Object Notation = A data representation format in JavaScript