User blog:Ioyka/Special Pages

When viewing how much farther I need to go, It feels like my progress is moving at a standstill. The reason I had so much trouble with extensions was it's a feature under the hood. The Administrator Dashboard doesn't even acknowledge that it can load outside extensions. Wikia grabs all the extensions from "special" pages such as MediaWiki:Common.js. Other special pages only change specific page skins formatted for tablets or phones. And some are per users so can make changes only you see.

This is only the very surface. The Wikia interface is entirely made up of these special pages. They define the appearance, language, and the way the user interacts. A full listing can be found here.