Personal tools

Personal tools are a set of links provided in the most popular MediaWiki skins, including Vector, MonoBook, Cologne Blue, Modern, and others.

Default set
The most default set of links provided is to give users access to their...


 * User page (Special:MyPage)
 * User talk (Special:MyTalk)
 * Preferences (Special:Preferences)
 * Watchlist (Special:Watchlist)
 * Contributions (Special:Contributions)
 * User authentication (Special:UserLogin/Special:UserLogout)

Other extensions or gadgets which add to personal tools

 * Admin Links adds, for users designated as admins, a link to the "Admin Links" page
 * Echo adds notifications
 * LiquidThreads adds new messages
 * ULS adds a language selector
 * SandboxLink, used by some large Wikipedias (such as the English Wikipedia), adds a "My sandbox" link to Special:MyPage/sandbox.
 * Wikimedia Commons adds "My uploads"
 * Many extensions using the PersonalUrls hook add links to the personal tools
 * Others?