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for example http://www.wikihow.com/Special:CreatePage

what does the ":" mean between "Special" and "CreatePage"

Francislainy Campos
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ratsafalig
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    No special meaning. The colon is just an allowed character in the path, just like the other characters in the path are. How they are interpreted is up to the server. – Ivar Feb 05 '20 at 08:36
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    Does this answer your question? [Are colons allowed in URLs?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1737575/are-colons-allowed-in-urls) – Ivar Feb 05 '20 at 08:36

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http://mysite/gwturl#user:91/comment

All the characters in the [fragment part][2] (user:45/comments) are perfectly legal for [RFC 3986][3] URIs.

The relevant parts of the [ABNF][4]:

fragment      = *( pchar / "/" / "?" )
pchar         = unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims / ":" / "@"
unreserved    = ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "." / "_" / "~"
pct-encoded   = "%" HEXDIG HEXDIG
sub-delims    = "!" / "$" / "&" / "'" / "(" / ")"
                 / "*" / "+" / "," / ";" / "="

for more Refer this below answer

Is a colon `:` safe for friendly-URL use?

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