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Magic words are strings of text that MediaWiki associates with a return value or function, such as time, site details, or page names. This page is about usage of standard magic words; for a technical reference, see this page.
There are three general types of magic words:
- Behavior switches: these are uppercase words surrounded by double underscores, e.g. __FOO__.
- Variables: these are uppercase words surrounded by double braces, e.g.
{{FOO}}
. As such, they look a lot like [[<tvar|help-templates>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Templates</>|templates]].
- [[<tvar|pfunc>#Parser functions</>|Parser functions]]: these take parameters and are either of the form
{{foo:...}}
or{{#foo:...}}
. See also <tvar|help-ext-parser-functions>Template:Ll</>.
Variables and parser functions can use [[<tvar|manual-subst>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:subst</>|subst:]], just like templates. Page-dependent magic words will affect or return data about the current page (by default), even if the word is added through a transcluded template or included system message.
Behavior switches
A behavior switch controls the layout or behavior of the page and can often be used to specify desired omissions and inclusions in the content.
Word |
Description |
Versions |
---|---|---|
[[<tvar|manual-toc>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Table of contents</>|Table of contents]] | ||
__NOTOC__
|
Hides the [[<tvar|manual-toc>Special:MyLanguage/table of contents</>|table of contents]] (TOC). |
|
__FORCETOC__
|
Forces the table of contents to appear at its normal position (before the first header, overriding <tvar|notoc> |
|
__TOC__
|
Places a table of contents at the word's current position (overriding <tvar|notoc> |
|
Editing | ||
__NOEDITSECTION__
|
Hides the section edit links beside headings. This is especially useful, where a heading is created from within a template: the normal wiki section-edit would in this case edit the template code, which is normally counterintuitive to the user. If a template contains multiple headings, it may be necessary to add "<tvar|noeditsection> |
|
__NEWSECTIONLINK__
|
Adds a link beside the "edit" tab for adding a new section on a non-talk page (see Template:Mediawiki). |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
__NONEWSECTIONLINK__
|
Removes the link beside the "edit" tab on pages in talk namespaces. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.15|compact=y|comment=and after|r=47522}} |
Categories | ||
__NOGALLERY__
|
Used on a category page, replaces thumbnails in the category view with normal links. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
__HIDDENCAT__
|
Used on a category page, hides the category from the lists of categories in its members and parent categories (there is an option in the [[<tvar|help-preferences>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Preferences</>|user preferences]] to show them). |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.13|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
Language conversion | ||
__NOCONTENTCONVERT__ __NOCC__
|
On wikis with language variants, don't perform any content language conversion (character and phase) in article display; for example, only show Chinese (zh) instead of variants like zh_cn, zh_tw, zh_sg, or zh_hk. |
|
__NOTITLECONVERT__ __NOTC__
|
On wikis with language variants, don't perform language conversion on the title (all other content is converted). |
|
Other | ||
__START__
|
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.10|compact=y|comment=and before|r=1610}} | |
__END__
|
Explicitly marks the end of the article, to prevent MediaWiki from removing trailing whitespace. Removed in Template:Mediawiki. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.1|compact=y|version2=1.8}} |
__INDEX__
|
Tell search engines to index the page (overrides <tvar|manual-wg-bot-policy>Template:Mediawiki</>, but not robots.txt). It obeys <tvar|manual-wg-exempt-from-bot>$wgExemptFromUserRobotsControl</> variable. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.14|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
__NOINDEX__
|
Tell search engines not to index the page (i.e. do not list in search engines' results). It obeys <tvar|manual-wg-exempt-from-bot>$wgExemptFromUserRobotsControl</> variable. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.14|compact=y|comment=and after|r=37973}} |
__STATICREDIRECT__
|
On redirect pages, don't allow MediaWiki to automatically update the link when someone moves a page and checks "<tvar|fixDoubleRedirects>Update any redirects that point to the original title</>" (which requires [[<tvar|var>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFixDoubleRedirects</>|$wgFixDoubleRedirects]]). |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.13|compact=y|comment=and after|r=37928}} |
__DISAMBIG__
|
Marks a page as a disambiguation page and places it in Special:DisambiguationPages, and places inward links in Special:DisambiguationPageLinks. See <tvar|ext-disambiguator>Template:Ll</>. |
requires <tvar|ext-disambiguator>Template:Ll</> |
Variables
Variables return information about the current page, wiki, or date. Their syntax is similar to [[<tvar|help-templates>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Templates</>|templates]]. Variables marked as "[expensive]" are tracked by the software, and the number that can be included on a page is limited.
If a template name conflicts with a variable, the variable will be used (so to transclude the template Template:PAGENAME you would need to write <tvar|code>{{Template:</>PAGENAME<tvar|code-end>}}
</>). In some cases, adding parameters will force the parser to invoke a template; for example, <tvar|tpl-currentdayname-code>{{CURRENTDAYNAME|x}}
</> transcludes <tvar|tpl-currentdayname-result>Template:CURRENTDAYNAME</>, not the variable.
Date and time
The following variables return the current date and time in UTC.
Due to MediaWiki and browser caching, these variables frequently show when the page was cached rather than the current time.
The date and time magic words are formatted in the wiki content language. Since Template:R, they depend on the [[<tvar|manual-pagelang>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Language#page-content-lang</>|page content language]].
Variable |
Output |
Description |
Versions |
---|---|---|---|
YearTemplate:Anchor | |||
{{CURRENTYEAR}}
|
2024 |
Year |
|
MonthTemplate:Anchor | |||
{{CURRENTMONTH}}
|
11 |
Month (zero-padded number) |
|
{{CURRENTMONTH1}}
|
11 |
Month (non-zero-padded number) |
|
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
|
November |
Month (name) |
|
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}
|
November |
Month (genitive form) |
|
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}
|
Nov |
Month (abbreviation) |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.5|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{CURRENTDAY}}
|
22 |
Day of the month (unpadded number) |
|
{{CURRENTDAY2}}
|
22 |
Day of the month (zero-padded number) |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.6|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{CURRENTDOW}}
|
5 |
Day of the week (unpadded number), 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday) |
|
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}
|
Friday |
Day of the week (name) |
|
TimeTemplate:Anchor | |||
{{CURRENTTIME}}
|
16:33 |
Time (24-hour HH:mm format) |
|
{{CURRENTHOUR}}
|
16 |
Hour (24-hour zero-padded number) |
|
OtherTemplate:Anchor | |||
{{CURRENTWEEK}}
|
47 |
Week (number) |
|
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}
|
20241122163314 |
YYYYMMDDHHmmss timestamp |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
The following variables do the same as the preceding ones, but using the site's server config or <tvar|manual-wg-localtimezone>$wgLocaltimezone</>.
-
{{LOCALYEAR}}
- {{LOCALMONTH}}
- {{LOCALMONTH1}}
- {{LOCALMONTHNAME}}
- {{LOCALMONTHNAMEGEN}}
- {{LOCALMONTHABBREV}}
- {{LOCALDAY}}
- {{LOCALDAY2}}
- {{LOCALDOW}}
- {{LOCALDAYNAME}}
- {{LOCALTIME}}
- {{LOCALHOUR}}
- {{LOCALWEEK}}
- {{LOCALTIMESTAMP}}
For more thorough time formatting, you may want to install <tvar|ext-parserfunctions>Template:Ll</> to use the [[<tvar|ext-parserfunct-t>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions#.23time</>|#time parser function]].
Technical metadata
Note: Revision variables return data about the latest edit to the current page, even if viewing an older version of the page.
Variable |
Output |
Description |
Versions |
---|---|---|---|
Template:AnchorTemplate:Anchor
Site | |||
{{SITENAME}}
|
Gunsopedia |
The wiki's site name (<tvar|manual-wg-sitename>Template:Mediawiki</>). |
|
{{SERVER}}
|
http://www.gunsopedia.com |
Domain URL (<tvar|manual-wg-server>Template:Mediawiki</>). |
|
{{SERVERNAME}}
|
www.gunsopedia.com |
Subdomain and domain name (no longer dependent on <tvar|manual-wg-servername>Template:Mediawiki</> as of version 1.17). |
|
{{DIRMARK}} {{DIRECTIONMARK}}
|
|
Outputs a Unicode directional mark that matches the wiki's default language's direction ( |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after|r=14442}} |
{{SCRIPTPATH}}
|
Relative script path (<tvar|manual-wg-scriptpath>Template:Mediawiki</>). |
||
{{STYLEPATH}}
|
/skins |
Relative style path (<tvar|manual-wg-stylepath>Template:Mediawiki</>). |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.16|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{CURRENTVERSION}}
|
1.20.0 |
The wiki's MediaWiki version. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after|r=14199}} |
{{CONTENTLANGUAGE}} {{CONTENTLANG}}
|
en en |
The wiki's default interface language (<tvar|manual-wg-langcode>Template:Mediawiki</>). |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after|r=14661}} |
Template:Anchor
Page | |||
{{PAGEID}}
|
6159 |
Returns the page identifier. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.20|compact=y|comment=and after|gerrit change=9858}} |
{{PROTECTIONLEVEL:
|
Outputs the protection level (e.g. "autoconfirmed", "sysop") for a given action (e.g. "edit", "move") on the current page. Returns an empty string if not protected. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.15|compact=y|comment=and after|r=45587}} | |
{{CASCADINGSOURCES}}
|
[Expensive] Returns the sources of any cascading protection acting on the current page. Pages will not return their own title unless they transclude themselves. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.23|compact=y|comment=and after|gerrit change=104999}} | |
Template:Anchor
Latest revision to current page | |||
{{REVISIONID}}
|
14757 |
Unique revision ID. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.5|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{REVISIONDAY}}
|
27 |
Day edit was made (unpadded number). |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.8|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{REVISIONDAY2}}
|
27 |
Day edit was made (zero-padded number). |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.8|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{REVISIONMONTH}}
|
06 |
Month edit was made (zero-padded number as of Template:Mediawiki, unpadded number in prior versions). |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.8|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{REVISIONMONTH1}}
|
6 |
Month edit was made (unpadded number). |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.17|compact=y|comment=and after|r=66200}} |
{{REVISIONYEAR}}
|
2015 |
Year edit was made. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.8|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}
|
20150627103424 |
Timestamp as of time of edit. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.8|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{REVISIONUSER}}
|
Dennis |
The username of the user who made the most recent edit to the page, or the current user when previewing an edit. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.15|compact=y|comment=and after|r=48149}} |
{{REVISIONSIZE}}
|
Template:REVISIONSIZE |
The size (bytes of wikitext) of the current revision of this page |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.22|compact=y|comment=and after|gerrit change=82650}} |
Template:Anchor
Affects page content | |||
Template:Anchor {{DISPLAYTITLE:
|
Format the current page's title header. The value must be equivalent to the default title: only capitalization changes and replacing spaces with underscores are allowed (this can be changed with <tvar|manual-wg-restrict-disp-title>Template:Mediawiki</>). It can be disabled or enabled by <tvar|manual-wg-allow-disp-title>Template:Mediawiki</>; disabled by default before 1.10+, enabled by default thereafter. It can take a second argument of noerror or noreplace to suppress error messages when multiple displaytitles are used on one page or to make this displaytitle do nothing if a displaytitle was already specified earlier in the page. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} {{ Template:TNTN |version=1.24|compact=y|comment=and after|gerrit change=144870}} ( for noerror and noreplace) | |
Template:Anchor {{DEFAULTSORT:
{{DEFAULTSORTKEY:</>sortkey<tvar|code2>}} {{DEFAULTCATEGORYSORT:</>sortkey<tvar|code3>}} {{DEFAULTSORT:</>sortkey<tvar|code4>|noerror}} {{DEFAULTSORT:</>sortkey|noreplace}}
|
Used for categorizing pages, sets a default [[<tvar|help-categories>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Categories</>|category sort key]]. For example if you put <tvar|sort> |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.10|compact=y|comment=and after}} {{ Template:TNTN |version=1.19|compact=y|comment=and after|r=96767}} ( for noerror and noreplace) |
Statistics
Numbers returned by these variables normally contain separators (commas, dots or spaces, depending on the local language), but can return raw numbers with the ":R" flag (for example, <tvar|nop-code>{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}
</> → <tvar|nop-result>5,722</> and <tvar|nop-r-code>{{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}}
</> → <tvar|nop-r-result>5722</>).
Use "|R" for magic words that require a parameter like PAGESINCATEGORY (for example <tvar|pic>{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help}}
</> and <tvar|pic-r>{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help|R}}
</>, or <tvar|pic-subcats>{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help|subcats}}
</> and <tvar|pic-subcats-r>{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help|subcats|R}}
</>). Also applicable to <tvar|pagesize>{{PAGESIZE:</>page name<tvar|pagesize-end>}}
</> hereinbefore.
The number magic words are formatted in the wiki content language. Since Template:R, it depends on the [[<tvar|manual-pagelang>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Language#page-content-lang</>|page content language]].
Variable |
Output |
Description |
Versions |
---|---|---|---|
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}
|
5,722 | Template:Anchor
Number of wiki pages. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
|
1,633 | Template:Anchor
Number of pages in Template:Mediawiki. |
|
{{NUMBEROFFILES}}
|
2,310 | Template:Anchor
Number of uploaded files. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.5|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{NUMBEROFEDITS}}
|
16,362 | Template:Anchor
Number of wiki edits. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.10|compact=y|comment=and after|r=21319}} |
{{NUMBEROFVIEWS}}
|
Template:Anchor
Number of page views. Usually useless on a wiki using [[<tvar|manual-cache>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Cache</>|caching]]. Removed in <tvar|gerrit>Template:Gerrit</>. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.14|compact=y|version2=1.24|r=42721}} | |
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}
|
15 | Template:Anchor
Number of registered users. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{NUMBEROFADMINS}}
|
2 | Template:Anchor
Number of users in the sysop Template:Mediawiki. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}
|
0 | Template:Anchor
Number of active users, based on the criteria used in Special:Statistics. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.15|compact=y|comment=and after|r=47392}} |
Template:Anchor{{PAGESINCATEGORY:categoryname}} {{PAGESINCAT:categoryname}}
|
1 1 |
[Expensive] Number of pages (including subcategories and files) in the given [[<tvar|help-categories>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Categories</>|category]]. (Category:Help used for demonstration) |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.13|compact=y|comment=and after|r=32932}} |
{{PAGESINCATEGORY:
{{PAGESINCATEGORY:</>categoryname<tvar|code2>|pages}} {{PAGESINCATEGORY:</>categoryname<tvar|code3>|subcats}} {{PAGESINCATEGORY:</>categoryname|files}}
|
1 1 0 0 |
[Expensive] Respectively, the number of
in the given [[<tvar|help-categories>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Categories</>|category]]. (Category:Help used for demonstration) |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.20|compact=y|comment=and after|gerrit change=12790}} |
{{NUMBERINGROUP:
{{NUMINGROUP:</>groupname}}
|
Template:Anchor2 2 ({{NUMBERINGROUP:bureaucrat}} used here) |
Number of users in a specific Template:Mediawiki. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.14|compact=y|comment=and after|r=40116}} |
{{PAGESINNS:
{{PAGESINNAMESPACE:</>index}}
|
Not enabled |
Template:Anchor
[Expensive] Number of pages in the given [[<tvar|help-ns>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Namespaces</>|namespace]] (replace index with the relevant [[<tvar|manual-ns>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Namespace</>|namespace index]]). For instance, <tvar|pins14> |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
Page names
Variable |
Output |
Description |
Versions |
---|---|---|---|
Template:Anchor{{FULLPAGENAME}}
|
Help:Magic words |
Namespace and full page title (including all subpage levels). |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.6|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
Template:Anchor{{PAGENAME}}
|
Magic words |
Full page title (including all subpage levels) without the namespace. |
|
{{BASEPAGENAME}}
|
Magic words | Template:Anchor
Page title of the page in the immediately superior [[<tvar|help-subpages>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Subpages</>|subpage]] level without the namespace ("Title/foo" on "Help:Title/foo/bar"). For more complex splitting, use <tvar|help-ext-pf-titleparts> |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
Template:Anchor{{SUBPAGENAME}}
|
Magic words |
The [[<tvar|help-subpages>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Subpages</>|subpage]] title ("bar" on "Help:Title/foo/bar"). |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.6|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
Template:Anchor{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}} {{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}
|
Help:Magic words Help:Magic words |
Full page name of the associated subject (e.g. article or file). Useful on talk pages. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
Template:Anchor{{TALKPAGENAME}}
|
Help talk:Magic words |
Full page name of the associated talk page. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
Template:Anchor{{ROOTPAGENAME}}
|
Template:ROOTPAGENAME |
Name of the root of the current page.
Would return <tvar|foo> |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.22|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
The <tvar|basepagename>{{BASEPAGENAME}}
</> and <tvar|subpagename>{{SUBPAGENAME}}
</> magic words only work in namespaces that have subpages enabled. See <tvar|manual-wg-ns-with-subpages>Template:Mediawiki</> for information on enabling subpages.
As of Template:Mediawiki, these can all take a parameter, allowing specification of the page to be operated on, instead of just the current page:
- <tvar|code>
{{PAGENAME:Template:Main Page}}
</> → <tvar|result>Main Page</>
For example, if page name is "<tvar|pagename>L'Aquila</>", the following code will produce the string "<tvar|result>Numeric char encoding</>":
{{#switch:{{PAGENAME}} | L'Aquila = No translation | L = Not OK | L'Aquila = Entity escaping | L'Aquila = Numeric char encoding }}
URL encoded page names
The following are equivalents encoded for use in MediaWiki URLs (i.e. spaces replaced with underscores and some characters HTML escaped using numeric character encoding):
-
{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}
- {{PAGENAMEE}}
- {{BASEPAGENAMEE}}
- {{SUBPAGENAMEE}}
- {{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}
- {{ARTICLEPAGENAMEE}}
- {{TALKPAGENAMEE}}
- {{ROOTPAGENAMEE}}
Note that <tvar|pagename>{{PAGENAME:...}}
</>, <tvar|pagenamee>{{PAGENAMEE:...}}
</> and <tvar|uec>{{urlencode:...}}
</> have distinct implementations. See [[<tvar|manual-pagename-encoding>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:PAGENAMEE encoding</>|Manual:PAGENAMEE encoding]] for details.
Namespaces
Variable |
Output |
Description |
Versions |
---|---|---|---|
{{NAMESPACE}}
|
Help |
Name of the page's namespace |
|
{{NAMESPACENUMBER}}
|
12 |
[[<tvar|manual-ns-id>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Namespace#Built-in_namespaces</>|ID]] of the page's namespace |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.20|compact=y|comment=and after|gerrit change=4056}} |
{{SUBJECTSPACE}} {{ARTICLESPACE}}
|
Help Help |
Name of the associated content namespace |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{TALKSPACE}}
|
Help talk |
Name of the associated talk namespace |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
The following are equivalents encoded for use in MediaWiki URLs (spaces replaced with underscores and some characters percent-encoded):
-
{{NAMESPACEE}}
-
{{SUBJECTSPACEE}}
-
{{ARTICLESPACEE}}
-
{{TALKSPACEE}}
As of Template:Mediawiki, these can take a full-page-name parameter and will return the requested namespace associated with that page, instead of with the current page:
-
{{NAMESPACE:Template:Main Page}}
→ Template -
{{SUBJECTSPACE:Template:Main Page}}
→ Template -
{{TALKSPACE:Template:Main Page}}
→ Template talk
Parameter must not be a namespace name:
-
{{SUBJECTSPACE:Help talk}}
→ (Empty)
Other
Variable |
Output |
Description |
Versions |
---|---|---|---|
{{!}}
|
| | Template:Anchor
Used to include a pipe character as part of a template argument or table cell contents. Before this was added as a magic word, many wikis implemented this by creating Template:! with |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.24|compact=y|comment=and after|gerrit change=136234}} |
Parser functions
Parser functions are very similar to variables, but take one or more parameters (technically, any magic word that takes a parameter is a parser function), and the name is sometimes prefixed with a hash to distinguish them from templates.
This page only describes parser functions that are integral to the MediaWiki software. Other parser functions may be added by MediaWiki extensions such as the <tvar|ext-pf>Template:Ll</>. For those see <tvar|help-ext-pf>Template:Ll</>.
URL data
Parser function |
Input → Output |
Description |
Versions | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Template:Anchor | |||||||||||||
{{localurl:
{{localurl:</>page name
|
{{localurl:MediaWiki}} → /MediaWiki {{localurl:MediaWiki|printable=yes}} → /index.php?title=MediaWiki&printable=yes |
The relative path to the title. |
|||||||||||
Template:Anchor | |||||||||||||
{{fullurl:
{{fullurl:</>page name<tvar|code2> {{fullurl:</>interwiki:remote page name<tvar|code4>
|
{{fullurl:Category:Top level}} → http://www.gunsopedia.com/Category:Top_level
|
A protocol-relative path to the title. This will also resolve [[<tvar|manual-interwiki>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interwiki</>|interwiki]] prefixes. Note: Unbracketed (plain) protocol-relative links are not automagically linked. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.5|compact=y|comment=and after}} | ||||||||||
Template:Anchor | |||||||||||||
{{canonicalurl:
{{canonicalurl:</>page name<tvar|code2> {{canonicalurl:</>interwiki:remote page name<tvar|code4>
|
{{canonicalurl:Category:Top level}} → http://www.gunsopedia.com/Category:Top_level
|
The absolute path to the title, using the canonical URL. This will also resolve [[<tvar|manual-interwiki>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interwiki</>|interwiki]] prefixes. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.18|compact=y|comment=and after}} | ||||||||||
Template:Anchor | |||||||||||||
{{filepath:
{{filepath:</>file name<tvar|code2>|nowiki}} {{filepath:</>file name<tvar|code3>|</>thumbnail_size}}
|
{{filepath:Wiki.png}} →
|
A protocol-relative path to the full size or thumbnail (Template:Mediawiki) of a media file. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.12|compact=y|comment=and after|r=25854}} {{ Template:TNTN |version=1.18|compact=y|comment=and after|r=80813}} | ||||||||||
Template:Anchor | |||||||||||||
{{urlencode:
</> or <tvar|code2> {{urlencode:</>string<tvar|code3>|QUERY}} </> <tvar|code4>{{urlencode:</>string<tvar|code5>|WIKI}} {{urlencode:</>string|PATH}}
|
{{urlencode:x:y/z á é}} or {{urlencode:x:y/z á é|QUERY}} → x%3Ay%2Fz+%C3%A1+%C3%A9 {{urlencode:x:y/z á é|WIKI}} → x:y/z_%C3%A1_%C3%A9 {{urlencode:x:y/z á é|PATH}} → x%3Ay%2Fz%20%C3%A1%20%C3%A9 Note that the default changed from <tvar|wiki> |
The input encoded for use in URLs. Note that there is no urldecode function like there is in the obsolete <tvar|ext-stringfunctions>Template:Ll</>.
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{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after|r=14273}} (or {{ Template:TNTN |version=1.17|compact=y|comment=and after|r=64726}} {{ Template:TNTN |version=1.17|compact=y|comment=and after|r=64726}} {{ Template:TNTN |version=1.17|compact=y|comment=and after|r=64726}}) | ||||||||||
Template:Anchor | |||||||||||||
{{anchorencode:
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{{anchorencode:x y z á é}} → x_y_z_.C3.A1_.C3.A9 |
The input encoded for use in URL section anchors (after the “#” symbol in a URL). |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.6|compact=y|comment=and after|r=16279}} |
Namespaces
<tvar|ns>{{ns:}}
</> returns the current localized name for the [[<tvar|help-ns>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Namespace</>|namespace]] with that index, canonical name, or local alias. Thus <tvar|ns6>{{ns:6}}
</>, <tvar|ns-file>{{ns:File}}
</>, and <tvar|ns-img>{{ns:Image}}
</> (an old name for the File namespace) all return "File". On a wiki where the content language is French, <tvar|ns-file-de>{{ns:Fichier}}
</> is also valid, but <tvar|ns-file-incorrect>{{ns:Datei}}
</> (the localisation of "File" in German) is not.
<tvar|nse>{{nse:}}
</> is the equivalent encoded for MediaWiki URLs. It does the same, but it replaces spaces with underscores, making it usable in external links.
Content namespaces |
Talk namespaces | |||
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Usage |
Output |
Usage |
Output | |
{{ns:-2}} / {{ns:Media}}
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Media | {{ns:-1}} / {{ns:Special}}
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Special (no talk page) | |
{{ns:0}} / {{ns:}}
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{{ns:1}} / {{ns:Talk}}
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Talk | ||
{{ns:2}} / {{ns:User}}
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User | {{ns:3}} / {{ns:User talk}}
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User talk | |
{{ns:4}} / {{ns:Project}}
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Gunsopedia Varies between wikis |
{{ns:5}} / {{ns:Project talk}}
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Gunsopedia talk | |
{{ns:6}} / {{ns:File}} or {{ns:Image}}
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File | {{ns:7}} / {{ns:File talk}} or {{ns:Image talk}}
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File talk | |
{{ns:8}} / {{ns:MediaWiki}}
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MediaWiki | {{ns:9}} / {{ns:MediaWiki talk}}
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MediaWiki talk | |
{{ns:10}} / {{ns:Template}}
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Template | {{ns:11}} / {{ns:Template talk}}
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Template talk | |
{{ns:12}} / {{ns:Help}}
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Help | {{ns:13}} / {{ns:Help talk}}
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Help talk | |
{{ns:14}} / {{ns:Category}}
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Category | {{ns:15}} / {{ns:Category talk}}
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Category talk |
Don't confuse localised namespaces with [[<tvar|manual-custom-ns>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Using custom namespaces</>|custom namespaces]].
Formatting
Usage |
Input → Output |
Description |
Version |
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{{formatnum:unformatted number}}
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Simple:
Advanced:
(on any locale)
Examples with বাংলা locale:
Unsupported: Examples of wrong input (unreliable output), with or without |
Takes an unformatted number (arab, no group separators and Template:TNT
Leading zeroes are not removed, you can use {{#expr:00001}} instead if you have <tvar|ext-pf>Template:Ll</> installed. Template:TNT
If you don't input numbers in the exact format required, don't expect any reliable output, especially on non-English wikis. If you really need to format (according the wiki's locale) a number in unknown input format, you could try and use |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} {{ Template:TNTN |version=1.13|compact=y|comment=and after|r=32012}} |
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Formats an unlinked date based on user "date format" preference, and adds metadata tagging it as a formatted date. For logged-out users and those who have not set a date format in their preferences, dates can be given a default: Template:TNT Although the ISO 8601 standard requires that dates be in the Gregorian calendar, the ISO parameter in this function will still format dates that fall outside the usual Gregorian range (e.g. dates prior to 1583). Also, the magic word cannot properly convert between negative years (used with ISO 8601) and years BC or years BCE (used in general writing). |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.15|compact=y|comment=and after|r=48249}} |
{{lc:string}}
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{{lc:DATA CENTER}} → data center
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Template:Anchor
The lowercase input. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.5|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{lcfirst:string}}
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{{lcfirst:DATA center}} → dATA center
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Template:Anchor
The input with the very first character lowercase. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.5|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{uc:string}}
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{{uc:text transform}} → TEXT TRANSFORM
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Template:Anchor
The uppercase input. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.5|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{ucfirst:string}}
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{{ucfirst:text TRANSFORM}} → Text TRANSFORM
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Template:Anchor
The input with the very first character uppercase. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.5|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{padleft:xyz|stringlength}}
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{{padleft:xyz|5}} → 00xyz
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Inserts a string of padding characters (character chosen in third parameter; default "0") of a specified length (second parameter) next to a chosen base character or variable (first parameter). The final digits or characters in the base replace the final characters in the padding; i.e. Only the first character of the third parameter is used in versions up to 1.12, but by version 1.15 all the characters are used. Template:Mediawiki (fixed in Template:Mediawiki): multibyte characters are interpreted as two characters, which can skew width. These also cannot be used as padding characters. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.8|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
{{padright:xyz|stringlength}} {{padright:xyz|strlen|char}} {{padright:xyz|strlen|string}}
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{{padright:xyz|5}} → xyz00
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Identical to |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.8|compact=y|comment=and after}} |
See also: <tvar|ext-stringfunctions>Template:Ll</>.
Localization
Here are the magic words which are used as main localisation tools. Other magic words will often depend on the wiki's locale and configuration or on the chosen language: see in particular [[<tvar|date>#Date and time</>|#Date and time]], [[<tvar|formatting>#Formatting</>|#Formatting]], [[<tvar|misc>#Miscellaneous</>|#Miscellaneous]]. More magic words are added by the <tvar|ext-translate>Template:Ll</>.
The usage of these magic words can be very complex, and the documentation is currently incomplete; there's some more info on PLURAL, GRAMMAR, GENDER.
Usage |
Input → Output |
Description |
Version |
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Template:Anchor{{plural:2|is|are}}
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{{plural:0|is|are}} → are {{plural:1*1|is|are}} → is {{plural:21 mod 10|is|are}} → are {{plural:{{#expr:21 mod 10}}|is|are}} → is {{plural:1|is|are}} → is {{plural:2|is|are}} → are (For Russian) |
Outputs the singular form (second parameter) if the first parameter is an expression equalling one; the plural form (third parameter) otherwise. Its functioning is [[<tvar|meta-help-magicwords>m:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic_words#Language-dependent_word_conversions</>|language-dependent]].
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Template:Anchor{{grammar:N|noun}}
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Outputs the correct inflected form of the given word described by the inflection code after the colon ([[<tvar|meta-help-magicwords>m:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic_words#Language-dependent_word_conversions</>|language-dependent]]). Grammar transformations are used for inflected languages like Polish. See also <tvar|manual-wg-grammarform>Template:Mediawiki</>. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} | |
Template:Anchor{{gender:username|text for every gender}}
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(Depends on the named user's gender) |
A switch for the gender set in Special:Preferences. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.15|compact=y|comment=and after|r=46247}} |
Template:Anchor{{int:
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<code>{{int:edit}} → Edit |
Internationalizes (translates) the given interface (MediaWiki namespace) message into the user language. For |
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{{int:editsectionhint|MediaWiki}}
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<code>{{int:editsectionhint|MediaWiki}} → Edit section: MediaWiki |
You may also use parameters with translations. |
Transclusion modifiers
{{Page name|optional params}} usually transcludes another page, by default from the Template:namespace.
These magic words modify that behavior.
Usage |
Output |
Description |
Version |
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{{:xyz}} |
A bare colon is not a template modifier, it's the prefix for the main namespace. Since transclusion defaults to the Template namespace, you would use for example, <tvar|code1>{{:UTC}}</> (vs. <tvar|code2>{{UTC}}</>) to include the text of the main namespace article UTC rather than Template:UTC. |
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{{int:xyz}} |
Same as <tvar|mw>{{MediaWiki:xyz}}</>, except standard message translation is applied depending on subpages and content/user/uselang language. Another difference is: this doesn't appear under "<tvar|translatesused>Template:Int</>". Rendered as <tvar|int><xyz></> if <tvar|mw>MediaWiki:xyz</> doesn't exist. See also <tvar|1>Template:Ll</>. |
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{{msg:xyz}} |
Even if there is a magic word named "xyz", use template:xyz unless the template doesn't exist (equivalent to <tvar|code>{{template:xyz}}</>). Normally, magic words have priority when there is a conflict. |
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{{msgnw:xyz}} |
The unexpanded wikitext is rendered (more or less, for details see <tvar|msgnw>Template:Ll</>). |
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{{raw:xyz}} |
Equivalent to <tvar|msg> |
Template:TNT | |
{{subst:xyz}} |
In the wikitext, the tag is substituted by the content (single-level evaluation only), see [[<tvar|usage>Special:MyLanguage/Help:template#Usage</>|Template usage]]. |
Miscellaneous
Usage |
Output |
Description |
Version |
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<tvar|code1> |
language code العربية language code </>Arabic |
The full name of the language for the given [[<tvar|manual-langcode>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Language#lang-code</>|language code]]: native name (language autonym) by default, name translated in target language if a target language code is specified. <tvar|ext-cldr>Template:Ll</> must be installed for the translation to work. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after|r=14490}} {{ Template:TNTN |version=1.18|compact=y|comment=and after|r=91875}} (translation) |
{{#special:
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No such special page Special:UserLogin |
The localized name for the given canonical Special: page. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.9|compact=y|comment=and after|r=17321}} |
{{#speciale:
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No_such_special_page Special:UserLogin |
The localized and URL-encoded name for the given canonical Special: page. |
{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.20|compact=y|comment=and after|gerrit change=4340}} |
{{#tag:
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(Depends on parser tag) |
Alias for XML-style MediaWiki parser tags or extension tags. It allows execution of wiki code and <tvar|ext-pf>Template:Ll</> within tags before the tag is processed. It also prevents parsing of tags in conditional paths that aren't executed (like in <tvar|code1> …can be rewritten like this: <tvar|code1> Example for the [[<tvar|ext-cite>Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Cite</>|Cite extension]]'s
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{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.12|compact=y|comment=and after|r=29482}} |