Help:Magic words

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 templates.

• Parser functions: these take parameters and are either of the form {{foo:...}} or {{#foo:...}}. See also Help:Extension:ParserFunctions in the Mediawiki manual.

Variables and parser functions can use subst: (substitution), 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>__NOTOC__</>).
__TOC__	Places a table of contents at the word's current position (overriding <tvar|notoc>__NOTOC__</>). If this is used multiple times, the table of contents will appear at the first word's position.
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>__NOEDITSECTION__</>" after each heading.
__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__	No effect. Removed in r1695 and completly removed in r24784	{{ 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.

Template:Anchor

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}}	05	Month (zero-padded number)
{{CURRENTMONTH1}}	5	Month (non-zero-padded number)
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	May	Month (name)
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}	May	Month (genitive form)
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}	May	Month (abbreviation)	{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.5|compact=y|comment=and after}}
DayTemplate:Anchor
{{CURRENTDAY}}	12	Day of the month (unpadded number)
{{CURRENTDAY2}}	12	Day of the month (zero-padded number)	{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.6|compact=y|comment=and after}}
{{CURRENTDOW}}	0	Day of the week (unpadded number), 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday)
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Sunday	Day of the week (name)
TimeTemplate:Anchor
{{CURRENTTIME}}	20:20	Time (24-hour HH:mm format)
{{CURRENTHOUR}}	20	Hour (24-hour zero-padded number)
OtherTemplate:Anchor
{{CURRENTWEEK}}	19	Week (number)
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}	20240512202056	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 (&lrm; on left-to-right wikis, &rlm; on right-to-left wikis), useful in text with multi-directional text. Since Template:R, it depends on the [[<tvar|manual-pagelang>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Language#page-content-lang</>|page content language]].	{{ 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: action}}		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}}	14758	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}}	20150627114224	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: title}}		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: sortkey<tvar|code1>}} {{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>{{DEFAULTSORT:</>Smith , John<tvar|sort-end>}}</> at the end of John Smith, the page would be sorted under "S" by default in categories. It can take a second argument of noerror or noreplace to suppress error messages when multiple defaultsortkeys are used on one page or to make this <tvar|sort2>defaultsort</> do nothing if a <tvar|sort3>defaultsort</> was already specified earlier in the page.	{{ 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}}	1	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: categoryname<tvar|code1>|all}} {{PAGESINCATEGORY:</>categoryname<tvar|code2>|pages}} {{PAGESINCATEGORY:</>categoryname<tvar|code3>|subcats}} {{PAGESINCATEGORY:</>categoryname|files}}	1 1 0 0	[Expensive] Respectively, the number of all pages ordinary pages (excluding subcategories and files) subcategories or files 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: groupname<tvar|code1>}} {{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: index<tvar|code1>}} {{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>{{PAGESINNAMESPACE:14}}</> will output the number of category pages. <tvar|pins0>{{PAGESINNS:0}}</> differs from <tvar|noa>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</> in that the former includes redirects and disambiguation pages. Disabled by default, enable with <tvar|manual-wg-allow-slow-parser-funct>Template:Mediawiki</>.	{{ 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>{{#titleparts:}}</> from the [[<tvar|help-ext-pf>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions</>|ParserFunctions extension]].	{{ 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>Title</> on page <tvar|baz>Help:Title/Foo/Bar</>	{{ 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.

Template:Anchor

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 | as the content.	{{ 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: page name<tvar|code1>}} {{localurl:</>page name <tvar|code2>|</>query_string}}	{{localurl:MediaWiki}} → /MediaWiki {{localurl:MediaWiki|printable=yes}} → /index.php?title=MediaWiki&printable=yes	The relative path to the title.
Template:Anchor
{{fullurl: page name<tvar|code1>}} {{fullurl:</>page name<tvar|code2> |</>query_string<tvar|code3>}} {{fullurl:</>interwiki:remote page name<tvar|code4> |</>query_string}}	{{fullurl:Category:Top level}} → http://www.gunsopedia.com/Category:Top_level {{fullurl:Category:Top level|action=edit}} → http://www.gunsopedia.com/index.php?title=Category:Top_level&action=edit https:{{fullurl:s:Electra|action=edit}} → https:http://www.gunsopedia.com/index.php?title=S:Electra&action=edit https:{{fullurl:s:es:Electra|action=edit}} → https:http://www.gunsopedia.com/index.php?title=S:es:Electra&action=edit	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: page name<tvar|code1>}} {{canonicalurl:</>page name<tvar|code2> |</>query_string<tvar|code3>}} {{canonicalurl:</>interwiki:remote page name<tvar|code4> |</>query_string}}	{{canonicalurl:Category:Top level}} → http://www.gunsopedia.com/Category:Top_level {{canonicalurl:Category:Top level|action=edit}} → http://www.gunsopedia.com/index.php?title=Category:Top_level&action=edit	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: file name<tvar|code1>}} {{filepath:</>file name<tvar|code2>|nowiki}} {{filepath:</>file name<tvar|code3>|</>thumbnail_size}}	{{filepath:Wiki.png}} → {{filepath:Wiki.png|nowiki}} → {{filepath:Example.svg|300}} →	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: string<tvar|code1>}}</> 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>|WIKI</> to <tvar|query>|QUERY</> in 1.17; this may break templates that rely on this function.	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</>. Encoding code space  none  +  QUERY  +   WIKI  _   PATH %20	{{ 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: string}}	{{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
Usage	Output		Usage	Output
{{ns:-2}} / {{ns:Media}}	Media		{{ns:-1}} / {{ns:Special}}	Special (no talk page)
{{ns:0}} / {{ns:}}			{{ns:1}} / {{ns:Talk}}	Talk
{{ns:2}} / {{ns:User}}	User		{{ns:3}} / {{ns:User talk}}	User talk
{{ns:4}} / {{ns:Project}}	Gunsopedia Varies between wikis		{{ns:5}} / {{ns:Project talk}}	Gunsopedia talk
{{ns:6}} / {{ns:File}} or {{ns:Image}}	File		{{ns:7}} / {{ns:File talk}} or {{ns:Image talk}}	File talk
{{ns:8}} / {{ns:MediaWiki}}	MediaWiki		{{ns:9}} / {{ns:MediaWiki talk}}	MediaWiki talk
{{ns:10}} / {{ns:Template}}	Template		{{ns:11}} / {{ns:Template talk}}	Template talk
{{ns:12}} / {{ns:Help}}	Help		{{ns:13}} / {{ns:Help talk}}	Help talk
{{ns:14}} / {{ns:Category}}	Category		{{ns:15}} / {{ns:Category talk}}	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
{{formatnum:unformatted number}} {{formatnum:formatnum-formatted number|R}} {{formatnum:unformatted number|NOSEP}}	Simple: {{formatnum:987654321.654321}} → 987,654,321.654321 {{formatnum:987,654,321.654321|R}} → 987654321.654321 Advanced: {{formatnum:{{formatnum:987654321.654321}}|R}} → 987654321.654321 (on any locale) {{formatnum:00001}} → 00,001 {{formatnum:987654321.654321 |NOSEP}} → 987,654,321.654321 Examples with বাংলা locale: {{formatnum:987654321.654321}} → ৯৮,৭৬,৫৪,৩২১.৬৫৪৩২১ {{formatnum:987654321.654321 |NOSEP}} → ৯৮৭৬৫৪৩২১.৬৫৪৩২১ {{formatnum:৯৮,৭৬,৫৪,৩২১.৬৫৪৩২১ |R}} → 987654321.654321 Unsupported: {{formatnum:{{formatnum:987.654.321}}}} → 987 654 321 (e.g. with Italian locale) Examples of wrong input (unreliable output), with or without |R: {{formatnum:987,654.321|R}} (the least broken) {{formatnum:987.654,321|R}} {{formatnum:987 654,321|R}} {{formatnum:987&nbsp;654,321|R}}	Takes an unformatted number (arab, no group separators and . as decimal separator) and outputs it in the localized digit script and formatted with decimal and decimal group separators, according to the wiki's default locale. The |R parameter can be used to reverse the behavior, for use in mathematical situations: it's reliable and should be used only to deformat numbers which are known to be formatted exactly as formatnum formats them with the wiki's locale. The NOSEP ("no separators") parameter means that no group / decimal separators are changed; formatnum will only transform the digits themselves in languages which don't use the Hindu–Arabic numeral system. NOSEP can also prevent non-standard digit groupings you wouldn't expect. 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 formatnum two times (but not if it can have a decimal group, or its separator will be eaten or the number won't be formatted). Be aware that this is more a hack than a regular way to proceed, thus the output may be not reliable.	{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.7|compact=y|comment=and after}} {{ Template:TNTN |version=1.13|compact=y|comment=and after|r=32012}}
{{#dateformat:date}} {{#formatdate:date}} {{#dateformat:date|format}} {{#formatdate:date|format}}	{{#dateformat:25 dec 2009|ymd}} → 2009 Dec 25 (your pref), 2009 Dec 25 (default) {{#formatdate:dec 25,2009|dmy}} → 25 Dec 2009 (your pref), 25 Dec 2009 (default) {{#dateformat:2009-12-25|mdy}} → December 25, 2009 (your pref), December 25, 2009 (default) {{#formatdate:2009 dec 25|ISO 8601}} → 2009-12-25 (your pref), 2009-12-25 (default) {{#dateformat:25 decEmber|mdy}} → DecEmber 25 (your pref), DecEmber 25 (default) Note: In the example hereinbefore, "your pref" refers to your date preference on the current MediaWiki wiki only.	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: mdy, dmy, ymd, ISO 8601 (all case sensitive). If only the month and day are given, only mdy and dmy are valid. If a format is not specified or is invalid, the input format is used as a default. If the supplied date is not recognized as a valid date (specifically, if it contains any metadata such as from a nested use of these or similar templates), it is rendered unchanged, and no (additional) metadata is generated. 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}}	{{lc:DATA CENTER}} → data center	Template:Anchor The lowercase input.	{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.5|compact=y|comment=and after}}
{{lcfirst:string}}	{{lcfirst:DATA center}} → dATA center	Template:Anchor The input with the very first character lowercase.	{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.5|compact=y|comment=and after}}
{{uc:string}}	{{uc:text transform}} → TEXT TRANSFORM	Template:Anchor The uppercase input.	{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.5|compact=y|comment=and after}}
{{ucfirst:string}}	{{ucfirst:text TRANSFORM}} → Text TRANSFORM	Template:Anchor The input with the very first character uppercase.	{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.5|compact=y|comment=and after}}
{{padleft:xyz|stringlength}} {{padleft:xyz|strlen|char}} {{padleft:xyz|strlen|string}}	{{padleft:xyz|5}} → 00xyz {{padleft:xyz|5|_}} → __xyz {{padleft:xyz|5|abc}} → abxyz {{padleft:xyz|2}} → xyz {{padleft:|1|xyz}} → x (first character of the string)	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. {{padleft:44|3|0}} produces 044. The padding string may be truncated if its length does not evenly divide the required number of characters. 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}}	{{padright:xyz|5}} → xyz00 {{padright:xyz|5|_}} → xyz__ {{padright:xyz|5|abc}} → xyzab {{padright:xyz|2}} → xyz {{padright:|1|xyz}} → x	Identical to padleft, but adds padding characters to the right side.	{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.8|compact=y|comment=and after}}

See also: <tvar|ext-stringfunctions>Template:Ll</>.

Template:Anchor

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
Template:Anchor{{plural:2|is|are}}	{{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) {{PLURAL:5|1=Категория|Категории}}  → Категории {{PLURAL:3|страница|страницы|страниц}} → страницы {{PLURAL:5|страница|страницы|страниц}} → страниц	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]]. Some language codes (ab, av, ba, bxr, ce, crh_cyrl, cv, inh, koi, krc, kv, lbe, lez, mhr, mrj, myv, ru, tt_cyrl, tyv, udm, xal) used 3 plural forms (updated 01.2014): Form 1: 1, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 101, 1001, … Form 2: 0, 5, 6, 7,8,...18, 19, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, … Form 3: 2, 3, 4, 22, 23, 24, 32, 33, 34, 42, 43, 44, 52, 53, 54, 62, 102, 1002, …
Template:Anchor{{grammar:N|noun}}		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}} {{gender:Username|male text|female text|text for unspecified}} {{gender:|male text|female text|text for unspecified}} {{gender:.|male text|female text|text for unspecified}}	(Depends on the named user's gender)	A switch for the gender set in Special:Preferences. Note: The first example is basically a no-op Note: If 3rd parameter is omitted and user hasn't defined his/her gender, then text if user is male is returned. A blank username field (<tvar|gender>{{gender:|</>) means the current user. A dot username (.) means the default user gender on this wiki.	{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.15|compact=y|comment=and after|r=46247}}
Template:Anchor{{int: message name}}	<code>{{int:edit}} → Edit (Depends on user language; try: fr • ja)	Internationalizes (translates) the given interface (MediaWiki namespace) message into the user language. For msgnw and other transclusion magic words, see the [[<tvar|sec>#Transclusion modifiers</>|Transclusion modifiers]] section. Note that this can damage / confuse cache consistency in MediaWiki 1.17 and earlier, see bug 14404.
{{int:editsectionhint|MediaWiki}}	<code>{{int:editsectionhint|MediaWiki}} → Edit section: MediaWiki	You may also use parameters with translations. Parameters are designated in messages with: $1, $2, $3, etc. For example, here is the message for editsectionhint: Edit section: $1 In this example, MediaWiki replaces $1.

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
{{: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.
{{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</>.
{{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.
{{msgnw:xyz}}		The unexpanded wikitext is rendered (more or less, for details see <tvar|msgnw>Template:Ll</>).
{{raw:xyz}}		Equivalent to <tvar|msg>{{msg:xyz}}</> above.	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
<tvar|code1>{{#language:</>language code<tvar|code2>}} {{#language:ar}} {{#language:</>language code<tvar|code3>| </>target language code<tvar|code5>}} {{#language:ar|en}}</>	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: special page name}} {{#special:userlogin}}	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: special page name}} {{#speciale:userlogin}}	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: tagname <tvar|code1> |</>content <tvar|code2> |</>attribute1=value1 <tvar|code3> |</>attribute2=value2 }}	(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 #if statements). Content between tags is passed as the first parameter, and any attributes for the tags can be passed as subsequent parameters. This example: <tvar|code1><</>tagname attribute1="value1" attribute2="value2"<tvar|code2>></>Your content goes here<tvar|code3><</>/tagname<tvar|code4>></> …can be rewritten like this: <tvar|code1>{{#tag:</>tagname<tvar|code2>|</>Your content goes here<tvar|code3>|</>attribute1=value1<tvar|code4>|</>attribute2=value2<tvar|code5>}}</> Example for the [[<tvar|ext-cite>Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Cite</>|Cite extension]]'s <ref> tags: {{#tag:ref|Citation text goes here, and you can include parser functions like {{#expr: ... }} and magic words like {{PAGENAME}}.|name="multiple"}} Template:TNT You must write <tvar|code1>{{#tag:</>tagname<tvar|code2>||</>attribute1=value1<tvar|code3>|</>attribute2=value2<tvar|code4>}}</> to pass an empty content. No space is permitted in the area reserved for content between the pipe characters <tvar|code5>||</> before attribute1.	{{ Template:TNTN |version=1.12|compact=y|comment=and after|r=29482}}