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 complete list, see Help:Magic_words
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Behavior Switches
Input
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Description
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__NOTOC__
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Hides the table of contents (TOC).
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__FORCETOC__
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Forces TOC to appear.
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__TOC__
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Forces TOC to appear on the place you typed this.
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__NOEDITSECTION__
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Hides the [Edit] links on headers.
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__NEWSECTIONLINK__
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Adds a "+" on the top to add a new section.
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__NOGALLERY__
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Place this on a category to turn all Images in Links.
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Date & Page Variables
Input
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Result
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Description
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{{CURRENTMONTH}}
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11
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The current month.
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{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
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November
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Name of the current month.
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{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}
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Nov
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Abbreviated month name.
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{{CURRENTDAY}}
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23
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Day of the month.
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{{CURRENTDOW}}
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6
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Day of the week.
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{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}
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Saturday
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Name of the current day.
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{{CURRENTWEEK}}
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47
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The current week.
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{{CURRENTYEAR}}
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2024
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The current year.
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{{CURRENTTIME}}
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00:56
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The current time in HH:mm format.
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{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
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994
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The number of articles in this Wiki.
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{{NUMBEROFFILES}}
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1,072
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The number of uploaded files.
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Namespaces
Input
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Result
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{{ns:-2}} or {{ns:Media}}
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Media
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{{ns:-1}} or {{ns:Special}}
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Special
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{{ns:1}} or {{ns:Talk}}
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Talk
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{{ns:2}} or {{ns:User}}
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User
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{{ns:3}} or {{ns:User_talk}}
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User talk
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{{ns:4}} or {{ns:Project}}
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WikiTemp
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{{ns:5}} or {{ns:Project_talk}}
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WikiTemp talk
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{{ns:6}} or {{ns:Image}}
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File
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{{ns:7}} or {{ns:Image_talk}}
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File talk
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{{ns:8}} or {{ns:MediaWiki}}
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MediaWiki
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{{ns:9}} or {{ns:MediaWiki_talk}}
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MediaWiki talk
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{{ns:10}} or {{ns:Template}}
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Template
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{{ns:11}} or {{ns:Template_talk}}
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Template talk
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{{ns:12}} or {{ns:Help}}
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Help
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{{ns:13}} or {{ns:Help_talk}}
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Help talk
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{{ns:14}} or {{ns:Category}}
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Category
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{{ns:15}} or {{ns:Category_talk}}
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Category talk
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Server specific
Input
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Result
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Description
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{{SITENAME}}
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WikiTemp
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Name of the site.
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{{SERVERNAME}}
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wiki.gbatemp.net
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Name of the server.
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{{SERVER}}
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//wiki.gbatemp.net
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Link to the server.
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{{localurl:pagename}}
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/wiki/Pagename
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{{localurl:pagename|query string}}
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/wiki/Pagename?query string
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Page related
Input
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Result
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Description
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{{PAGENAME}}
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Magic words
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Pagename without Namespace.
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{{PAGENAMEE}}
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Magic_words
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URL encoded pagename.
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{{NAMESPACE}}
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Help
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Current Namespace.
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{{SUBJECTSPACE}}
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Help
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Associated Subjectspace.
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{{TALKSPACE}}
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Help talk
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Associated Talkspace.
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{{FULLPAGENAME}}
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Help:Magic words
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Pagename with Namespace.
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{{REVISIONID}}
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36159
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The unique revision ID.
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