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 mw:Help:Magic words.
Behavior Switches
| Input
|
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
|
Result
|
Description
|
| {{CURRENTMONTH}}
|
11
|
The current month.
|
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
|
November
|
Name of the current month.
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| {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}
|
Nov
|
Abbreviated month name.
|
| {{CURRENTDAY}}
|
25
|
Day of the month.
|
| {{CURRENTDOW}}
|
1
|
Day of the week.
|
| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}}
|
Monday
|
Name of the current day.
|
| {{CURRENTWEEK}}
|
48
|
The current week.
|
| {{CURRENTYEAR}}
|
2024
|
The current year.
|
| {{CURRENTTIME}}
|
20:08
|
The current time in HH:mm format.
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| {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
|
994
|
The number of articles in this Wiki.
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| {{NUMBEROFFILES}}
|
1,072
|
The number of uploaded files.
|
Namespaces
| Input
|
Result
|
| {{ns:-2}} or {{ns:Media}}
|
Media
|
| {{ns:-1}} or {{ns:Special}}
|
Special
|
| {{ns:1}} or {{ns:Talk}}
|
Talk
|
| {{ns:2}} or {{ns:User}}
|
User
|
| {{ns:3}} or {{ns:User_talk}}
|
User talk
|
| {{ns:4}} or {{ns:Project}}
|
WikiTemp
|
| {{ns:5}} or {{ns:Project_talk}}
|
WikiTemp talk
|
| {{ns:6}} or {{ns:Image}}
|
File
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| {{ns:7}} or {{ns:Image_talk}}
|
File talk
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| {{ns:8}} or {{ns:MediaWiki}}
|
MediaWiki
|
| {{ns:9}} or {{ns:MediaWiki_talk}}
|
MediaWiki talk
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| {{ns:10}} or {{ns:Template}}
|
Template
|
| {{ns:11}} or {{ns:Template_talk}}
|
Template talk
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| {{ns:12}} or {{ns:Help}}
|
Help
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| {{ns:13}} or {{ns:Help_talk}}
|
Help talk
|
| {{ns:14}} or {{ns:Category}}
|
Category
|
| {{ns:15}} or {{ns:Category_talk}}
|
Category talk
|
Server specific
| Input
|
Result
|
Description
|
| {{SITENAME}}
|
WikiTemp
|
Name of the site.
|
| {{SERVERNAME}}
|
wiki.gbatemp.net
|
Name of the server.
|
| {{SERVER}}
|
//wiki.gbatemp.net
|
Link to the server.
|
| {{localurl:pagename}}
|
/wiki/Pagename
|
|
| {{localurl:pagename|query string}}
|
/wiki/Pagename?query string
|
|
Page related
| Input
|
Result
|
Description
|
| {{PAGENAME}}
|
Magic words
|
Pagename without Namespace.
|
| {{PAGENAMEE}}
|
Magic_words
|
URL encoded pagename.
|
| {{NAMESPACE}}
|
Help
|
Current Namespace.
|
| {{SUBJECTSPACE}}
|
Help
|
Associated Subjectspace.
|
| {{TALKSPACE}}
|
Help talk
|
Associated Talkspace.
|
| {{FULLPAGENAME}}
|
Help:Magic words
|
Pagename with Namespace.
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| {{REVISIONID}}
|
36132
|
The unique revision ID.
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