This is an organised index of all Magic words that are known to work on this wiki. "XYZ" indicates user input, which is used in the example.
Table of contents
| Word |
Explanation
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| __NOTOC__
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Hides the Table of Contents on the current page.
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| __FORCETOC__
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Forces the table of contents to appear.
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| __TOC__
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Places a Table of Contents here. Also forces it to appear.
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More magic
| Word |
Explanation
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| __NOEDITSECTION__
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Hides the edit links beside headings.
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__NOTITLECONVERT__
__NOTC__
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Like __NOCC__ but affecting article title only.
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| __END__
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Allows for trailing whitespace to be included in the page save.
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Template modifiers
| Word |
Usage |
Explanation
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| {{subst:}}
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{{subst:XYZ}}
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Substitutes the template call with the content of the template.
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| {{msg:}}
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{{msg:XYZ}}
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If a template clashes with a magic word, use of the msg: modifier will use the template instead of the magic word. Otherwise, the magic word is used.
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| {{msgnw:}}
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{{msgnw:XYZ}}
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The template message is pasted as unevaluated <nowiki> text.
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| {{INT:}}
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{{INT:XYZ}}
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If a template clashes with a MediaWiki:message, use of the INT: modifier will use the message instead of the template. Otherwise, the template is used.
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Time
| Word |
Example |
Explanation
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| {{CURRENTDAY}}
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21
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Displays the current day in numeric form.
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| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}}
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Tuesday
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Displays the current day in named form.
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| {{CURRENTDOW}}
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2
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Displays the current day as a number of the week (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
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| {{CURRENTMONTH}}
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05
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Displays the current month in numeric form.
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| {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}
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May
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Displays the abbreviation of the current month.
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| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
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May
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Displays the current month in named form.
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| {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}
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May
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Displays the name of the current month in genitive form. Wikis that don't support this will default to {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}.
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| {{CURRENTTIME}}
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09:26
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Displays the current time of day (hours:minutes).
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| {{CURRENTWEEK}}
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21
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Displays the number of the current week (1-52).
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| {{CURRENTYEAR}}
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2013
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Returns the current year.
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Page names, locations, and URLs
| Word |
Example |
Explanation
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| {{PAGENAME}}
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Magic Words
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Returns the name of the current page, including all levels (Title/Subtitle/Sub-subtitle).
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| {{PAGENAMEE}}
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Magic_Words
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More URL-friendly percent encoded special characters (rarely necessary).
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| {{NAMESPACE}}
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Help
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Returns the name of the namespace the current page resides in.
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| {{REVISIONID}}
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1032
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Gives you the unique identifying number of the article or diff database.
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| {{SITENAME}}
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WikiCNS
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Returns the name of the wiki (set in LocalSettings.php).
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| {{NS:}}
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{{NS:4}} = WikiCNS
{{NS:PROJECT}} = WikiCNS
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Returns the name of a given namespace number.
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{{LOCALURL:x y}}
{{LOCALURLE:%}}
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/wiki/index.php/X_y
/wiki/index.php/%25
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Returns the local URL of a given page. The page might not exist.
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| {{SERVER}}
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http://wiki.cns.org
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Returns the domain and subdomain URL of the wiki.
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| {{SCRIPTPATH}}
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/wiki
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Returns the value of $wgScriptPath in LocalSettings.php.
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| {{SERVERNAME}}
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wiki.cns.org
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Returns the value of $wgServerName in LocalSettings.php.
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Miscellaneous
| Word
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Usage
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Explanation
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| {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
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1,045
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A variable which returns the total number of articles on the Wiki.
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| {{NUMBEROFFILES}}
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154
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Returns the number of uploaded files (rows in the image table).
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| #redirect
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#REDIRECT [[target]]
at top of source page
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Creates a redirect to another page.
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