Help:Magic Words

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
__NOTOC__	Hides the Table of Contents on the current page.
__FORCETOC__	Forces the table of contents to appear.
__TOC__	Places a Table of Contents here. Also forces it to appear.

The Table of contents can also be forced onto a floating table on the right hand of the screen with the code below:

  {| align="right"
  | __TOC__
  |}

More magic

Word	Explanation
__NOEDITSECTION__	Hides the edit links beside headings.
__NOTITLECONVERT__ __NOTC__	Like __NOCC__ but affecting article title only.
__END__	Allows for trailing whitespace to be included in the page save.

Template modifiers

Word	Usage	Explanation
{{subst:}}	{{subst:XYZ}}	Substitutes the template call with the content of the template.
{{msg:}}	{{msg:XYZ}}	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.
{{msgnw:}}	{{msgnw:XYZ}}	The template message is pasted as unevaluated <nowiki> text.
{{INT:}}	{{INT:XYZ}}	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.

Time

Word	Example	Explanation
{{CURRENTDAY}}	2	Displays the current day in numeric form.
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Thursday	Displays the current day in named form.
{{CURRENTDOW}}	4	Displays the current day as a number of the week (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	05	Displays the current month in numeric form.
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}	May	Displays the abbreviation of the current month.
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	May	Displays the current month in named form.
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}	May	Displays the name of the current month in genitive form. Wikis that don't support this will default to {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}.
{{CURRENTTIME}}	12:48	Displays the current time of day (hours:minutes).
{{CURRENTHOUR}}	12	Displays the current hour in numeric form.
{{CURRENTWEEK}}	18	Displays the number of the current week (1-52).
{{CURRENTYEAR}}	2024	Returns the current year.

Page names, locations, and URLs

Word	Example	Explanation
{{PAGENAME}}	Magic Words	Returns the name of the current page, including all levels (Title/Subtitle/Sub-subtitle).
{{PAGENAMEE}}	Magic_Words	More URL-friendly percent encoded special characters (rarely necessary).
{{SUBPAGENAME}} {{SUBPAGENAMEE}}	Magic Words Magic_Words	Name of the current page, excluding parent pages ("Subtitle" on "Title/Other/Subtitle") in namespaces supporting subpages.
{{BASEPAGENAME}} {{BASEPAGENAMEE}}	Magic Words Magic_Words	The basename of a subpage ("Title/Other" on "Title/Other/Subtitle").
{{NAMESPACE}}	Help	Returns the name of the namespace the current page resides in.
{{FULLPAGENAME}} {{FULLPAGENAMEE}}	Help:Magic Words Help:Magic_Words	Shorthands for NAMESPACE+PAGENAME
{{TALKSPACE}} {{TALKSPACEE}}	Help talk Help_talk	Name of next odd namespace (e.g. 4 => 5)
{{SUBJECTSPACE}} {{SUBJECTSPACEE}}	Help Help	Name of last even namespace (e.g. 5 => 4)
{{ARTICLESPACE}} {{ARTICLESPACEE}}	Help Help	An alias for SUBJECTSPACE(E)
{{TALKPAGENAME}} {{TALKPAGENAMEE}}	Help talk:Magic Words Help_talk:Magic_Words	FULLPAGENAME in its TALKSPACE
{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}} {{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}	Help:Magic Words Help:Magic_Words	FULLPAGENAME in its SUBJECTSPACE
{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}} {{ARTICLEPAGENAMEE}}	Help:Magic Words Help:Magic_Words	An alias for SUBJECTPAGENAME(E)
{{REVISIONID}}	1423976	Gives you the unique identifying number of the article or diff database.
{{REVISIONDAY}}	30	The day on which the page was last modified.
{{REVISIONDAY2}}	30	The day on which the page was last modified, but with a leading zero (01 .. 31).
{{REVISIONMONTH}}	03	The month in which the page was last modified.
{{REVISIONYEAR}}	2009	The year in which the page was last modified.
{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}	20090330005403	ISO 8601 time stamp, indicating when the page was last modified.
{{SITENAME}}	The Urban Dead Wiki	Returns the name of the wiki (set in LocalSettings.php).
{{NS:}}	{{NS:4}} = UDWiki {{NS:PROJECT}} = UDWiki	Returns the name of a given namespace number.
{{LOCALURL:x y}} {{LOCALURLE:%}}	/index.php/X_y /index.php/%25	Returns the local URL of a given page. The page might not exist.
{{SERVER}}	//wiki.urbandead.com	Returns the domain and subdomain URL of the wiki.
{{SCRIPTPATH}}		Returns the value of $wgScriptPath in LocalSettings.php.
{{SERVERNAME}}	wiki.urbandead.com	Returns the value of $wgServerName in LocalSettings.php.

Miscellaneous

Word	Usage	Explanation
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}	19,389	A variable which returns the total number of articles on the Wiki.
{{NUMBEROFFILES}}	22,056	Returns the number of uploaded files (rows in the image table).
#redirect	#REDIRECT [[target]] at top of source page	Creates a redirect to another page.

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