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'''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 {{mediawiki|Manual:Magic words}}.


Kludgetastic. The template here has similar code to specifying a right thumbnail for images. It's main purpose was to provide the same output but without using solid white borders to provide spacing (yay for the genius that is main.css). So you can now call a thumbnail on a background other than white without the nasty border. You must set a width unlike the thumb which decides the size for you, but you can use that to control the size of the thumbnail which is a bonus feature.
There are three general types of magic words:
*'''[[#Behavior switches|Behavior switches]]''': these are uppercase words surrounded by double underscores, ''e.g.'' '''__FOO__'''
*'''[[#Variables|Variables]]''': these are uppercase words surrounded by double braces, ''e.g.'' '''<tt><tt><nowiki>{{FOO}}</nowiki></tt></tt>'''. As such, they look a lot like [[Help:Templates|templates]].
*'''[[#Parser functions|Parser functions]]''': these take parameters and are either of the form '''<tt><tt><nowiki>{{foo:...}}</nowiki></tt></tt>''' or '''<tt><tt><nowiki>{{#foo:...}}</nowiki></tt></tt>'''. See also [[Help:Extension:ParserFunctions]].


The only noticeable difference is the alt text when mousing over the little frame in the top right of the area where the caption goes. The alt text is the title of the page rather than "Enlarge". The link still leads to the image's wiki page though (just like the image itself, which causes me to wonder why bother with it anyway)
Page-dependent magic words will affect or return data about the ''current'' page, even if the word is added through a transcluded template or included system message.
 
==Behavior switches==
A behavior switch controls the layout or behaviour of the page and can often be used to specify desired omissions and inclusions in the content.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Word
! Description
! Versions
|-
| colspan="3"| '''Table of contents'''
|-
| <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>
| Hides the table of contents (TOC).
|
|-
|<nowiki>__FORCETOC__</nowiki>
| Forces the table of content to appear at its normal position (above the first header).
|
|-
| <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki>
| Places a table of contents at the word's current position (overriding <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>). If this is used multiple times, the table of contents will appear at the first word's position.
|
|-
| colspan="3"| '''Editing'''
|-
| <nowiki>__NOEDITSECTION__</nowiki>
| Hides the section edit links beside headings.
|
|-
| <nowiki>__NEWSECTIONLINK__</nowiki>
| Adds a link ([[MediaWiki:Addsection|"+" by default]]) beside the "edit" tab for adding a new section on a non-talk page (see {{mediawiki|m:Help:Section#Adding a section at the end|Adding a section to the end}}).
| 1.7+
|-
| <nowiki>__NONEWSECTIONLINK__</nowiki>
| Removes the link beside the "edit" tab on pages in talk namespaces.
| {{mediawiki|rev:47522|1.15+}}
|-
| colspan="3"| '''Categories'''
|-
| <nowiki>__NOGALLERY__</nowiki>
| Used on a category page, replaces thumbnails in the category view with normal links.
| 1.7+
|-
| <nowiki>__HIDDENCAT__</nowiki>
| 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 [[Help:Preferences|user preferences]] to show them).
| 1.13+
|-
| colspan="3"| '''Language conversion'''
|-
| <nowiki>__NOCONTENTCONVERT__</nowiki><br /><nowiki>__NOCC__</nowiki>
| 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.
|
|-
| <nowiki>__NOTITLECONVERT__</nowiki><br /><nowiki>__NOTC__</nowiki>
| On wikis with language variants, don't perform language conversion on the title (all other content is converted).
|
|-
| colspan="3"| '''Other'''
|-
| <nowiki>__START__</nowiki>
| No effect.
|
|-
| <nowiki>__END__</nowiki>
| Explicitly marks the end of the article, to prevent MediaWiki from removing trailing whitespace. Removed in {{mediawiki|rev:19213|19213}}.
|
|-
|  <nowiki>__INDEX__</nowiki>
| Tell search engines to index the page (overrides {{mediawiki|Manual:$wgArticleRobotPolicies|$wgArticleRobotPolicies}}, but not robots.txt).
| 1.14+
|-
|  <nowiki>__NOINDEX__</nowiki>
| Tell search engines not to index the page (ie, do not list in search engines' results).
| {{mediawiki|rev:37973|1.14+}}
|-
|  <nowiki>__STATICREDIRECT__</nowiki>
| On redirect pages, don't allow MediaWiki to automatically update the link when someone moves a page and checks "Update any redirects that point to the original title".
| {{mediawiki|rev:37928|1.13+}}
|}
 
==Variables==
Variables return information about the current page, wiki, or date. Their syntax is similar to [[Help:Templates|templates]]. Variables marked as "<span style="background:#FED;">'''[expensive]'''</span>" 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 [[{{ns:10}}:PAGENAME]] you would need to write <code><tt><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{ns:10}}:PAGENAME<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt></code>). In some cases, adding parameters will force the parser to treat a variable as a template; for example, <code><tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTDAYNAME|x}}</nowiki></tt></code> transcludes [[{{ns:10}}:CURRENTDAYNAME]].
 
{{admin tip|You can configure the number of expensive parser functions allowed on a page using the {{mediawiki|Manual:$wgExpensiveParserFunctionLimit|$wgExpensiveParserFunctionLimit}} configuration setting.}}
 
===Date & time===
The following variables return the current date and time according to the user's timezone [[Special:Preferences|preferences]], defaulting to the UTC timezone.
 
Due to MediaWiki and browser caching, these variables frequently show when the page was ''cached'' rather than the current time.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Variable
! Output
! Description
! Versions
|-
| colspan="4"| '''Year'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTYEAR}}
| Year
|
|-
| colspan="4"| '''Month'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTH}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTMONTH}}
| Month (zero-padded number)
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
| Month (name)
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}
| Month ([[w:genitive|genitive form]])
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}
| Month (abbreviation)
| 1.5+
|-
| colspan="4"| '''Day'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTDAY}}
| Day of the month (unpadded number)
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY2}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTDAY2}}
| Day of the month (zero-padded number)
| 1.6+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTDOW}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTDOW}}
| Day of the week (unpadded number)
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}}
| Day of the week (name)
|
|-
| colspan="4"| '''Time'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTTIME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTTIME}}
| Time (24-hour HH:mm format)
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTHOUR}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTHOUR}}
| Hour (24-hour zero-padded number)
|
|-
| colspan="4"| '''Other'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTWEEK}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTWEEK}}
| Week (number)
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}
| YYYYMMDDHHmmss timestamp
| 1.7+
|}
 
The following variables do the same as the above, but using the site's local timezone instead of user preferences and UTC:
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALYEAR}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALMONTH}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALMONTHNAME}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALMONTHNAMEGEN}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALMONTHABBREV}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALDAY}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALDAY2}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALDOW}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALDAYNAME}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALTIME}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALHOUR}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALWEEK}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki></tt>
 
:''For more thorough time formatting, you may want to install [[Extension:ParserFunctions]] to use the [[Help:Extension:ParserFunctions#.23time:|#time: parser function]]''
 
===Technical metadata===
Revision variables return data about the '''latest edit to the current page''', even if viewing an older version of the page.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Variable
! Output
! Description
! Versions
|-
| colspan="4"| '''Site'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SITENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SITENAME}}
| The wiki's site name ({{mediawiki|Manual:$wgSitename|$wgSitename}}).
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SERVER}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SERVER}}
| domain URL ({{mediawiki|Manual:$wgServer|$wgServer}})
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SERVERNAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SERVERNAME}}
| domain name ({{mediawiki|Manual:$wgServerName|$wgServerName}})
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{DIRMARK}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{DIRECTIONMARK}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{DIRMARK}}<br />{{DIRECTIONMARK}}
| Outputs a unicode-directional mark that matches the wiki's default language's direction (<code>&amp;lrm;</code> on left-to-right wikis, <code>&amp;rlm;</code> on right-to-left wikis), useful in text with multi-directional text.
| 1.7+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SCRIPTPATH}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SCRIPTPATH}}
| relative script path ({{mediawiki|Manual:$wgScriptPath|$wgScriptPath}})
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTVERSION}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTVERSION}}
| The wiki's MediaWiki version.
| 1.7+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{CONTENTLANG}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}<br />{{CONTENTLANG}}
| The wiki's default interface language ({{mediawiki|Manual:$wgLanguageCode|$wgLanguageCode}})
| 1.7+
|-
| colspan="4"| '''Latest revision to current page'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONID}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONID}}
| Unique revision ID
| 1.5+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONDAY}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONDAY}}
| Day edit was made (unpadded number)
| 1.8+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONDAY2}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONDAY2}}
| Day edit was made (zero-padded number)
| 1.8+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONMONTH}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONMONTH}}
| Month edit was made (unpadded number)
| 1.8+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONYEAR}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONYEAR}}
| Year edit was made
| 1.8+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}
| Timestamp as of time of edit
| 1.8+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONUSER}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONUSER}}
| The username of the user who made the most recent edit to the page
| [[rev:48149|1.15+]]
|-style="background:#FED;"
| <tt><nowiki>{{PAGESIZE:</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{PAGESIZE:Help:Magic_words}}
| '''[expensive]''' Returns the byte size of the specified page.
| {{mediawiki|rev:33551|1.13+}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{PROTECTIONLEVEL:</nowiki>''action''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| protection level
| Outputs the protection level (e.g. 'autoconfirm', 'sysop') for a given action (e.g. 'edit', 'move') on the current page or an empty string if not protected.
| [[rev:45587|1.15+]]
|-
| colspan="4"| '''Affects page content'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:</nowiki>''title''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
|
| Format the current page's title header. The value must be equivalent to the default title: only capitalization changes and replacing spaces with underscores. It can be disabled or enabled by {{mediawiki|Manual:$wgAllowDisplayTitle|$wgAllowDisplayTitle}}; disabled by default before 1.10+, enabled by default thereafter.
| 1.7+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:</nowiki>''sortkey''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORTKEY:</nowiki>''sortkey''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{DEFAULTCATEGORYSORT:</nowiki>''sortkey''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
|
| Used for categorizing pages, sets a default [[Help:Categories|category sort key]]. For example if you put <tt><nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, John}}</nowiki></tt> at the end of [[John Smith]], the page would be sorted under "S" by default in categories.
| 1.10+
|}
 
===Statistics===
Numbers returned by these variables normally contain separators (commas or spaces, depending on the local language), but can return raw numbers with the ":R" flag (for example, <code><tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}</nowiki></tt></code> &rarr; {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} and <code><tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}}</nowiki></tt></code> &rarr; {{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}}). Use "|R" for magic words that require a parameter like PAGESINCATEGORY (for example <code><tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help}}</nowiki></tt></code> and <code><tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help|R}}</nowiki></tt></code>).
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Variable
! Output
! Description
! Versions
|-
| colspan="4"| '''Entire wiki'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFPAGES}}
| Number of wiki pages.
| 1.7+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
| Number of pages in main namespace without Main Page.
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFFILES}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFFILES}}
| Number of uploaded files.
| 1.5+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFEDITS}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFEDITS}}
| Number of page edits.
| {{mediawiki|rev:21319|1.10+}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFVIEWS}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFVIEWS}}
| Number of page views. Usually useless on a wiki using [[Manual:Cache|caching]].
| {{mediawiki|rev:42721|1.14+}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFUSERS}}
| Number of registered users.
| 1.7+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFADMINS}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFADMINS}}
| Number of users in the ''sysop'' {{mediawiki|Manual:User rights|group}}.
| 1.7+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}
| Number of active users, based on the criteria used in [[Special:Statistics]].
| {{mediawiki|rev:47392|1.15+}}
|-style="background:#FED;"
| <tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINCATEGORY:</nowiki>''categoryname''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINCAT:Help}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help}}<br />{{PAGESINCAT:Help}}
| '''[expensive]''' Number of pages in the given [[Help:Categories|category]] (replace "Help" with the relevant category name).
| {{mediawiki|rev:32932|1.13+}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBERINGROUP:</nowiki>''groupname''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{NUMINGROUP:</nowiki>''groupname''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBERINGROUP:bureaucrat}}<br />{{NUMINGROUP:bureaucrat}}<br /><small><nowiki>({{NUMBERINGROUP:bureaucrat}} used here)</nowiki></small>
| Number of users in a specific {{mediawiki|Manual:User rights|group}}.
| {{mediawiki|rev:40116|1.14+}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINNS:</nowiki>''index''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINNAMESPACE:</nowiki>''index''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| ''not enabled''
| Number of pages in the given [[Help:Namespaces|namespace]] (replace 2 with the relevant [[Manual:Namespace|namespace index]]). E.g. <tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINNAMESPACE:</nowiki>''14''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt> equals the number of categories. Disabled by default, enable with {{mediawiki|Manual:$wgAllowSlowParserFunctions|$wgAllowSlowParserFunctions}}.
| 1.7+
|}
 
====Page names====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Variable
! Output
! Description
! Versions
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{FULLPAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{FULLPAGENAME}}
| Namespace and page title.
| 1.6+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{PAGENAME}}
| Page title.
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{BASEPAGENAME}}
| Page title excluding the current [[Help:Subpages|subpage]] and namespace ("Title" on "Title/foo").
| 1.7+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SUBPAGENAME}}
| The [[Help:Subpages|subpage]] title ("foo" on "Title/foo").
| 1.6+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}
| The namespace and title of the associated content page.
| 1.7+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{TALKPAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{TALKPAGENAME}}
| The namespace and title of the associated talk page.
| 1.7+
|}
 
The <tt><nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt> magic words only work in namespaces that have subpages enabled.  See {{mediawiki|Manual:$wgNamespacesWithSubpages}} for information on enabling subpages.
 
The following are URL-encoded equivalents:
* <tt><nowiki>{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{PAGENAMEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{TALKPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki></tt>
 
As of {{mediawiki|rev:46662|1.15+}}, these can all take a parameter, allowing specification of the page to be operated on, instead of just the current page:
* <tt><nowiki>{{PAGENAME:Template:Main Page}}</nowiki></tt> &rarr; '''{{PAGENAME:Template:Main Page}}'''
 
====Namespaces====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Variable
! Output
! Description
! Versions
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NAMESPACE}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NAMESPACE}}
| Namespace (name)
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SUBJECTSPACE}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{ARTICLESPACE}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SUBJECTSPACE}}<br />{{ARTICLESPACE}}
| Name of the associated content namespace
| 1.7+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{TALKSPACE}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{TALKSPACE}}
| Name of the associated talk namespace
| 1.7+
|}
 
The following are URL-encoded equivalents:
* <tt><nowiki>{{NAMESPACEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{SUBJECTSPACEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{TALKSPACEE}}</nowiki></tt>
 
As of {{mediawiki|rev:46630|1.15+}}, these can all take a parameter, specifying the property should be returned for a given title instead of the current page:
* <tt><nowiki>{{NAMESPACE:Template:Main Page}}</nowiki></tt> &rarr; '''{{NAMESPACE:Template:Main Page}}'''
 
==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 usually prefixed with a hash to distinguish them from possible 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 {{mediawiki|Extension:ParserFunctions|ParserFunctions extension}}. For those see [[Help:Extension:ParserFunctions]].
 
===URL data===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Parser function
! Input → Output
! Description
! Versions
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{localurl:</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{localurl:</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''query string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| <nowiki>{{localurl:MediaWiki}}</nowiki> → {{localurl:MediaWiki}}<br /><nowiki>{{localurl:MediaWiki|printable=yes}}</nowiki>  → {{localurl:MediaWiki|printable=yes}}
| The relative path to the title.
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{fullurl:</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{fullurl:</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''query_string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{fullurl:</nowiki>''interwiki:remote page name''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''query_string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| <nowiki>{{fullurl:Category:Top level}}</nowiki> → {{fullurl:Category:Top level}}<br />
<nowiki>{{fullurl:Category:Top level|action=edit}}</nowiki> → {{fullurl:Category:Top level|action=edit}}
| The absolute path to the title. This will also resolve [[Manual:Interwiki|Interwiki]] prefixes.
| 1.5+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{filepath:</nowiki>''file name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{filepath:file name|nowiki}}</nowiki></tt>
| <nowiki>{{filepath:Wiki.png}}</nowiki> → {{filepath:Wiki.png}}<br /><nowiki>{{filepath:Wiki.png|nowiki}}</nowiki> → {{filepath:Wiki.png|nowiki}}
| The absolute URL to a media file.
| {{mediawiki|rev:25854|1.12+}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{urlencode:</nowiki>''string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| <nowiki>{{urlencode:x y z}}</nowiki> → {{urlencode:x y z}}
| The input encoded for use in URLs.
| {{mediawiki|rev:14273|1.7+}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{anchorencode:</nowiki>''string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| <nowiki>{{anchorencode:x y z}}</nowiki> → {{anchorencode:x y z}}
| The input encoded for use in URL section anchors (after the '#' symbol in a URL).
| {{mediawiki|rev:16279|1.8+}}
|}
 
===Namespaces===
<code><tt><nowiki>{{ns:}}</nowiki></tt></code> returns the localized name for the [[Help:Namespace|namespace]] with that index.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" width="50%" | Content namespaces
! rowspan="11" |
! colspan="2" width=%50%" | Talk namespaces
|-
! Usage
! Output
! Usage
! Output
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:-2}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:Media}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:-2}}
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:-1}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:Special}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:-1}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:0}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:0}}
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:1}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:Talk}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:1}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:2}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:User}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:2}}
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:3}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:User talk}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:3}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:4}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:Project}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:4}}
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:5}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:Project talk}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:5}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:6}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:File}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:Image}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:6}}
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:7}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:File talk}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:Image talk}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:7}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:8}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:MediaWiki}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:8}}
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:9}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:MediaWiki talk}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:9}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:10}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:Template}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:10}}
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:11}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:Template talk}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:11}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:12}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:Help}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:12}}
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:13}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:Help talk}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:13}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:14}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:Category}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:14}}
| <tt><nowiki>{{ns:15}}</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>{{ns:Category talk}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ns:15}}
|}
 
===Formatting===
<!--Well gosh, with the source of the examples hidden, who can tell what you are inputting without looking here in the source?-->
{| class="wikitable"
! Usage
! Input → Output
! Description
! Version
|-
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{lc:</nowiki>''string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>{{lc:DATA CENTER}}</nowiki></tt> → {{lc:DATA CENTER}}
| The lowercase input.
| 1.5+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{lcfirst:</nowiki>''string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>{{lcfirst:DATA CENTER}}</nowiki></tt> → {{lcfirst:DATA CENTER}}
| The input with the <u>very first</u> character lowercase.
| 1.5+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{uc:</nowiki>''string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>{{uc:text transform}}</nowiki></tt> → {{uc:text transform}}
| The uppercase input.
| 1.5+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{ucfirst:</nowiki>''string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>{{ucfirst:text transform}}</nowiki></tt> → {{ucfirst:text transform}}
| The input with the <u>very first</u> character uppercase.
| 1.5+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{formatnum:</nowiki>''unformatted&nbsp;num''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{formatnum:</nowiki>''formatted&nbsp;num''<nowiki>|R}}</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>{{formatnum:-987654321.654321}}</nowiki></tt> → {{formatnum:-987654321.654321}} <br /> <tt><nowiki>{{formatnum:-987,654,321.654321|R}}</nowiki></tt> → {{formatnum:-987,654,321.654321|R}}
| The input with decimal and decimal group separators, and localized digit script, according to the wiki's default locale. the <tt><nowiki>|</nowiki>R</tt> parameter can be used to unformat a number, for use in mathematical situations.
| 1.7+<br />[[rev:32012|1.13+]]
|-
|
<code><nowiki>{{#dateformat:</nowiki>''date''<nowiki>}}
{{#formatdate:</nowiki>''date''<nowiki>}}
{{#dateformat:</nowiki>''date''{{!}}''format''<nowiki>}}
{{#formatdate:</nowiki>''date''{{!}}''format''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
|
<tt><nowiki>{{#dateformat:11 seP 2001|ymd}}</nowiki></tt><br/>
→ {{#dateformat:11 seP 2001|ymd}} (your pref),  2001 SeP 11 (default)<br/>
<tt><nowiki>{{#formatdate:sep 11,2001|dmy}}</nowiki></tt><br/>
→ {{#formatdate:sep 11,2001|dmy}} (your pref), 11 Sep 2001 (default)<br/>
<tt><nowiki>{{#dateformat:1941-12-07|mdy}}</nowiki></tt><br/>
→ {{#formatdate:1941-12-07|mdy}} (your pref), December 7, 1941 (default)<br/>
<tt><nowiki>{{#formatdate:2001 sep 11|ISO 8601}}</nowiki></tt><br/>
→ {{#formatdate:2001 sep 11|ISO 8601}} (your pref), 2001-09-11 (default)<br/>
 
Note: In the example above, "your pref" refers to your date preference on the current MediaWiki wiki only.
| Formats an unlinked date based on user "Date format" preference. For logged-out users and those who have not set a date format in their preferences, dates can be given a default: <tt>mdy</tt>, <tt>dmy</tt>, <tt>ymd</tt>, <tt>ISO 8601</tt> (all case sensitive). 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, it is rendered unchanged.<br/><small>{{warning}}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).</small>
| [[rev:48249|1.15+]]
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{padleft:xyz|</nowiki>''stringlength''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{padleft:xyz|</nowiki>''strlen''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''char''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>{{padleft:xyz|5}}</nowiki></tt> → {{padleft:xyz|5}}<br /> <tt><nowiki>{{padleft:xyz|5|_}}</nowiki></tt> → {{padleft:xyz|5|_}}
| 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. <nowiki>{{padleft:44|3|0}}</nowiki> produces {{padleft:44|3}}.<br />'''[[bugzilla:16852|bug]] (fixed in [[rev:45734|r45734]]):''' multibyte characters are interpreted as two characters, which can skew width. These also cannot be used as padding characters.
| 1.8+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{padright:xyz|</nowiki>''stringlength''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{padright:xyz|</nowiki>''strlen''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''char''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>{{padright:xyz|5}}</nowiki></tt> → {{padright:xyz|5}}<br /> <tt><nowiki>{{padright:xyz|5|_}}</nowiki></tt> → {{padright:xyz|5|_}}
| Identical to padleft, but adds padding characters to the right side.
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{plural:2|</nowiki>''is''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''are''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>{{plural:1|is|are}}</nowiki></tt> → {{plural:1|is|are}}<br /> <tt><nowiki>{{plural:2|is|are}}</nowiki></tt> → {{plural:2|is|are}}
| Outputs the correct given pluralization form (parameters except first) depending on the count (first parameter). Plural transformations are used for languages like Russian based on "count mod 10".
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{grammar:N|</nowiki>''noun''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
|
| Outputs
the correct inflected form of the given word
described by the inflection code after the colon
(language-dependent). 
Grammar transformations
are used for inflected languages like Polish. 
See also {{mediawiki|Manual:$wgGrammarForms}}.
| 1.7+
|}
 
===Miscellaneous===
{| class="wikitable plainlinks"
! Usage
! Output
! Description
! Version
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{int:</nowiki>''message name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
| <tt><nowiki>{{int:</nowiki>edit<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt> &rarr; '''{{int:edit}}''' <br /><small>''(depends on user language, try: [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|uselang=fr}}#Miscellaneous fr] &bull;[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|uselang=ja}}#Miscellaneous ja])''</small>
| Internationalizes (translates) the given '''int'''erface (MediaWiki namespace) message into the user language. ''Note that this can damage/confuse cache consistency, see [[bugzilla:14404|bug 14404]].''
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{#language:</nowiki>''language code''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{#language:ar}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{#language:th}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{#language:language code}}<br />{{#language:ar}}<br />{{#language:th}}
| The native name for the given language code, in accordance with [[w:ISO 639|ISO 639]].
| {{mediawiki|rev:14490|1.7+}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{#special:</nowiki>''special page name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki><br /><nowiki>{{#special:userlogin}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{#special:special page name}}<br />{{#special:userlogin}}
| The localized name for the given canonical Special: page.
| {{mediawiki|rev:17321|1.9+}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{#tag:</nowiki>''tagname''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{#tag:</nowiki>''tagname''<br><nowiki>|</nowiki>''tag content''<br><nowiki>|</nowiki>''parameter=value''<br /><nowiki>|</nowiki>''parameter2=value''<br /><nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| ''(depends on parser tag)''
| Alias for XML-style parser or extension tags, but parsing wiki code. Attribute values can be passed as parameter values ('<code><nowiki><tagname attribute="value"></nowiki></code>' &rarr; '<code><tt><nowiki>{{#tag:tagname|attribute=value}}</nowiki></tt></code>'), and inner content as an unnamed parameter ('<code><nowiki><tagname>content</tagname></nowiki></code>' &rarr; '<code><tt><nowiki>{{#tag:tagname|content}}</nowiki></tt></code>').
| [[rev:29482|1.12+]]
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{gender:</nowiki>''username''<br /><nowiki>|</nowiki>''return text if user is male''<br /><nowiki>|</nowiki>''return text if user is female''<br /><nowiki>|</nowiki>''return text if user hasn't defined their gender''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| ''(depends on the named user's gender)''
| A switch for the gender set in [[Special:Preferences]]
| [[rev:46247|1.15+]]
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{groupconvert:</nowiki>''groupname''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| ''(only works on wikis with language variants)''
| Allow to enable group conversion rules which defined on '''<nowiki>[[</nowiki>MediaWiki:Groupconversiontable-''groupname''/''variantcode''<nowiki>]]</nowiki>'''.
| [[rev:48984|1.15+]]
|}
 
{{languages}}
 
[[Category:Help|{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Time|{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Magic words|{{PAGENAME}}]]
 
 
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 ==
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" width="75%"
! Word !! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>
| Hides the Table of Contents on the current page.
|-
|<nowiki>__FORCETOC__</nowiki>
| Forces the table of contents to appear.
|-
| <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki>
| Places a Table of Contents here. Also forces it to appear.
|}<br clear="left" />
 
The Table of contents can also be forced onto a floating table on the right hand of the screen with the code below:
 
<pre>
  {| align="right"
  | __TOC__
  |}
</pre>
 
== More magic ==
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" width="75%"
! Word !! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>__NOEDITSECTION__</nowiki>
| Hides the edit links beside headings.
|-
| <nowiki>__NOTITLECONVERT__</nowiki><br /><nowiki>__NOTC__</nowiki>
| Like <nowiki>__NOCC__</nowiki> but affecting article title only.
|-
| <nowiki>__END__</nowiki>
| Allows for trailing whitespace to be included in the page save.
|}<br clear="left" />
 
== Template modifiers ==
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" width="75%"
! Word !! Usage !! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>{{subst:}}</nowiki>
| <nowiki>{{subst:XYZ}}</nowiki>
| Substitutes the template call with the ''content'' of the template.
|-
| <nowiki>{{msg:}}</nowiki>
| <nowiki>{{msg:XYZ}}</nowiki>
| 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.
|-
| <nowiki>{{msgnw:}}</nowiki>
| <nowiki>{{msgnw:XYZ}}</nowiki>
| The template message is pasted as unevaluated &lt;nowiki&gt; text.
|-
| <nowiki>{{INT:}}</nowiki>
| <nowiki>{{INT:XYZ}}</nowiki>
| 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 ==
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
! Word !! Example !! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTDAY}}</code>
| Displays the current day in numeric form.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}</code>
| Displays the current day in named form.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTDOW}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTDOW}}</code>
| Displays the current day as a number of the week (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTH}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTMONTH}}</code>
| Displays the current month in numeric form.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}</code>
| Displays the abbreviation of the current month.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</code>
| Displays the current month in named form.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}</code>
| Displays the name of the current month in genitive form. Wikis that don't support this will default to <nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki>.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTTIME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTTIME}}</code>
| Displays the current time of day (hours:minutes).
|-
|<nowiki>{{CURRENTHOUR}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTHOUR}}</code>
| Displays the current hour in numeric form.
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTWEEK}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTWEEK}}</code>
| Displays the number of the current week (1-52).
|-
| <nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{CURRENTYEAR}}</code>
| Returns the current year.
|}<br clear="all" />
 
== Page names, locations, and URLs ==
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
! Word !! Example !! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{PAGENAME}}</code>
| Returns the name of the current page, including all levels (Title/Subtitle/Sub-subtitle).
|-
| <nowiki>{{PAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{PAGENAMEE}}</code>
| More URL-friendly percent encoded special characters (rarely necessary).
|-
| <nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAME}}</nowiki><br /><nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{SUBPAGENAME}}<br />{{SUBPAGENAMEE}}</code>
| Name of the current page, excluding parent pages ("Subtitle" on "Title/Other/Subtitle") in namespaces supporting subpages.
|-
| <nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</nowiki><br ><nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{BASEPAGENAME}}<br />{{BASEPAGENAMEE}}</code>
| The basename of a subpage ("Title/Other" on "Title/Other/Subtitle").
|-
| <nowiki>{{NAMESPACE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{NAMESPACE}}</code>
| Returns the name of the namespace the current page resides in.
|-
| <nowiki>{{FULLPAGENAME}}</nowiki><br ><nowiki>{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{FULLPAGENAME}}<br />{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}</code>
| Shorthands for NAMESPACE+PAGENAME
|-
| <nowiki>{{TALKSPACE}}</nowiki><br ><nowiki>{{TALKSPACEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{TALKSPACE}}<br />{{TALKSPACEE}}</code>
| Name of next odd namespace (e.g. 4 =&gt; 5) 
|-
| <nowiki>{{SUBJECTSPACE}}</nowiki><br ><nowiki>{{SUBJECTSPACEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{SUBJECTSPACE}}<br />{{SUBJECTSPACEE}}</code>
| Name of last even namespace (e.g. 5 =&gt; 4)
|-
| <nowiki>{{ARTICLESPACE}}</nowiki><br ><nowiki>{{ARTICLESPACEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{ARTICLESPACE}}<br />{{ARTICLESPACEE}}</code>
| An alias for SUBJECTSPACE(E)
|-
| <nowiki>{{TALKPAGENAME}}</nowiki><br ><nowiki>{{TALKPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{TALKPAGENAME}}<br />{{TALKPAGENAMEE}}</code>
| FULLPAGENAME in its TALKSPACE
|-
| <nowiki>{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}</nowiki><br ><nowiki>{{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}<br />{{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}</code>
| FULLPAGENAME in its SUBJECTSPACE
|-
| <nowiki>{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}</nowiki><br ><nowiki>{{ARTICLEPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}<br />{{ARTICLEPAGENAMEE}}</code>
| An alias for SUBJECTPAGENAME(E)
|-
| <nowiki>{{REVISIONID}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{REVISIONID}}</code>
| Gives you the unique identifying number of the article or diff database.
|-
| <nowiki>{{REVISIONDAY}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{REVISIONDAY}}</code>
| The day on which the page was last modified.
|-
| <nowiki>{{REVISIONDAY2}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{REVISIONDAY2}}</code>
| The day on which the page was last modified, but with a leading zero (01 .. 31).
|-
| <nowiki>{{REVISIONMONTH}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{REVISIONMONTH}}</code>
| The month in which the page was last modified.
|-
| <nowiki>{{REVISIONYEAR}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{REVISIONYEAR}}</code>
| The year in which the page was last modified.
|-
| <nowiki>{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}</code>
| [[wikipedia:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] time stamp, indicating when the page was last modified.
|-
| <nowiki>{{SITENAME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{SITENAME}}</code>
| Returns the name of the wiki (set in <tt>LocalSettings.php</tt>).
|-
| <nowiki>{{NS:}}</nowiki>
| <nowiki>{{NS:4}}</nowiki> = <code>{{NS:4}}</code><br /><nowiki>{{NS:PROJECT}}</nowiki> = <code>{{NS:PROJECT}}</code>
| Returns the name of a given [[UDWiki:Namespaces|namespace number]].
|-
| <nowiki>{{LOCALURL:x y}}</nowiki><br /><nowiki>{{LOCALURLE:%}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{localurl:x y}}<br />{{localurle:%}}</code>
| Returns the local URL of a given page. The page might not exist.
|-
| <nowiki>{{SERVER}}</nowiki>
| <small>{{SERVER}}</small>
| Returns the domain and subdomain URL of the wiki.
|-
| <nowiki>{{SCRIPTPATH}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{SCRIPTPATH}}</code>
| Returns the value of $wgScriptPath in <tt>LocalSettings.php</tt>.
|-
| <nowiki>{{SERVERNAME}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{SERVERNAME}}</code>
| Returns the value of $wgServerName in <tt>LocalSettings.php</tt>.
|}
 
== Miscellaneous ==
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
! Word
! Usage
! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</code>
| A [[Help:Variable|variable]] which returns the total number of articles on the Wiki.
|-
| <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFFILES}}</nowiki>
| <code>{{NUMBEROFFILES}}</code>
| Returns the number of uploaded files (rows in the image table).
|-
| <nowiki>#redirect</nowiki>
| <code>#REDIRECT&#160;[&#91;target&#93;]</code><br />at top of source page
| Creates a [[Help:Redirect|redirect]] to another page.
|}<br clear="all" />
 
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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 Template:Mediawiki.

There are three general types of magic words:

Page-dependent magic words will affect or return data about the current page, even if the word is added through a transcluded template or included system message.

Behavior switches

A behavior switch controls the layout or behaviour of the page and can often be used to specify desired omissions and inclusions in the content.

Word Description Versions
Table of contents
__NOTOC__ Hides the table of contents (TOC).
__FORCETOC__ Forces the table of content to appear at its normal position (above the first header).
__TOC__ Places a table of contents at the word's current position (overriding __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.
__NEWSECTIONLINK__ Adds a link ("+" by default) beside the "edit" tab for adding a new section on a non-talk page (see Template:Mediawiki). 1.7+
__NONEWSECTIONLINK__ Removes the link beside the "edit" tab on pages in talk namespaces. Template:Mediawiki
Categories
__NOGALLERY__ Used on a category page, replaces thumbnails in the category view with normal links. 1.7+
__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 user preferences to show them). 1.13+
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.
__END__ Explicitly marks the end of the article, to prevent MediaWiki from removing trailing whitespace. Removed in Template:Mediawiki.
__INDEX__ Tell search engines to index the page (overrides Template:Mediawiki, but not robots.txt). 1.14+
__NOINDEX__ Tell search engines not to index the page (ie, do not list in search engines' results). Template:Mediawiki
__STATICREDIRECT__ On redirect pages, don't allow MediaWiki to automatically update the link when someone moves a page and checks "Update any redirects that point to the original title". Template:Mediawiki

Variables

Variables return information about the current page, wiki, or date. Their syntax is similar to 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 {{Template:PAGENAME}}). In some cases, adding parameters will force the parser to treat a variable as a template; for example, {{CURRENTDAYNAME|x}} transcludes Template:CURRENTDAYNAME.

Template:Admin tip

Date & time

The following variables return the current date and time according to the user's timezone preferences, defaulting to the UTC timezone.

Due to MediaWiki and browser caching, these variables frequently show when the page was cached rather than the current time.

Variable Output Description Versions
Year
{{CURRENTYEAR}} 2024 Year
Month
{{CURRENTMONTH}} 09 Month (zero-padded number)
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} September Month (name)
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}} September Month (genitive form)
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} Sep Month (abbreviation) 1.5+
Day
{{CURRENTDAY}} 27 Day of the month (unpadded number)
{{CURRENTDAY2}} 27 Day of the month (zero-padded number) 1.6+
{{CURRENTDOW}} 5 Day of the week (unpadded number)
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} Friday Day of the week (name)
Time
{{CURRENTTIME}} 19:54 Time (24-hour HH:mm format)
{{CURRENTHOUR}} 19 Hour (24-hour zero-padded number)
Other
{{CURRENTWEEK}} 39 Week (number)
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} 20240927195439 YYYYMMDDHHmmss timestamp 1.7+

The following variables do the same as the above, but using the site's local timezone instead of user preferences and UTC:

  • {{LOCALYEAR}}
  • {{LOCALMONTH}}
  • {{LOCALMONTHNAME}}
  • {{LOCALMONTHNAMEGEN}}
  • {{LOCALMONTHABBREV}}
  • {{LOCALDAY}}
  • {{LOCALDAY2}}
  • {{LOCALDOW}}
  • {{LOCALDAYNAME}}
  • {{LOCALTIME}}
  • {{LOCALHOUR}}
  • {{LOCALWEEK}}
  • {{LOCALTIMESTAMP}}
For more thorough time formatting, you may want to install Extension:ParserFunctions to use the #time: parser function

Technical metadata

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
Site
{{SITENAME}} The Urban Dead Wiki The wiki's site name (Template:Mediawiki).
{{SERVER}} //wiki.urbandead.com domain URL (Template:Mediawiki)
{{SERVERNAME}} wiki.urbandead.com domain name (Template:Mediawiki)
{{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. 1.7+
{{SCRIPTPATH}} relative script path (Template:Mediawiki)
{{CURRENTVERSION}} 1.39.1 The wiki's MediaWiki version. 1.7+
{{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}
{{CONTENTLANG}}
en
en
The wiki's default interface language (Template:Mediawiki) 1.7+
Latest revision to current page
{{REVISIONID}} 1530410 Unique revision ID 1.5+
{{REVISIONDAY}} 2 Day edit was made (unpadded number) 1.8+
{{REVISIONDAY2}} 02 Day edit was made (zero-padded number) 1.8+
{{REVISIONMONTH}} 08 Month edit was made (unpadded number) 1.8+
{{REVISIONYEAR}} 2009 Year edit was made 1.8+
{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} 20090802153514 Timestamp as of time of edit 1.8+
{{REVISIONUSER}} The Rooster The username of the user who made the most recent edit to the page 1.15+
{{PAGESIZE:page name}} 0 [expensive] Returns the byte size of the specified page. Template:Mediawiki
{{PROTECTIONLEVEL:action}} protection level Outputs the protection level (e.g. 'autoconfirm', 'sysop') for a given action (e.g. 'edit', 'move') on the current page or an empty string if not protected. 1.15+
Affects page content
{{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. It can be disabled or enabled by Template:Mediawiki; disabled by default before 1.10+, enabled by default thereafter. 1.7+
{{DEFAULTSORT:sortkey}}
{{DEFAULTSORTKEY:sortkey}}
{{DEFAULTCATEGORYSORT:sortkey}}
Used for categorizing pages, sets a default category sort key. For example if you put {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, John}} at the end of John Smith, the page would be sorted under "S" by default in categories. 1.10+

Statistics

Numbers returned by these variables normally contain separators (commas or spaces, depending on the local language), but can return raw numbers with the ":R" flag (for example, {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} → 152,303 and {{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}} → 152303). Use "|R" for magic words that require a parameter like PAGESINCATEGORY (for example {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help}} and {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help|R}}).

Variable Output Description Versions
Entire wiki
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}} 152,303 Number of wiki pages. 1.7+
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} 19,389 Number of pages in main namespace without Main Page.
{{NUMBEROFFILES}} 22,066 Number of uploaded files. 1.5+
{{NUMBEROFEDITS}} 3,186,068 Number of page edits. Template:Mediawiki
{{NUMBEROFVIEWS}} Template:NUMBEROFVIEWS Number of page views. Usually useless on a wiki using caching. Template:Mediawiki
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} 51,309 Number of registered users. 1.7+
{{NUMBEROFADMINS}} 7 Number of users in the sysop Template:Mediawiki. 1.7+
{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}} 18 Number of active users, based on the criteria used in Special:Statistics. Template:Mediawiki
{{PAGESINCATEGORY:categoryname}}
{{PAGESINCAT:Help}}
27
27
[expensive] Number of pages in the given category (replace "Help" with the relevant category name). Template:Mediawiki
{{NUMBERINGROUP:groupname}}
{{NUMINGROUP:groupname}}
4
4
({{NUMBERINGROUP:bureaucrat}} used here)
Number of users in a specific Template:Mediawiki. Template:Mediawiki
{{PAGESINNS:index}}
{{PAGESINNAMESPACE:index}}
not enabled Number of pages in the given namespace (replace 2 with the relevant namespace index). E.g. {{PAGESINNAMESPACE:14}} equals the number of categories. Disabled by default, enable with Template:Mediawiki. 1.7+

Page names

Variable Output Description Versions
{{FULLPAGENAME}} User:The Rooster/Sandpit/10 Namespace and page title. 1.6+
{{PAGENAME}} The Rooster/Sandpit/10 Page title.
{{BASEPAGENAME}} The Rooster/Sandpit Page title excluding the current subpage and namespace ("Title" on "Title/foo"). 1.7+
{{SUBPAGENAME}} 10 The subpage title ("foo" on "Title/foo"). 1.6+
{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}} User:The Rooster/Sandpit/10 The namespace and title of the associated content page. 1.7+
{{TALKPAGENAME}} User talk:The Rooster/Sandpit/10 The namespace and title of the associated talk page. 1.7+

The {{BASEPAGENAME}} and {{SUBPAGENAME}} magic words only work in namespaces that have subpages enabled. See Template:Mediawiki for information on enabling subpages.

The following are URL-encoded equivalents:

  • {{FULLPAGENAMEE}}
  • {{PAGENAMEE}}
  • {{BASEPAGENAMEE}}
  • {{SUBPAGENAMEE}}
  • {{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}
  • {{TALKPAGENAMEE}}

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:

  • {{PAGENAME:Template:Main Page}}Main Page

Namespaces

Variable Output Description Versions
{{NAMESPACE}} User Namespace (name)
{{SUBJECTSPACE}}
{{ARTICLESPACE}}
User
User
Name of the associated content namespace 1.7+
{{TALKSPACE}} User talk Name of the associated talk namespace 1.7+

The following are URL-encoded equivalents:

  • {{NAMESPACEE}}
  • {{SUBJECTSPACEE}}
  • {{TALKSPACEE}}

As of Template:Mediawiki, these can all take a parameter, specifying the property should be returned for a given title instead of the current page:

  • {{NAMESPACE:Template:Main Page}}Template

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 usually prefixed with a hash to distinguish them from possible 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 Template:Mediawiki. For those see Help:Extension:ParserFunctions.

URL data

Parser function Input → Output Description Versions
{{localurl:page name}}
{{localurl:page name|query string}}
{{localurl:MediaWiki}} → /index.php/MediaWiki
{{localurl:MediaWiki|printable=yes}} → /index.php?title=MediaWiki&printable=yes
The relative path to the title.
{{fullurl:page name}}
{{fullurl:page name|query_string}}
{{fullurl:interwiki:remote page name|query_string}}
{{fullurl:Category:Top level}} → //wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Category:Top_level

{{fullurl:Category:Top level|action=edit}} → //wiki.urbandead.com/index.php?title=Category:Top_level&action=edit

The absolute path to the title. This will also resolve Interwiki prefixes. 1.5+
{{filepath:file name}}
{{filepath:file name|nowiki}}
{{filepath:Wiki.png}} → //wiki.urbandead.com/images/b/bc/Wiki.png
{{filepath:Wiki.png|nowiki}} → //wiki.urbandead.com/images/b/bc/Wiki.png
The absolute URL to a media file. Template:Mediawiki
{{urlencode:string}} {{urlencode:x y z}} → x+y+z The input encoded for use in URLs. Template:Mediawiki
{{anchorencode:string}} {{anchorencode:x y z}} → x_y_z The input encoded for use in URL section anchors (after the '#' symbol in a URL). Template:Mediawiki

Namespaces

{{ns:}} returns the localized name for the namespace with that index.

Content namespaces Talk namespaces
Usage Output Usage Output
{{ns:-2}} or {{ns:Media}} Media {{ns:-1}} or {{ns:Special}} Special
{{ns:0}} {{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}} UDWiki {{ns:5}} or {{ns:Project talk}} UDWiki talk
{{ns:6}} or {{ns:File}} or {{ns:Image}} File {{ns:7}} or {{ns:File talk}} or {{ns:Image talk}} File talk
{{ns:8}} or {{ns:MediaWiki}} MediaWiki {{ns:9}} or {{ns:MediaWiki talk}} MediaWiki talk
{{ns:10}} or {{ns:Template}} Template {{ns:11}} or {{ns:Template talk}} Template talk
{{ns:12}} or {{ns:Help}} Help {{ns:13}} or {{ns:Help talk}} Help talk
{{ns:14}} or {{ns:Category}} Category {{ns:15}} or {{ns:Category talk}} Category talk

Formatting

Usage Input → Output Description Version
{{lc:string}} {{lc:DATA CENTER}} → data center The lowercase input. 1.5+
{{lcfirst:string}} {{lcfirst:DATA CENTER}} → dATA CENTER The input with the very first character lowercase. 1.5+
{{uc:string}} {{uc:text transform}} → TEXT TRANSFORM The uppercase input. 1.5+
{{ucfirst:string}} {{ucfirst:text transform}} → Text transform The input with the very first character uppercase. 1.5+
{{formatnum:unformatted num}}
{{formatnum:formatted num|R}}
{{formatnum:-987654321.654321}} → −987,654,321.654321
{{formatnum:-987,654,321.654321|R}} → -987654321.654321
The input with decimal and decimal group separators, and localized digit script, according to the wiki's default locale. the |R parameter can be used to unformat a number, for use in mathematical situations. 1.7+
1.13+

{{#dateformat:date}} {{#formatdate:date}} {{#dateformat:date|format}} {{#formatdate:date|format}}

{{#dateformat:11 seP 2001|ymd}}
2001 September 11 (your pref), 2001 SeP 11 (default)
{{#formatdate:sep 11,2001|dmy}}
11 September 2001 (your pref), 11 Sep 2001 (default)
{{#dateformat:1941-12-07|mdy}}
December 7, 1941 (your pref), December 7, 1941 (default)
{{#formatdate:2001 sep 11|ISO 8601}}
2001-09-11 (your pref), 2001-09-11 (default)

Note: In the example above, "your pref" refers to your date preference on the current MediaWiki wiki only.

Formats an unlinked date based on user "Date format" preference. 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 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, it is rendered unchanged.
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Please do not vandalise this wiki. Continuing this behaviour may lead to your editing privileges being revoked.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).
1.15+
{{padleft:xyz|stringlength}}
{{padleft:xyz|strlen|char}}
{{padleft:xyz|5}} → 00xyz
{{padleft:xyz|5|_}} → __xyz
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.
bug (fixed in r45734): multibyte characters are interpreted as two characters, which can skew width. These also cannot be used as padding characters.
1.8+
{{padright:xyz|stringlength}}
{{padright:xyz|strlen|char}}
{{padright:xyz|5}} → xyz00
{{padright:xyz|5|_}} → xyz__
Identical to padleft, but adds padding characters to the right side.
{{plural:2|is|are}} {{plural:1|is|are}} → is
{{plural:2|is|are}} → are
Outputs the correct given pluralization form (parameters except first) depending on the count (first parameter). Plural transformations are used for languages like Russian based on "count mod 10".
{{grammar:N|noun}} Outputs

the correct inflected form of the given word described by the inflection code after the colon (language-dependent). Grammar transformations are used for inflected languages like Polish. See also Template:Mediawiki.

1.7+

Miscellaneous

Template:Languages


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}} 27 Displays the current day in numeric form.
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} Friday Displays the current day in named form.
{{CURRENTDOW}} 5 Displays the current day as a number of the week (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
{{CURRENTMONTH}} 09 Displays the current month in numeric form.
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} Sep Displays the abbreviation of the current month.
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} September Displays the current month in named form.
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}} September Displays the name of the current month in genitive form. Wikis that don't support this will default to {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}.
{{CURRENTTIME}} 19:54 Displays the current time of day (hours:minutes).
{{CURRENTHOUR}} 19 Displays the current hour in numeric form.
{{CURRENTWEEK}} 39 Displays the number of the current week (1-52).
{{CURRENTYEAR}} 2024 Returns the current year.


Page names, locations, and URLs

Word Example Explanation
{{PAGENAME}} The Rooster/Sandpit/10 Returns the name of the current page, including all levels (Title/Subtitle/Sub-subtitle).
{{PAGENAMEE}} The_Rooster/Sandpit/10 More URL-friendly percent encoded special characters (rarely necessary).
{{SUBPAGENAME}}
{{SUBPAGENAMEE}}
10
10
Name of the current page, excluding parent pages ("Subtitle" on "Title/Other/Subtitle") in namespaces supporting subpages.
{{BASEPAGENAME}}
{{BASEPAGENAMEE}}
The Rooster/Sandpit
The_Rooster/Sandpit
The basename of a subpage ("Title/Other" on "Title/Other/Subtitle").
{{NAMESPACE}} User Returns the name of the namespace the current page resides in.
{{FULLPAGENAME}}
{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}
User:The Rooster/Sandpit/10
User:The_Rooster/Sandpit/10
Shorthands for NAMESPACE+PAGENAME
{{TALKSPACE}}
{{TALKSPACEE}}
User talk
User_talk
Name of next odd namespace (e.g. 4 => 5)
{{SUBJECTSPACE}}
{{SUBJECTSPACEE}}
User
User
Name of last even namespace (e.g. 5 => 4)
{{ARTICLESPACE}}
{{ARTICLESPACEE}}
User
User
An alias for SUBJECTSPACE(E)
{{TALKPAGENAME}}
{{TALKPAGENAMEE}}
User talk:The Rooster/Sandpit/10
User_talk:The_Rooster/Sandpit/10
FULLPAGENAME in its TALKSPACE
{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}
{{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}
User:The Rooster/Sandpit/10
User:The_Rooster/Sandpit/10
FULLPAGENAME in its SUBJECTSPACE
{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}
{{ARTICLEPAGENAMEE}}
User:The Rooster/Sandpit/10
User:The_Rooster/Sandpit/10
An alias for SUBJECTPAGENAME(E)
{{REVISIONID}} 1530410 Gives you the unique identifying number of the article or diff database.
{{REVISIONDAY}} 2 The day on which the page was last modified.
{{REVISIONDAY2}} 02 The day on which the page was last modified, but with a leading zero (01 .. 31).
{{REVISIONMONTH}} 08 The month in which the page was last modified.
{{REVISIONYEAR}} 2009 The year in which the page was last modified.
{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} 20090802153514 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}} 22,066 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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