User:The Rooster/Sandpit/10

Magic words are strings of text that MediaWiki associates with a return value or function, such as time, site details, or page names.

There are three general types of magic words:

• Behavior switches: these are uppercase words surrounded by double underscores, e.g. __FOO__
• Variables: these are uppercase words surrounded by double braces, e.g. {{FOO}}. As such, they look a lot like templates.
• Parser functions: these take parameters and are either of the form {{foo:...}} or {{#foo:...}}. See also Help:Extension:ParserFunctions.

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.

Behaviour switches

A behaviour 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
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 ("+") beside the "edit" tab for adding a new section on a non-talk page. Needs Testing
Categories
__NOGALLERY__	Used on a category page, replaces thumbnails in the category view with normal links. Needs Testing

Variables

Variables return information about the current page, wiki, or date. Their syntax is similar to templates.

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
Year
{{CURRENTYEAR}}	2024	Year
Month
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	06	Month (zero-padded number)
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	June	Month (name)
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}	June	Month (genitive form)
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}	Jun	Month (abbreviation)
Day
{{CURRENTDAY}}	26	Day of the month (unpadded number)
{{CURRENTDAY2}}	26	Day of the month (zero-padded number)
{{CURRENTDOW}}	3	Day of the week (Sunday = 0 thru Saturday=6) (??)
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Wednesday	Day of the week (name)
Time
{{CURRENTTIME}}	14:15	Time (24-hour HH:mm format)
{{CURRENTHOUR}}	14	Hour (24-hour zero-padded number)
Other
{{CURRENTWEEK}}	26	Week (number)
{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}	20240626141547	YYYYMMDDHHmmss timestamp

The following variables do the same as the above, but using the server's time (either UTC or BST (UTC+1) depending on daylight savings)

• {{LOCALYEAR}}
• {{LOCALMONTH}}
• {{LOCALMONTHNAME}}
• {{LOCALMONTHNAMEGEN}}
• {{LOCALMONTHABBREV}}
• {{LOCALDAY}}
• {{LOCALDAY2}}
• {{LOCALDOW}}
• {{LOCALDAYNAME}}
• {{LOCALTIME}}
• {{LOCALHOUR}}
• {{LOCALWEEK}}
• {{LOCALTIMESTAMP}}

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
Site
{{SITENAME}}	The Urban Dead Wiki	The wiki's site name
{{SERVER}}	//wiki.urbandead.com	domain URL
{{SERVERNAME}}	wiki.urbandead.com	domain name
{{CURRENTVERSION}}	1.39.1	The wiki's MediaWiki version.
Latest revision to current page
{{REVISIONID}}	1530426	Unique revision ID
{{REVISIONDAY}}	2	Day edit was made (unpadded number)
{{REVISIONDAY2}}	02	Day edit was made (zero-padded number)
{{REVISIONMONTH}}	08	Month edit was made (unpadded number)
{{REVISIONYEAR}}	2009	Year edit was made
{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}	20090802161740	Timestamp as of time of edit
Affects page content
{{DISPLAYTITLE:title}}	Needs Testing	Format the current page's title header. The value must be equivalent to the default title: only capitalization changes and replacing spaces with underscores.

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}} → 152,207 and {{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}} → 152207). |- ! Variable ! Output ! Description |- | colspan="3"| Entire wiki |- | {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} | 152,207 | Number of wiki pages. |- | {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} | 19,388 | Number of pages in main namespace without Main Page. |- | {{NUMBEROFFILES}} | 22,060 | Number of uploaded files. |- | {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} | 51,209 | Number of registered users. |- | {{NUMBEROFADMINS}} | 7 | Number of sysops. |}

Page names

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

The {{BASEPAGENAME}} and {{SUBPAGENAME}} magic words only work in namespaces that have subpages enabled.

The following are URL-encoded equivalents:

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

Namespaces

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

The following are URL-encoded equivalents:

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

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
{{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: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.
{{urlencode:string}}	{{urlencode:x y z}} → x+y+z	The input encoded for use in URLs.
{{anchorencode:string}}	{{anchorencode:x y z}} → x_y_z	The input encoded for use in URL section anchors (after the '#' symbol in a URL).

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
{{lc:string}}	{{lc:DATA CENTER}} → data center	The lowercase input.
{{lcfirst:string}}	{{lcfirst:DATA CENTER}} → dATA CENTER	The input with the very first character lowercase.
{{uc:string}}	{{uc:text transform}} → TEXT TRANSFORM	The uppercase input.
{{ucfirst:string}}	{{ucfirst:text transform}} → Text transform	The input with the very first character uppercase.
{{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+
{{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.
{{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.

Miscellaneous

Usage	Output	Description
{{int:message name}}	{{int:edit}} → Edit (depends on user language, try: fr •ja)	Internationalizes (translates) the given interface (MediaWiki namespace) message into the user language. Note that this can damage/confuse cache consistency, see bug 14404.
{{#language:language code}} {{#language:ar}} {{#language:th}}	language code العربية ไทย	The native name for the given language code, in accordance with ISO 639.
{{#special:special page name}} {{#special:userlogin}}	Special:Special page name Special:UserLogin	The localized name for the given canonical Special: page.

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}}	26	Displays the current day in numeric form.
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Wednesday	Displays the current day in named form.
{{CURRENTDOW}}	3	Displays the current day as a number of the week (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	06	Displays the current month in numeric form.
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}	Jun	Displays the abbreviation of the current month.
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	June	Displays the current month in named form.
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}	June	Displays the name of the current month in genitive form. Wikis that don't support this will default to {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}.
{{CURRENTTIME}}	14:15	Displays the current time of day (hours:minutes).
{{CURRENTHOUR}}	14	Displays the current hour in numeric form.
{{CURRENTWEEK}}	26	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}}	1530426	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}}	20090802161740	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}}	19,388	A variable which returns the total number of articles on the Wiki.
{{NUMBEROFFILES}}	22,060	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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