From CSES
This is an organized 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__
| Hides the Table of Contents on the current page.
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| __FORCETOC__
| Forces the table of contents to appear.
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| __TOC__
| Places a Table of Contents here. Also forces it to appear.
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More magic
| Word | Explanation
|
| __NOEDITSECTION__
| Hides the edit links beside headings.
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__NOTITLECONVERT__
__NOTC__
| Like __NOCC__ but affecting article title only.
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| __END__
| 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:}}
| {{subst:XYZ}}
| Substitutes the template call with the content of the template.
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| {{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.
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| {{msgnw:}}
| {{msgnw:XYZ}}
| The template message is pasted as unevaluated <nowiki> text.
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| {{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.
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Time
| Word | Example | Explanation
|
| {{CURRENTDAY}}
| 18
| Displays the current day in numeric form.
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| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}}
| Saturday
| Displays the current day in named form.
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| {{CURRENTDOW}}
| 6
| Displays the current day as a number of the week (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
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| {{CURRENTMONTH}}
| 05
| Displays the current month in numeric form.
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| {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}
| May
| Displays the abbreviation of the current month.
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| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
| May
| Displays the current month in named form.
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| {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}
| May
| 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}}
| 16:29
| Displays the current time of day (hours:minutes).
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| {{CURRENTWEEK}}
| 20
| Displays the number of the current week (1-52).
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| {{CURRENTYEAR}}
| 2013
| Returns the current year.
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Page names, locations, and URLs
| Word | Example | Explanation
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| {{PAGENAME}}
| Magic Words
| Returns the name of the current page, including all levels (Title/Subtitle/Sub-subtitle).
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| {{PAGENAMEE}}
| Magic_Words
| More URL-friendly percent encoded special characters (rarely necessary).
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| {{NAMESPACE}}
| Help
| Returns the name of the namespace the current page resides in.
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| {{REVISIONID}}
| 588
| Gives you the unique identifying number of the article or diff database.
|
| {{SITENAME}}
| CSES
| Returns the name of the wiki (set in LocalSettings.php).
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| {{NS:}}
| {{NS:4}} = CSES
{{NS:PROJECT}} = CSES
| Returns the name of a given namespace number.
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{{LOCALURL:x y}}
{{LOCALURLE:%}}
| /mediawiki/index.php?title=X_y
/mediawiki/index.php?title=%25
| Returns the local URL of a given page. The page might not exist.
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| {{SERVER}}
| http://somaticjourney.com
| Returns the domain and subdomain URL of the wiki.
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| {{SCRIPTPATH}}
| /mediawiki
| Returns the value of $wgScriptPath in LocalSettings.php.
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| {{SERVERNAME}}
| somaticjourney.com
| Returns the value of $wgServerName in LocalSettings.php.
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Miscellaneous
| Word
| Usage
| Explanation
|
| {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
| 81
| A variable which returns the total number of articles on the Wiki.
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| {{NUMBEROFFILES}}
| 44
| Returns the number of uploaded files (rows in the image table).
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| #redirect
| #REDIRECT [[target]]
at top of source page
| Creates a redirect to another page.
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