Difference between revisions of "Help:Magic Words"

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Magic words are a set of predefined variables that Mediawiki uses.

Word	Explanation
__NOEDITSECTION__	Hides the edit links beside headings.

Word	Example	Explanation
{{CURRENTDAY}}	`6`	Displays the current day in numeric form.
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	`Saturday`	Displays the current day in named form.
{{CURRENTDOW}}	`6`	Ditto as number (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	`12`	The number 01 .. 12 of the current month.
{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}	`Dec`	[MW1.5+] Ditto abbreviated Jan .. Dec.
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	`December`	Ditto in named form January .. December.
{{CURRENTTIME}}	`23:16`	The current time of day (00:00 .. 23:59).
{{CURRENTWEEK}}	`49`	Number of the current week (1-53) according to ISO 8601 with no leading zero.
{{CURRENTYEAR}}	`2025`	Returns the current year.

Word	Example	Explanation
{{PAGENAME}}	`Magic Words`	Returns the name of the current page, including all levels (Title/Subtitle/Sub-subtitle).
{{NAMESPACE}}	`Help`	Returns the name of the namespace the current page resides in.
{{SERVER}}	https://esip.wikiteq.com	Value of $wgServer

These are short instructions. For a more detailed version see Meta.Wikimedia.

If this terse instruction set is unclear or inadequate, users are requested to fix it. Thanks.

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-! Word
-! Explanation
-|-
-| <nowiki>__NOEDITSECTION__</nowiki>
-| Hides the edit links beside headings.
-|}
 ! Word
 ! Example

Word	Explanation
__NOTOC__	Hides ToC on the current page.
__FORCETOC__	Forces the table of contents to appear.
__TOC__	Places a ToC here (overriding any __NOTOC__).