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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}}.

There are three general types of magic words:
*'''[[#Behaviour switches|Behavior switches]]''': these are uppercase words surrounded by double underscores (eg '''__FOO__''')
*'''[[#Variables|Variables]]''': these are uppercase words surrounded by double braces (eg '''<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>'''.

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.

{| {{prettytable}}
|-
!{{Hl2}}| Word
!{{Hl2}}| Description
!{{Hl2}}| Versions
|-
|{{Hl3}} 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.
|
|-
|{{Hl3}} 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+
|-
|{{Hl3}} 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+
|-
|{{Hl3}} 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).
| 
|-
|{{Hl3}} 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).
| 1.13+
|- 
|  <nowiki>__NOINDEX__</nowiki>
| Tell search engines not to index the page (ie, do not list in search engines' results).
| {{mediawiki|rev:37973|1.13+}}
|-
|  <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]]. 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]].

===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.

{| {{prettytable}}
|-
!{{Hl2}}| Variable
!{{Hl2}}| Output
!{{Hl2}}| Description
!{{Hl2}}| Versions
|-
|{{Hl3}} colspan="4"| '''Year'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTYEAR}}
| Year
|
|-
|{{Hl3}} 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 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/genitive genitive form])
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}
| Month (abbreviation)
| 1.5+
|-
|{{Hl3}} 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)
|
|-
|{{Hl3}} 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)
|
|-
|{{Hl3}} colspan="4"| '''Other'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTWEEK}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTWEEK}}
| Week (number)
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}
| [[wikipedia:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] time stamp
| 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>

===Technical metadata===
Revision variables return data about the '''latest edit to the current page''', even if viewing an older version of the page.
{| {{prettytable}}
|-
!{{Hl2}}| Variable
!{{Hl2}}| Output
!{{Hl2}}| Description
!{{Hl2}}| Versions
|-
|{{Hl3}} 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>
| {{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}
| The wiki's default interface language ({{mediawiki|Manual:$wgLanguageCode|$wgLanguageCode}})
| 1.7+
|-
|{{Hl3}} colspan="4"| '''Latest revision to current page'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONID}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONID}}
| Unique 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>{{PAGESIZE:</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{PAGESIZE:Help:Magic_words}}
| 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+]]
|-
|{{Hl3}} 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>
| Used on a categorized page, sets a default [[Help:Categories|category sort key]].
| 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>).
{| {{prettytable}}
|-
!{{Hl2}}| Variable
!{{Hl2}}| Output
!{{Hl2}}| Description
!{{Hl2}}| Versions
|-
|{{Hl3}} 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.
|
|-
| <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>{{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>{{PAGESINCATEGORY:</nowiki>''categoryname''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINCAT:Help}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help}}<br />{{PAGESINCAT:Help}}
| 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>
| {{NUMBERINGROUP:bureaucrat}} <br /><nowiki>({{NUMBERINGROUP:bureaucrat}} used here)</nowiki>
| 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. <!-- {{NUMBEROFCATEGORIES}} --> Disabled by default, enable with {{mediawiki|Manual:$wgAllowSlowParserFunctions|$wgAllowSlowParserFunctions}}.
| 1.7+
|}

====Page names====
{| {{prettytable}}
|-
!{{Hl2}}| Variable
!{{Hl2}}| Output
!{{Hl2}}| Description
!{{Hl2}}| 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 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>

====Namespaces====
{| {{prettytable}}
|-
!{{Hl2}}| Variable
!{{Hl2}}| Output
!{{Hl2}}| Description
!{{Hl2}}| 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>

==Parser functions==

Parser functions are very similar to variables, but operate on user input instead of the current page.

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}}.

===URL data===
{| {{prettytable}}
|-
!{{Hl2}}| Variable
!{{Hl2}}| Output
!{{Hl2}}| Description
!{{Hl2}}| Versions
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{localurl:</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{localurl:</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''query string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{localurl:page name}}<br />{{localurl:page name|query string}}
| relative path to title
|
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{fullurl:</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{fullurl:</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''query_string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{fullurl:page name}}<br />{{fullurl:page name|query_string}}
| absolute path to title
| 1.5+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{filepath:</nowiki>''file name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{filepath:file name|nowiki}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{filepath:Wiki.png}}<br />{{filepath:Wiki.png|nowiki}}
| The absolute URL to a media file.
| {{mediawiki|rev:25854|1.12+}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{urlencode:</nowiki>''string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| <code>{{urlencode:x y z}}</code>
| The input encoded for use in URLs.
| {{mediawiki|rev:14273|1.7+}}
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{anchorencode:</nowiki>''string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| <code>{{anchorencode:x y z}}</code>
| 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.
{| {{prettytable}}
|-
!{{Hl2}}| Usage
!{{Hl2}}| Output
!{{Hl2}}| Usage
!{{Hl2}}| 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===
{| {{prettytable}}
!{{Hl2}}| Usage
!{{Hl2}}| Output
!{{Hl2}}| Description
!{{Hl2}}| Version
|-
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{lc:</nowiki>''string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{lc:XYZ}}
| The lowercase input.
| 1.5+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{lcfirst:</nowiki>''string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{lcfirst:XYZ}}
| The input with the first character lowercase.
| 1.5+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{uc:</nowiki>''string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{uc:xyz}}
| The uppercase input.
| 1.5+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{ucfirst:</nowiki>''string''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{ucfirst:xyz}}
| The input with the first character uppercase.
| 1.5+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{formatnum:</nowiki>''number''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{formatnum:-987654321.654321}}
| The input with decimal and decimal group separators, and localized digit script, according to the wiki's default locale.
| 1.7+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{padleft:xyz|</nowiki>''number''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{padleft:xyz|</nowiki>''number''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''separator''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{padleft:xyz|5}}<br />{{padleft:xyz|5|_}}
| The input (first parameter) padded on the left side to the specified width (second parameter) using the specified character (third parameter). If a padding character isn't specified, '0' is used by default.<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>''number''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{padright:xyz|</nowiki>''number''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''separator''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{padright:xyz|5}}<br />{{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>
| {{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>
| {{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 [[Manual:$wgGrammarForms]].
| 1.7+
|}

===Miscellaneous===
{| {{prettytable}}
!{{Hl2}}| Usage
!{{Hl2}}| Output
!{{Hl2}}| Description
!{{Hl2}}| Version
|-
| <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.
| 1.7+
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{#special:</nowiki>''special page name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{#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+]]
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