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Wiki:Magic Words
Magic Words look like template calls (surround by double curly braces) but most have no parameters and return a system variable value. Traditionally they are always typed in all-caps to make them easy to see in the template code, but they are actually case-insensitive.
| Magic Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| {{PAGENAME}} | Returns the title of the current wiki page, without any leading namespace: | Magic Words |
| {{PAGENAMEE}} | Returns the url-encoded title of the current wiki page, without any leading namespace: | Magic_Words |
| {{NAMESPACE}} | Returns the url-encoded namespace portion of the current wiki page title (without the colon) | Wiki |
| {{ARTICLES|category}} (proposed) | Returns the number of articles in a given category, or the total number of articles in the wikibase, not including category pages. | ARTICLES |
| {{PAGES|category}} (proposed) | Returns the total number of pages in a given category, or the total number of pages in the wikibase, including category pages. | PAGES |
| Magic Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| {{CURRENTTIME}} | Returns the current time on our server | 04:09 |
| {{CURRENTHOUR}} | Returns the current hour on our server | 04 |
| {{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} | Returns the current date and time on our server | 202404260409 |
| {{CURRENTDAY}} | Returns the current day of the month on our server | 26 |
| {{CURRENTDOW}} | Returns the current day of the week on our server | Fri |
| {{CURRENTDAY2}} | Returns the current day of the month on our server (zero-padded to 2 characters) | CURRENTDAY2 |
| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} | Returns the name of the current day of the week on our server | CURRENTDAYNAME |
| {{CURRENTMONTH}} | Returns the number of the current month on our server (zero-padded to 2 characters) | 04 |
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} | Returns the name of the current month on our server | April |
| {{CURRENTMONTHABREV}} | Returns the abbreviated name of the current month on our server | Apr |
| {{CURRENTYEAR}} | Returns the current year on our server | 2024 |
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