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A "magic word" is a keyword or phrase recognized by the MediaWiki software which, when seen in the non-commented text of the page, triggers the software to do something special on that page. A magic word can be:

an upper case word, preceded and followed by two underlines "__", e.g. __NOTOC__
an XML object, coded similar to HTML, preceded by "<" and followed by ">", e.g. <nowiki>
a parser function: similar to a template, a word preceded by the symbols "{{" and followed by "}}", and optionally parameter definitions between pipe characters, except that the part before the first pipe (or without pipes, the text between the braces) contains a colon (":"), e.g. {{ns:3}} and {{#ifexpr:{{{1}}}>3|large|small}}
a variable: similar to a template without parameters, a word preceded by the symbols "{{" and followed by "}}", except the word used is in all upper case, e.g. {{CURRENTDAY}}
a template modifier
an image modifier

If a page in the template namespace has the same name as a magic word, the magic word will be invoked instead. If you discover you absolutely have to define a template with the same name as a magic word, prefix the name of the template with "msg:" or the name of the template namespace ("Template:"). See below for further details if you need this feature.

Behavior switches[]

For details see Section.

A behavior switch controls the layout or behavior 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 on the current page.
`__FORCETOC__`	Forces the table of contents to appear at its normal position (above the first header).
`__TOC__`	Places a table of contents at the location where the magic word occurs (overriding any `__NOTOC__`).
Editing
`__NOEDITSECTION__`	Hides the edit links beside headings.
`__NEWSECTIONLINK__`	Adds a link ("+" by default) beside the "edit" tab for adding a new section on a non-talk page.
`__NONEWSECTIONLINK__`	Removes the link beside the "edit" tab on pages in talk namespaces.
Categories
`__NOGALLERY__`	Used on a category page; replaces thumbnails in the category view with normal links.
`__HIDDENCAT__`	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 user preferences to show them).
`__EXPECTUNUSEDCATEGORY__`	Removes the category from Special: UnusedCategories, which is helpful for tracking categories which should not necessarily appear as "unused" even when they are empty.
Language conversion
`__NOCONTENTCONVERT__` `__NOCC__`	Don't perform the content language conversion (character and phase) in article display; for example, only show Chinese (zh) instead of variants such as zh_cn, zh_tw, zh_sg, and zh_hk.
`__NOTITLECONVERT__` `__NOTC__`	Like `__NOCONTENTCONVERT__` but affecting article title only, i.e. don't perform language conversion on the title (all other content is converted).
Other
`__INDEX__`	Tell search engines to index the page (overrides $wgArticleRobotPolicies, but not robots.txt).
`__NOINDEX__`	Tell search engines not to index the page (i.e., do not list in search engines' results).
`__STATICREDIRECT__`	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".
`__NOSHAREDHELP__`	On help pages, don't include shared help from the corresponding Community Central page.

Variables[]

For details see Variable.

Variables return information about the current page, wiki, or date. Their syntax is similar to templates. If a template name conflicts with a variable, the variable will be used (so to transclude the template Template:PAGENAME you would need to write {{Template:PAGENAME}}). In some cases, adding parameters will force the parser to treat a variable as a template; for example, {{CURRENTDAYNAME|x}} transcludes Template:CURRENTDAYNAME.

Variables highlighted in orange are considered 'expensive', and the number that can be included on a page is limited.

Date and time[]

The following variables return the current date and time according to the user's timezone preferences, defaulting to the UTC timezone.

Note that if the page was displayed by the same user and has not changed (has not been edited) since the last time it was displayed, it is possible that the page may be cached (by the user's browser) and the displayed time or date may not change. Also, if a heavily used page, rather than freshly rendered by the software each time it is generated, is instead being retrieved from a caching system (such as the main page on Wikipedia) the date or time may not change from the last time the page was originally retrieved by the caching hardware or software.

Word	Example	Description
Year
`{{CURRENTYEAR}}`	`2024`	The current year.
`{{CURRENTCENTURY}}`	`21`	The current century.
Month
`{{CURRENTMONTH}}`	`10`	The number of the month, zero-padded.
`{{CURRENTMONTH1}}`	`10`	The number of the month, unpadded.
`{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}`	`October`	Same as `{{CURRENTMONTH}}`, but in named form January .. December.
`{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}`	`October`	Genitive form of the month name; used for Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, etc. [1]
`{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}`	`Oct`	Same as `{{CURRENTMONTH}}`, but in abbreviated form as Jan .. Dec.
Day
`{{CURRENTDAY}}`	`11`	Displays the current day in numeric form.
`{{CURRENTDAY2}}`	`11`	Same as `{{CURRENTDAY}}`, but with leading zero (01 .. 31).
`{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}`	`Friday`	Name of the day in the language of the project or English.
`{{CURRENTDOW}}`	`5`	Same as `{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}`, but as a number (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
Time
`{{CURRENTTIME}}`	`13:02`	The current time (00:00 .. 23:59).
`{{CURRENTHOUR}}`	`13`	The current hour (00 .. 23).
`{{CURRENTMINUTE}}`	`02`	The current minute (00 .. 59).
Other
`{{CURRENTWEEK}}`	`41`	Number of the current week (1-53) according to ISO 8601 with no leading zero.
`{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}`	`20241011130216`	ISO 8601 time stamp.

Local date and time[]

The time depending on the local timezone of the wiki (not depending on the timezone in the user's preference settings).

Word	Example	Description
Year
`{{LOCALYEAR}}`	`2024`	The local year.
Month
`{{LOCALMONTH}}`	`10`	The number 01 .. 12 of the month (i.e. zero-padded).
`{{LOCALMONTH1}}`	`10`	The number 1 .. 12 of the month (i.e. unpadded).
`{{LOCALMONTHNAME}}`	`October`	Same as `{{LOCALMONTH}}`, but in named form as January .. December.
`{{LOCALMONTHABBREV}}`	`Oct`	Same as `{{LOCALMONTH}}`, but in abbreviated form as Jan .. Dec.
Day
`{{LOCALDAY}}`	`11`	Displays the local day of the month in numeric form.
`{{LOCALDAY2}}`	`11`	Same as `{{LOCALDAY}}`, but with a leading zero (01 .. 31).
`{{LOCALDAYNAME}}`	`Friday`	Name of the day in the language of the project or English.
`{{LOCALDOW}}`	`5`	Same as `{{LOCALDAYNAME}}`, but as a number (0=Sunday, 1=Monday...).
Time
`{{LOCALTIME}}`	`13:02`	The local time (00:00 .. 23:59).
`{{LOCALHOUR}}`	`13`	The local hour (00 .. 23).
Other
`{{LOCALWEEK}}`	`41`	Number of the local week (1-53) according to ISO 8601 with no leading zero.
`{{LOCALTIMESTAMP}}`	`20241011130216`	ISO 8601 time stamp.

Technical metadata[]

Variable	Example	Description
Site
`{{SITENAME}}`	`Memory Alpha`	The name of the site ($wgSitename).
`{{SERVER}}`	`https://memory-alpha.fandom.com`	The base URL of the server ($wgServer).
`{{SERVERNAME}}`	`memory-alpha.fandom.com`	The name of the server without the protocol ($wgServerName).
`{{DIRMARK}} {{DIRECTIONMARK}}`	`‎` `‎`	Outputs a unicode-directional mark that matches the wiki's default language's direction (`&lrm;` on left-to-right wikis, `&rlm;` on right-to-left wikis), useful in text with multi-directional text.
`{{SCRIPTPATH}}`		The relative script path ($wgScriptPath).
`{{STYLEPATH}}`	`/skins-ucp/mw139`	The relative style path ($wgStylePath).
`{{CURRENTVERSION}}`	`1.39.7`	Returns the current version of the base MediaWiki software installed on the Memory Alpha server. [2]
`{{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}` `{{CONTENTLANG}}`	`en` `en`	Code of the default interface language ($wgLanguageCode).
Page
`{{PROTECTIONLEVEL:action}}`		Outputs the protection level (e.g. 'autoconfirmed', 'sysop') for a given action (e.g. 'edit', 'move') on the current page or an empty string if not protected.
Latest revision to current page
`{{REVISIONID}}`	`-`	The unique identifying number of a page, used in comparing two versions of the same page, as when viewing the page history. Note that when editing a page, this value is null.
`{{REVISIONDAY}}`	`1`	The day on which the page was last modified.
`{{REVISIONDAY2}}`	`01`	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 (zero-padded).
`{{REVISIONMONTH1}}`	`8`	The month in which the page was last modified (unpadded).
`{{REVISIONYEAR}}`	`2024`	The year in which the page was last modified.
`{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}`	`20240801002455`	ISO 8601 time stamp, indicating when the page was last modified.
`{{REVISIONUSER}}`	`Mr. Botfleet Command`	The username of the user who made the most recent edit to the page, or the current user when previewing an edit.
`{{REVISIONSIZE}}`	`43075`	The size (bytes of wikitext) of the current revision of this page.
`{{PAGESIZE:pagename}}` `{{PAGESIZE:pagename\|R}}`	`43,075` `43075`	Returns the byte size of the specified page. Use "\|R" to get raw numbers.
Affects page content
`{{DISPLAYTITLE:title}}` `{{DISPLAYTITLE:title\|noerror}}` `{{DISPLAYTITLE:title\|noreplace}}`	`{{DISPLAYTITLE:iTunes}}`	Sets the page's title to title. It can take a second argument of noerror or noreplace to suppress error messages when multiple displaytitles are used on one page or to make this `displaytitle` do nothing if a `displaytitle` was already specified earlier in the page.
`{{DEFAULTSORT:sortkey}}` `{{DEFAULTSORTKEY:sortkey}}` `{{DEFAULTCATEGORYSORT:sortkey}}` `{{DEFAULTSORT:sortkey\|noerror}}` `{{DEFAULTSORT:sortkey\|noreplace}}`	`{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Harry}}`	Sets a default category sort key for the whole current page (i.e. also applies to category tags before this magic word).^[1] It can take a second argument of noerror or noreplace to suppress error messages when multiple defaultsortkeys are used on one page or to make this `defaultsort` do nothing if a `defaultsort` was already specified earlier in the page.

Statistics[]

Statistics variables give thousands separators unless ":R" for "raw" is added (actually, these versions are parser functions).

Variable	Example	Description
Entire wiki
`{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}` `{{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}}`	`210,584` `210584`	Returns the total number of pages on Memory Alpha. [3]
`{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}` `{{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}`	`59,439` `59439`	Returns the total number of articles on Memory Alpha.
`{{NUMBEROFFILES}}` `{{NUMBEROFFILES:R}}`	`66,051` `66051`	Returns the number of files uploaded to Memory Alpha (rows in the image table).
`{{NUMBEROFEDITS}}` `{{NUMBEROFEDITS:R}}`	`3,240,966` `3240966`	Returns the total number of page edits since MediaWiki, the software that runs Memory Alpha, was installed.
`{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}` `{{NUMBEROFUSERS:R}}`	`35,468,672` `35468672`	Returns the number of registered users (rows in the user table).
`{{NUMBEROFADMINS}}` `{{NUMBEROFADMINS:R}}`	`15` `15`	Returns the number users in the sysop group on Memory Alpha.
`{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}` `{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS:R}}`	`204` `204`	Number of active users on Memory Alpha, based on the criteria used in Special:Statistics.
`{{PAGESINCATEGORY:categoryname}}` `{{PAGESINCAT:categoryname}}`	`{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Planets}}` = `1,124` `{{PAGESINCAT:Planets}}` = `1,124`	Number of pages in the given category.
`{{PAGESINCATEGORY:categoryname\|all}}` `{{PAGESINCATEGORY:categoryname\|pages}}` `{{PAGESINCATEGORY:categoryname\|subcats}}` `{{PAGESINCATEGORY:categoryname\|files}}`	`{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Planets\|all}}` = `1,124` `{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Planets\|pages}}` = `1,113` `{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Planets\|subcats}}` = `11` `{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Planets\|files}}` = `0`	Respectively, the number of all pages ordinary pages (excluding subcategories and files) subcategories or files in the given category.
`{{NUMBERINGROUP:groupname}}` `{{NUMINGROUP:groupname}}`	`{{NUMBERINGROUP:bureaucrat}}` = `1` `{{NUMINGROUP:bureaucrat}}` = `1`	Number of users in a specific group.

Page names[]

Variable	Example	Description
`{{FULLPAGENAME}}` `{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}`	`MA Help:Magic words MA_Help:Magic_words`	Namespace and full page title (including all subpage levels); shorthand for NAMESPACE+PAGENAME
`{{PAGENAME}}` `{{PAGENAMEE}}`	`Magic words` `Magic_words`	Full page title (including all subpage levels) without the namespace.
`{{BASEPAGENAME}}` `{{BASEPAGENAMEE}}`	`Magic words Magic_words`	Page title of the page in the immediately superior subpage level without the namespace. Would return `Title/Foo` on page `MA Help:Title/Foo/Bar`.
`{{ROOTPAGENAME}}` `{{ROOTPAGENAMEE}}`	`Magic words Magic_words`	Name of the root of the current page. Would return `Title` on page `MA Help:Title/Foo/Bar`.
`{{SUBPAGENAME}}` `{{SUBPAGENAMEE}}`	`Magic words Magic_words`	The subpage title. Would return Bar on page MA Help:Title/Foo/Bar. If no subpage exists, the value of `{{PAGENAME}}` is returned. For more complex splitting, use `{{#titleparts:}}` from the ParserFunctions extension.
`{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}` `{{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}`	`MA Help:Magic words MA_Help:Magic_words`	Full page name of the associated subject (e.g. article or file). Useful on talk pages.
`{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}` `{{ARTICLEPAGENAMEE}}`	`MA Help:Magic words MA_Help:Magic_words`	An alias for SUBJECTPAGENAME(E).
`{{TALKPAGENAME}}` `{{TALKPAGENAMEE}}`	`MA Help talk:Magic words MA_Help_talk:Magic_words`	Full page name of the associated talk page.

None of these are affected by changes to the display title using {{DISPLAYTITLE:xxxx}}; the values returned are the original page title.

Namespaces[]

Variable	Example	Description
`{{NAMESPACE}}` `{{NAMESPACEE}}`	`MA Help MA_Help`	Name of the namespace the current page resides in.
`{{NAMESPACENUMBER}}`	`112`	Number of the namespace the current page resides in.
`{{TALKSPACE}}` `{{TALKSPACEE}}`	`MA Help talk MA_Help_talk`	Name of next odd namespace (e.g. 4 → 5)
`{{SUBJECTSPACE}}` `{{SUBJECTSPACEE}}`	`MA Help MA_Help`	Name of last even namespace (e.g. 5 → 4)
`{{ARTICLESPACE}}` `{{ARTICLESPACEE}}`	`MA Help MA_Help`	An alias for SUBJECTSPACE(E)

Other[]

Variable	Example	Description
`{{!}}`	`\|`	Used to include a pipe character as part of a template argument or table cell contents.
`{{=}}`	`=`	Used to include an equal sign as part of a template argument or table cell contents.

Parser functions[]

For details see Meta: Parser function.

URLs[]

Variable	Example	Description
`{{localurl:pagename}}` `{{localurl:pagename\|query_string}}`	{{localurl:x y @}} = `/wiki/X_y_@` {{localurl:a\|b=c}} = `/wiki/A?b=c`	The local URL of a page (might not exist). Optional query parameter, see Variable.
`{{fullurl:pagename}}` `{{fullurl:pagename\|query_string}}` `{{fullurl:interwiki:pagename\|query_string}}`	{{fullurl:x y @}} = https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/X_y_@ {{fullurl:x y @\|a=b}} = https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/X_y_@?a=b {{fullurl:m:x y @\|b=c}} = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/x_y_@?b=c	The full URL of a given page. Optional query parameter as for `localurl:` This will also resolve Interwiki prefixes..
`{{canonicalurl:pagename}}` `{{canonicalurl:pagename\|query_string}}` `{{canonicalurl:interwiki:pagename\|query_string}}`	{{canonicalurl:x y @}} = https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/X_y_@ {{canonicalurl:x y @\|a=b}} = https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/X_y_@?a=b {{canonicalurl:m:x y @\|b=c}} = http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/x_y_@?b=c	The absolute path to the title, using the canonical url. This will also resolve Interwiki prefixes.
`{{filepath:filename}}` `{{filepath:filename\|nowiki}}`	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/b/bc/Wiki.png/revision/latest?cb=20240709185322&path-prefix=en	The absolute URL to a media file.
`{{urlencode:string}}` `{{urlencode:string\|QUERY}}` `{{urlencode:string\|WIKI}}` `{{urlencode:string\|PATH}}`	{{urlencode:x y @}} = `x+y+%40` {{urlencode:x y @\|QUERY}} = `x+y+%40` {{urlencode:x y @\|WIKI}} = `x_y_@` {{urlencode:x y @\|PATH}} = `x%20y%20%40`	Encodes variable values for use in external links. [4]
`{{anchorencode:string}}`	{{anchorencode:x #y @}} = `x_#y_@`	Encodes variable values for use in section anchors. [5]

Namespaces[]

{{ns:}} returns the localized name for the namespace with that index.

{{nse:}} is the equivalent encoded for MediaWiki URLs. It does the same, but it replaces spaces with underscores, making it usable in external links.

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}}`	Memory Alpha	`{{ns:5}}` or `{{ns:Project talk}}`	Memory Alpha 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~~ Deprecated	~~`{{ns:13}}` or `{{ns:Help talk}}`~~	~~Help talk~~ Deprecated
`{{ns:14}}` or `{{ns:Category}}`	Category	`{{ns:15}}` or `{{ns:Category talk}}`	Category talk
`{{ns:102}}` or `{{ns:Portal}}`	Portal	`{{ns:103}}` or `{{ns:Portal talk}}`	Portal talk
`{{ns:110}}` or `{{ns:Forum}}`	Forum	`{{ns:111}}` or `{{ns:Forum talk}}`	Forum talk
`{{ns:112}}` or `{{ns:MA Help}}`	MA Help	`{{ns:113}}` or `{{ns:MA Help talk}}`	MA Help talk
`{{ns:828}}` or `{{ns:Module}}`	Module	`{{ns:829}}` or `{{ns:Module talk}}`	Module talk
`{{ns:2900}}` or `{{ns:Map}}`	Map	`{{ns:2901}}` or `{{ns:Map talk}}`	Map talk

Formatting[]

Word	Example	Description
`{{lc:string}}`	{{lc:AbC dEf}} = `abc def`	Lowercases all characters of a string.
`{{lcfirst:string}}`	{{lcfirst:Ab Cd}} = `ab Cd`	Lowercases the first character of a string.
`{{uc:string}}`	{{uc:aBc DeF}} = `ABC DEF`	Uppercases all characters of a string.
`{{ucfirst:string}}`	{{ucfirst:aB cD}} = `AB cD`	Uppercases the first character of a string.
`{{formatnum:unformatted number}}` `{{formatnum:formatted number\|R}}`	{{formatnum:987654321.654321}} = `987,654,321.654321` {{formatnum:987,654,321.654321\|R}} = `987654321.654321`	Adds or removes decimal separators to a number. Leading plus or minus is recognized.
`{{#dateformat:date}} {{#formatdate:date}} {{#dateformat:date\|format}} {{#formatdate:date\|format}}`	{{#dateformat:25 deC 2009\|ymd}} = `2009 December 25` {{#formatdate:dec 25,2009\|dmy}} = `25 December 2009` {{#dateformat:2009-12-25\|mdy}} = `December 25, 2009` {{#formatdate:2009 dec 25\|ISO 8601}} = `2009-12-25` {{#dateformat:25 decEmber\|mdy}} = `December 25`	Formats an unlinked date based on user "date format" preference, and adds metadata tagging it as a formatted date. For logged-out users and those who have not set a date format in their preferences, dates can be given a default: `mdy, dmy, ymd, ISO 8601` (all case sensitive). If only the month and day are given, only `mdy` and `dmy` are valid. If a format is not specified or is invalid, the input format is used as a default. If the supplied date is not recognized as a valid date (specifically, if it contains any metadata such as from a nested use of these or similar templates), it is rendered unchanged, and no (additional) metadata is generated.
`{{padleft:string \| length}}` `{{padleft:string \| length \| padchar}}` `{{padright:string \| length}}` `{{padright:string \| length \| padchar}}`	{{padleft:7 \| 3}} = `007` {{padleft:0 \| 3}} = `000` {{padleft:bcd \| 6 \| a}} = `aaabcd` {{padright:bcd \| 6 \| a}} = `bcdaaa` {{padleft:café \| 8 \| -}} = `----café` {{padleft:cafe \| 8 \| -}} = `----cafe` {{padleft:bcd \| 6 \| {{!}}}} = `\|\|\|bcd`	Pads a string with a character to the specified width; the default character is 0. It does not seem possible to use padleft and padright for padding with characters with a multi-character code, such as ` `, which would be useful with padleft for sorting tables with Javascript.

Localization[]

Word	Example	Description
`{{plural:count\|form1\|form2}}`	{{plural: 2 \| is \| are}} = `are` {{plural: 0 \| this \| these}} = `these`	count 1 yields form1 (singular), all other values for count yield form2 (plural); plural transformations are used for languages like Russian [6] based on "count mod 10".
`{{grammar:case\|word}}`	{{grammar:7sg\|Wikipedie}} on cs: is `Wikipedií`	Derived word forms in inflected languages like Czech. [7]
`{{gender:username` `\|return text if user is male` `\|return text if user is female` `\|return text if user hasn't defined their gender}}`	(depends on the named user's gender)	A switch for the gender set in Special:Preferences. Note: If 3rd parameter is omitted and user hasn't defined his/her gender, then text if user is male is returned. A blank username field ({{gender:\|) means the current user. A dot username (.) means the default user gender on this wiki.

"Plural" and "Grammar" are language-dependent functions, defined in [8], [9], etc. (note that in PHP, the modulo operator is the percent sign).
"Grammar" can either be applied to predefined words only, or to arbitrary words, depending on whether the definition is just a 2D array, or involves string manipulations. See also Wikipedia:cs:Šablona:Wikivar/GRAMMAR.

Miscellaneous[]

Usage	Output	Description
`{{int:message_name}}`	{{int:edit}} = `Edit`	Internationalizes (translates) the given interface (MediaWiki namespace) message into the user language; rendered as ⧼xyz⧽ if MediaWiki:xyz doesn't exist. See also System messages.
`{{#language:language_code}}`	{{#language:da}} = `dansk`	Native name of language code.
`{{#special:special_pagename}}`	{{#special:RecentChanges}} = `Special:RecentChanges` {{#special:userlogin}} = `Special:UserLogin`	The localized name for the given canonical Special: page.
`{{#tag:tagname}}`	{{#tag:myextension \| attr=val \| attr2=val2 \| content}} = `<myextension attr=val attr2=val2>content</myextension>`	Passes attributes and inner content to an XML-style parser tag, parsing template variables along the way. See Extension:TagParser.
`{{:xyz}}`		A bare colon is not a template modifier, it's the prefix for the main namespace. Test e.g. article {{:UTC}} vs. template {{UTC}}. Using this syntax you include the text of the main namespace article xyz in another article.
`{{msg:xyz}}`		Even if there is a magic word named "xyz", use template:xyz unless the template doesn't exist (equivalent to {{template:xyz}}). Normally, magic words have priority when there is a conflict.
`{{msgnw:xyz}}`		The unevaluated wikitext is rendered. See msgnw.
`{{raw:xyz}}`		Equivalent to `{{msg:xyz}}` above.^[2]
`{{subst:xyz}}`		In the wikitext, the tag is substituted by the content (single-level evaluation only); see Substitution.

Image modifiers[]

For details see Wikipedia: Extended image syntax.

These are image modifiers used in [[File:title.ext|modifier|...|modifier]] links. Some are mutually exclusive, and then the last specified wins.

Size[]

The last unrecognized modifier is used as a caption for framed images or together with thumbnails. It's also used as a description, i.e. alt=text.

Word	Usage	Description
framed frame enframed	[[File:Mediawiki.png\|framed]]	Places an image in a frame with a description. Uses original image size.
border	[[File:Mediawiki.png\|border]]	Displays a 1px border around the image.
thumbnail thumb	[[File:Mediawiki.png\|thumbnail]]	Modifies image size, sets it to dependent on user's favorite thumbnail size in their preferences.
thumb=xyz	[[File:Mediawiki.png\|thumb=Wiki.png]]	Manualthumb: instead of displaying an automatically-sized thumbnail for `Mediawiki.png`, displays the image `Wiki.png`.
width px n1xn2 px	[[File:Mediawiki.png\|40px]] [[File:Mediawiki.png\|100x200px]]	Scales image to given width in pixels. Scales image to no more than n1 pixels wide and no more than n2 high, but image scaled to retain its true aspect ratio within the boundary specified.

Position[]

For details see Meta: Images and other uploaded files.

The positions are mutually exclusive; the last specified wins. {{clear}} can stop floating. For inline images, only the modifier px (see above) is supported.

Word	Usage	Description
right	[[File:Mediawiki.png\|right]]	Modifies position, floats the image to the right.
left	[[File:Mediawiki.png\|left]]	Modifies position, floats the image to the left.
none	[[File:Mediawiki.png\|none]]	Explicitly states that the image should not float.
center centre	[[File:Mediawiki.png\|center]]	Modifies position, like none but centered.