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Magic words (including parser functions, variables and behavior switches) are features of wiki markup that give instructions to Wikipedia's underlying MediaWiki software. For example, magic words can suppress or position the table of contents, disable indexing by external search engines, and produce output dynamically based on the current page or on user-defined conditional logic.
Page-dependent magic words will change or show information about the current page, even if the word is from a template, though in most cases, this is the desired effect. If I insert {{exampletemplate}} and it says {{PAGENAME}}, I will see "Magic words for beginners" even though it is from "Template:example template".
Classic magic words. Magic words are phrases used in fantasy fiction or by stage magicians. Frequently such words are presented as being part of a divine, adamic, or other secret or empowered language. Certain comic book heroes use magic words to activate their powers. Magic words are also used as Easter eggs or cheats in computer games, other ...
You can also preview the transclusion of {{magic words}} into a page to see what the page-specific ones become on that page. Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox ( create | mirror ) and testcases ( create ) pages.
For information on special words, see Help:Magic words: Wikitext cheatsheet: Works anywhere in the text Description You type You get Italics, bold, and ...
Magic word: 1: Name of the word as invoked. May have a trailing colon. Example uc: String: required This page was last edited on 22 December 2021, at 23:48 ...
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