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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 ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... PAGENAME: Magic words; FULLPAGENAME: Template:Magic words; SUBPAGENAME: Magic words ...
For a full list of editing commands, see Help:Wikitext For including parser functions, variables and behavior switches, see Help:Magic words For a guide to displaying mathematical equations and formulas, see Help:Displaying a formula
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[[Category:Wikipedia magic word templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Wikipedia magic word templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
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