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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 use this to see at a glance what all the "magic word" variables are. You can also preview the transclusion of {{magic words}} into a page to see what the page-specific ones become on that page.
Wiki markup quick reference (PDF download) 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; For a guide to editing, see Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia
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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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