Help:Magic Words
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This page documents Help for users on Grand Theft Wiki. |
Magic Words are phrases recognised by MediaWiki which perform special functions, such as showing a Table of Contents, or the name of the current page.
- Read more at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words
Forces
These Magic Words force something to show, or be hidden
| Magic Word | Description |
|---|---|
| __TOC__ | Shows the Table of Contents here, if its required |
| __NOTOC__ | Stops the Table of Contents from showing |
| __TOC__ | Forces the Table of Contents to show here, even if not required |
| {{toc}} | Floats the Table of Contents to the right |
| {{tocleft}} | Floats the Table of Contents to the left |
| __NOEDITSECTION__ | Stops the [edit] links from showing on this page |
| __NEWSECTIONLINK__ | Makes a + button appear next to the edit tab, eg for adding a new section to a talk page |
| __NOGALLERY__ | In a category page, make images show up in a list rather than in a thumbnail gallery |
| __HIDDENCAT__ | In a category page, stops that category from showing up in the horizontal box on the bottom of pages within that category |
Variables
These Magic Words echo out the contents of a variable, such as the date, or article name.
Date/Time
| Magic Word | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| {{CURRENTDAY}} | 26 | The day of the month (eg 1) |
| {{CURRENTDAY2}} | 26 | The day of the month, with a leading zero (eg 01) |
| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} | Saturday | The full name of the current day |
| {{CURRENTDOW}} | 6 | The numeric representation of the day of the week |
| {{CURRENTMONTH}} | 04 | The number of the current month, with a leading zero (eg 01) |
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} | April | The full name of the current month |
| {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} | Apr | The abbreviated name of the current month |
| {{CURRENTTIME}} | 13:10 | The current time in 24h format |
| {{CURRENTHOUR}} | 13 | The current hour in 24h format, with a leading zero |
| {{CURRENTWEEK}} | 17 | The current week of the year, with no leading zero |
| {{CURRENTYEAR}} | 2025 | The current year |
| {{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} | 20250426131057 | The current ISO 8601 time stamp. |
| {{LOCALTIME}} | 13:10 | For most of the above date/time varibles, replacing CURRENT with LOCAL will show the current date/time of the Wiki's default settings, rather than that in the User's preferences. |
Wiki Statistics
These variables echo out statistics from this wiki. Numeric values are shown with thousand separators (eg 1,000,000). Adding :R onto the end of some of these (eg {{NUMBEROFEDITS:R}}) will show the number in its raw format, without thousand separators (eg 1000000) which can be used in calculations.
| Magic Word | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| {{CURRENTVERSION}} | 1.40.0 | Current version of MediaWiki used on this wiki |
| {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} | 390,502 | The total number of edits on this wiki |
| {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} | 56,420 | The total number of pages on this wiki, including everything |
| {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} | 10,039 | The total number of articles on this wiki, including only legitimate articles |
| {{NUMBEROFFILES}} | 14,841 | The total number of files (images) uploaded to this wiki |
| {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} | 43,832 | The total number of Users in the entireity of Wikia |
| {{NUMBEROFADMINS}} | 12 | The total number of users on this wiki in the Administrator group |
| {{PAGESINNS:1}} | Template:PAGESINNS:4 | Shows the number of pages in a given namespace. The alternative format {{PAGESINNAMESPACE:ns}} may also work. |
For the number of pages within a category, see other information (below)
Page Names
Adding an E onto the end of most of these page names will show the same function, but using underscores instead of spaces so it can be used in a web link (URL).
| Magic Word | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| {{FULLPAGENAME}} | Help:Magic Words | The full name of the current page. AKA combines {{NAMESPACE}} and {{PAGENAME}} |
| {{PAGENAME}} | Magic Words | The name of the page, not including the namespace |
| {{PAGENAMEE}} | Magic_Words | The above, but using underscores to be URL-friendly |
| {{BASEPAGENAME}} | Magic Words | For subpages, shows the page above it. AKA removes everything after the last slash (/). |
| {{NAMESPACE}} | Help | The name of the current namespace |
| {{TALKSPACE}} | Help talk | The name of the next odd-numbered namespace. Usually the appropriate talk namespace. |
| {{SUBJECTSPACE}} {{ARTICLESPACE}} |
Help | The name of the previous even-numbered namespace. For talk pages, this will show the namespace of the main article. |
| {{TALKPAGENAME}} | Help talk:Magic Words | The full link to the relevant talk page. AKA combines {{TALKSPACE}} and {{PAGENAME}} |
| {{SUBJECTPAGENAME}} {{ARTICLEPAGENAME}} |
Help:Magic Words | The full link to the relevant main article. AKA combines {{SUBJECTSPACE}} and {{PAGENAME}} |
Other Page Information
| Magic Word | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| {{REVISIONID}} | 106382 | The Unique ID of the current page |
| {{REVISIONDAY}} | 16 | The day on which the page was last modified. {{REVISIONDAY2}} shows a leading zero. |
| {{REVISIONMONTH}} | 05 | The month on which the page was last modified |
| {{REVISIONYEAR}} | 2008 | The year on which the page was last modified |
| {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} | 20080516231818 | The timestamp of when the page was last modified |
| {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Cleanup}} | 152 | The number of pages within a given category. {{PAGESINCAT:category}} also works |
| {{PAGESIZE:page}} | 1,950 | The byte size of a given page |
Namespaces and URLs
| Magic Word | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| {{SITENAME}} | Grand Theft Wiki | The full site name |
| {{SERVER}} | //www.grandtheftwiki.com | The URL of the wiki |
| {{SERVERNAME}} | www.grandtheftwiki.com | The domain name of the wiki |
| {{SCRIPTPATH}} | The path (after the server name) to the wiki pages | |
| {{ns:1}} | Talk | The name of a namespace number |
| {{#special:}} | Special:Badtitle | Links to a special page |
| {{localurl:Main Page}} | /Main_Page | The local URL of a page name |
| {{localurl:Main Page|action=purge}} | /index.php?title=Main_Page&action=purge | The local URL of a page name, with parameters |
| {{localurl:Wikipedia:Category}} | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category | The local URL to an external page will show up as a full URL |
| {{SERVER}}{{localurl:Main Page}} | //www.grandtheftwiki.com/Main_Page | The full URL to a page is created by using the server URL then adding the full page name in localurl, which turns spaces to underscores |
| {{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{TALKPAGENAME}}}} | //www.grandtheftwiki.com/Help_talk:Magic_Words | The full URL to a talk page can be ouput in the same way as a page name |
| {{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{TALKPAGENAME}}|action=edit}} | //www.grandtheftwiki.com/index.php?title=Help_talk:Magic_Words&action=edit | The full URL to Edit a talk page can be given using localurl and the edit parameter |
Formatting
| Magic Word | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| {{lc:AbC dEf}} | abc def | Turns a string to lower case |
| {{uc:AbC dEf}} | ABC DEF | Turns a string to upper case |
| {{lcfirst:TESTing}} | testing | Makes the first character of a string into lower case |
| {{ucfirst:testing}} | Testing | Makes the first character of a string into upper case |
| {{formatnum:-218744561.35123}} | −218,744,561.35123 | Formats a number string, adds thousand separator as appropriate. Recognises positive/negative. |
| {{padleft:7|3}} | 007 | Pads a number/string (first variable) to the specified length of digits (second variable) to the left using a zero |
| {{padleft:7|3|X}} | XX7 | Pads a number/string to the specified length of digits to the left using a specified character (third variable) |
| {{padright:C|3|S}} | CSS | Pads a number/string (as above) to the right |
| {{#language:de}} | Deutsch | Shows the native name of a language ID code |
Image Modifiers
| Magic Word | Usage | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| framed frame enframed |
[[Image:Blank.jpg|framed|Caption]] | Places an image in a frame with a description. Uses original size and stubbornly ignores width parameter if given.
In general, far better to use thumb, as is only suitable for small images. | |
| thumb thumbnail |
[[Image:Blank.jpg|thumb|Caption]] | Modifies image size, sets it dependent on user's favorite thumbnail size in one's preferences, or on the given width parameter (see below). | |
| thumb=image.jpg | [[Image:Blank.jpg|thumb=clock.svg|Caption]] | Shows a thumbnail image of choice | |
| border | [[Image:Clock.svg|border]] | 
|
Shows a 1px border around the image |
| 40px | [[Image:Blank.jpg|40px]] | File:Blank.jpg | Resizes an image to specified dimensions. If one dimension is specified, it sets the width and maintains the aspect ratio. |
| 50x100px | [[Image:Blank.jpg|50x100px]] | File:Blank.jpg | If two dimensions are specified (width x height), it uses them as maximums . EG it scales image to no more than 50 pixels wide and no more than 100 high, but image scaled to retain its true aspect ratio within the boundary specified. |
| 40px|Caption | [[Image:Blank.jpg|thumb|80px|Caption]] | Shows a thumbnail of the image, resizes the thumbnail, adds a caption |
Image Position
| Magic Word | Usage | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| right | Text1 Text1 Text1
[[Image:Blank.jpg|right]]
Text2 Text2 Text2 |
Text1 Text1 Text1
Text2 Text2 Text2 |
Floats an image (or thumbnail) right. Text will wrap to the left of it. |
| left | Text1 Text1 Text1
[[Image:Blank.jpg|left]]
Text2 Text2 Text2 |
Text1 Text1 Text1
Text2 Text2 Text2 |
Floats an image (or thumbnail) left. Text will wrap to the right of it. |
| none | Text1 Text1 Text1
[[Image:Blank.jpg|none]]
Text2 Text2 Text2 |
Text1 Text1 Text1
Text2 Text2 Text2 |
Explicitly states that the image will not float |
| center centre |
Text1 Text1 Text1
[[Image:Blank.jpg|center]]
Text2 Text2 Text2 |
Text1 Text1 Text1
Text2 Text2 Text2 |
Centers an image, still acts like none. Works with either British or American spelling. |
Template Modifiers
| Magic Word | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| {{:xyz}} | Xyz | A leading colon is the prefix for the name namespace (IE an empty namespace). This will transclude the specified page, not the page within the template: namespace. This example will include Xyz not Template:Xyz. |
| {{int:xyz}} {{int:currentevents}} |
⧼xyz⧽ Latest News |
Includes a page from the MediaWiki namespace. Same as {{mediaWiki:xyz}}, but also doesn't show up under Templates used on this page. Rendered as <xyz> if MediaWiki:xyz doesn't exist. |
| {{msg:CURRENTYEAR}} | Template:CURRENTYEAR | Transcludes the template xyz, even if a Magic Word with the same name exists. Usually Magic Words take priority. |
| {{msgnw:Col-end}} {{raw:Col-end}} |
<p></p>
|}<noinclude>{{protected template}} {{Col-begin/doc}}</noinclude> |
Includes the wikitext (markup, raw code) of a page. Does not render the page. |
| {{subst:xyz}} | -- | The content of the mentioned page is copied into this page. The include tag is replaced by the markup of the target page. The template will appear to show as normal, but changes to the template will not affect this page. |
Other
| Magic Word | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| {{DISPLAYTITLE:xyz}} | -- | Changes a page's title, as displayed at in the header at the top of the page |
| {{CONTENTLANGUAGE}} | en-gb | The ID Code of the site's default interface language |
| #REDIRECT [[Page]] | -- | Automatically redirects this page to another. Cannot be used to redirect across wikis. Cannot redirect more than once at a time. Redirects can be ignored with &redirect=no on the URL.
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| [[Category:category_name|sort_key]] | [[Category:Characters|Johnson, Carl]] [[Category:Grand Theft Auto IV|Missions]] |
When a page is listed on a category page, it will be sorted and listed in alphabetical order. That can be overridden by adding a sort key, which sorts this example for Carl Johnson under J rather than under C, which is useful for Surnames. This can also be used to eliminate repetition in titles, such as changing Missions in GTA IV to be listed as "Missions". |