Editing Help:Magic Words (section)

==Variables== 

Variables return information about the current page, wiki, or date. Their syntax is similar to [[Help:Templates|templates]]. If a template name conflicts with a variable, the variable will be used (so to transclude the template [[{{ns:10}}:PAGENAME]] you would need to write <code><tt><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{ns:10}}:PAGENAME<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt></code>). In some cases, adding parameters will force the parser to treat a variable as a template; for example, <code><tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTDAYNAME|x}}</nowiki></tt></code> transcludes [[{{ns:10}}:CURRENTDAYNAME]].

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

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
!Variable
! Output
!Description

|-
|colspan="4"| '''Year'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTYEAR}}
| Year

|-
|colspan="4"| '''Month'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTH}}</nowiki></tt> 
| {{CURRENTMONTH}}
| Month (zero-padded number)

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
| Month (name)

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}
| Month

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}}
| Month (abbreviation)

|-
|colspan="4"| '''Day'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTDAY}}
| Day of the month (unpadded number)

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY2}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTDAY2}}
| Day of the month (zero-padded number)

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTDOW}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTDOW}}
| Day of the week (unpadded number)

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}}
| Day of the week (name)

|-
| colspan="4"| '''Time'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTTIME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTTIME}}
| Time (24-hour HH:mm format)

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTHOUR}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTHOUR}}
| Hour (24-hour zero-padded number)

|-
| colspan="4"| '''Other'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTWEEK}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTWEEK}}
| Week (number)

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}
| YYYYMMDDHHmmss timestamp

|}

The following variables do the same as the above, but using the site's local timezone instead of user preferences and UTC:
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALYEAR}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALMONTH}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALMONTHNAME}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALMONTHNAMEGEN}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALMONTHABBREV}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALDAY}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALDAY2}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALDOW}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALDAYNAME}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALTIME}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALHOUR}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALWEEK}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{LOCALTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki></tt>

===Technical metadata===
Revision variables return data about the '''latest edit to the current page''', even if viewing an older version of the page.
{| class="wikitable" border="1"

|-
! Variable
! Output
!Description

|-
|colspan="4"| '''Site'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SITENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SITENAME}}
| The wiki's site name 

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SERVER}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SERVER}}
| domain URL

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SERVERNAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SERVERNAME}}
| domain name

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{DIRMARK}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{DIRECTIONMARK}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{DIRMARK}}<br />{{DIRECTIONMARK}}
| Outputs a unicode-directional mark that matches the wiki's default language's direction (<code>&amp;lrm;</code> on left-to-right wikis, <code>&amp;rlm;</code> on right-to-left wikis), useful in text with multi-directional text.

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SCRIPTPATH}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SCRIPTPATH}}
| relative script path

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTVERSION}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTVERSION}}
| The wiki's MediaWiki version.

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}
| The wiki's default interface language

|-
| colspan="4"| '''Latest revision to current page'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONID}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONID}}
| Unique ID

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONDAY}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONDAY}}
| Day edit was made (unpadded number)

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONDAY2}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONDAY2}}
| Day edit was made (zero-padded number)

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONMONTH}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONMONTH}}
| Month edit was made (unpadded number)

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONYEAR}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONYEAR}}
| Year edit was made

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}
| Timestamp as of time of edit

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{PAGESIZE:</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{PAGESIZE:Help:Magic_words}}
| Returns the byte size of the specified page.

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{PROTECTIONLEVEL:</nowiki>''action''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| protection level
| Outputs the protection level (e.g. 'autoconfirm', 'sysop') for a given action (e.g. 'edit', 'move') on the current page or an empty string if not protected.

|-
| colspan="4"| '''Affects page content'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:</nowiki>''title''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
|
| Format the current page's title header. The value must be equivalent to the default title: only capitalization changes and replacing spaces with underscores.
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:</nowiki>''sortkey''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
|
| Used on a categorized page, sets a default.

|}

===Statistics===
Numbers returned by these variables normally contain separators (commas or spaces, depending on the local language), but can return raw numbers with the ":R" flag (for example, <code><tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}</nowiki></tt></code> &rarr; {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} and <code><tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}}</nowiki></tt></code> &rarr; {{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}}). Use "|R" for magic words that require a parameter like PAGESINCATEGORY (for example <code><tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help}}</nowiki></tt></code> and <code><tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help|R}}</nowiki></tt></code>).
{| class="wikitable" border="1"

|-
!Variable
!Output
!Description

|-
|colspan="4"| '''Entire wiki'''
|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFPAGES}}
| Number of wiki pages.

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
| Number of pages in main namespace.

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFFILES}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFFILES}}
| Number of uploaded files.

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFEDITS}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFEDITS}}
| Number of page edits.

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFUSERS}}
| Number of registered users.

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NUMBEROFADMINS}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NUMBEROFADMINS}}
| Number of users in the ''sysop''.


|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINCATEGORY:</nowiki>''categoryname''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINCAT:Help}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Help}}<br />{{PAGESINCAT:Help}}
| Number of pages in the given category (replace "Help" with the relevant category name).

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINNS:</nowiki>''index''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINNAMESPACE:</nowiki>''index''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| ''not enabled''
| Number of pages in the given namespace (replace 2 with the relevant namespace index). E.g. <tt><nowiki>{{PAGESINNAMESPACE:</nowiki>''14''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt> equals the number of categories..

|}

====Page names====
{| class="wikitable" border="1"


|-
!Variable
! Output
!Description

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{FULLPAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{FULLPAGENAME}}
| Namespace and page title.

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{PAGENAME}}
| Page title.

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{BASEPAGENAME}}
| Page title excluding the current subpage and namespace ("Title" on "Title/foo").

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SUBPAGENAME}}
| The subpage title ("foo" on "Title/foo").

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}
| The namespace and title of the associated content page.

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{TALKPAGENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{TALKPAGENAME}}
| The namespace and title of the associated talk page.

|}

The following are URL-encoded equivalents:
* <tt><nowiki>{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{PAGENAMEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{TALKPAGENAMEE}}</nowiki></tt>

====Namespaces====
{| class="wikitable" border="1"


! Variable
! Output
!Description

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{NAMESPACE}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{NAMESPACE}}
| Namespace (name)

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{SUBJECTSPACE}}</nowiki></tt><br /><tt><nowiki>{{ARTICLESPACE}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SUBJECTSPACE}}<br />{{ARTICLESPACE}}
| Name of the associated content namespace

|-
| <tt><nowiki>{{TALKSPACE}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{TALKSPACE}}
| Name of the associated talk namespace

|}

The following are URL-encoded equivalents:
* <tt><nowiki>{{NAMESPACEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{SUBJECTSPACEE}}</nowiki></tt>
* <tt><nowiki>{{TALKSPACEE}}</nowiki></tt>