Help talk:Magic words

For heavens sake, just what is meant by Magic word???

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– Libcub (talk) 21:52, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I sometimes wonder if the computer gurus on Wikipedia know how to speak English!! This article lists jillions of Magic words, but nowhere does it explain what a Magic word is. Please, someone, explain what a Magic word is and do so in plain English that a non-computer guru can understand. If it can be exemplified, give some examples ... also in plain English. - mbeychok 18:41, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is a word that gives the software a specific task to do, such as display the current date, hide the TOC, etc. inline with the text. ffm ^yes? 22:30, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have copied the latest version from meta that makes that clear. Jon513 13:54, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've added it to the glossary. Libcub (talk) 21:52, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Defaultsort and talk pages

Stale

– No comment for a year. Libcub (talk) 21:53, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I left the same question at META, hope to get a reply or fix for this at one place or another...

Is there a reason that the talk pages for articles that have a defaultsort don't "follow" the same sorting? Or, is thre a way to get the talk pages to follow the sorting for the article? For example, the article A Chinese Ghost Story II sorts as "Chinese Ghost Story II, A" but the talk page sorts as Talk:A Chinese Ghost Story II. Is there a need to put a defaultsort on the talk pages too? Hope not! By the by, I noticed this at [1]. SkierRMH 07:52, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Page view

Is there a magic word to show how many times a page was viewed or accessed? - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 13:34, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

H:Page name variables

Since all the magic words are listed here is there really a need for H:Page name variables? -Rocket000 20:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tag extensions

Is there a list of all tag extensions / xml-style tags (such as <math>, <ref> or <source>) that are supported in the Wikipedia MediaWiki installation? --Abdull (talk) 14:35, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Version, scroll down to #Parser extension tags ∴ AlexSm 21:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Magic disambig

Would it be possible to have a note at the top of the page mentioning about how WP:MAGIC redirects here and you may be looking for Wikipedia:WikiProject Magic? This is in the same way that WP:NOTE mentions about citations, footnotes and what wikipedia isn't. It is a plausible redirect I believe, as the other day I couldn't remember the page name so typed WP:MAGIC in search and ended up here instead. Thanks! StephenBuxton (talk) 09:26, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect links

Searching through here, there are a number of links that aren't quite right, namely the $wg... links. They all link to something along the lines of http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:$wg..., but it should be .../wiki/Manual:$wg.... For example, the link to $wgVersion is http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:$wgVersion, but it should be http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgVersion (the difference is "Help:" in the first link and "Manual:" in the second). Shouldn't this be fixed? Omega234 (talk) 19:04, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, thanks. JackSchmidt (talk) 03:23, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Page Names: How can I get the base page name for a subpage?

I am trying to get the magic word that will do the following. Let's say I have page:

TOPPAGE/SUBPAGE

I want the magic word that would bring back just TOPPAGE. It doesn't seem to exist in the documentation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.110.234.160 (talk) 22:41, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BASEPAGENAME doesn't do it? Saintrain (talk) 20:51, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

subst with MWs

Hi! Is there a way to get the functionality of {{subst:PAGESINCATEGORY:cat}}? Thanks. Saintrain (talk) 20:20, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! Same syntax. I must have tyoped. Saintrain (talk) 16:42, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Raising alarms

Where is the table showing the codes to use to raise an alarm, i.e. "This article needs to be expanded on in general", or "this article needs a photo", etc. And yeah, I DO need a response. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 05:47, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse me? You catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Toddst1 (talk) 17:36, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've found people on the site to be relatively unresponsive. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 08:11, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]