Help:Magic words

A "magic word" is a symbol recognized by the MediaWiki software and which triggers the software to do something other than display that symbol.

Some of the most commonly used examples are listed below.

Behavior switches

 * hides the table of contents on a page.
 * places the table of contents exactly where this is entered. It overrides the NOTOC switch.

Variables

 * produces the current day of the week.
 * shows the number of articles on your wiki.
 * produces the name of the wiki.