Forum:Magic words

Hmm, in testing some of the magic words (see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words), specifically PAGESINNS and PAGESINCATEGORY and I'm seeing some of them working differently here on Central vs w:c:skyrates, even though the Versions information was the same at Special:Version vs w:c:skyrates:Special:Version. Not sure if was just me w:c:skyrates:User:MrDolomite vs User:MrDolomite or was also happening on other wikias. Thanks. &mdash; MrDolomite &bull; Talk 13:11, 19 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I've had this problem with PAGESIZE and was told that these depend on the new parser; replacing the old one would break some templates, so it hasn't been done for all wikis yet, although some (including central) already have it, and it can be turned on by request if you have a "compelling reason" and are ready to fix any templates that may break. Call up Special:ParserDiffTest (that page should be on every wiki now); you'll see that difference in behaviour you describe side-by side there. The DiffTest is useful to check that your most sensitive templates won't break when the parser is updated (as it eventually is going to be). --◄mendel► 10:45, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Yep, that is the answer. I had heard about parser upgrades vaguely in the pat, but I didn't know the parser was a per-wikia setting.  That explains things totally, thanks for the informative answer.  It isn't causing any template emergencies, so it can wait till whenever; good to have an answer and know I'm not just missing something easy. &mdash; MrDolomite &bull; Talk 22:43, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, I 'm glad I could help. Answering this has made me realize that I could use some of the new functionality through the ParserDiffTest: just write it on the page and call up the test (using Get Text From Page) to see the result, in this case a sum of page sizes. So we have both profited! :-) --◄mendel► 08:19, 21 September 2008 (UTC)