Editing Help:Magic words (section)

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Revision variables return data about the '''latest edit to the current page''', even if viewing an older version of the page.
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!{{Hl2}}| Variable
!{{Hl2}}| Output
!{{Hl2}}| Description
!{{Hl2}}| Versions
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|{{Hl3}} colspan="4"| '''Site'''
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| <tt><nowiki>{{SITENAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SITENAME}}
| The wiki's site name ({{mediawiki|Manual:$wgSitename|$wgSitename}}).
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| <tt><nowiki>{{SERVER}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SERVER}}
| domain URL ({{mediawiki|Manual:$wgServer|$wgServer}})
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| <tt><nowiki>{{SERVERNAME}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SERVERNAME}}
| domain name ({{mediawiki|Manual:$wgServerName|$wgServerName}})
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| <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.
| 1.7+
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| <tt><nowiki>{{SCRIPTPATH}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{SCRIPTPATH}}
| relative script path ({{mediawiki|Manual:$wgScriptPath|$wgScriptPath}})
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| <tt><nowiki>{{CURRENTVERSION}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CURRENTVERSION}}
| The wiki's MediaWiki version.
| 1.7+
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| <tt><nowiki>{{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}
| The wiki's default interface language ({{mediawiki|Manual:$wgLanguageCode|$wgLanguageCode}})
| 1.7+
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|{{Hl3}} colspan="4"| '''Latest revision to current page'''
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| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONID}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONID}}
| Unique ID
| 1.5+
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| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONDAY}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONDAY}}
| Day edit was made (unpadded number)
| 1.8+
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| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONDAY2}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONDAY2}}
| Day edit was made (zero-padded number)
| 1.8+
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| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONMONTH}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONMONTH}}
| Month edit was made (unpadded number)
| 1.8+
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| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONYEAR}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONYEAR}}
| Year edit was made
| 1.8+
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| <tt><nowiki>{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}
| Timestamp as of time of edit
| 1.8+
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| <tt><nowiki>{{PAGESIZE:</nowiki>''page name''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
| {{PAGESIZE:Help:Magic_words}}
| Returns the byte size of the specified page.
| {{mediawiki|rev:33551|1.13+}}
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| <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.
| [[rev:45587|1.15+]]
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|{{Hl3}} colspan="4"| '''Affects page content'''
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| <tt><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:</nowiki>''title''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
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| Format the current page's title header. The value must be equivalent to the default title: only capitalization changes and replacing spaces with underscores. It can be disabled or enabled by {{mediawiki|Manual:$wgAllowDisplayTitle|$wgAllowDisplayTitle}}; disabled by default before 1.10+, enabled by default thereafter.
| 1.7+
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| <tt><nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:</nowiki>''sortkey''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt>
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| Used on a categorized page, sets a default [[Help:Categories|category sort key]].
| 1.10+
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