Help:Variable
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This page presents a list of variables that can be used in the wikitext. Similar to templates, their content is dynamically included in the page text. Unlike templates, however, a variable's rendering depends on the time, the project, or the page on which it appears.
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[edit] "Constant" variables
These variables are mainly useful in the event that the LOST Wikia content is included in some other MediaWiki-based database. Namespace 0 (zero) is the article namespace (Main).
| {{ns:-2}} or {{ns:Media}} | Media |
| {{ns:-1}} or {{ns:Special}} | Special |
| {{ns:1}} or {{ns:Talk}} | Talk |
| {{ns:2}} or {{ns:User}} | User |
| {{ns:3}} or {{ns:User_talk}} | User talk |
| {{ns:4}} or {{ns:Project}} | LOST |
| {{ns:5}} or {{ns:Project_talk}} | LOST talk |
| {{ns:6}} or {{ns:Image}} | File |
| {{ns:7}} or {{ns:Image_talk}} | File talk |
| {{ns:8}} or {{ns:MediaWiki}} | MediaWiki |
| {{ns:9}} or {{ns:MediaWiki_talk}} | MediaWiki talk |
| {{ns:10}} or {{ns:Template}} | Template |
| {{ns:11}} or {{ns:Template_talk}} | Template talk |
| {{ns:12}} or {{ns:Help}} | Help |
| {{ns:13}} or {{ns:Help_talk}} | Help talk |
| {{ns:14}} or {{ns:Category}} | Category |
| {{ns:15}} or {{ns:Category_talk}} | Category talk |
| {{ns:100}} or {{ns:Forum}} | |
| {{ns:101}} or {{ns:Forum_talk}} | |
| {{SITENAME}} | LOST |
| {{SERVER}} | http://lost.wikia.com |
| {{localurl:pagename}} | /wiki/Pagename |
| {{localurl:pagename|query string}} | /index.php?title=Pagename&query string |
[edit] Time-based variables
The time in UTC. Note that if the page was displayed by the same user and has not changed (has not been edited) since the last time it was displayed, it is possible that the page may be cached (by the user's browser) and the displayed time or date may not change. Also, if a heavily used page, rather than freshly rendered by the software each time it is generated, is instead being retrieved from a caching system, the date or time may not change from the last time the page was originally retrieved by the caching hardware or software.
| Word | Example |
|---|---|
| {{CURRENTDAY}} | 10
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| {{CURRENTDAY2}} | 10
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| {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} | Tuesday
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| {{CURRENTDOW}} | 2
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| {{CURRENTMONTH}} | 11
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| {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} | Nov
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| {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} | November
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| {{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}} | November
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| {{CURRENTTIME}} | 16:14
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| {{CURRENTHOUR}} | 16
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| {{CURRENTWEEK}} | 46
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| {{CURRENTYEAR}} | 2009
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| {{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} | 20091110161437
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[edit] Statistics
| {{CONTENTLANGUAGE}} | en
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| {{CURRENTVERSION}} | 1.15.1
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| {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} {{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}} | 4,3494349
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| {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} {{NUMBEROFPAGES:R}} | 9,6639663
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| {{NUMBEROFFILES}} {{NUMBEROFFILES:R}} | 2,9402940
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| {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} {{NUMBEROFUSERS:R}} | 1,677,5001677500
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| {{NUMBEROFADMINS}} {{NUMBEROFADMINS:R}} | 44
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The NUMBEROFARTICLES variable is defined as the number of articles in the main namespace that contain a link to another page and are not a redirect. In other words, the number of articles, stubs containing a link, and disambiguation pages.
[edit] Page-based variables
| Word | Example |
|---|---|
| {{PAGENAME}} | Variable
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| {{PAGENAMEE}} | Variable
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| {{SUBPAGENAME}} {{SUBPAGENAMEE}} | Variable
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| {{BASEPAGENAME}} {{BASEPAGENAMEE}} | Variable
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| {{NAMESPACE}} {{NAMESPACEE}} | Help
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| {{FULLPAGENAME}} {{FULLPAGENAMEE}} | Help:Variable
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| {{TALKSPACE}} {{TALKSPACEE}} | Help talk
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| {{SUBJECTSPACE}} {{SUBJECTSPACEE}} | Help
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| {{ARTICLESPACE}} {{ARTICLESPACEE}} | Help
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| {{TALKPAGENAME}} {{TALKPAGENAMEE}} | Help talk:Variable
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| {{SUBJECTPAGENAME}} {{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}} | Help:Variable
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| {{ARTICLEPAGENAME}} {{ARTICLEPAGENAMEE}} | Help:Variable
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| {{REVISIONID}} | 22648
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| {{REVISIONDAY}} | 17
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| {{REVISIONDAY2}} | 17
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| {{REVISIONMONTH}} | 8
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| {{REVISIONYEAR}} | 2007
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| {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} | 20070817142837
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| {{SITENAME}} | LOST
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| {{SERVER}} | http://lost.wikia.com |
| {{SERVERNAME}} | lost.wikia.com
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PAGENAMEE will display the page title in the style that is used in URLs – that is, with underscores for spaces and escape codes for special characters. For example, a page called "Test page" would render as "Test_page" instead. FULLPAGENAME basically combines NAMESPACE and PAGENAME.
When used in a template, these four variables refer to the page in which the template is included, not to the template page.
[edit] Examples of combinations
- {{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAMEE}}|action=edit}}
- http://lost.wikia.com/index.php?title=Help:Variable&action=edit
- {{SERVER}}{{localurl:Special:Whatlinkshere|target={{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAMEE}}}}
- http://lost.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Help:Variable
- [[{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAMEE}}/temp]]
- Help:Variable/temp
- {{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAMEE}}/temp}}
- http://lost.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Variable/temp
In a template, for a link to a page which depends on a template parameter, the external link style is used even for internal links, to avoid that the system links to the edit page even if the page exists. To construct the external link, variables can also be useful.
