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* '''article''' refers to a page on the wiki about the specific person, place, thing, event, or concept mentioned in the page's title. "Page" is used as a synonym. | * '''article''' refers to a page on the wiki about the specific person, place, thing, event, or concept mentioned in the page's title. "Page" is used as a synonym. | ||
* '''magic words''' | * '''magic words''' are strings of text that the MediaWiki software associates with a value or a function. See Mediawiki's [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words Help:Magic words] for more detail. Here are some examples: | ||
** | ** '''<nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki>''' forces the table of contents to appear at that location | ||
** | ** {'''{CURRENTYEAR}}''' makes the current year appear at that location | ||
* '''Namespace''' | * '''Namespace''' | ||
* '''page''' is used interchangeably with "article" in TS Wiki. | * '''page''' is used interchangeably with "article" in TS Wiki. | ||
* '''template''' | * '''template''' | ||
Revision as of 15:18, 21 June 2012
Mediawiki uses some terminology that may not be familiar.
- article refers to a page on the wiki about the specific person, place, thing, event, or concept mentioned in the page's title. "Page" is used as a synonym.
- magic words are strings of text that the MediaWiki software associates with a value or a function. See Mediawiki's Help:Magic words for more detail. Here are some examples:
- __TOC__ forces the table of contents to appear at that location
- {{CURRENTYEAR}} makes the current year appear at that location
- Namespace
- page is used interchangeably with "article" in TS Wiki.
- template