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Line 6: {{Wikipedia how-to\|H:MW\|WP:MAGIC\|WP:MAGICWORD\|WP:MAGICWORDS}} '''Magic words''' (including '''parser functions''', '''variables''', and '''behavior switches''') are features of [[Help:Wiki markup\|wiki markup]] that give instructions to Wikipedia's underlying [[MediaWiki]] software. For example, magic words can suppress or position the table of contents, disable indexing by external search engines, and produce output dynamically based on the current page or on user-defined conditional logic. Some of these features are especially useful for [[WP:Templates\|templates]]. This page is a quick reference for magic words. For more information, refer to the main MediaWiki documentation:

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