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add simple template, used on many other similar pages to help new editors and guide them (see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=%22Are+you+new+here%3F+There%22&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns4=1 |
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{{Simple|Help:Magic words for beginners}}▼
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▲{{Simple|Help:Magic words for beginners}}
'''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, certain magic words are used to suppress or position the [[Wikipedia:Table of contents|table of contents]], disable [[Wikipedia:INDEXING|indexing]] by external search engines, or produce output dynamically based on the current page or on user-defined [[Help:Conditional expressions|conditional expressions]]. Some of these features are especially useful for [[WP:Templates|templates]].
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