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$var and italicized text denote variables.

Magic Words and MediaWiki Specifics

TOC

__TOC__ forces the table of contents to appear, and at a specific location. Combine with CSS float elements for greater customization.

NOTOC

__NOTOC__ prevents table of contents from appearing at all.

Pagename

{{PAGENAME}} - Full page title without namespace.

Fullpagename

{{FULLPAGENAME}} - Full page title with namespace.

Nowiki

< nowiki > tags prevent wiki markup from being rendered, but does not alter HTML markup.

Server

{{SERVER}} renders the wiki URL. {{SERVER}}/BSD produces http://edramatica.com/BSD

Deprecated HTML

Deprecated HTML can be harmless, and it can also break browser rendering. Best to keep up with industry standards at either rate.

Big

< big > tags are deprecated. Use the CSS element font-size:XY; where X is a numerical value and Y is a type of incremental value. "em" scales well for the latter.

Break

< br > tags are deprecated. Use the XHTML style < br / >

Center

< center > tags are deprecated. Use the CSS element align="center"