 | This template should have no transclusions, because it was replaced with a magic word. |
The magic word ((!)) is used to escape a vertical bar character "|" in wikitext markup, causing the parser to temporarily not interpret it as a special character.
This used to be a template, but for speed reasons, the MediaWiki parser was changed in July 2014 to instantly interpret ((!)) as "|" and ignore this template, making ((!)) a magic word. You can continue to use the code in exactly the same way as before.
Do not use syntax like ((Template:!)), and do not supply a parameter, for example ((!|foo)). In those cases, the template transcludes as an error message: Error: The retired template ((!)) has been transcluded; see mw:Help:Magic words#Other for details. To fix this, use only the code ((!)) to generate the | character.
Usage
The code ((!)) is used to escape the vertical bar character, |, so that it is interpreted later than it would be otherwise. This is mostly useful when trying to include a table in a template. For example,
((cquote|text=
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption text
|-
! Header text !! Header text
|-
| Example1 || Example2
|-
| Example3 || Example4
|}
))
yields nonsense:
| “ |
{ |
” |
| — Example1 | ||
However escaping the bars with this magic word and similar templates gives:
((cquote|text= (((!))class((=))"wikitable" ((!))+ Caption text ((!))- ! Header text !! Header text ((!))- ((!)) Example1 ((!!)) Example2 ((!))- ((!)) Example3 ((!!)) Example4 ((!))) ))
| “ |
|
” |
For how to include a table in a footnote, do:
Example 1((refn|group=note|This is a note before)) Example 2((refn|group=note|1=<nowiki></nowiki>(((!))class((=))"wikitable" ((!))+Example table with two columns !A column !Another column ((!))- ((!)) Some data ((!)) Some more data ((!)))<nowiki></nowiki>)) Example 3((refn|group=note|This is a note after)) ==Notes== ((Reflist|group=note))
Be careful to follow this formatting, otherwise the table may gobble up the subsequent footnote. This can be unnoticeable if there is only one footnote, only causing an issue if a second footnote is added.
Example 1[note 1]
Example 2[note 2]
Example 3[note 3]
Notes
See also
| Template call (m for magic word) |
Output (delayed interpretation as wikimarkup) | HTML alternative (never interpreted as wikimarkup) |
|---|---|---|
((!)) (m)
|
| | | or ((pipe)) |
((=)) (m)
|
= | = |
((!!))
|
|| | || |
((!())
|
[ | [ |
(()!))
|
] | ] |
((!(())
|
[[ | [[ |
(())!))
|
]] | ]] |
((())
|
{ | { |
(()))
|
} | } |
(((())
|
(( | {{ |
(())))
|
)) | }} |
((((())
|
(({ | {{{ |
(()))))
|
))} | }}} |
(((!))
|
{| | {| |
((!-))
|
|- | |- |
((!)))
|
|} | |} |
Documentation for the magic word may be found in the MediaWiki documentation at mw:Help:Magic words#Other.
- ((pipe)), a template that uses the numeric character reference for the vertical bar character
- m:Help:Template#A parameter value containing a pipe character
- Help:Conditional tables