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This template should have no transclusions. This is because it was replaced with a magic word.

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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#Escaped characters 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=
This is text before
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption text
|-
! Header text !! Header text
|-
| Example 1 || Example 2
|-
| Example 3 || Example 4
|}
This is text after
}}

yields nonsense:

“

This is text before {

”

— Example 1

However escaping the bars with this magic word and similar templates gives:

{{cquote|text=
This is text before
{{(!}} class{{=}}"wikitable"
{{!+}} Caption text
{{!-}}
! Header text !! Header text
{{!-}}
{{!}} Example 1 {{!!}} Example 2
{{!-}}
{{!}} Example 3 {{!!}} Example 4
{{!)}}
This is text after
}}

“

This is text before

Caption text
Header text	Header text
Example 1	Example 2
Example 3	Example 4

This is text after

”

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 />This is text before
{{(!}} class{{=}}"wikitable"
{{!+}} Caption text
{{!-}}
! Header text !! Header text
{{!-}}
{{!}} Example 1 {{!!}} Example 2
{{!-}}
{{!}} Example 3 {{!!}} Example 4
{{!)}}
This is text after
<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]}

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Notes

↑ This is a note before
↑ This is text before
Caption text
Header text Header text

Example 1 Example 2

Example 3 Example 4

This is text after
↑ This is a note after

This table:
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 Category:Character-substitution templates

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:!/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

[1] This is a note before

[2] This is text before
Caption text
Header text Header text

Example 1 Example 2

Example 3 Example 4

This is text after

[3] This is a note after

[note 1]

[note 2]

[note 3]

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