Vorlage:!/doc

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,

{{rquote|none|text=
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption text
|-
! Header text !! Header text
|-
| Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example
|}
}}

yields nonsense:

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

{{rquote|none|<nowiki>
</nowiki>{{(!}} class{{=}}"wikitable"
{{!}}+ Caption text
{{!}}-
! Header text !! Header text
{{!}}-
{{!}} Example {{!!}} Example
{{!}}-
{{!}} Example {{!!}} Example
{{!}}}
}}

See also

Redirect Template:Nowrap Vorlage:Rcat shell Vorlage:Normal	Redirect Template:Nowrap	Redirect Template:Nowrap
Vorlage:Tlx (m)	|	| or REDIRECT Template:Template link
Vorlage:Tlx	=	=
Vorlage:Tlx	||	||
Vorlage:Tlx	[	[
Vorlage:Tlx	]	]
Vorlage:Tlx	[[	[[
Vorlage:Tlx	]]	]]
Vorlage:Tlx	{	{
Vorlage:Tlx	}	}
Vorlage:Tlx	{{	{{
Vorlage:Tlx	}}	}}
Vorlage:Tlx	{{{	{{{
Vorlage:Tlx	}}}	}}}
Vorlage:Tlx	{|	{|
Vorlage:Tlx	|-	|-
Vorlage:Tlx	|}	|}

Documentation for the magic word may be found in the MediaWiki documentation at mw:Help:Magic words#Other.

1. REDIRECT Template:Template link

Vorlage:Redirect category shell, 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