Template talk:Parser functions nav

What is the scope of this template?

Currently, only an arbitrary fraction of parser functions available are covered here. Also, it appears to mix core and extensions. What are the criteria for a listing? [[kgh]] (talk) 09:46, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

@Kghbln: I think adding all would be good, and splitting them into two groups for core and extensions. Although I can't help but think that there's a better way to generate such a list! Sam Wilson 05:12, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

I'd only add core parser functions, if at all. Probably some Lua module could do the job. [[kgh]] (talk) 09:01, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. Sam Wilson 03:40, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Letters

@Shirayuki: It's already in alphabetical order. There's no way anyone is actually going to be helped by having the letters in there. And I suspect that no other navbox on the site has this. It certainly is not a common feature (because it's utterly useless). - dcljr (talk) 00:12, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

@Dcljr: Alphabetical or not, the list is still cluttered and hard to scan. The initial letters helped a bit with that. They weren’t in the way, so removing them just because other navboxes don’t use the same style doesn’t seem like a good reason.-- Shirayuki (talk) 01:16, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

Frankly, I think that's just BS. - dcljr (talk) 02:56, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

# where not needed

• There is no magic word {{#anchorencode:test}} (this gives "{{#anchorencode:test}}").
• There is a magic word {{anchorencode:test}} (this gives "test").

There are many other examples. JWBTH (talk) 06:38, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

I've edited the template.

But note that the template {{Magic word }} exists. Currently it just does formatting. In Russian Wikipedia, the template ru:Template:Mwmw automatically puts the right prefixes and links (e.g. __TOC__ for TOC, #expr for expr, etc.). Aren't there such templates on MediaWiki or English Wikipedia so that it can be borrowed? JWBTH (talk) 07:06, 14 December 2025 (UTC)