Template:!/doc

The magic word  is used to escape a vertical bar character "&#124;" 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 "&#124;" 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, and do not supply a parameter, for example. In those cases, the template transcludes as an error message: Error: The retired template

Usage
The code  is used to escape the vertical bar character, &#124;, 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,

yields nonsense:

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

For how to include a table in a footnote, do: Example 1

Example 2

Example 3