Missing Safari Reader button?

I keep seeing references to a Safari reader button aalong with suggestions it has some
sort of magical properties.
What exactly is it and where can it by found?

The reader button is automatically displayed on web sites where there is a large about of text, like a news site. The Reader button will automatically appear at the end of the address entry area in your button bar.
I have used it a few times and it does seem to make reading articles much nicer.
If for some reason it is not showing up, either Safari does not see the articles on the site as reader capable, there is some other plug-in or add-on that is in conflict with S5, or presumably there is some code a web site dev can use that blocks the reader capability. The third option is not confirmed of course.
I have seen it come up randomly on Apples forums depending on the size of the post / thread you are looking at.
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