Template:Oldid/doc

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This template is intended to be useful for creating links to "oldids"; that is, links to old versions of a wiki page.

Every historical version of a page has a revision ID, which you can find from the history of the page, or from the URL of the old revision. Given a page name and a revision IDs of it, you can construct a link to that particular version.

Usage

{{oldid|1=page|2=oldid|3=label}}

Current default

{{oldid|1=Main Page|2=|3=Last revision of '''Main Page'''}} → Last revision of Main Page

You can also use the named variables "page", "oldid", and "label".

{{oldid|page=Main Page|oldid=|label=Current version of '''Main Page'''}} → Current version of Main Page

As long as the values do not contain equals signs, you can skip the variable names/numbers.

{{oldid|Main Page|cur|Current version of '''Main Page'''}} → version of Main Page&diff=cur Last revision of Main Page

code	result
{{oldid|Main Page|202506579|Link to a numbered version of a page}}	Link to a numbered version of a page The oldid= parameter (parameter number 3) should be the known revision number.
{{oldid|Main Page|cur|Link to the current version of a page (pretty useless)}}	Link to the current version of a page (pretty useless) The oldid= parameter (parameter number 2) should be the word cur.

See also

• {{diff}} uses a similar approach to create links to differences between versions.