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This template is intended to be useful for creating links to "diffs"; that is, links to pages that show the differences between two versions of a wiki page.
Every version of a page has a revision ID, which you can find from the history of the page by looking at the link for the timestamp, which is of the form:
http[s]://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SomePageName&oldid=442212827
The number after oldid= is the revision ID.
This template does not require the page name, and provides a diff between a specified revision ID and the one immediately before it (i.e. what changed at a certain ID).
Usage
((Diff2|oldid|section|label))
- oldid – The base ID onto which the diff is generated
- section – (optional) The section (anchor) within the page
- label – (optional) Text to display as link. No label will give a numbered link.
If 3 parameters are specified (i.e. parameter (({3))} exists), parameter (({2))} is the section, and parameter (({3))} is the label. Otherwise, parameter (({2))}, if present, is the label (and the link is to the whole page).
(Consequently, specifying a section but no label can be achieved by leaving the label blank save for its pipe character, as in the fourth example below.)
Examples
| Code | Output |
|---|---|
((Diff2|123456789))
|
[1] |
((Diff2|123456789|SomeUser's edit to "Some article name"))
|
SomeUser's edit to "Some article name" |
((Diff2|123456789|External links|SomeUser's edit to "Some article name"))
|
SomeUser's edit to "Some article name" |
((Diff2|123456789|External links|))
|
[2] |
Redirects
You can use the following text in place of "Diff2":
- ((Dif))
See also
- ((Diff))
- ((Diff3)) – same as ((Diff2)), but does not support section links
- ((Diff4))
- ((Cross-wiki diff))
- ((Cross-wiki language diff))
- ((Oldid))
- ((Oldid2))
- Special:Diff