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Template documentation
This documentation is transcluded from Template:Diff/doc. ( | history)
This template has a sandbox () and testcases () for editors to experiment.
This template employs intricate features of template syntax.
You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages.
Remember that you can conduct experiments, and should test all improvements, in either the local /sandbox or your user space before changing anything here.

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 historical version of a page has a revision ID, which you can find from the history of the page. Given a page name and one or two revision IDs, you can construct links to several types of diffs.

Usage

{{diff|1=page|2=diff|3=oldid|4=label}}

Current default
{{diff|1=Main Page|2=|3=|4=Last revision of '''Main Page'''}} → Last revision of Main Page'
You can also use the named variables "page", "diff", "oldid", and "label".
{{diff|page=Main Page|diff=cur|oldid=|label=Last change to '''Main Page'''}} → Last change to Main Page
As long as the values do not contain equals signs, you can skip the variable names/numbers.
{{diff|Main Page|cur||Last change to '''Main Page'''}} → Last change to Main Page'
code result
{{diff|Main Page|204901573|202506579|Diff between two numbered versions of a page}} Diff between two numbered versions of a page
  • The diff= parameter (parameter number 2) should be the larger revision number.
  • The oldid= parameter (parameter number 3) should be the smaller revision number.
{{diff|Main Page|prev|204901573|Diff between a numbered version and the previous version}} Diff between a numbered version and the previous version

This is the form that would be used most often.

  • The diff= parameter (parameter number 2) should be the word prev.
  • The oldid= parameter (parameter number 3) should be the known revision number.
{{diff|Main Page|next|204901573|Diff between a numbered version and the subsequent version}} Diff between a numbered version and the subsequent version
  • The diff= parameter (parameter number 2) should be the word next.
  • The oldid= parameter (parameter number 3) should be the known revision number.
{{diff|Main Page|cur|204901573|Diff between a numbered version and the current version of a page}} Diff between a numbered version and the current version of a page
  • The diff= parameter (parameter number 2) should be the word cur.
  • The oldid= parameter (parameter number 3) should be the known revision number.
{{diff|Main Page|cur||Diff showing the most recent change to a page}} Diff showing the most recent change to a page
  • The diff= parameter (parameter number 2) should be the word cur.
  • The oldid= parameter (parameter number 3) should be missing or empty.
{{diff|Main Page||204901573|A link to a numbered version of a page}} A link to a numbered version of a page
  • The diff= parameter (parameter number 2) should be missing or empty.
  • The oldid= parameter (parameter number 3) should be the known revision number.
  • The result is not actually a diff, so this might be considered misuse of the template. See the {{oldid}} template.

See also

  • {{oldid}} simplifies the case for linking to a known old version.

Wikipedia content modification information:

  • This page was last modified on 4 May 2008, at 12:36.

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