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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}} |
|
{{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|}} |
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