Template:Oldid/doc

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|page=Main Page}} → Current version of Main Page

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

{{oldid|page=Main Page|oldid=|label=Last revision of '''Main Page'''}} → Last revision of Main Page

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

{{oldid|Main Page|589841|Old version of '''Main Page'''}} → Old version of Main Page

code	result
{{oldid|Main Page|589841|Link to a 2003 version of a the Main Page}}	Link to a 2003 version of a the Main Page The label= parameter (parameter number 3) should be the link text description (optional).
{{oldid|Main Page|589841}}	Old revision of Main Page The oldid= parameter (parameter number 2) should be the known revision number.
{{oldid|Main Page}}	Current version of Main Page (pretty useless) The page= parameter (parameter number 1) should be the name of the page. The oldid= parameter (parameter number 2) can be cur (or leave it empty) for the current version.

See also

• {{diff}} uses a similar approach to create links to differences between versions. The simplest way is to use the {{oldid2}} template.
• Template:Cross-wiki oldid
• Template:Cross-wiki language oldid