Template:Oldid
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This template creates links to "oldids"; that is, links to old versions of a wiki page. It then labels those old versions the current one, unless you've supplied both the name of the page and the oldid.
Every historical version of a page has a revision ID, which you can find from the links on 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.
If you only have the revision ID and not the page name, consider using {{oldid2}}, which requires only the revision ID and can still construct a link.
Usage
- Syntax
- {{oldid
|page |oldid |label}}
| code | result |
|---|---|
| {{oldid |
Link to a 2003 version of the Main Page
|
| {{oldid |
Old revision of Main Page
|
| {{oldid |
Current version of Main Page (pretty useless)
|
Alias
- {{Permalink}}
See also
- {{Old}}
- {{Oldid2}} – Does not require the page name and can create a link to a section
- {{Cross-wiki oldid}}
- {{Cross-wiki language oldid}}
- {{Diff}} – Uses a similar approach to create links to differences between versions
- {{Diff2}}
- {{Diff3}}
- {{Diff4}}
- {{History}} – Link to the edit history page of an article
- Special:Permalink
- Help:Permanent link
TemplateData
TemplateData for Oldid
A template to link to old versions of a wiki page using the revision ID, which can be found in the history of the page.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page title | 1 | The page whose older revision will be linked to.
| Page name | required |
| Oldid | 2 | If not specified, links to the current version. 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. This should be a long number, like "560214444" (without the quotes).
| Number | optional |
| Label | 3 | If not specified, label of link will be "Old revision of [the name of the page]" (without the quotes). The label of the link that will be created. | Line | optional |