Template:Oldid/doc

This template create 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 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

{{oldid|page|oldid|label}}
[The first, bolded, "oldid" is the name of the template and should be inserted literally. The second "oldid" is the name of a parameter and should be replaced with the revision number.]

code	result
{{oldid|Main Page|589841|Link to a 2003 version of the Main Page}}	Link to a 2003 version of 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.

Alias

• {{Permalink}}

See also

• {{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
• Help:Permanent link
• User:Scottywong/diffconverter – A tool for converting from raw form

TemplateData

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.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page title	1	The page whose older revision will be linked to. Default	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). Default	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