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}}

code	result
{{oldid|Main Page|2236|Link to a 2009 version of the Main Page}}	Link to a 2009 version of the Main Page The label= parameter (parameter number 3) should be the link text description (optional).
{{oldid|Main Page|2236}}	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

• Help:Permanent link
• {{oldid2}} – does not require the page name and can create a link to a section.
• {{diff}} – uses a similar approach to create links to differences between versions.