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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 timestamp link for the edit. The timestamp link is in this form:
http[s]://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SomePageName&oldid=442212827
The number after oldid= is the revision ID.

Given one or two revision IDs, you can construct links to several types of diffs.

Usage

{{Diff|title|diff|oldid|label|diffonly=yes}}

Only the diff parameter is required; all other parameters are optional. Omitted parameters must be empty (by using a double pipe). You can also use the named parameters title, diff, oldid, and label.

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TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Diff

A template that 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.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
titletitle page 1

The title of the page.

Pageoptional
Diffdiff 2

The ID or keyword that is used against the base ID. Possible keywords are:

  • cur – compare with the current version of a page.
  • prev – compare with the previous version of a page.
  • next – compare with the next version of a page.
  • <var>id</var> – compare against this revision ID; should be <em>larger</em> than <code>oldid</code>.

Linerequired
Oldidoldid 3

The base ID onto which the diff is generated. Some number like "442212827" (without the quotes).

Numberoptional
Labellabel 4

Text to display as link. No label will give a numbered link.

Lineoptional
Diffonlydiffonly

Displays the page comparisons only. If you use this, the value should be "yes" (without the quotes).

Lineoptional

See also