Template:Diff2/sandbox

This is the template sandbox page for Template:Diff2 (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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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 link for the timestamp, which is of the form:

http[s]://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=SomePageName&oldid=442212827

The number after oldid= is the revision ID.

This template does not require the page name, and provides a diff between a specified revision ID and the one immediately before it (i.e. what changed at a certain ID).

Usage

{{Diff2|oldid|section|label}}

oldid – The base ID onto which the diff is generated
section – (optional) The section (anchor) within the page
label – (optional) Text to display as link. No label will give a numbered link.

If 3 parameters are specified (i.e. parameter {{{3}}} exists), parameter {{{2}}} is the section, and parameter {{{3}}} is the label. Otherwise, parameter {{{2}}}, if present, is the label (and the link is to the whole page).

(Consequently, specifying a section but no label can be achieved by leaving the label blank save for its pipe character, as in the fourth example below.)

Examples

Code	Output
`{{Diff2\|123456789}}`	[1]
`{{Diff2\|123456789\|SomeUser's edit to "Some article name"}}`	SomeUser's edit to "Some article name"
`{{Diff2\|123456789\|External links\|SomeUser's edit to "Some article name"}}`	SomeUser's edit to "Some article name"
`{{Diff2\|123456789\|External links\|}}`	[2]

Redirects

You can use the following text in place of "Diff2":

{{Dif}}