Template:Wikipedia: Difference between revisions

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Goal

This template can be used for links to Wikipedia pages.

Usage

{{wikipedia|page title|alternative text|lang=|oldid=|diff=}}

All parameters are optional.

page title: Page title to link to. Defaults to Main Page.

alternative text: Alternative text to be shown instead of the page title.

lang: Two letter language code to link to another language version than the English one. The language will not be shown (currently not implemented), but the page title might give a hint.

oldid: Oldid from the end of the Wikipedia permalink URL to use when linking to a specific article revision. Can be found through the page history.

diff: If not empty a link to a diff comparing the oldid revision with the previous revision will be shown. Instead of a regular link and a permalink a permalink and a link to a diff will be shown.

Examples

See the {{wikipedia|FlightGear}} article on Wikipedia.

See the FlightGear title="Wikipedia article" article on Wikipedia.

See the {{wikipedia|FlightGear|lang=sv}} article on the Swedish Wikipedia.

See the FlightGear title="Wikipedia article" article on Swedish Wikipedia.

The Wikipedia article by the time of the {{wikipedia|release of FlightGear 3.0|oldid=596124837}}.

The Wikipedia article by the time of the release of FlightGear 3.0 (permalink) title="Wikipedia article".

Someone {{wikipedia|FlightGear#History|mentioned the HondaJet take-down request|oldid=611503439|diff=yep}} on Wikipedia.

Someone mentioned the HondaJet take-down request (diff) title="Wikipedia article" on Wikipedia.

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-<span class="plainlinks">[http://{{{lang|en}}}.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{urlencode:{{{1|Main Page}}}|wiki}} <!--
+<span class="plainlinks">[http://{{{lang|en}}}.wikipedia.org/<!--
+-->{{#if: {{{diff|}}}  <!-- Is there a diff parameter and a permalink should be used? -->
+ |  <!-- Yes there is a diff parameter, use permalink -->
+ w/index.php?title={{urlencode:{{{1|Main Page}}}|wiki}}&oldid={{{oldid|}}}
+ |  <!-- No there is no diff parameter, use regular link -->
+ wiki/{{urlencode:{{{1|Main Page}}}|wiki}}
+}} <!--
 -->{{#if: {{{2|}}}  <!-- Is there an alternative text? -->
   |  <!-- Yes, there is an alternative text -->
@@ Line 8: / Line 14: @@
 -->{{#if: {{{oldid|}}}  <!-- Is there an oldid parameter? -->
   |  <!-- Yes there is an oldid parameter -->
-  {{#if: {{{diff|}}}  <!-- Is there also a non-empty diff parameter? -->
+  (<span class="plainlinks">[http://{{{lang|en}}}.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title={{urlencode:{{{1|Main Page}}}|wiki}}<!--
-   |  <!-- Yes, there there also a non-empty diff parameter -->
+ -->{{#if: {{{diff|}}}  <!-- Is there also a non-empty diff parameter? -->
-   (<span class="plainlinks">[http://{{{lang|en}}}.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title={{urlencode:{{{1|Main Page}}}|wiki}}&diff=prev&oldid={{{oldid}}} diff]</span>)
+   |  <!-- Yes, there there also a non-empty diff parameter, show a link to the diff -->
-   |  <!-- No, there no diff parameter -->
+   &diff=prev&oldid={{{oldid|}}} diff
-   (<span class="plainlinks">[http://{{{lang|en}}}.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title={{urlencode:{{{1|Main Page}}}|wiki}}&oldid={{{oldid}}} permalink]</span>)
+   |  <!-- No, there no diff parameter, show prmalink -->
- }}
+   &oldid={{{oldid|}}} permalink
-}} [[File:Wikipedia icon 32px.png|15px|alt="Wikipedia article"|link=http://{{{lang|en}}}.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{urlencode:{{{1|Main Page}}}|wiki}}]]<noinclude>
+ }}<!--
+ -->]</span>)
+}} [[File:Wikipedia icon 32px.png|15px|alt="Wikipedia article"|title="Wikipedia article"]]<noinclude>
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 ; oldid:             Oldid from the end of the Wikipedia permalink URL to use when linking to a specific article revision.  Can be found through the page history.
-; diff:              If not empty a link to a diff comparing the oldid revision with the previous revision will be shown.
+; diff:              If not empty a link to a diff comparing the oldid revision with the previous revision will be shown.  Instead of a regular link and a permalink a permalink and a link to a diff will be shown.
 == Examples ==