Template:Diff/doc

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: The number after  is the revision ID.

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

Usage



 * – The title of the page (optional in most cases).
 * – The ID or keyword that is used against the base ID. Possible keywords are:
 * – compare with the current version of a page.
 * – compare with the previous version of a page.
 * – compare with the next version of a page.
 * id – This should be larger than.
 * – The base ID onto which the diff is generated.
 * – Text to display as link (optional)—‌no label will generate a numbered link as the label.
 * yes – Displays the page comparisons only (optional)—‌parameter name required if used.

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,  ,  , and.

Examples
Below each example in the left-hand column is the pseudocode for that example in   and indented. Elements that should be entered literally are in  . When a parameter is left blank, the resulting two adjacent pipes are underlined (but not bolded):  .