This template creates links to "oldids"; that is, links to old versions of a wiki page. It then labels those old versions the current one, unless you've supplied both the name of the page and the oldid.

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

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Syntax
{{oldid|page|oldid|label}}
code result
{{oldid|Main Page|589841|Link to a 2003 version of the Main Page}} Link to a 2003 version of the Main Page
  • The label= parameter (parameter number 3) should be the link text description (optional).
{{oldid|Main Page|589841}} 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

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See also

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TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Oldid in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Oldid

A template to link to old versions of a wiki page using the revision ID, which can be found in the history of the page.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Page title1

The page whose older revision will be linked to.

Default
Page namerequired
Oldid2

If not specified, links to the current version. Every historical version of a page has a revision ID, which you can find from the history of the page, or from the URL of the old revision. This should be a long number, like "560214444" (without the quotes).

Default
Numberoptional
Label3

If not specified, label of link will be "Old revision of [the name of the page]" (without the quotes). The label of the link that will be created.

Lineoptional