Wikipedia Links and Diffs

Goals

• link to a diff
• link to a version

Wikipedia history

The role of oldid

Every time you save/publish a page, you create a new version in its history—designated by the oldid number seen in the page’s URL/addressbar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_University&oldid=1052235945

Wikipedia diff

Example links

ex. Linking in reflection

• create a reflection
  • go to your user page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:YOU/
  • type reflection at end https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:YOU/reflection
• link to a “permanent” version of a page from its history
• link to a diff of a comment on a talk page

Thanks!

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