Template:Diff4/doc

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{{Diff4|diff|old: oldid|label|section=section name}}

• diff – The ID or keyword that is used against the base ID (required). Possible keywords are:

  cur – Compare with the current version of a page.

  prev – Compare with the previous version of a page.

  next – Compare with the next version of a page.

  id – This should be larger than oldid (when oldid is specified).

• |old=oldid

  oldid – The base ID onto which the diff is generated (optional). Parameter name |old= must be specified.

• label – Text to display as link (optional). No label will generate a numbered link as the label.
• |section=section name

  section name – The name of the section or anchor (optional) within the page intended to be the target of the link. Parameter name |section= must be specified.

Unlike {{Diff2}}, this template does not automatically determine the user's intended target when diff and oldid are both specified. Be sure to use correct numbers. If the IDs belong to different pages, the link will not work.

See below:

• {{Diff}} – includes optional "page title" and "comparison only" parameters, does not feature section links
• {{Diff2}} – simple version of {{Diff}} that adds section linking; only supports diff, or the base ID, showing changes from one revision immediately before.
• {{Diff3}} – identical to {{Diff2}} without support for section links
• {{Oldid}} – simplifies the case for linking to a known old version
• {{DiffPages}} – accepts two pagenames (no id's needed)
• {{Diffsandbox}} – compares a given page with the sandbox version
• {{URL to diff}} – takes a diff URL and makes a {{Diff}} template
• {{Cross-wiki diff}}
• {{Cross-wiki language diff}}
• {{Querylink}} – generic template to construct query strings
• diff – syntax highlight on wiki pages with mw:Extension:SyntaxHighlight GeSHi
• Special:Diff – serves a similar purpose; see Help:Wiki markup#Linking to old revisions of pages, diffs, and specific history pages.
• {{Text diff}}