Template:Copied/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Copied.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is meant to simplify the merge/split procedures by providing one template that can be used on the talk pages of source and destination articles or other pages. Intended for use on talk pages, this template identifies that text has been copied or moved from one page to another, recording attribution dependencies as described by Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

Usage

Basic

{{Copied |from= |from_oldid= |to= |diff= }}

Full

{{Copied 
|from       = 
|from_oldid = 
|to         = 
|to_diff    = 
|to_oldid   = 
|date       =
|small      =
}}

Parameters

from is the name of the source page, where the text originally appeared.
from_oldid is the ID of the page revision of the source page from which the text was copied.
From the permanent link url: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PAGENAME&oldid=from_oldid
to is the destination page, where the text was placed.
diff is the diff or permanent link of the destination page edit when the text was placed (in the case of a newly created page: the permanent url of the first version of the destination page).
to_diff is the ID of the page revision of the destination page that includes the copied text. If the copy created the destination page, use to_diff=prev.
to_oldid is the ID of the page revision of the destination page before the text was copied.
From the url: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PAGENAME&diff=to_diff&oldid=to_oldid
date is the date, time and date, or timestamp that the copying took place at.
small is passed on to the {{Tmbox}} that is used to generate the message box. If set to yes, makes it a smaller right floating message box.

Example

{{Copied |from=Squirrel |from_oldid=345129608 |to=Tree squirrel |diff=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tree_squirrel&diff=345159499&oldid=301353806 |date=01:00, 01 January 2011}} and
{{Copied |from=Squirrel |from_oldid=345129608 |to=Tree squirrel |to_diff=345159499 |to_oldid=301353806 |date=01:00, 01 January 2011}}

both display:

Text from Squirrel was copied into Tree squirrel with this edit on 01:00, 01 January 2011. Squirrel now serves to provide attribution for that content in Tree squirrel and must not be deleted so long as Tree squirrel exists. For attribution and to access older versions of the copied text, please see this history; for its talk page, see Talk:Squirrel.

Maintenance categories

Category:Wikipedia pages using copied template without oldid