Help:Diff



Diff (added in MW 1.23) is a special>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Special pages|special page that allows users to create internal links to revision comparison pages. Such links are a little slower to load compared to normal difflinks using params>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php|index.php parameters, but easier to type and they work in some places where external links do not, e.g. edit summaries.

Usage

 *  → Special:Diff/1242287 – Shows the diff to the previous revision of the same page.


 *  → Special:Diff/1242287/prev – Shows the diff to the previous revision of the same page.


 *  → Special:Diff/1242287/next – Shows the diff to the next revision of the same page.


 *  → Special:Diff/1242287/cur – Shows the diff to the current revision of the same page.


 *  → Special:Diff/1242286/1242287 – Shows the diff between the specified revisions of the same page which may also be reversed, e.g.   → Special:Diff/1242287/1242286, though one should avoid this.

These links may be used in the summary>m:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Edit summary|edit summary as well as adapted like any other internal links, e.g.  → see this diff.