Template:Copied/doc

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 and/or other creative content has been copied or moved from one page to another, recording attribution dependencies as described by Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

Usage

• Be sure to use the exact page names of the articles.
• The page names are automatically linked, so this template will not behave as expected if the names are enclosed in link brackets ([[ – ]]).

Basic

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

Full

{{Copied
|from       =
|from_oldid =
|to         =
|diff       =
|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 content 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 content 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).

  These parameters are alternatives to the above and may be omitted if diff is used (and vice versa):

  • to_diff is the ID of the page revision of the destination page that includes the copied content.
  • to_oldid is the ID of the page revision of the destination page before the content was copied. If the copy created the destination page, just omit to_oldid.

  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:

Maintenance categories

• Category:Wikipedia pages using copied template
• Category:Wikipedia pages using copied template without oldid

See also

• {{Copied multi}}
• {{Merged-from}}
• {{Merged-to}}
• {{Split article}} (listed for completeness only)
• {{Translated page}} for pages translated from other language Wikipedias

TemplateData

Intended for use on talk pages, this template identifies that text and/or other creative content has been copied or moved from one page to another, recording attribution dependencies as described by [[Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia]].

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
small	small	If set to yes, makes it a smaller right floating message box. Example yes	String	optional
from_oldid	from_oldid	The ID of the page revision of the source page from which the content was copied.	Number	required
from	from	Name of the source page, where the text originally appeared.	String	required
to	to	The destination page, where the content was placed.	String	required
to_oldid	to_oldid	The ID of the page revision of the destination page before the content was copied. If the copy created the destination page, just omit to_oldid. (May be omitted if diff parameter is used.)	Number	optional
to_diff	to_diff	The ID of the page revision of the destination page that includes the copied content. (May be omitted if diff parameter is used.)	Number	optional
diff	diff	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).	URL	suggested
date	date	The date, time and date, or timestamp that the copying took place at.	String	suggested