Template:Old version

[[{{fullurl:{{{1}}}|oldid={{{2}}}}} {{{1}}}]]

Template Description

Use this as shorthand for citing an old version; also makes it display as internal link.

Execution

use

{{old version|article name|id of old article|wiki text}}

Sample

The [first version]

of the Hewlett-Packard article was created 2009-04-24.

Sorry, seems to be a bug in documentation that's causing this sample to break the line and show the text on the rest of the line in <pre>. But be assured the template has been tested and works fine.

Caveats

None.

Authors

Tim Chambers