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This page exemplifies trickier Wikipedia syntax you might need to use. Feel free to edit source and copy it as needed.

Permanent links and diffs

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Every time you save/publish a page, you create a new version in its history -- designated by the oldid number seen in the page's URL/addressbar.

In Wikipedia discussion, you often need to reference versions ("permalink") of a page and the differences ("diffs") between them using the oldid. There's a few ways to do this. I like to use Special:Permalink and Special:Diff, you can also use an external link (placing a complete URL in single brackets, which shows the external icon "Icon External Link".) For example:

And you can, of course, use a nicer name for any of these links.

Citations

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As I describe elsewhere, I prefer the {{sfn}} template for citations. If you are using the VisualEditor or {{cite}} template, you'll have to do the following.

Citing with a page number

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The brontosaurus is thin at the head.[1]: 5  Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.[1]: 7  Then thin again at the tail[1]: 9 

  1. ^ a b c Elk, Anne (November 16, 1972). Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses.

Indirect citation

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The Ultrasaurus has a long neck.[1]: 43 

  1. ^ Dilinger (1968) as cited in Elk, Anne (November 16, 1972). Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses.

[In this case, we read in Elk (on page 5) claimed that Dilinger (1968) reported that the Ultrasaurus had a long neck.]