Template:Quotedfrom

[edit] Template documentation

• This template adds a line below a quoted text to list: the original location; original posting user; original posting time-and-date; and/or the diff of the original posting.

• This template takes four expected parameters (not required, but expected either in sequence or by named variable):
  1. location=   The page where this text was originally posted (without double-brackets).
  2. user=   The username who posted it (without the "User:" prefix);
  3. time=   The UTC time-and-date of the original posting (as seen first in the entries on, for instance, this user's talkpage history);
  4. oldid=   The "oldid=" number of the post's diff (as seen in the URLs of the entry's "(cur)", "(last)", and time-and-date links).

[edit] Usage

• For the least typing, just provide the values in location - user - time - oldid sequence:

Code:

{{quotedfrom|User talk:EVula|Ben|09:47, 26 February 2007|111045354}}

Result:

—The preceding text was posted on User talk:EVula by Ben (talk⋅contribs), 09:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC), (diff).

• If the named variables are used, these don't need to be kept in the same sequence:

Code:

{{quotedfrom|user=Ben|time=09:47, 26 February 2007|oldid=111045354|location=User talk:EVula}}

Result:

—The preceding text was posted on User talk:EVula by Ben (talk⋅contribs), 09:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC), (diff).

• As long as the correct "oldid" is provided, the location is not really necessary:

Code:

{{quotedfrom||Ben|09:47, 26 February 2007|111045354}}

Result:

—The preceding text was posted here by Ben (talk⋅contribs), 09:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC).

• If other values are left out, the template will simply bypass them:

Code:

{{quotedfrom|WP:APBB}}

Result:

—The preceding text was posted on WP:APBB.

Code:

{{quotedfrom||Jimbo Wales}}

Result:

—The preceding text was posted by Jimbo Wales (talk⋅contribs).