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::Try this: Click the "history" tab at the top of the page. Then, in the list of versions, click "last" (the second link from the left) on one of them. You should then be viewing a diff of that version compared to the previous version. See if your browser somehow displays the URL of the page you're then looking at. Copy that URL. Put it between single square brackets. If this doesn't work, tell us which step it stopped working at. For the instructions on this page not working for you: Try it on a page that has nothing to do with your improper behaviour complaint. When it still doesn't work, post the URL here so we can see what you were trying to do. In general, when you'd like help with things, you can usually get a quick response either at the ] or by putting <nowiki> {{helpme}}</nowiki><!-- without the nowiki tags, though --> on your talk page along with your question. I hope this helps. --] (]) 22:26, 21 March 2008 (UTC) ::Try this: Click the "history" tab at the top of the page. Then, in the list of versions, click "last" (the second link from the left) on one of them. You should then be viewing a diff of that version compared to the previous version. See if your browser somehow displays the URL of the page you're then looking at. Copy that URL. Put it between single square brackets. If this doesn't work, tell us which step it stopped working at. For the instructions on this page not working for you: Try it on a page that has nothing to do with your improper behaviour complaint. When it still doesn't work, post the URL here so we can see what you were trying to do. In general, when you'd like help with things, you can usually get a quick response either at the ] or by putting <nowiki> {{helpme}}</nowiki><!-- without the nowiki tags, though --> on your talk page along with your question. I hope this helps. --] (]) 22:26, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
:::As my description above makes crystal clear, there was no "step it stopped working at" but the simple fact that the resultant link went to the "Welcome" page rather than the intended diff. It absolutely amazes me how many responses like this I have received from Wiki administrators, responses which show a complete lack of having studied the situation at hand. I can, if you don't like me saying that, provide links to each and every one of them to prove it. ] (]) 17:54, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


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meta:Help:Diff authors and history

  • 04:14, 16 November 2005 Uncle G (Talk | contribs) (Fixed hyperlinks that break when this page is copied to other projects.)
  • 14:19, 20 June 2005 Patrick (Talk | contribs) (BUG: Thus if user A vandalized a page, and user B partially reverted that vandalism, the diff of the two together shows the remaining vandalism, but rollback reverts the partial repair.)
  • 14:13, 20 June 2005 Patrick (Talk | contribs) (Note however that this is even shown when viewing the diff between the recent version of a page and a version older than the last version by an author other than the one of the most current version, i)
  • 14:53, 25 April 2005 Patrick (Talk | contribs) m (Reverted edits by 222.65.217.45 to last version by Mirv)
  • 13:15, 21 April 2005 Patrick (Talk | contribs) (Text removed within a paragraph is shown in red on the old version. New text is within a paragraph is shown in red on the new version. If a whole paragraph was removed or added, the text is not red bu)
  • 11:01, 28 March 2005 Patrick (Talk | contribs) m (Reverted edits by 222.65.205.5 to last version by Patrick)
  • 22:03, 22 March 2005 Patrick (Talk | contribs) m (note: the previous edit summary refers to UTC+9)
  • 17:52, 22 March 2005 YebisYa (Talk | contribs) (revert to 20:26, 11 Mar 2005; +"handbook sidebar|reader toc"; langs in "hc")
  • 11:26, 11 March 2005 Patrick (Talk | contribs) m (Reverted edits by 218.82.138.103 to last version by Patrick)
  • 10:58, 11 February 2005 Patrick (Talk | contribs) (To do a comparison with the older page rendered below the table of differences, provide the URL as follows.)
  • 10:43, 11 February 2005 Patrick (Talk | contribs) (for every version there are potentially two w:radio buttons: the left column is for selecting the older version, the right column for selecting the newer one.)
  • 08:27, 11 February 2005 Mirv (Talk | contribs) (it's three A.M. here so I probably haven't picked the best examples or explained it clearly, but here's how to get a diff between any two versions of any two pages)
  • 00:17, 15 December 2004 Patrick (Talk | contribs) (→How it looks - In 1.4 there are also links to both versions, and the previous and next diff.)
  • 00:11, 15 December 2004 Patrick (Talk | contribs) (rm sidebar, overlaps example, at least in some browsers)
  • 08:55, 13 July 2004 Patrick (Talk | contribs) (http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/wikipedia/phpwiki/newcodebase/DifferenceEngine.php)
  • 10:04, 2 July 2004 meta:User:Patrick (Talk | contribs) (→Width -en:Page widening is more likely on a diff page, because there are two columns, but also because URLs (long ones are often the cause of page widening) are not hidden.)
  • 09:52, 2 July 2004 Patrick (Talk | contribs) (In the case of the Classic skin with quickbar, the diff page does not have the quickbar, to provide more space. Therefore the diff page is also useful for viewing the page on full screen width, withou)
  • 10:12, 18 April 2004 Patrick (Talk | contribs) (When moving or copying a piece of text within a page or from another page, and also making other edits, it is useful to separate these edits. This way the dif function can be usefully applied for chec)
  • 23:29, 29 January 2004 Angela (Talk | contribs) (about the diff page, including new links & rollback features)

How to get at an uploaded file's date

I'm working with a company designing its own wiki, and we're facing a sticky point ...

We have many internal company documents, and want to get at a doc's latest update, i.e., when was Image:User dino.jpg last updated? When was the annual report last changed? And that data on interest rates ...

Is there a way to "grab" these data & display them? Or just grab them — we'll figure out how to display them.

I realize, this may seem from left field, but thought I'd toss it out there. Thanks for any ideas. You may reply here or on my talk page.

dino 14:09, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

The instructions here don't work

I am attempting to file a complaint of improper behavior by a certain administrator--obviously, I don't want to go into details of that outside the filing itself--and attempted to include a link to the evidence of his behavior. I followed the instructions here to the letter (do not dispute that, as I double and triple checked), but the resulting link goes to Misplaced Pages's main, introductory ("Welcome") page. Please update these instructions to reflect the system's current requirements as soon as possible, as I have no doubt that a significant delay in filing the complaint will be held against its credibility (or is it possible for this administrator to have put some sort of a block on this?). Thank you. Ted Watson (talk) 20:22, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I suggest you set out a full example so that we can all see it not working. Thanks, Bovlb (talk) 20:46, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
See Misplaced Pages:Simplest diff guide.
Try this: Click the "history" tab at the top of the page. Then, in the list of versions, click "last" (the second link from the left) on one of them. You should then be viewing a diff of that version compared to the previous version. See if your browser somehow displays the URL of the page you're then looking at. Copy that URL. Put it between single square brackets. If this doesn't work, tell us which step it stopped working at. For the instructions on this page not working for you: Try it on a page that has nothing to do with your improper behaviour complaint. When it still doesn't work, post the URL here so we can see what you were trying to do. In general, when you'd like help with things, you can usually get a quick response either at the help desk or by putting {{helpme}} on your talk page along with your question. I hope this helps. --Coppertwig (talk) 22:26, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
As my description above makes crystal clear, there was no "step it stopped working at" but the simple fact that the resultant link went to the "Welcome" page rather than the intended diff. It absolutely amazes me how many responses like this I have received from Wiki administrators, responses which show a complete lack of having studied the situation at hand. I can, if you don't like me saying that, provide links to each and every one of them to prove it. Ted Watson (talk) 17:54, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

q?

What the heck? nothing seems to work —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.87.109.8 (talk) 23:43, 11 March 2008 (UTC)