Template:Wikipedia/doc

This template is used to provide attribution to Wikipedia from external wikis, as described on Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content.

Usage

{{Wikipedia|oldid|page name}}

• on the Wikipedia article's page, click on "permanent link" in the toolbox (found on the left-hand side of the screen). You'll get a link in the form http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Example_namespace:Example_page/Example_subpage&oldid=number. number is what you are after. Replace oldid in the code example with number.
• The page name should be the name of the Wikipedia page that is being attributed. If no page name is specified, the name of the current page on the local wiki is used.