Template:Quotedfrom/doc

Usage
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.

Parameters
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).

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

Code:

Result: — Preceding text originally posted&#32;on User talk:EVula&#32;(diff)&#32;by Ben (talk&sdot;contribs)&#32;09:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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

Code:

Result: — Preceding text originally posted&#32;on User talk:EVula&#32;(diff)&#32;by Ben (talk&sdot;contribs)&#32;09:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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

Code:

Result: — Preceding text originally posted&#32;here&#32;by Ben (talk&sdot;contribs)&#32;09:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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

Code:

Result: — Preceding text originally posted&#32;on WP:APBB

Code:

Result: — Preceding text originally posted&#32;by Jimbo Wales (talk&sdot;contribs)