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{{lua|Module:Copied}}

This template is used to provide documentation that content has been copied to or from other Wikipedia pages and ensure that pages containing necessary attribution aren't deleted. Adding this template on the talk page is ''not'' a substitute for attribution in the page history using edit summaries. For more information for when and why this template should be used please see: [[Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia]].

== Usage ==
* Be sure to use the exact page names of the articles.
* The page names are automatically linked, so this template ''will not'' behave as expected if the names are enclosed in link brackets (<nowiki>[[</nowiki> – ]]).
* Any number of items can be included in the same template by enumerating the parameters ({{para|from1}}, {{para|from2}}, {{para|from3}} and so on). The numbering has to be consecutive.

=== Basic ===
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow:auto;">
{{Copied |from= |from_oldid= |to= |date= |afd= |merge= |diff= |to_diff= |to_oldid= }}
</syntaxhighlight>

=== Full ===
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow:auto;">
{{Copied
|collapse =
|small =

|from1 =
|from_oldid1 =
|to1 =
|date1 =
|afd1 =
|merge1 =
|diff1 =
|to_diff1 =
|to_oldid1 =

|from2 =
|from_oldid2 =
|to2 =
|date2 =
|afd2 =
|merge2 =
|diff2 =
|to_diff2 =
|to_oldid2 =
}}
</syntaxhighlight>

=== Full with notes ===
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
{{Copied
|collapse = 
|small = 

|from1 = 
|from_oldid1 = 
|to1 = 
|date1 = 
|afd1 = 
|merge1 = 
|diff1 = 
|to_diff1 = 
|to_oldid1 = 

|from2 = 
|from_oldid2 = 
|to2 = 
|date2 = 
|afd2 = 
|merge2 = 
|diff2 = 
|to_diff2 = 
|to_oldid2 = 
}}
</syntaxhighlight>

=== Cut/paste model ===
For a single page, you may paste the following and substitute in the correct values:

<code><nowiki>{{Copied |from=</nowiki>''SRC''<nowiki> |from_oldid=</nowiki>''SRC-REV''<nowiki> |to=</nowiki>''DEST''<nowiki> |date=</nowiki>''DATE''<nowiki> |to_diff=</nowiki>''DEST-COPYTO-REV''<nowiki> |to_oldid=</nowiki>''DEST-PREV-REV''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

===Parameters===
* <code>from</code> is the name of the source page, where the text originally appeared.
* <code>from_oldid</code> is the ID of the page revision of the source page from which the content was copied.
*: From the [[Help:Permanent link|permanent link]] url: <code><nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=</nowiki>PAGENAME&oldid=from_oldid</code>
* <code>to</code> is the destination page, where the content was placed. Note: if a Category page is the destination, add a leading colon to prevent categorization of the page that this template is used on.
* <code>date</code> is the date, time and date, or timestamp that the copying took place at.
* <code>afd</code> is the name of the AfD page if copying was due to an AfD closed as merge.
* <code>merge</code> changes the text to indicate that copying was done in the process of [[Help:Merge|merging]] two pages if set to yes.
* <code>diff</code> is the [[Help:Diff|diff]] or permanent link of the destination page edit when the text was placed (in the case of a newly created page: the permanent url of the first version of the destination page).
*: These parameters are alternatives to the above and may be omitted if <code>diff</code> is used (and vice versa):
*:* <code>to_diff</code> is the ID of the page revision of the destination page that includes the copied content.
*:* <code>to_oldid</code> is the ID of the page revision of the destination page before the content was copied. If the copy ''created'' the destination page, just omit to_oldid.
*:: From the url: <code><nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=</nowiki>PAGENAME&diff=to_diff&oldid=to_oldid</code>
* <code>collapse</code> indicates whether the list of mergers generated when the template is used with multiple items should be collapsed or not.
* <code>small</code> is passed on to the <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Tmbox|Tmbox]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> that is used to generate the message box. If set to yes, makes it a smaller right floating message box.

==Examples==
{{nowiki template demo|<nowiki>{{Copied
|from = Squirrel
|from_oldid = 345129608
|to = Tree squirrel
|to_diff = 345159499
|to_oldid = 301353806
|date = 01:00, 01 January 2011
}}</nowiki>}}
----
{{nowiki template demo|<nowiki>{{Copied
|from1 = Complementary angles
|from_oldid1 = 578599984
|to1 = Angle
|diff1 = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angle&diff=582478251&oldid=582477194
|date1 = 04:36, 20 November 2013

|from2 = Supplementary angles
|from_oldid2 = 577395663
|to2 = Angle
|diff2 = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angle&diff=582478879&oldid=582478251
|date2 = 04:43, 20 November 2013

|from3 = Adjacent angles
|from_oldid3 = 580661892
|to3 = Angle
|diff3 = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angle&diff=582479826&oldid=582478879
|date3 = 04:54, 20 November 2013

|from4 = Vertical angles
|from_oldid4 = 576327859
|to4 = Angle
|diff4 = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angle&diff=582480777&oldid=582479826
|date4 = 05:04, 20 November 2013
}}</nowiki>}}

== Tracking categories ==
* {{clc|Wikipedia pages using copied template}}
* {{clc|Wikipedia pages using copied template without oldid}}

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"small": {
"description": "If set to yes, makes it a smaller right floating message box.",
"example": "yes",
"type": "string"
},
"collapse": {
"description": "If set to yes, collapses the list.",
"example": "yes",
"type": "string"
},
"from_oldid": {
"description": "The ID of the page revision of the source page from which the content was copied.",
"type": "number",
"required": true
},
"from": {
"description": "Name of the source page, where the text originally appeared.",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"required": true
},
"to": {
"description": "The destination page, where the content was placed.",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"required": true
},
"to_oldid": {
"description": "The ID of the page revision of the destination page before the content was copied. If the copy created the destination page, just omit to_oldid. (May be omitted if diff parameter is used.)",
"type": "number"
},
"to_diff": {
"description": "The ID of the page revision of the destination page that includes the copied content. (May be omitted if diff parameter is used.)",
"type": "number",
"suggested": true
},
"diff": {
"description": "The diff or permanent link of the destination page edit when the text was placed (in the case of a newly created page: the permanent url of the first version of the destination page).",
"type": "url",
"suggested": true
},
"date": {
"description": "The date, time and date, or timestamp that the copying took place at.",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true
},
"merge": {
"description": "Changes the text to indicate the copying was done in the process of merging two pages if set to yes",
"type": "string",
"suggested": false
},
"afd": {
"description": "Name of the AfD page if copying was due to an AfD closed as merge.",
"type": "string",
"suggested": false
}
},
"format": "block",
"description": "The parameters are as follows"
}
</templatedata>

==See also==
* {{tl|Merged-from}}
* {{tl|Merged-to}}
* {{tl|Split article}}
* {{tl|Translated page}} for pages translated from other language Wikipedias

{{Pam see also documentation}}

<includeonly>{{sandbox other||

[[Category:Merge templates]]
[[Category:Split maintenance templates]]
[[Category:Talk header templates]]
[[Category:Wikipedia copy templates]]
}}</includeonly>

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