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{{information page|H:PERL|H:PLINK|WP:PERMLINK}}
A '''permanent link''' (or '''[[permalink]]''') is a link to a specific version of a wiki page. Normal links always lead to the current version of a page, but the permalink leads to the text as it was at the time; the text does not include any edits made since. Unlike what the name suggests, the permalink does ''not'' show exactly the same page, though; only the main ''text'' is guaranteed to be retained. The pictures included in the page are still shown at their most current versions,<ref>The most obvious differences are if images that existed at the time are subsequently deleted. They would be shown as [[Wikipedia:Red link|red links]], and inevitably the layout of the article would suffer.</ref> as are the [[help:template|templates]], most notably the [[Help:Infobox|boxes]] with text and images placed in the page's right-top corner, as well as any content [[WP:Transclusion|transcluded]] from other pages. In other words, the permalink displays what the article would look like today if someone [[Help:Reverting|reverted]] to the revision in question.

A permalink can be made by clicking '{{int:Permalink}}' in the sidebar's toolbox or by accessing a prior version of a page from its [[Help:Page history|page history]] tab. Both of these will display that version and the page's [[URL]] can be used as the target of the permalink.

==Wikilinks==
<code><nowiki>[[Special:PermanentLink/oldid]]</nowiki></code> or the shortcut <code><nowiki>[[Special:Permalink/oldid]]</nowiki></code> can be used to make a [[WP:WIKILINK|wikilink]] when this is preferred over a URL. <code>oldid</code> is the revision number in the [[WP:URLs|URL of a permanent link]] like <code>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&oldid=402359171</code>.

The normal rules for wikilinks apply, e.g. regarding [[MOS:SECTIONS|section names]], [[H:IW#Prefix codes for linking to projects|interwiki prefixes]] and [[WP:PIPE|pipes]]. Wikilinks work in [[WP:ES|edit summaries]], unlike a URL. A wikilink only works in Wikipedia, and some other wikis if it has the right interwiki prefix. Here are some examples showing how to wikilink from a Wikipedia page, [[Help:Page history#Linking to a specific revision of a page|to a specific version of a page]]. Note the <code>oldid</code> part of the 'Permanent link', and write your own [[H:WT|Wikicode]]:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Help:Link|Link to]]
! [[H:PHLINK|How to create]]
! Result
|-
| [[WP:NS|any page]] in Wikipedia (an [[WP:ARTICLESPACE|article]], [[H:TP|talk]], [[WP:USERPAGE|user]], [[WP:PRJ|project]] page, etc.)
| <code><nowiki>[[Special:Permalink/402359171|a version of Wikipedia:Help_desk page]]</nowiki></code>
| [[Special:Permalink/402359171|a version of Wikipedia:Help_desk page]]
|-
| a [[Help:Section#Section_linking|section]] of any page at Wikipedia ''{{xt|Note: the section title is appended to the [[WP:Revision id|Revision id]].}}''
| <code><nowiki>[[Special:Permalink/402359171#December_14|a particular section at a version of WP:HD]]</nowiki></code>
| [[Special:Permalink/402359171#December_14|a particular section at a version of WP:HD]]
|-
| any page in a [[WP:SISTER|sister project]]: {{xt|''Note the use of [[Help:Interwikimedia links#Prefix codes for linking to projects|prefix codes]]'' <code>[[wikt:]]</code> ''and'' <code>[[c:]]</code>''.''}}
| <code><nowiki>[[wikt:Special:Permalink/27434896|wiktionary:scribble in July 2014]]</nowiki></code> 
----
<code><nowiki>[[c:Special:Permalink/90453750|Commons Eiffel tower sunset old rev]]</nowiki></code>
| [[wikt:Special:Permalink/27434896|wiktionary:scribble in July 2014]] 
----
[[c:Special:Permalink/90453750|Commons Eiffel tower sunset old rev]]
|-
| a [[Help:Section#Section_linking|section]] on a [[WP:SISTER|sister project]] page: {{xt|''Note the use of [[Help:Interwiki_linking#Prefix_codes_for_linking_to_Wikimedia_sister_projects|prefix codes]]'' <code>[[q:]]</code> ''and'' <code>[[m:]]</code>''.''}}
| <code><nowiki>[[q:Special:Permalink/2220436#Le_Petit_Prince_(1943)|Feb 2017 rev of ''Little Prince'' quotes]]</nowiki></code> 
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<code><nowiki>[[m:Special:Permalink/18885973#Translations|old rev of Meta VisEd §Translations]]</nowiki></code>
| [[q:Special:Permalink/2220436#Le_Petit_Prince_(1943)|Feb 2017 rev of ''Little Prince'' quotes]] 
----
[[m:Special:Permalink/18885973#Translations|old rev of Meta VisEd §Translations]]
|-
| any page in [[List of Wikipedias|any foreign Wikipedia]]: ''{{xt|Note the use of [[Help:Interlanguage_links#Method|interlanguage prefixes]] to [[H:IW#Note on linking to foreign-language Wikiprojects|link to foreign-language Wikiprojects]].}}''
| <code><nowiki>[[:fr:Special:Permalink/385114|oldest copy]] of [[:fr:Agra|]] at [[:fr:|French Wikipedia]]</nowiki></code> 
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<code><nowiki>[[:ja:Special:Permalink/676516|oldest rev]] of [[:ja:Sydney|]] at [[:ja:|Japanese Wikipedia]]</nowiki></code>
| [[:fr:Special:Permalink/385114|oldest copy]] of [[:fr:Agra|Agra]] at [[:fr:|French Wikipedia]] 
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[[:ja:Special:Permalink/676516|oldest rev]] of [[:ja:Sydney|Sydney]] at [[:ja:|Japanese Wikipedia]]
|-
| the most current version of a page ('''not''' a permanent link; this is just a [[Help:Link|plain wikilink]])
| <code><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Help desk]]</nowiki></code>
| [[Wikipedia:Help desk]]
|}

==See also==
{{Wikipedia glossary}}
* [[Help:Diff]]
* {{slink|Help:Page history|Linking to a specific version of a page}} for more details of browsing the history of Wikipedia.
* [[Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia]] for more details on how to cite Wikipedia, for which you may need a permalink.
* [[Template:Oldid2]], link to an old version of a page
* [[Template:Cross-wiki oldid]], link to an old version of a page in MediaWiki, Meta-Wiki, Wikibooks, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Incubator, Wikinews, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikiversity, or Wiktionary
* [[Template:Cross-wiki language oldid]], link to an old version of a page in Wikibooks, Wikinews, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikiversity, or Wiktionary in any language

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

{{Wikipedia technical help|collapsed}}
[[Category:Wikipedia interface help|Permanent link]]
[[Category:Wikipedia sidebar help|Permanent link]]
[[Category:Wikipedia links]]
[[Category:Wikipedia page history]]

Help:Permanent link - Revision history

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