විකිපීඩියා:Simple diff and link guide
 | මෙම පිටුව ඉංග්‍රීසි ව්‍යාපෘතියෙන් මෙහි ගෙනවිත් ඇත. අන්තර්ගතය අපගේ ව්‍යාපෘතිය සමඟ 100% නොගැලපෙනමුත් අපගේ අවශ්‍යතාවයන් වලට අනුකූලව ගොඩනගා ගැනීම සඳහා මූලික පියවර ලෙස භාවිතා කළ හැකිය. |
 | මෙම උදවු පිටුව කෙලෙසද-මාර්ගෝපදේශනයකි. මෙය විකිපීඩියාවේ ප්‍රතිමාන සහ ක්‍රියාමාර්ගවල සමහර ලක්ෂණ විස්තර කරයි. එය විකිපීඩියාවේ ප්‍රතිපත්ති සහ මාර්ගෝපදේශන අතුරින් එකක් නොවේ, and may reflect varying levels of consensus and vetting. මෙම පිටුව තුල කිසිවක් අසංගත නම් එම ප්‍රතිපත්ති සහ මාර්ගෝපදේශන වෙත යොමු වන්න |
| The 3-tier diff and link series |
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| Linking and page manipulation |
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What are diffs?
සංස්කරණයA diff is a permanent link to a single edit or set of edits, showing the difference between the before and after versions.
Why use diffs and page section links?
සංස්කරණයIf you contribute an argument to a page like requests for comment, requests for arbitration, or the incidents noticeboard for administrative attention, it's essential to give evidence for your claims in the form of diffs and/or other links. Without such evidence, you will be taken less seriously. If you simply claim that "editor X has posted several personal attacks on talkpages" or "editor Y is edit warring on George W. Bush", you may be ignored, or told "diffs or it didn't happen".
The most useful evidence consists of diffs to individual edits and links to page sections. Don't link to entire talkpages, as they are too long and diverse to be helpful. Avoid linking to a page history or an editor's contributions, as those will probably have changed by the time somebody clicks on your link to view them.
How to harvest a diff
සංස්කරණයFind the page which contains the edit you want to refer to. Click on the View history tab. Find the edit in the history list. (If that's a problem, clicking on the word prev in the list will let you read the edit.) Right-click on its "prev" button and select "Copy link address" or "Copy Shortcut". The diff you want is now in your clipboard.
How to harvest a page section link
සංස්කරණයFind the page which contains the section you want to refer to. Click on "Permanent link" in the "Toolbox" in the lefthand sidebar. Go to the page's Table of Contents. Right-click on the name of the section you want to use, where it appears in the Table of Contents, and select "Copy link address". The section link you want is now in your clipboard.
How to put diffs and links into your text
සංස්කරණයDiffs and other links are all formatted in the same way. The whole of them must always be used, including the https://.
- Diffs and links will work if they're simply pasted "naked" into your text like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simple_diff_and_link_guide&diff=797180441&oldid=797180310.
- Or you can make them neater by putting single (not double) square brackets round them. Typing this:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simple_diff_and_link_guide&diff=797180441&oldid=797180310]will give a note like this:[1]. - Or you can make them elegant by wrapping them into a word in your text. Typing this:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simple_diff_and_link_guide&diff=797180441&oldid=797180310 this]will give this link. Notice the space between the link and the wrapper word.
Other ways to represent diffs are using the {{diff}} template (i.e. {{diff|prev|797180441}} resulting in [2]) or using special diff links (like [[Special:Diff/797180441|this]] resulting in this). Please see Help:Diff for more details.