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REVISIONTIMESTAMP[edit]

Hi. In Magic words on "MediaWiki" about the Variable REVISIONTIMESTAMP you can read "Viewed revision of current page (latest revision or selected older revision)". Does anybody know how can you select with this variable an older revision, for example the first revision of any article? 46.114.107.163 (talk) 06:00, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt this can be done with magic words. If you want to softlink to the first revision of, e.g. History of paleontology, you can use https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_paleontology&action=history&dir=prev&limit=1. To get to the actual first revision, you still have to click on the date field. --Lambiam 16:18, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong forum, this belongs to mw:Help talk:Magic words. Thanks to user "Lambiam" for the useful hint. Indeed you cannot select by means of magic words to gather the details about any other revision than the one that is being viewed at the moment. Taylor 49 (talk) 15:17, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]