Transclude templates by relevant historical version (Community Wishlist/W170)

Description

I would like to see how a page looked like in the past, but when it contains a cited template, it uses the template's current form, instead of the version when it was first submitted, even when I got to the view history tab.

I would like to see if it is a technical limit preventing called templates to be called on its historical version.

Assigned focus area

Unassigned

Type of wish

I'm not sure or I don't know

Tags

Templates

Affected users

Everyone who reads article history

Phabricator tasks

T2851, T7877

Other details

Created: 06:20, 1 August 2024
Last updated: 17:09, 10 October 2025
Author: 1233 (talk)

Voting

This wish currently has 2 supporters. Voting for this wish is open until it is completed.

Supporters of this wish

Support Pppery (talk) 16:32, 10 October 2025

Support But I imagine it's nigh impossible for Lua modules, not to mention wikis have been accustomed to deleting templates when they are determined obsolete. Nardog (talk) 10:22, 22 October 2025