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I know how to link directly to a section-title of a Wikipedia page; I do it often to support an answer.

I also know how to permalink an article as it stands right now (so I can be sure it still says what it said when I was looking at it). I do this occasionally (particularly with pages that have changed to be substantially worse in the past).

What I don't seem to be getting to work is linking to a section-title when I'm permalinking.

Does anyone know if it's possible? If so, how?

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    $\begingroup$ Like that: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theodicy&oldid=682868551#History ? $\endgroup$
    – amoeba
    Jun 2 '16 at 9:51
  • $\begingroup$ @amoeba Ah, I should have though to try it that way, even though it looks weird to my eye. I was essentially doing "...Theodicy#History&oldid=682868551" $\endgroup$
    – Glen_b
    Jun 2 '16 at 10:12
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    $\begingroup$ Everything before # specifies the url and goes to the server to request the HTML output. All the parameters separated by & have to be part of that (oldid in this case). Everything after # is used by the client browser to scroll down the resulting HTML page and so has to follow the url itself. Ergo: first & then #. $\endgroup$
    – amoeba
    Jun 2 '16 at 10:14
  • $\begingroup$ Yeah, it's easy if you know what you're doing. Thanks again. $\endgroup$
    – Glen_b
    Jun 2 '16 at 10:33
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Here are some possible links:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodicy
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodicy#History
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theodicy&oldid=682868551
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theodicy&oldid=682868551#History

You can get #1 by browsing to the desired Wikipedia page, #2 by clicking on a section name in the Contents of that page, #3 by going to View history of that page and choosing a particular revision, and #4 by clicking on a section name in the Contents of that revision page.

(Remark based on comments: #History has to be in the very end of the URL, because it is an anchor that is used by the client browser to scroll down the HTTP page; everything before the # is used by the server to form the HTTP page itself.)

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