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{{template shortcut|Lnc|User last N}}
Create a link showing user's last N contributions prior to a given date.

== Usage ==

{{tlc|Last N contributions|''username''|''number''|''timestamp''|ns{{=}}''namespace''|disp{{=}}''display text''}}

== Parameters ==

All parameters after the first are optional.

* {{para|1}} or {{para|user}} userid (required; may be a [[CIDR range]]{{snd}}see [[#Examples|Examples]])
* {{para|2}} or {{para|num}} number of contributions to display (optional, default:50) 
* {{para|3}} or {{para|ts}} return edits from strictly before this timestamp; YYYYMMDDhhmmsscc (may be truncated); (optional, default: now )
* {{para|ns}}  numeric or alphabetic  [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespace]]; e.g. 0 or Article; 1 or Talk; etc. (optional, default: all namespaces) 
* {{para|disp}} specify the text to be displayed in the link (optional, default: 'these/last N contributions')

=== Details ===

;param {{para|ts}}

When positional parameter 3 (or {{para|ts}}) is given, results are strictly before the value given; so that {{para|ts|20210815231530}} returns results on or before 23:15:29. Users may leave off digits on the right, this implies they are zero-filled; i.e, {{para|ts|20210815}} is equivalent to {{para|ts|20210815000000}}, which means the most recent possible result would be an edit on August 14 just before midnight.  Likewise, {{para|ts|202108}} returns the last edits in July; {{para|ts|2021}} returns the last edit(s) in 2020, and so on.

When {{para|ts}} is absent, the link text displays "last ''N'' contributions"; when present, it displays "these ''N'' contributions", unless overridden by {{para|disp}}.

'''Note:''' when {{para|ts}} is absent, the template provides a link to all contributions up to the present moment. This link may therefore provide different results if you refresh the page at a later time, if the user has made additional contributions in the interim.
To show all contributions up to the moment you placed the template, and freeze it at that point so that future contributions by the user do not affect the results, use {{para|ts|{{(}}{{(}}subst:TIMESTAMP{{)}}{{)}}}}. See [[#Examples|Examples]] below.

;param {{para|ns}}

The namespace parameter is {{para|ns}}. Values may be either the (numeric) namespace number, or the alphabetic namespace name.  See [[Wikipedia:Namespace]] for the complete list of numeric and alphabetic values.

== Examples ==

* {{tlc|Last N contributions|Jimbo Wales|10|20030724}} → {{Last N contributions|Jimbo Wales|10|20030724}} (note: counted as 00:00 on the 24th)
* {{tlc|Last N contributions|Jimbo Wales|33|200307242300}} → {{Last N contributions|Jimbo Wales|33|200307242300}} (note: counted as 23:00 on the 24th)
* {{tlc|Last N contributions|Jimbo Wales|num{{=}}7|ts{{=}}20030725}} → {{Last N contributions|Jimbo Wales|num=7|ts=20030725}}
* {{tlc|Last N contributions|Jimbo Wales|ns{{=}}1}} → {{Last N contributions|Jimbo Wales|ns=1}} (note: in Talk space)
* {{tlc|Last N contributions|Jimbo Wales|ns{{=}}Talk}} → {{Last N contributions|Jimbo Wales|ns=Talk}} (note: same as above)
* {{tlc|Last N contributions|Jimbo Wales|num{{=}}1|ts{{=}}2015|disp{{=}}last edit in 2014}} → {{Last N contributions|Jimbo Wales|num=1|ts=2015|disp=last edit in 2014}}
* {{tlc|lnc|Jimbo Wales|ts{{=}}{{((}}subst:TIMESTAMP{{))}}}} → {{lnc|Jimbo Wales|ts=20211230235053 }} (note: freezes the link at the time the page was saved; see [[#Details|Parameter details]] above)
* {{tlc|lnc|2001:569:BF37:5300:9972:3E91:940D:58D9/32}} → {{lnc|2001:569:BF37:5300:9972:3E91:940D:58D9/32}} (note: [[CIDR range]])

== See also ==

Redirects:
* {{tnull|last N contribs}}
* {{tnull|user last N}}
* {{tnull|user lnc}}
* {{tnull|lnc}}

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