Difference between revisions of "history"

Latest revision as of 05:44, 18 March 2011

All edits to a page are accessible via the "More" drop down menu near the top of the page next to the Search.

Upon clicking on "history" you will see:

revision number (latest first)
the date/time of each edit (UTC)
who made each edit (shown as a link to a personal page for a logged-in editor or an IP address for anonymous editors*) followed by links to this editor's talk page and contributions, and
an edit summary of what the particular edit modified (if the editor left one)

To view a particular version of a page select a date/time, and to compare what was changed between any two edits select the two corresponding dots and click "Compare selected versions."

See the AboutUs weblog post Tutorial: Reading Page Histories for more info as well as the below video.

Easy access also comes off of RecentChanges. (hist) lets you quickly view a wiki page's activity. (diff) lets you quickly see the latest individual difference in the history versions.

You may have noticed the new Recent Contributors feature, which is a simplified, visual/personal representation of a page's history.

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-Located along the top left of the page, the '''history''' tab allows you to see all edits that have been made the [[WikiPage|page]].  Each edit in the '''history''' will be accompanied by:
+{{HelpPageAmbassadorMark}}
-*the ''date/time'' it was [[saved]],
+'''All [[edits]] to a page are accessible via the "More" drop down menu near the top of the page next to the [[Search]]'''.
-*''who'' made each edit (shown as a [[WikiLink|link]] to a [[PersonalPage|personal page]] for a logged-in editor and as an IP address for [[anonymous]] editors) followed by [[WikiLink|links]] to this editor's [[talk page]] and  [[UserContributions|contributions]], and
-* an ''[[edit summary]]'' of what the particular edit modified.
-To view a particular version of a page select a date/time (what the page looked like at that time), and to compare what was changed between any two edits select the two corresponding dots and click "Compare selected versions."
+Upon clicking on "history" you will see:
+* revision number (latest first)
+* the '''''date/time''''' of each edit (UTC)
+* '''''who''''' made each edit (shown as a [[WikiLink|link]] to a [[PersonalPage|personal page]] for a logged-in editor or an IP address for [[anonymous]] editors*) followed by [[WikiLink|links]] to this editor's [[talk page]] and  [[UserContributions|contributions]], and
+* an '''''[[edit summary]]''''' of what the particular edit modified (if the editor left one)
-Easy access to this same idea is also available from [[RecentChanges]], where all edits to the [[WikiWiki|wiki]] are logged.  '''(hist)''' lets you quickly view a [[wiki]] page's activity.  '''([[diff]])''' lets you quickly see the latest individual difference in the history versions.
+To view a particular version of a page select a date/time, and to compare what was changed between any two edits select the two corresponding dots and click "Compare selected versions."
-{{:How to use HISTORY}}
+See the AboutUs weblog post [http://blog.aboutus.org/2009/01/27/tutorial-reading-page-histories/ '''Tutorial: Reading Page Histories'''] for more info as well as the below video.
+{{:How to use History}}
+Easy access also comes off of [[RecentChanges]]. '''(hist)''' lets you quickly view a [[wiki]] page's activity.  '''([[diff]])''' lets you quickly see the latest individual difference in the history versions.
+You may have noticed the new [[Recent Contributors]] feature, which is a simplified, visual/personal representation of a page's history.
+[[Image:Diff example page revision.png]]
-[[Category:NeedsSlide]]
 [[Category:WikiAnatomy]]