5–View an Article’s History and Reverting an Edit
1. Every editable article on Wikipedia has an associated article history. If you want to have a look at the edit history and see what edits other people have made to an article click on the View History tab on the top right corner of your screen.
2. This will bring you to a listing of all the edits made to the article you are viewing. In View History:
- To view a specific edit or version, click the date.
- To compare an old version with the current version, click cur.
- To compare a version with its predecessor, click prev.
- To compare two specific versions, tick the left-column radio button of the older version and the right-column radio button of the newer version, and then click the "Compare selected versions" button.
- Minor edits are denoted as m.
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More detailed information on View History can be found through Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Page_history
3. In some cases for example, if a page has been vandalised or you don’t agree with an edit that’s been made you may need to revert an edit to a previous version.
3. 3.1. Click the View History tab (see instructions above)
3. 3.2. Find the edit you wish to revert to. Click on the Undo button at the end of the listing.
