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Occasionally, edits to pages in OpenWetWare are made which are incorrect or should not have been done. Fortunately, undoing edits is simple in a wiki. Here are some simple instructions on how to undo edits (also called reverting to a previous version of the page). | Occasionally, edits to pages in OpenWetWare are made which are incorrect or should not have been done. Fortunately, undoing edits is simple in a wiki. Here are some simple instructions on how to undo edits (also called reverting to a previous version of the page). | ||
#Go to the page whose edit you would like to undo. | |||
#Click on the [[Image:Historytab.png]] tab at the top of the page. | |||
#You'll now be viewing the revision history of the page. | |||
#Click the circle next to the version of the page that you wish to revert back to. | |||
#Click the compare selected versions button. | |||
#You will see the difference between the current version and the selected older version. | |||
#Click the rollback link on the current version column to rollback to the older version. | |||
==Alternative== | |||
An alternative is to edit and save an old version of a page. However, it is probably preferable to rollback to the old version first and then edit the page. | |||
#Go to the page whose edit you would like to undo. | #Go to the page whose edit you would like to undo. |
Revision as of 07:55, 20 June 2006
Occasionally, edits to pages in OpenWetWare are made which are incorrect or should not have been done. Fortunately, undoing edits is simple in a wiki. Here are some simple instructions on how to undo edits (also called reverting to a previous version of the page).
- Go to the page whose edit you would like to undo.
- Click on the tab at the top of the page.
- You'll now be viewing the revision history of the page.
- Click the circle next to the version of the page that you wish to revert back to.
- Click the compare selected versions button.
- You will see the difference between the current version and the selected older version.
- Click the rollback link on the current version column to rollback to the older version.
Alternative
An alternative is to edit and save an old version of a page. However, it is probably preferable to rollback to the old version first and then edit the page.
- Go to the page whose edit you would like to undo.
- Click on the tab at the top of the page.
- You'll now be viewing the revision history of the page.
- Click the time and date stamp link for the version of the page just before the edit you want to undo.
- Click the tab at the top of the page.
- Click to view and confirm the version of the page you wish to restore
- Click to save the current version of the page (thereby undoing all future edits). It is generally a good idea to put a short note in the Summary: box explaining why you reverted the edit.