Help:Wiki History

All editable pages on SASSA have an associated page history, which lists all changes made to the page in reverse-chronological order. To view this page, click on history beside the edit button above (these buttons are only visisble once you have signed in to SASSA). The page history consists of the old versions of the wikitext, as well as a record of the date and time of every edit, the username who wrote it, and their edit summary.

Quick Tutorial

 * In history, to view a specific version, click a date.
 * To compare an old version with the current version, click cur. The old version and the current version will now appear alongside each other showing changes.
 * To compare a version with its predecessor, click last.
 * To compare to specific versions, tick the right-column radio button of the newer version and the left-column radio button of the older version, and then click the "Compare selected versions" button.
 * Minor edits are denoted as m.

Detailed page history tutorial

 * 1) Click on history beside the edit button to view the page history.
 * 2) The page name stays the same, but the history tab is highlighted as seen in the image opposite.
 * 3) Edits are shown from newest to oldest. Each edit takes up one line which shows; time & date, the contributor's name and the edit summary.
 * 4) These links take you to the users most recent edits (Latest), oldest edits (Earliest) or the next or previous page of edits (Next n / Previous n). Note that the black text in brackets will become links, when applicable.
 * 5) The blue numbers list the number of edits displayed on a page - 20, 50, 100, 250 or 500. A higher number increases the length of a page but reduces the number of pages. The number you select replaces n in the links to the previous or next pages e.g. (Next 100 / Previous 100).
 * 6) (cur) takes you to a page, showing the difference between that edit and the current version. The current revision appears below the changes, so you can see how the page is now rendered.
 * 7) (last) takes you to a diff page showing the changes between that edit and the previous version. The most recent version (the one on the same line as the "last" you clicked on) appears below the changes, so you can see how the page was rendered.
 * 8) The two columns of radio buttons can be used to select any two versions on the page. Lets say you want to compare the versions corresponding to numbers 10 & 11 on the image. First, click the left radio button next to number 11. The right column of buttons will then fill as far as number 11. Then click the right button next to number 10. Finally click Compare selected versions. This takes you to a diff page showing the changes between the two versions. The most recent version appears below the changes, so you can see how the page was rendered.
 * 9) The edit summary is the text the user wrote in the edit summary box (below the edit box).
 * 10) This edit summary begins with an arrow link and grey text. This means the user has only edited a section of the page (named in the grey text). This text is automatically added when you edit a section. A standard edit summary can be added by the user. This appears in black text.
 * 11) m stands for minor edit. These help you understand the type of changes that have been made.

If the move page feature has been used in the past to change a page's name, the entire edit history of the article, before and after the move, is shown. The old title becomes a redirect and loses its edit history. After merging two pages, typically one becomes a redirect. In this case the revision history of the redirect is kept.

Edits made to deleted pages are not kept in contributor's User Contributions pages. However, the revision history is kept and can be retrieved by an administrator, who can also undelete the page.

Reverting a page
If your new pages edits aren't to your liking, you can revert the page to any previous version.

Image history
An image can be edited, or be replaced by a different image, by uploading a new image file with the same name. Again all versions are kept. The image history listing forms part of the image description page, which appears when clicking on the image. The image history consists of this and the old versions themselves.

Not kept are images which have been deleted, the only record available is the upload log and deletion log.

Linking to a specific version of a page
It is occasionally useful to link to a specific version of an article. For example, one might have done a review of a SASSA article and want to indicate which particular version was reviewed.

If the version is not the current version, one can use the page history to view the old version of the page. The URL of this old version is suitable for use to permanently reference this version, and can usually be obtained from the browser's location bar.

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