MediaWiki/History

Restore a previous version

Sometimes we make errors when we write in MediaWiki.

No panic!! It is very easy to make a step back and restore a previous version of the article we are working on and undo the last changes.

1. Click on the button "Contributions" in the upper-right corner of the page. Your contribution page will be opened. Here you can see all the changes you have done to any article.
2. Identify the contribution you want to modify

User Contributions

Modify a previous version

• Click on the button "diff" on the right of the date
• Here you will be able to switch between all the versions of the article through the button "Older edit" and "Newer edit"
• You can modify the version that fits better for you simply by clicking on the button "Edit"

How to switch between different versions of the article

Cancel the last changes of an article

• Click on the button "hist" on the right of the date, you will open the changes history of the article
• Here you can see all the version of the articles and all the changes that have been done to it.
• You can easily delete the last updates and restore a previous version of the article through the button "undo"

How to undo the last version of the article