Lesson 7. Tracking Changes to an Article
In this lesson, you learn how to view an article’s history and track revisions to the article.
Viewing an Article’s History
Because Wikipedia is a user-edited encyclopedia, any article can be edited by any number of users. For some articles, this creates a long history of revisions, from the article’s original text through all its edits to the article in its current state.
It’s sometimes useful to peruse an article’s history, especially with topics that reference current events and unfolding situations. You can see how the known facts of a topic have changed over time, get a handle on prevailing opinion, and even track the depth of information available. In this fashion, it’s often useful (and sometimes ...
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