[Novalug] Re: [Ma-linux] wiki with version control / collaboration software

Kat Walsh mindspillage@gmail.com
Thu Jan 25 20:11:56 EST 2007


On 1/25/07, Jay Hart <jhart@kevla.org> wrote:

> > You can see the diff between any two page revisions, and the user
> > responsible for them, by looking at the page history (try clicking on
> > the "history" tab on a Wikipedia article sometime to see what it looks
> > like and if that's sufficient for you).
> >
> > For example:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki&diff=102178224&oldid=102101526
>
> Not sure what I should see here as far as changes, didn't understant all the codes, or what they
> mean, or how the text itself was changed.

Hm, explaining everything would be a lengthy post...

The MediaWiki handbook section entitled "tracking changes",
particularly "page history" and "diff page", should cover what you
want to know:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_readers

-Kat


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