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First and foremost, the page history tells you something about who has worked on the page, and allows you to examine the successive versions of the article and the differences between them. Usually by looking through the edit history, you can quickly tell who has made substantive contributions to the article.
The two most recent revisions are selected by default when you first view the history (that is why they appear framed and have a different background; see the area below the label 6). Let's say you want to compare the revisions corresponding to numbers 10 and 11 on the image. First, click the left radio button next to number 11.
Only six versions (edits) are shown, but a history page normally lists the first 50. Edits older than the most recent 50 are listed onto separate pages. You can specify the number of edits listed on the first page—and any subsequent pages you look at, with older edits, by clicking the 20,50, 100, 250, or 500 links near the top.
All new articles start by researching a topic using high-quality, published sources. Even an expert on a topic cannot directly use their knowledge; published sources are needed. Even an expert on a topic cannot directly use their knowledge; published sources are needed.
The article, which New York Magazine has made available online, was published June 10, 1985 — 18 days before the release of “St. Elmo’s Fire,” one of the most quintessential Brat Pack ...
The date used for a given statement should be the date of the most recent reliable source (for currently valid statements), or the date on which the data were obtained (for example, when using census figures). "As of" should not be used with future dates, as it will place the article in nonexistent categories.
Fact Check: Social media users are claiming that CNN pre-wrote articles about the collision between an American Airlines aircraft and a U.S. military helicopter that killed 67 people before it ...
To find out what happened, the first thing you should do is look at the history page for the article you edited. This will tell you who changed it, when, and often why. If it says something like "see talk", then look at the article's talk page.