Revisions & History

Every edit to a page or directory is saved as a new revision. No content is ever lost — you can always view, compare, or restore previous versions.

Change messages

Each time you save an edit, you're asked to write a brief change message explaining what you changed and why. These messages appear in the revision history and in email notifications to subscribers, so good change messages help everyone understand the history of a page.

Viewing revision history

Click History (or Actions → History for directories) to see a chronological list of all revisions. Each entry shows:

The revision number
Who made the change
When it was made
The change message

Comparing revisions (diffing)

From the history view, select any two revisions using the radio buttons and click Compare. This shows a side-by-side diff with word-level highlighting:

Red/strikethrough text was removed
Green text was added
Unchanged text provides context around the changes

This works for both pages (content diffs) and directories (description and metadata diffs).

Reverting to a previous revision

From the history view, click Revert next to any revision to restore the page or directory to that point. Reverting creates a new revision (it doesn't delete the intervening history), so the full timeline is always preserved.

For pages, reverting restores the title and content. For directories, it restores the title and description (permissions are not changed).

Edit locks

When you start editing a page or directory, the wiki acquires a 30-minute advisory lock to prevent conflicts. If another user tries to edit the same item, they'll see a warning showing:

Who is currently editing
When they started

The other user can click Edit Anyway to override the lock if they believe it's stale. The lock is automatically released when you save your changes.

View counts

Each page tracks how many times it's been viewed. The view count is displayed at the bottom of the page and can be used as a sort option in directory listings (sort by "Most viewed"). View counts are updated periodically in the background.

Page deletion safeguards

A page cannot be deleted if other pages link to it via #slug wiki links. This prevents broken links across the wiki. To delete a page that has incoming links, first remove or update those links in the other pages.