Page rollback

Matthew East mdke at ubuntu.com
Sat Jun 14 20:26:53 UTC 2008


Hi Connor,

On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Connor Imes <rocket2dmn at aol.com> wrote:
> Matthew East wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:37 AM, Connor Imes <rocket2dmn at aol.com> wrote:
>>> Is there a way to roll back a page to a previous version, so it can have
>>> the old Page Editor and Date?  I would prefer this rather than manually
>>> adjusting changes that I have made (I am unmarking some pages I added to
>>> CategoryDeletion).
>>
>> Yes, of course - that's the whole point of a wiki. Click "Page
>> History" and then "Revert" next to the revision you want to restore.
>>
> I thought it would be something that simple, but I don't have that
> button available.

That's odd - it must be an error in the configuration of the wiki,
which means that the "revert" action is only available to admins. I
can't see any reason to limit things in that way - I'll try and
arrange for it to be amended.

> Perhaps I need to be in the ubuntu-wiki LP team?  I
> applied for that awhile ago but never got a response.

No, being in that team doesn't make a difference, although I'll
certainly add you.

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Matthew East
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