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You may wish to revert an article to an earlier version, perhaps because it has been the target of vandalism or because material has been added or removed inappropriately.

Reversion

To revert to an earlier version:

• Go to the page, click on "history" at the top ("Page history" in some skins), and click on the time and date of the earlier version you want to revert to. It will not work if you click on 'cur' or 'last'. Then when that page comes up, you'll see something like "(Revision as of 23:19 Aug 15, 2002)" below the title and beneath "From AstrologyNotes, the free encyclopedia".
• Verify that you've selected the correct version, and click to edit the page, as you would normally. Important: in the case of vandalism, take the time to make sure that you are reverting to the last version without the vandalism; there may be multiple vandal edits.
• You'll get a warning, above the edit box, about editing an out-of-date revision.
• After heeding the warning, save the page. Be sure to add the word "revert" to the edit summary. Some abbreviate this to "rv". It is common practice to mention the version of the page that you're reverting back to in the description as well.

A revert is the advised action to vandalism. Where you think an older version of a page is better than the current version, a revert is sometimes appropriate. Sometimes, though, it is better to write a third version that takes the best bits of the other two, and combines them to get the best of both worlds.

Note that reverts are not appropriate if a newer version is no better than the older version. You should save reverts for cases where the new version is actively worse.

Avoid collateral damage

If one edit that you dislike is made to an article, and multiple edits that you do not dislike, avoid reverting all of the edits in order to revert the one you dislike. Instead, edit the page to fix the problems introduced by the edit that you dislike.

Although more time-consuming, this will result in a better article, and avoids wasting the time of other people, or dragging them into a futile edit war. Irritating other users in this manner is rarely a productive strategy for "winning" a revert war.

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