Wikibooks:Reverting
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Wikibooks:Editing FAQ > How to revert a page to an earlier version
You may wish to revert a page to an earlier version, perhaps because it has been vandalised or material has been added or removed inappropriately.
To revert to an earlier version:
- Go to the page, click on the history tab, then click on the time and date of the earlier version you want to revert to.
- When that page comes up, you'll see something like "(Revision as of 23:19 Jul 15, 2003)" below the title, rather than "From Wikibooks".
- Verify that you've selected the correct version, and click to edit the page, as you would normally.
- You'll get a warning, above the edit box, about editing an out-of-date revision. This is what you want.
- Ignore the warning and save the page. Be sure to add "revert vandalism" (often abbreviated to "rvv") to the edit summary
In general a revert is the advised action to deal with vandalism. Beware of getting into "revert wars", where two parties continually revert a page between two states. Have a look at our advice on staying cool when the editing gets hot.
[edit] Reverts and edit conflicts
Reverts never cause an edit conflict - if between you pressing edit, and then pressing save, someone else edits the page, their edits will be silently overwritten (though still in the page history). Beware of reverting high-traffic pages! Conversely, if it looks like someone has deleted your edits, consider if it's more likely that it's one of these unfortunate reversion conflicts.
