How to restore a previous version of a Wikipedia article page, example with Ijeoma Oluo's biography
Channel: WebJunction
Date: 2018-02-02

This brief, informal screenshare demonstrates how to restore an earlier version of a Wikipedia page. The demonstration looks at the page for Ijeoma Oluo, a Seattle-based writer. Her biography page accidentally had formatting and a citation deleted. Watch how to revert those mistakes by reverting the page to an earlier version. 

Here are the instructions. 

1. Click the Article home page, click View history
2. Click on the time stamp of the version you wish to restore
3. Review, make sure this is what you’d like to restore
4. Click Edit (but you don’t need to edit anything)
5. Click Publish changes. View the Article home page. The previous version of the article should now be completely restored.

Note:

A reversion will undo all changes made between versions. Use this process when you’ve pressed Save and then think, Oops! I made a mistake and want to undo everything.