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* So one of the great things about Wikipedia is that the system keeps every track of every version of every article. The wiki system is a version control system, too. If you click on the "Edit" tab, you can see the built in way to edit every article. Let's take a look at the ''history'' tab here. (click history tab)

* (find yourself at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellesley_College&action=history ; zoom in so it's large enough for people to see; make it really enormous)

* So here, you can see a little heading for every version of the page, including (mouse over the date) the time and date of that version, who saved ~~htat~~ version, and a brief summary of what the changes are. Here, the most recent version says +73 -- that means that 73 characters were added in that revision.

* So here, you can see a little heading for every version of the page, including (mouse over the date) the time and date of that version, who saved that version, and a brief summary of what the changes are. Here, the most recent version says +73 -- that means that 73 characters were added in that revision.

* One standard feature of version control tools is to be able to see each version of the file. On Wikipedia, you can do that by clicking on the date.

** (click on the most recent edit, taking you to e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellesley_College&oldid=559029901 )