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One of the main characteristics of a wiki that like the FlightGear are using the MediaWiki software is that the edit history of all pages is preserved and is available to everyone. This allows for very transparent collaboration.
As the revision history of pages is kept, changes can be tracked in various ways.
Recent changes
The page Special:RecentChanges is a list of all the recent changes on the wiki.
If you want to have a feel about what is going on on the wiki you could start your wiki session by having a peek at that page.
Some of the things visible there is:
- Edits to pages
- Creation of new pages
- File uploads, usually images
- Creation of new users
- Pages being protected
- Deletion of pages or files
As it shows all the latest changes it is often the place where one will find any spam, vandalism or other unwanted edits.
Watchlist
The wathlist will help you keep track of interesting pages if the recent changes page is too busy.
The watchlist is accessible from a link in the top right corner of every wiki pages when you have logged in.
At first the watchlist will be empty, but pages can be added to it by clicking the watch tab (the star icon tab) or by clicking the "Watch this page" box below the edit summary text box when editing or creating a new page.
Page revision history
The revision history of a page, accessible from the history tab, holds all the changes to a page. Some data regarding deleted revisions is only available to users with sufficient rights.
The revision history allows you to look at and compare selected revisions using page diffs (or often just diffs), as well as link to a certain revision or comparison of revisions.