Restore Me

A WikiTag used to request a restore of an archived page. Click on the title to see places where people are asking for such a restoration.

From where?

From the Wiki history (http://c2.com/wiki/history), privately saved backups, Google cache, browser cache, etc. I intend to search for this tag from time to time.

Where would you put the tag though?

On any page you want restored.

Who do you know has privately held backups?

No-one personally, but various people have mentioned having them, and I expect many people keep backups of pages they initiated, as I do (along with scores of others).

What if there are some of which you are unaware?

That's one reason why this tag exists.

I feel that this page would be better if it included details on how you restore a page from the history files.

Open a browser window on http://c2.com/wiki/history/RestoreMe and you'll see a collection of previous versions of this page. Click on one to get the raw text. Copy that. Return to the page you are restoring and click on the EditPage link at the bottom to start editing. Mark all of the text, then past what you copied from the previous version. Click the Save button and you're done.

Can we use this space to request restore from privately held page collections, pages that have been deleted completely as well?

I suggest this mechanism not to be invoked lightly, and requestors for such services to identify themselves using RealNames.

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