The ability to see a post’s edit history is great for ensuring credibility , as defined in the Muut manifesto. However, if a user has mistakenly included sensitive data (real names, accounts, passwords etc.) in a post and an admin intervened to edit it, can something be done so that the sensitive da…

You can also hide revisions of the edit history by opening the edit history and clicking the hide revision button (hint it is the trash can). Then only staff/admins can see that revision.

There is a workaround that Admins can do: Edit → Copy the post content Delete the post Create a new post omitting the data then change its owner to the original owner.

Seriously? That’s the first time I heard of this feature! :open_mouth:

Don’t feel bad, I also did not know about this feature until that post :stuck_out_tongue:

Here’s a link to a topic about this feature, which links to other topics previously: [afbeelding] Ability to hide or delete old revisions on selected posts Feature Continuing the discussion from Allow feature to hide edit history for mods : While this current…

Ooh, neat! This will be useful.

How can I delete a revision from the history on my own edited posts? I don’t have the little pencil. I’m guessing that I don’t have the little pencil because it’s assumed that I know that I edited my post, so I don’t need to be informed of that fact. But is that the only way to access the revision h…

No you should have a pencil, unless you do it within the ninja edit window

Ah, maybe I’ve just been editing really fast without realizing it. Edit: yeah, I think that’s it. My brain goes too fast sometimes.

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mcwumbly (Dave McClure) 29 april 2015 om 15:39 6

Here’s a link to a topic about this feature, which links to other topics previously:

Topic		Antwoorden	Weergaven
Ability to hide or delete old revisions on selected posts Feature completed	3	3839	14 oktober 2014
Admin Editing user posts without showing the edit mark Support	4	190	28 juli 2024
Users can hide specific revisions in edit history? Bug	8	1286	14 september 2019
Do not show deleted post history any more to regular users Feature revisions	7	1625	17 september 2021
Why post revisions cannot be disabled for admins? Support	5	699	10 juni 2023

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