Save+Previous+Draft+or+Discard+Previous+Draft?

=I clicked the edit button and I received a "Draft Recovered" notification. What does this mean?= This notice comes up if, the last time you were editing the page a **draft** was saved but you did not **save the page**.

If you "Load Previous Draft" you will load the last **draft** of these unsaved changes and begin editing from there.

If you "Discard Previous Draft," you will begin editing the last **saved** version of the page.

The important thing to note in the final sentence above are the words //Draft// and //Saved Version//. Do you want load the previous DRAFT? If not, and you actually want to load the previous SAVED version then you need to click Discard Previous Draft.

**I also want to make you aware of the need to be ultra careful when adding anything to a page. It is very easy to delete someone else's work if you are not careful with where you type. Some students' contributions have been lost because others contributing afterwards haven't been particularly careful about ensuring that they have typed their message at the bottom of the page. I have had to restore previous versions of a number of pages a few times to ensure that students' contributions are recovered.**  That is one of the benefits of a Wiki - it is non-destructive, in that the History page shows previous versions of the page - so if you think your contribution is lost, let me know and I'll restore it.

Sharon Pittaway, 19/08/2008 5:11 pm