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Editing a previous revision does not diff against current page

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Iritscen (talkcontribs)

I have sometimes wanted to edit a page by starting from a revision before the current one – by clicking "Edit" on an older version of the page – so that I can start from what I consider to be a better revision of the page. Suppose that the latest revision was a step down overall, but with a couple points worth preserving. In the past, I could edit an older revision without losing track of subsequent changes by using the "Review your changes" button. I would be shown the effect my work-in-progress edit will have on the current page, which would allow me to take the last edit into account in case I want to copy and preserve some of those changes.

I have been troubled recently to see that the changes shown in the "review" are based on whatever revision comes before the one I am editing, not the current page. Yet when I click "Publish changes…" I will be making a change that is based on the current page. The preview should reflect the actual difference I will be making to the current state of the page, should it not? I'm not sure if this is a recent change in the extension or if I am more accustomed to the previous editors used on Wikipedia and am just now noticing this change in behavior in the new one.

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