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5. Wikipedia - History pages

Wikipedia's history pages allow you to track the development of a page over time.  You can see how new ideas are integrated into the page, and where controversies happen. 

an example of a wikipedia history page

Click on the History tab on the top of any page to see the history.

screenshot of the header to a Wikipedia page, with the history tab  highlighted

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