Versions and re-check
Sources are never edited in place: a changed file is a new version, and canon that cites an older version asks to be re-checked.
Versions
- Uploading a file with the same name into the same folder adds a new version of that document. A file with the same name in another folder stays a separate document.
- A file with exactly the same text as an existing version is skipped.
- Documents are never changed. Edit on a document opens its latest text in the writing view, and saving makes a new version.
- History on a document lists every version, who added it and how, and compares two versions passage by passage.
- New facts always cite the latest version. Older citations stay as they were until someone re-checks them.
What a re-check says
When a canon fact cites an older version, CanonTracker looks for its quote in the newest one.
- Unchanged: the quote is still in the newest version, exactly once. The fact shows Source updated and the citation "Same quote in v…". Confirm moves the citation to the newest version.
- Outdated: the quote is gone, or it now appears more than once so no single passage holds it. The fact shows Evidence outdated, and the citation says which.
- Kept: a person checked an outdated citation and kept it on its version. It reads "Kept on v… (checked v…)". A later version asks again.
Doing the re-check
- Open Canon's Needs re-check view (Home and Library link to it too). It lists only the facts with outdated evidence.
- Use the Confirm button at the top to move every unchanged citation to the newest version in one step.
- For each outdated citation, see what changed, then propose a change to the fact or choose Keep as is.
- Confirm and keep are for editors, admins and owners, and each is saved to the audit log.