User talk:Maegan Ashworth

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Hey Maegan, thanks for submitting your question to the help desk ;). Hope you are able to stick around and help us maintain and improve this encyclopedia!  Feel free to drop any additional questions my way..

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If I have a question about a specific section of text that I would like to direct to the specific author/editor that wrote it, is there a way to find that author other than pouring over the history and trying to find the first version where that text appeared?Maegan Ashworth 07:02, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't believe so. Edit summaries are invaluable (!).  I would recommend posting your question to the talk page of the article.  &there4; here&hellip;&spades; 07:21, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the speedy reply! My boyfriend would describe that as giving a job to humans that ought to be given to software, but I can work around it.  Maegan Ashworth 07:40, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * ... as would I; scanning individual edits is prohibitive at times and tedious at best. A history search would be wonderful -- perhaps someone else at the help desk will have a better solution.  The software and interface tools at wikipedia are sometimes sorely lacking, but steadily improving.  Enjoy.. &there4; here&hellip;&spades; 07:59, 15 May 2007 (UTC)