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# How to repost?
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/how-to-repost/
- Published: 2009-12-29T08:02:37.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:12:04.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Research ∕ Learning

I [‘re-posted’](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/002035.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) my entry on the ‘two ways of Web 2.0’ the other day. On the site, I now have a page for the [original entry](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/001556.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) and for the [‘re-post’](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/002035.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net).  
I have just ‘re-posted’ [another entry](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/001392.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net), but this time I chose to do it a different way. I changed the publish date to today’s date, and noted the original date in a note.  
I wondered which way was the better, and am not aware of any ‘good practice’ on this issue. It seems to me that newspapers sometimes adopt the latter practice. I notice that [PersonaNonData](https://personanondata.blogspot.com/2009/12/predictions-2009-death-and-resurrection.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net), who occasionally reposts earlier entries, seems to follow the former.  
It is interesting to run into this versioning question in a modest way here. I can see pros and cons of each approach and I am sure there is a relevant literature. Something to think about in the new year ….