What about adding a checkbox to the form when revisting a node for updates called 'Consider this new'. The idea being that you can update a node (standard disclaimer about self-editing etc. apply) and still have people be able to see this new material. Instead of the customary work around of replying to your own node.

Also why not a little synactic sugar, insert at the bottom of the textarea something like: --<B>UPDATED AT</B>: YYYY-MM-DD @ hh:mm Then users could put updates after this. And if they update the main body they could include notes about the update here, or just leave it blank, and there would at least by a log of the times of updates.

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In reply to Node updates by belg4mit

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