When you look at a post's edit history you can see each version of the question going back to the original version. Each version has a number next to it, starting with 1 for the original version. On the mobile app, the original version has an additional identifier next to the "1". It says "Initial Revision". As far as I can tell this label does not appear on the actual Stack Exchange sites.

Why would the original version be called "initial revision" if the original version was not a revision?

Here is an example from [a recent question][1].

This is how the edit history appears on the site:

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And this is how it appears on the mobile app:


[![enter image description here][2]][2]


The app screenshot is from version 1.6.6.2 if that makes a difference.


  [1]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/314208/shouldn-t-deleted1-return-all-deleted-posts-not-just-those-of-the-one-searchin
  [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/otJTZ.jpg
  [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/tlwsN.jpg