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curprev 02:3402:34, 6 October 2024‎ Moxy talk contribs‎ 54,211 bytes +72‎ →‎Citations: {{For|instructions on how to "bundle" citations|Help:Citation merging}}

curprev 00:4800:48, 5 October 2024‎ DigitalIceAge talk contribs‎ 54,139 bytes +26‎ →‎Contextual links: Coin shortcut

curprev 07:0807:08, 1 October 2024‎ Gawaon talk contribs‎ 54,113 bytes −16‎ Undid revision 1248611297 by Bon courage (talk) – our lead is not a "lede" and should not be callled such, see the source-code comment at the top of the page Tag: Undo

curprev 00:0100:01, 25 September 2024‎ Moxy talk contribs‎ 54,113 bytes +61‎ →‎Elements: anchor

curprev 04:0104:01, 21 September 2024‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 54,052 bytes 0‎ →‎Length: Punctuation Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 07:3507:35, 20 September 2024‎ Mathglot talk contribs‎ 54,052 bytes +100‎ →‎See also: Add Template:Section length.

curprev 01:4801:48, 12 September 2024‎ Remsense talk contribs‎ 53,952 bytes −113‎ Undid revision 1245276793 by Gomeschian (talk): rv good faith: not an improvement to the rhetoric imo Tag: Undo
curprev 01:4501:45, 12 September 2024‎ Gomeschian talk contribs‎ 54,065 bytes +113‎ Revise line saying the lead is not a news style lead to "It will tend to provide more information and be a broader summary than a journalistic lead or ‘lede’ paragraph, and does not need to be limited to one or two sentences." (per comparison section). Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 09:3009:30, 3 September 2024‎ Tpbradbury talk contribs‎ m 53,952 bytes −7‎ →‎Provide an accessible overview: add punc

curprev 15:0015:00, 2 September 2024‎ AirshipJungleman29 talk contribs‎ 53,959 bytes +12‎ →‎Pronunciation: for the purposes of this page
curprev 14:5914:59, 2 September 2024‎ AirshipJungleman29 talk contribs‎ 53,947 bytes −75‎ →‎Pronunciation: reduced further

curprev 19:5419:54, 1 September 2024‎ Tpbradbury talk contribs‎ 54,022 bytes −32‎ →‎Length: could make it even shorter
curprev 17:2317:23, 1 September 2024‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 54,054 bytes −274‎ →‎Length: Shorten per Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section#Max length guideline similar to the total length guideline Tag: Visual edit
curprev 17:1817:18, 1 September 2024‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 54,328 bytes −269‎ All the information about length can go in one place Tag: Visual edit

curprev 10:1710:17, 28 August 2024‎ Tpbradbury talk contribs‎ 54,597 bytes −79‎ →‎Length: simplify, avoid repetition

curprev 17:5617:56, 26 August 2024‎ Gawaon talk contribs‎ 54,676 bytes −184‎ As this is currently under discussion on the talk page, please do not change it unless a consensus to do is reached there (so far you seem to be the only one in favour of radical change) Tag: Undo
curprev 16:5016:50, 26 August 2024‎ Closed Limelike Curves talk contribs‎ m 54,860 bytes +1‎ →‎Citations: link fix Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor
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curprev 16:4816:48, 26 August 2024‎ Closed Limelike Curves talk contribs‎ 54,861 bytes +185‎ →‎Citations: Clarify policy Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 21:5921:59, 25 August 2024‎ Gawaon talk contribs‎ 54,676 bytes +496‎ Undid revision 1242265641 by Closed Limelike Curves (talk) – older, more detailed wording seems preferably, as this is easy to get wrong Tag: Undo
curprev 21:4121:41, 25 August 2024‎ Closed Limelike Curves talk contribs‎ 54,180 bytes −496‎ →‎Citations: Simplify. Brevity+remove redundant information to improve clarity Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

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curprev 15:3415:34, 17 August 2024‎ W.andrea talk contribs‎ m 54,676 bytes +6‎ →‎Other languages: Improve markup

curprev 04:5804:58, 16 August 2024‎ RodRabelo7 talk contribs‎ 54,670 bytes 0‎ replacing {{IPA-it| → {{IPA|it| (deprecated template)

curprev 11:3111:31, 15 August 2024‎ Lawrencekhoo talk contribs‎ m 54,670 bytes 0‎ →‎Biographies' first sentence: readability

curprev 22:5722:57, 14 August 2024‎ Bkell talk contribs‎ m 54,670 bytes +24‎ →‎First sentence: MOS:...

curprev 10:1210:12, 27 July 2024‎ Nurg talk contribs‎ 54,646 bytes −37‎ →‎Elements: Update re "Template:Contains special characters"
curprev 09:5809:58, 27 July 2024‎ Nurg talk contribs‎ 54,683 bytes +62‎ →‎Pronunciation: Change 'foreign' to 'non-English' or 'other languages' or similar
curprev 09:4909:49, 27 July 2024‎ Nurg talk contribs‎ 54,621 bytes +60‎ →‎Foreign language: Change 'foreign' to 'non-English' or 'other' per Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#Change "foreign-language" to "non-English language"?

curprev 10:4510:45, 26 July 2024‎ Nurg talk contribs‎ 54,561 bytes +4‎ →‎Foreign language: upd wlink

curprev 14:0514:05, 24 July 2024‎ Safes007 talk contribs‎ 54,557 bytes −2‎ →‎Provide an accessible overview: Not a quote Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 07:3407:34, 18 July 2024‎ Jlwoodwa talk contribs‎ 54,559 bytes +24‎ →‎First section: +anchor

curprev 06:5706:57, 18 June 2024‎ Hyphenation Expert talk contribs‎ 54,535 bytes −47‎ rmvd. 2022

curprev 19:5619:56, 7 June 2024‎ CUA 27 talk contribs‎ 54,582 bytes +10‎ →‎Foreign language: WP:BOLDLY making a copyedit change. No substantive change.

curprev 09:0209:02, 30 May 2024‎ Remsense talk contribs‎ 54,572 bytes −552‎ →‎First sentence: ce, adherent to other parts of the MoS

curprev 20:4420:44, 2 May 2024‎ Indagate talk contribs‎ m 55,124 bytes −1,229‎ Reverted 1 edit by Happy2be2022! (talk) to last revision by Valjean Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 20:3820:38, 2 May 2024‎ Happy2be2022! talk contribs‎ 56,353 bytes +1,229‎ adding Lead Tag: Reverted

curprev 05:1805:18, 24 April 2024‎ Valjean talk contribs‎ m 55,124 bytes +18‎ Reverted edit by Emooshka11 (talk) to last version by SUM1 Tags: Rollback Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 04:4504:45, 24 April 2024‎ Emooshka11 talk contribs‎ m 55,106 bytes −18‎ * Provided an accessible overview */ Tag: Reverted

curprev 22:0222:02, 23 April 2024‎ SUM1 talk contribs‎ 55,124 bytes −1‎ →‎Avoid these other common mistakes: Seems this was never updated Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

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