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curprev 00:1700:17, 13 May 2024‎ Hammersoft talk contribs‎ 47,530 bytes +66‎ Undid revision 1223566749 by Nekeshi (talk) undo Tag: Undo
curprev 00:1600:16, 13 May 2024‎ Nekeshi talk contribs‎ 47,464 bytes −66‎ No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 00:1300:13, 13 May 2024‎ Hammersoft talk contribs‎ 47,530 bytes −29‎ In context, this isn't helpful undo Tag: Manual revert
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curprev 20:0920:09, 17 March 2024‎ 37.0.88.50 talk‎ 47,530 bytes +243‎ →‎Quotations and speech undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
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curprev 20:0220:02, 17 March 2024‎ 37.0.88.50 talk‎ 47,086 bytes +57‎ →‎Quotations and speech: In Australia we use double quotes. Any English teacher will tell you this. undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 07:3307:33, 16 January 2024‎ AG202 talk contribs‎ 47,029 bytes −51‎ →‎Ending the sentence: The sources referenced for UK English punctuation state that the comma should go inside the quotation marks if it's a full sentence, i.e. if the comma is replacing a full stop. undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 20:1220:12, 11 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ m 47,080 bytes +18‎ crossref cleanup undo

curprev 11:5411:54, 10 December 2023‎ DHW1947 talk contribs‎ 47,062 bytes +29‎ →‎Typing quotation marks on a computer keyboard: Corrects bad rendering in linked article's Infobox (caused by a Redirect), and links to the relevant section, but retains the original link wording (i.e. "quotation mark glyphs") undo

curprev 21:0421:04, 7 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 47,033 bytes −95‎ fix link formatting; rm. incorrect comment (I just tested that, and there is no such issue; but there was also no reason to link the full phrase "quotation mark glyphs" in the first place). undo
curprev 03:4103:41, 7 December 2023‎ DHW1947 talk contribs‎ m 47,128 bytes +95‎ Corrects bad rendering in linked article's Infobox (caused by a Redirect). undo

curprev 02:5502:55, 25 November 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 47,033 bytes +5‎ →‎American style: moderate untrue absolute claim undo
curprev 02:5302:53, 25 November 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 47,028 bytes +38‎ cite cleanup; re-normalizing dates to prescribed format undo

curprev 13:1413:14, 24 November 2023‎ AnomieBOT talk contribs‎ 46,990 bytes +332‎ Rescuing orphaned refs ("Butcher" from rev 1186618018) undo
curprev 13:0013:00, 24 November 2023‎ DJ Clayworth talk contribs‎ 46,658 bytes −924‎ Let's not tell people about a rarely used approach whose use is not recommended by the only author cited for support. undo
curprev 11:2111:21, 24 November 2023‎ 69.191.176.31 talk‎ 47,582 bytes +35‎ →‎Use–mention distinction: The citation actually just lists one example of many of how a three-way distinction could be used, and then goes on to strongly discourage it. So rework that section. undo

curprev 21:0221:02, 11 November 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 47,547 bytes −10‎ They really haven't been called Macintoshes since some time in the '90s. undo
curprev 20:3320:33, 11 November 2023‎ CoolieCoolster talk contribs‎ m 47,557 bytes +6‎ Macintosh -> macOS wikilink undo

curprev 03:4003:40, 23 October 2023‎ Tropicalkitty talk contribs‎ m 47,551 bytes +4,911‎ Undid edits by 117.215.13.62 (talk) to last revision by Billjones94 undo Tags: Undo SWViewer [1.4]
curprev 03:3903:39, 23 October 2023‎ 117.215.13.62 talk‎ 42,640 bytes −4,911‎ →‎Irony: printer undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

curprev 14:5414:54, 19 October 2023‎ Billjones94 talk contribs‎ 47,551 bytes −2‎ No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 03:1803:18, 17 September 2023‎ HouseBlaster talk contribs‎ 47,553 bytes −24‎ move anchor to heading per Template:Anchor#Rationale for substitution in the header, minor cleanup undo

curprev 11:5711:57, 15 September 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ m 47,577 bytes 0‎ replacing deprecated template parameter undo
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curprev 15:1415:14, 15 August 2023‎ Heavy Water talk contribs‎ 47,578 bytes −14‎ Fix link (section was renamed to include...brackets, rendering it impossible to link to). undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 15:0615:06, 15 August 2023‎ Heavy Water talk contribs‎ 47,592 bytes −10‎ →‎American style: But an American style guide would just say "period". undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 01:3201:32, 15 June 2023‎ Beland talk contribs‎ m 47,602 bytes +10‎ HTML entities undo

curprev 16:2516:25, 1 May 2023‎ Peter M. Brown talk contribs‎ 47,592 bytes +31‎ →‎Quotations and speech: Clarification needed — what is it for works to be "journalistic"? undo
curprev 07:3307:33, 1 May 2023‎ Safes007 talk contribs‎ m 47,561 bytes +8‎ →‎top: wording undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit
curprev 07:3307:33, 1 May 2023‎ Safes007 talk contribs‎ 47,553 bytes +252‎ →‎top: reworded and added better source undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit
curprev 06:4506:45, 1 May 2023‎ Safes007 talk contribs‎ 47,301 bytes +771‎ →‎Quotations and speech: Moved around Australia in quotations undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 12:3012:30, 25 April 2023‎ Miki4242 talk contribs‎ m 46,530 bytes +1‎ →‎British style: Fixed typo undo Tags: canned edit summary Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit

curprev 15:1915:19, 16 March 2023‎ PhotogenicScientist talk contribs‎ 46,529 bytes +148‎ →‎British style: clarifying use of commas, whether quoted portion is fragment or complete, per Butcher section 11.1.2; the 'Prime Minister' example below was already a correct example of this, but the above text wasn't clear undo

curprev 22:3722:37, 31 January 2023‎ ClueBot NG talk contribs‎ m 46,381 bytes +126‎ Reverting possible vandalism by 2A02:C7F:5C93:1F00:60C4:44BE:FC27:459C to version by Spitzak. Report False Positive? Thanks, ClueBot NG. (4210625) (Bot) undo Tag: Rollback
curprev 22:3722:37, 31 January 2023‎ 2a02:c7f:5c93:1f00:60c4:44be:fc27:459c talk‎ 46,255 bytes −126‎ ZzPzwaespreazzwwwEE undo Tags: Reverted references removed Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 15:4015:40, 12 December 2022‎ Spitzak talk contribs‎ 46,381 bytes 0‎ Undid revision 1126960819 by 2A02:A212:92C5:5180:6B91:DF73:460C:F904 (talk) undo Tag: Undo
curprev 04:2904:29, 12 December 2022‎ 2a02:a212:92c5:5180:6b91:df73:460c:f904 talk‎ 46,381 bytes 0‎ Fix use of apostrophe undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 23:5123:51, 10 November 2022‎ Torvalu4 talk contribs‎ 46,381 bytes +23‎ →‎Ending the sentence undo
curprev 23:4323:43, 10 November 2022‎ Torvalu4 talk contribs‎ 46,358 bytes +98‎ →‎Primary quotations versus secondary quotations undo

curprev 13:5013:50, 4 October 2022‎ Dicklyon talk contribs‎ m 46,260 bytes +1‎ rm comma per MOS:JR (via WP:JWB) undo

curprev 17:0417:04, 31 August 2022‎ 2a00:23c5:4f88:5e01:59d1:8380:efb9:ad84 talk‎ 46,259 bytes −6‎ →‎Quotations and speech: The placement of commas in the speech examples was incorrect. Commas do not go outside speech such as in the original examples in any English convention. The interrupted text has also been changed, because the rules explained in the advice were not correct for the original example. (In that sentence, Hal was being directly addressed, so the comma would have been required directly after the name with or without the interruption. undo

curprev 14:3214:32, 25 July 2022‎ Thincat talk contribs‎ 46,265 bytes −107‎ →‎Quotations and speech: we say what is done rather than what should be done. I'm not sure it should be done anyway. The Spanish convention does not concern us here. undo

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