Watchmaker analogy: Revision history

22 July 2024

• curprev 04:3504:35, 22 July 2024‎ F15x28 talk contribs‎ 35,187 bytes +405‎ Added what the watchmaker analogy actually posits. Quite embarrassingly this most fundamental aspect of the article was missing. The article went straight into what the watchmaker analogy is used for, who invented it, when, support for it, criticisms to it, etc. The excuse that it is obvious what the watchmaker analogy is not a valid: this is an encyclopedia, so everything needs to be explicitly and unambiguously defined. It is obvious what a chair is, yet the Wikipedia article for chair says it undo

11 July 2024

• curprev 22:3322:33, 11 July 2024‎ Python Drink talk contribs‎ 34,782 bytes +4‎ →‎William Paley undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
• curprev 22:3022:30, 11 July 2024‎ Python Drink talk contribs‎ 34,778 bytes +33‎ →‎Scientific Revolution: Added wikilinks undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

8 July 2024

• curprev 07:0807:08, 8 July 2024‎ Roy Bateman talk contribs‎ 34,745 bytes +33‎ better wording undo

1 July 2024

• curprev 18:5518:55, 1 July 2024‎ SimLibrarian talk contribs‎ m 34,712 bytes +37‎ →‎Contemporary usage: rm same-section duplicate links (MOS:DUPLINK) undo Tag: Visual edit

27 June 2024

• curprev 05:5505:55, 27 June 2024‎ Hob Gadling talk contribs‎ 34,675 bytes +21‎ Undid revision 1222140057 by 2601:240:4C82:B0A0:7CAA:BD20:D11:9515 (talk) undo Tag: Undo
• curprev 04:0304:03, 27 June 2024‎ Irralpaca talk contribs‎ 34,654 bytes +185‎ →‎Richard Dawkins: Rewrite to more closely reflect the views expressed by the author. The subsequent section is sadly also unreferenced. undo
• curprev 03:0503:05, 27 June 2024‎ AnomieBOT talk contribs‎ m 34,469 bytes +15‎ Dating maintenance tags: {{Failed verification}} undo
• curprev 02:4402:44, 27 June 2024‎ 0xDeadbeef talk contribs‎ 34,454 bytes +23‎ →‎Richard Dawkins: fail undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

8 June 2024

• curprev 22:4522:45, 8 June 2024‎ DMacks talk contribs‎ 34,431 bytes +8‎ Restored revision 1222140057 by 2601:240:4C82:B0A0:7CAA:BD20:D11:9515 (talk): Undo unexplained IPv6 changes that contradict MOS: the period appears to be present in the underlying quoted material. undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
• curprev 21:5721:57, 8 June 2024‎ 2a02:1810:363d:6700:fc7b:7033:5b0b:2f25 talk‎ 34,423 bytes −8‎ No edit summary undo Tag: Reverted
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4 May 2024

• curprev 03:5903:59, 4 May 2024‎ 2601:240:4c82:b0a0:7caa:bd20:d11:9515 talk‎ 34,431 bytes −21‎ Removed redundant pejorative. undo Tags: Manual revert Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• curprev 03:5603:56, 4 May 2024‎ Johnuniq talk contribs‎ 34,452 bytes +21‎ Undid revision 1222139633 by 2601:240:4C82:B0A0:7CAA:BD20:D11:9515 (talk) WP:RS undo Tags: Undo Reverted
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16 April 2024

• curprev 02:4402:44, 16 April 2024‎ Ixocactus talk contribs‎ 34,452 bytes +21‎ Reverted good faith edits by 2600:8805:310F:3600:95E4:E1C4:E732:FBDC (talk): Per sources undo Tags: Twinkle Undo Reverted
• curprev 02:3702:37, 16 April 2024‎ 2600:8805:310f:3600:95e4:e1c4:e732:fbdc talk‎ 34,431 bytes −21‎ removed biased language undo Tag: Reverted

3 April 2024

• curprev 09:3109:31, 3 April 2024‎ Bruce1ee talk contribs‎ m 34,452 bytes −2‎ fixed lint errors – stripped tags undo

2 April 2024

• curprev 22:2922:29, 2 April 2024‎ Randy Kryn talk contribs‎ 34,454 bytes +4‎ direct link (Scientific Revolution) undo

1 April 2024

• curprev 20:3420:34, 1 April 2024‎ Hob Gadling talk contribs‎ 34,450 bytes +21‎ Undid revision 1216748605 by 209.16.166.197 (talk) undo Tag: Undo
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19 March 2024

• curprev 20:4520:45, 19 March 2024‎ StarryGrandma talk contribs‎ 34,450 bytes +39‎ →‎top: explained teleological, See MOS:NOFORCELINK undo
• curprev 20:3620:36, 19 March 2024‎ StarryGrandma talk contribs‎ 34,411 bytes 0‎ →‎Contemporary usage: reference applies to the whole paragraph undo

18 March 2024

• curprev 22:3322:33, 18 March 2024‎ Mazewaxie talk contribs‎ m 34,411 bytes +36‎ WP:GENFIXES undo Tag: AWB

26 February 2024

• curprev 07:0407:04, 26 February 2024‎ Hob Gadling talk contribs‎ 34,375 bytes +21‎ Undid revision 1210358907 by Wuuujihh (talk) undo Tag: Undo
• curprev 06:3506:35, 26 February 2024‎ Wuuujihh talk contribs‎ m 34,354 bytes −21‎ Deleted pseudoscientific in the description of the argument. undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

11 February 2024

• curprev 22:1322:13, 11 February 2024‎ GhostInTheMachine talk contribs‎ 34,375 bytes −92‎ Shorten short description — WP:SDSHORT undo Tag: Shortdesc helper
• curprev 22:0722:07, 11 February 2024‎ Mannana308 talk contribs‎ 34,467 bytes +100‎ cf. new section on talk page undo

30 January 2024

• curprev 04:5404:54, 30 January 2024‎ Johnuniq talk contribs‎ m 34,367 bytes −32‎ Reverted edits by 43.245.205.221 (talk) to last version by Adakiko undo Tag: Rollback
• curprev 04:4704:47, 30 January 2024‎ 43.245.205.221 talk‎ 34,399 bytes −2‎ →‎Joseph Butler undo Tag: Reverted
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22 January 2024

• curprev 09:3609:36, 22 January 2024‎ Adakiko talk contribs‎ 34,367 bytes +4‎ wikilink pseudoscientific. undo
• curprev 07:2407:24, 22 January 2024‎ Jellyfish talk contribs‎ 34,363 bytes +34‎ Reverting edit(s) by Boaziah (talk) to rev. 1197868057 by Schrödinger's jellyfish: Disruptive editing (RW 16.1) undo Tags: RW Undo
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• curprev 06:3006:30, 22 January 2024‎ Jellyfish talk contribs‎ 34,363 bytes +34‎ Reverting edit(s) by Boaziah (talk) to rev. 1197701655 by Hob Gadling: As per WP:NFRINGE, intelligent design is regarded as pseudoscientific. (RW 16.1) undo Tags: RW Undo Reverted
• curprev 06:2706:27, 22 January 2024‎ Boaziah talk contribs‎ 34,329 bytes −34‎ Removed biased language undo Tags: Manual revert Reverted

21 January 2024

• curprev 16:1716:17, 21 January 2024‎ Hob Gadling talk contribs‎ 34,363 bytes +34‎ Undid revision 1197662491 by Boaziah (talk) undo Tags: Undo Reverted
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• curprev 02:1002:10, 21 January 2024‎ Patient Zero talk contribs‎ m 34,363 bytes +6‎ Reverted edits by 216.237.209.6 (talk) (HG) (3.4.10) undo Tags: Huggle Rollback
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10 December 2023

• curprev 02:5302:53, 10 December 2023‎ Ixocactus talk contribs‎ 34,363 bytes +30‎ Reverted 1 edit by 2A02:587:5467:8400:C4BB:73A8:BA71:4527 (talk) to last revision by StarryGrandma undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
• curprev 00:5600:56, 10 December 2023‎ 2a02:587:5467:8400:c4bb:73a8:ba71:4527 talk‎ 34,333 bytes −30‎ Changed some very charged and biased language in the first sentence of the article with a more neutral tone undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

8 December 2023

• curprev 17:3917:39, 8 December 2023‎ StarryGrandma talk contribs‎ 34,363 bytes +58‎ change to match the source (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876445/) used in the article section; not a "revival" since fundamentalists had continuously used the analogy undo
• curprev 00:4100:41, 8 December 2023‎ StarryGrandma talk contribs‎ 34,305 bytes −115‎ →‎External links: remove external link left over from a removed section undo

30 October 2023

• curprev 11:4811:48, 30 October 2023‎ Bishonen talk contribs‎ 34,420 bytes −931‎ Undid revision 1182601740 by Ichigonokonoha (talk). A long quote from Schneider's blog is seriously WP:UNDUE and tendentious here. undo Tag: Undo
• curprev 07:5107:51, 30 October 2023‎ Ichigonokonoha talk contribs‎ 35,351 bytes +931‎ Undid revision 1182594004 by Hob Gadling (talk) Release source - no reason for the deletion detectable undo Tags: Undo Reverted
• curprev 06:4306:43, 30 October 2023‎ Hob Gadling talk contribs‎ 34,420 bytes −931‎ →‎Richard Dawkins: blah blah from bad source undo Tag: Reverted

28 October 2023

• curprev 08:2608:26, 28 October 2023‎ Adakiko talk contribs‎ 35,351 bytes +17‎ Undid revision 1182277406 by 2603:6080:A01:F141:1849:604A:91BB:6900 (talk) ID is pseudoscience undo Tag: Undo
• curprev 08:2408:24, 28 October 2023‎ 2603:6080:a01:f141:1849:604a:91bb:6900 talk‎ 35,334 bytes −17‎ The concept of intelligent design was referred to as “pseudoscientific”. I removed plthat word because it does not pertain to the concept of intelligent design, as that is not a science and no one claims it is. It is not an appropriate or fitting use of the word, adds no value, and can potentially confuse or mislead the reader. undo Tags: Manual revert Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• curprev 08:1308:13, 28 October 2023‎ The Herald talk contribs‎ m 35,351 bytes +17‎ Reverted edit by 2603:6080:A01:F141:1849:604A:91BB:6900 (talk) to last version by 2601:600:9000:8750:4D31:78DA:7BC8:C329 undo Tags: Rollback Reverted