Wikipedia:Naming conventions (languages): Revision history

16 September 2024

• curprev 10:0410:04, 16 September 2024 174.89.12.36 talk 6,447 bytes −24 →Language families: rm arbitrary spaces undo

31 March 2024

• curprev 11:5011:50, 31 March 2024 Hilst talk contribs 6,471 bytes +26 Converted unformatted section links via script. undo

2 January 2024

• curprev 23:0423:04, 2 January 2024 Fehufanga talk contribs m 6,445 bytes +7 Reverted edits by 2806:2F0:90A4:FC49:65B3:E447:B154:2B07 (talk) to last revision by The Midnite Wolf: nonconstructive edits undo Tags: Rollback SWViewer [1.6]
• curprev 23:0423:04, 2 January 2024 2806:2f0:90a4:fc49:65b3:e447:b154:2b07 talk 6,438 bytes −7 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

16 November 2022

• curprev 03:2203:22, 16 November 2022 The Midnite Wolf talk contribs 6,445 bytes +155 →Dialects, registers, and other varieties: adding hatnote undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

16 September 2020

• curprev 17:1717:17, 16 September 2020 Uanfala talk contribs 6,290 bytes −333 →Dialects, registers, and other varieties: incorporate new additions into the existing paragraph that treats those issues (please note that bare names are discussed at the top of the article, so there's no need to repeat that here; on a side note, do linguists really treat Cantonese as a dialect?) undo
• curprev 10:3410:34, 16 September 2020 William Avery talk contribs 6,623 bytes −8 Not sure that the problem is always a dispute; typo undo
• curprev 09:0809:08, 16 September 2020 Sbb1413 talk contribs 6,631 bytes +130 →Dialects, registers, and other varieties undo
• curprev 09:0409:04, 16 September 2020 Sbb1413 talk contribs 6,501 bytes +16 →Dialects, registers, and other varieties undo
• curprev 09:0209:02, 16 September 2020 Sbb1413 talk contribs 6,485 bytes −15 →Dialects, registers, and other varieties undo
• curprev 09:0109:01, 16 September 2020 Sbb1413 talk contribs 6,500 bytes +41 →Dialects, registers, and other varieties undo
• curprev 09:0009:00, 16 September 2020 Sbb1413 talk contribs 6,459 bytes +239 If we want to keep Cantonese language variety without disambiguation. undo

16 May 2020

• curprev 12:2012:20, 16 May 2020 Khestwol talk contribs 6,220 bytes −1 fix wikilink, since the corresponding example in the Redirects section links to French undo
• curprev 12:1112:11, 16 May 2020 Khestwol talk contribs 6,221 bytes +3 revert undiscussed change to last stable version, as this wording was here for about 4 years undo

9 May 2020

• curprev 12:0312:03, 9 May 2020 Uanfala talk contribs 6,218 bytes −7 →top: rv change from earlier today: this isn't "clearer", it changed the meaning: for primary topics, omitting "language" from the title is possible, but not typical: generally, the bat is higher than for most other types of primary topics undo
• curprev 03:5203:52, 9 May 2020 SharabSalam talk contribs 6,225 bytes −3 →Redirects: Also reverting undiscussed changed made by an editor without consensus undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• curprev 03:4503:45, 9 May 2020 SharabSalam talk contribs 6,228 bytes −1 This was undiscussed change made here Special:Diff/746117134 by Khestwol undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• curprev 03:3703:37, 9 May 2020 The Man in Question talk contribs 6,229 bytes +7 clearer undo

8 January 2019

• curprev 11:0211:02, 8 January 2019 Mathglot talk contribs 6,222 bytes +24 →Dialects, registers, and other varieties: Add shortcut. undo

9 October 2018

• curprev 22:5722:57, 9 October 2018 Uanfala talk contribs 6,198 bytes +12 →Languages and their speakers: restore and trim text removed without discussion on 16 Oct 2017 undo

4 March 2018

• curprev 18:2718:27, 4 March 2018 Uanfala talk contribs m 6,186 bytes +22 →Dialects, registers, and other varieties: anchor undo

26 November 2017

• curprev 09:5009:50, 26 November 2017 Hoary talk contribs m 6,164 bytes −11 AAVE to AAE undo

23 October 2017

• curprev 18:0918:09, 23 October 2017 Uanfala talk contribs 6,175 bytes +123 Undid revision 806693356 by NtiniMkaya (talk) unexplained modifications, please bring up any specific issues on the talk page undo
• curprev 15:5715:57, 23 October 2017 NtiniMkaya talk contribs 6,052 bytes −123 No edit summary undo

16 October 2017

• curprev 15:1015:10, 16 October 2017 Cuchullain talk contribs m 6,175 bytes +43 No edit summary undo
• curprev 15:0815:08, 16 October 2017 Cuchullain talk contribs 6,132 bytes −696 Rm overly prescriptive text that doesn't follow WP:PRIMARYTOPIC or the actual text of the guideline below. There are many cases where the people are the primary topic over their language. undo

30 August 2017

• curprev 04:2904:29, 30 August 2017 A13ekrw talk contribs m 6,828 bytes −1 →Languages and their speakers undo

7 July 2017

• curprev 04:2004:20, 7 July 2017 142.160.131.202 talk 6,829 bytes −11 No edit summary undo

16 May 2017

• curprev 20:4420:44, 16 May 2017 Uanfala talk contribs 6,840 bytes +788 Undid revision 780692859 by Polla8 (talk) rv insufficiently justified wholesale reversal undo
• curprev 16:5416:54, 16 May 2017 Polla8 talk contribs 6,052 bytes −788 experience shows that a search for which of these has "primary" status is most often futile undo

15 May 2017

• curprev 21:0421:04, 15 May 2017 Uanfala talk contribs 6,840 bytes +788 I'm not going to AGF on that undo
• curprev 16:2416:24, 15 May 2017 39.50.29.34 talk 6,052 bytes −1 No edit summary undo
• curprev 16:2316:23, 15 May 2017 39.50.29.34 talk 6,053 bytes −787 Get Talk page concensus undo

14 May 2017

• curprev 20:1120:11, 14 May 2017 195.195.176.35 talk 6,840 bytes +787 rv sockery undo
• curprev 17:2217:22, 14 May 2017 39.50.79.74 talk 6,053 bytes +1 No edit summary undo
• curprev 17:2017:20, 14 May 2017 39.50.79.74 talk 6,052 bytes −788 See Saraiki dialect , Hindko Dialect and Potwari (Previously) Dialect talk page. User Uanfala is changing policies and Forum shoping to Get retitling from Dialect to Language. It is controvertial undo
• curprev 14:4714:47, 14 May 2017 Uanfala talk contribs 6,840 bytes +301 →top: + when the language takes the primary topic away from the ethnic group, example from India undo

3 February 2017

• curprev 13:2713:27, 3 February 2017 Uanfala talk contribs 6,539 bytes +9 →top: further rewording to make it clear the conventions apply to any language varieties and not just languages undo

31 January 2017

• curprev 15:5115:51, 31 January 2017 Uanfala talk contribs 6,530 bytes +66 →top: conventions apply to any varieties (not just languages) – obvious enough, but that gets frequently misinterpreted undo
• curprev 15:4515:45, 31 January 2017 Uanfala talk contribs 6,464 bytes −114 →Dialects, registers, and other varieties: rm redundancies undo

13 November 2016

• curprev 19:1719:17, 13 November 2016 Uanfala talk contribs 6,578 bytes +379 →Dialects, registers, and other varieties: note on the fact that "variety" does not mean "not language" or "not dialect" undo

4 November 2016

• curprev 11:2811:28, 4 November 2016 Uanfala talk contribs 6,199 bytes +133 →Dialects, registers, and other varieties: an obvious intro sentence about WP:COMMONNAME in WP:RS undo

25 October 2016

• curprev 10:2010:20, 25 October 2016 Khestwol talk contribs 6,066 bytes +2 fix the wikilink to Bokmål. Use clearer examples undo

21 May 2016

• curprev 13:4813:48, 21 May 2016 Uanfala talk contribs m 6,064 bytes +12 formatting of section headings undo

10 August 2015

• curprev 18:2718:27, 10 August 2015 TaivoLinguist talk contribs 6,052 bytes +274 →top: Being bold to insert Future Perfect's wording on Talk Page undo

6 August 2015

• curprev 21:0921:09, 6 August 2015 TaivoLinguist talk contribs m 5,778 bytes 0 →top undo
• curprev 21:0821:08, 6 August 2015 TaivoLinguist talk contribs 5,778 bytes +31 →top undo
• curprev 20:2520:25, 6 August 2015 Cuchullain talk contribs 5,747 bytes +170 Restoring language in place since 2014, as well as dispute notices. There was consensus to add the material then, it should not be arbitrarily removed without discussion. undo
• curprev 18:5918:59, 6 August 2015 TaivoLinguist talk contribs 5,577 bytes +1 →top undo
• curprev 18:5818:58, 6 August 2015 TaivoLinguist talk contribs 5,576 bytes −105 No consensus for adding "primary topic" to this policy was ever reached. See Talk Page undo