XY problem: Revision history

15 June 2024

• curprev 10:1510:15, 15 June 2024‎ 2a01:599:907:7722:1556:cf27:b0ef:6086 talk‎ 3,923 bytes −163‎ →‎Examples: Remove flawed, politically-biased example undo Tags: Manual revert Mobile edit Mobile web edit

12 June 2024

• curprev 08:4908:49, 12 June 2024‎ Jan-zidek talk contribs‎ 4,086 bytes +163‎ →‎Examples undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

25 February 2024

• curprev 23:2523:25, 25 February 2024‎ 71.112.194.9 talk‎ 3,923 bytes +259‎ →‎Examples: Add link to a sample question about parsing XML with regular expressions undo

10 February 2024

• curprev 20:4520:45, 10 February 2024‎ Tengwar talk contribs‎ m 3,664 bytes +28‎ →‎See also: Added Law of the instrument undo

7 December 2023

• curprev 22:0722:07, 7 December 2023‎ A3nm talk contribs‎ 3,636 bytes +28‎ {{distinguish|X+Y sorting}} undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

1 December 2023

• curprev 20:2720:27, 1 December 2023‎ Asimoviv talk contribs‎ 3,608 bytes −53‎ X should be the attempted solution and Y should be the root Why? undo
• curprev 20:2220:22, 1 December 2023‎ Asimoviv talk contribs‎ 3,661 bytes 0‎ →‎Examples: Switching X and Y in the examples to better align with the description above. Y should the Why? that X is attempting to address. undo

18 October 2023

• curprev 18:5818:58, 18 October 2023‎ IndubitablyLeft talk contribs‎ 3,661 bytes −1,190‎ That's not XY, that's just sidestepping the problem. The underlying elevator / foot traffic efficiency or lackthereof is still unresolved, but I guess the initiative to actually improve things is a lost art. undo

28 June 2023

• curprev 19:2919:29, 28 June 2023‎ PhotographyEdits talk contribs‎ 4,851 bytes −26‎ →‎Examples: JavaScript data structures -> JSON undo Tag: Visual edit

9 March 2023

• curprev 12:5312:53, 9 March 2023‎ LeoBlume talk contribs‎ 4,877 bytes −1‎ The XML parser isn't the problem, it's a solution. Parsing XML is the problem, X. undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

26 January 2023

• curprev 02:5102:51, 26 January 2023‎ 5.218.44.197 talk‎ 4,878 bytes −31‎ →‎Examples: Fixed the sentence structure of the questions. Also, I checked the source. For trivial matter, no, the source is good enough. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that filename extensions don't always consist of three characters. undo

11 December 2022

• curprev 00:3500:35, 11 December 2022‎ Citation bot talk contribs‎ 4,909 bytes +20‎ Add: isbn. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | Category:Articles lacking reliable references from November 2022 | #UCB_Category 277/953 undo

18 November 2022

• curprev 21:0121:01, 18 November 2022‎ AnomieBOT talk contribs‎ m 4,889 bytes +19‎ Dating maintenance tags: {{Better source needed}} undo
• curprev 20:4120:41, 18 November 2022‎ Partofthemachine talk contribs‎ 4,870 bytes +24‎ →‎Examples: Better source needed undo
• curprev 12:1912:19, 18 November 2022‎ Dreftymac talk contribs‎ 4,846 bytes +16‎ →‎Examples undo
• curprev 12:1812:18, 18 November 2022‎ Dreftymac talk contribs‎ 4,830 bytes +138‎ →‎Examples undo

4 July 2022

• curprev 18:3418:34, 4 July 2022‎ AndrewWTaylor talk contribs‎ m 4,692 bytes −5‎ →‎Examples: another undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
• curprev 18:3418:34, 4 July 2022‎ AndrewWTaylor talk contribs‎ m 4,697 bytes −2‎ →‎Terminology: better word undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

7 June 2022

• curprev 13:5813:58, 7 June 2022‎ Stifle talk contribs‎ m 4,699 bytes −47‎ →‎See also: external links do not go in see also section undo Tag: Manual revert

25 May 2022

• curprev 03:1503:15, 25 May 2022‎ Securearth talk contribs‎ 4,746 bytes +47‎ Added similar concept dontasktoask undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

6 January 2022

• curprev 15:5815:58, 6 January 2022‎ Haeinous talk contribs‎ 4,699 bytes +767‎ Added inline references and added an examples section undo

11 August 2021

• curprev 19:3519:35, 11 August 2021‎ Gil mo talk contribs‎ 3,932 bytes +13‎ No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

28 April 2021

• curprev 18:4618:46, 28 April 2021‎ 73.241.31.29 talk‎ 3,919 bytes +25‎ Added link to another page undo

8 April 2021

• curprev 10:2310:23, 8 April 2021‎ Guy Macon talk contribs‎ 3,894 bytes −1,733‎ WP:OR, WP:V. Undid good-faith revision 1016650180 by Krauss (talk) undo Tag: Undo
• curprev 10:1210:12, 8 April 2021‎ Krauss talk contribs‎ 5,627 bytes +1,733‎ No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

26 March 2021

• curprev 21:2121:21, 26 March 2021‎ AndrewWTaylor talk contribs‎ m 3,894 bytes −6‎ →‎Origin: rm redundant "note" and comma undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

4 January 2021

• curprev 16:3916:39, 4 January 2021‎ Monkbot talk contribs‎ m 3,900 bytes +1‎ Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 2 templates: hyphenate params (1×); undo Tag: AWB

7 December 2020

• curprev 11:0711:07, 7 December 2020‎ Bkell talk contribs‎ m 3,899 bytes −6‎ del parentheses and unnecessary italics undo

2 November 2020

• curprev 15:5415:54, 2 November 2020‎ Guy Macon talk contribs‎ 3,905 bytes +26‎ Arranged references with Reference Organizer undo
• curprev 14:2614:26, 2 November 2020‎ DMacks talk contribs‎ 3,879 bytes +51‎ →‎See also: we don't seem to have an article on "asking the wrong question", but here are two other pages about getting an incorrect ultimate solution due to flaws in the starting basis undo
• curprev 14:1714:17, 2 November 2020‎ DMacks talk contribs‎ 3,828 bytes −2‎ →‎Origin: MOS undo

2 October 2020

• curprev 20:4020:40, 2 October 2020‎ FabrizioMarana talk contribs‎ m 3,830 bytes +3‎ Improved readability undo

21 June 2020

• curprev 22:1322:13, 21 June 2020‎ Guy Macon talk contribs‎ 3,827 bytes +59‎ →‎Origin: better link undo

10 June 2020

• curprev 15:2015:20, 10 June 2020‎ 198.38.61.176 talk‎ 3,768 bytes −54‎ No, it's just a communication problem. undo

25 May 2020

• curprev 10:5710:57, 25 May 2020‎ PauAmma talk contribs‎ m 3,822 bytes −4‎ →‎Origin: Unredlink undo

10 May 2020

• curprev 01:3001:30, 10 May 2020‎ 152.44.74.166 talk‎ 3,826 bytes +28‎ No edit summary undo
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13 February 2020

• curprev 02:1102:11, 13 February 2020‎ JosephDonahue talk contribs‎ 3,772 bytes 0‎ Spelling. It's inquiry, not enquiry. undo

9 January 2020

• curprev 17:5817:58, 9 January 2020‎ MB talk contribs‎ m 3,772 bytes −24‎ clean up, removed stub tag undo Tag: AWB

5 December 2019

• curprev 01:3801:38, 5 December 2019‎ Pmc talk contribs‎ 3,796 bytes +40‎ →‎External links: bash undo

7 November 2019

• curprev 13:4113:41, 7 November 2019‎ InternetArchiveBot talk contribs‎ 3,756 bytes +81‎ Bluelink 1 book for verifiability.) #IABot (v2.0) (GreenC bot undo

24 August 2019

• curprev 04:4704:47, 24 August 2019‎ Rpyle731 talk contribs‎ m 3,675 bytes +9‎ stub sort undo

23 August 2019

• curprev 19:3519:35, 23 August 2019‎ BEANS X2 talk contribs‎ m 3,666 bytes −5‎ →‎External links: not computing undo
• curprev 19:3419:34, 23 August 2019‎ BEANS X2 talk contribs‎ 3,671 bytes +68‎ Adding short description: "Problem of communication when asking for help" (Shortdesc helper) undo

24 July 2019

• curprev 18:3118:31, 24 July 2019‎ Schol-R-LEA talk contribs‎ m 3,603 bytes +51‎ →‎External links: added link to Alex Papadimoulis essay undo

21 July 2019

• curprev 02:2402:24, 21 July 2019‎ Jehochman talk contribs‎ 3,552 bytes +5‎ →‎See also: fix link undo
• curprev 02:2002:20, 21 July 2019‎ Jehochman talk contribs‎ 3,547 bytes +38‎ →‎References: substitution bias undo

8 July 2019

• curprev 21:2521:25, 8 July 2019‎ Fdavis99 talk contribs‎ 3,509 bytes −27‎ Successfully de-orphaned! Wikiproject Orphanage: You can help! by adding See Also to "Customer Support" undo

16 June 2019

• curprev 11:1711:17, 16 June 2019‎ I dream of horses talk contribs‎ m 3,536 bytes +29‎ Standard AWB cleanup, added orphan tag undo Tag: AWB

14 May 2019

• curprev 22:0222:02, 14 May 2019‎ 12.145.29.10 talk‎ 3,507 bytes −2‎ →‎Origin: typo undo