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curprev 11:1511:15, 26 August 2024 Kwamikagami talk contribs 48,284 bytes +250 No edit summary undo
curprev 11:0411:04, 26 August 2024 Bazza 7 talk contribs 48,034 bytes −97 Undid revision 1242342915 by Kwamikagami (talk) it's up to you as the original editor to supply references for what you wrote follow WP:BRD when Reverted; supply a reference for what you wrote and all will be well undo Tag: Undo
curprev 10:3710:37, 26 August 2024 Kwamikagami talk contribs 48,131 bytes +97 tag it, then. this is the historical explanation, not my opinion. undo Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 09:5709:57, 26 August 2024 Bazza 7 talk contribs 48,034 bytes −97 Undid revision 1242106232 by Kwamikagami (talk) without a reference for both assertions, that's simply your opinion undo Tags: Undo Reverted

curprev 01:2301:23, 25 August 2024 Kwamikagami talk contribs 48,131 bytes +97 →American style undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 23:4423:44, 24 August 2024 Citation bot talk contribs 48,034 bytes +356 Add: date, title, publisher. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Grimes2 | #UCB_webform 1376/1378 undo

curprev 12:4612:46, 17 August 2024 Qwerfjkl talk contribs m 47,678 bytes +148 Added 4 {{Bare URL inline}} tag(s) using a script. For other recently-tagged pages with bare URLs, see Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from August 2024 undo

curprev 00:1700:17, 13 May 2024 Hammersoft talk contribs 47,530 bytes +66 Undid revision 1223566749 by Nekeshi (talk) undo Tag: Undo
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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]
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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
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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
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