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curprev 21:2621:26, 25 October 2026 PARAKANYAA talk contribs 33,909 bytes +36 I agree with Katzrockso that this is not an improvement Tag: Undo
curprev 18:0218:02, 25 October 2026 Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs 33,873 bytes −36 Undid revision 1381889112 by Katzrockso (talk) There is no requirement that ANY edit be pre-vetted and you don't say you think the change is bad. I, for one, think it it is a change for the better for the reason the original editor provided. If you disagree, please say why. Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 12:4012:40, 25 October 2026 Katzrockso talk contribs 33,909 bytes +36 Undid revision 1381884732 by FaviFake (talk). Long standing content in P&G should be discussed before being changed Tags: Undo Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
curprev 11:4711:47, 25 October 2026 FaviFake talk contribs 33,873 bytes −36 →Whether to create standalone pages: this should not be done "When creating new content", it should always be done even retroactively at AfD merge closures. Tag: Reverted

curprev 08:4608:46, 22 October 2026 John of Reading talk contribs m 33,909 bytes +1 →top: Typo fixing, replaced: encylopedic → encyclopedic Tag: AWB

curprev 15:1515:15, 17 October 2026 Ldm1954 talk contribs 33,908 bytes +30,016 Restored revision 1378309063 by Chess enjoyer (talk): Apparent vandalism of a critical article Tags: Twinkle Undo Disambiguation links added
curprev 15:1215:12, 17 October 2026 Honourable hitman talk contribs 3,892 bytes −30,016 Restructured draft: merged repetitive sections, consolidated duplicate citations, and removed meta-commentary per WP:NPOV and MOS:LAYOUT Tag: Reverted

curprev 22:4622:46, 3 October 2026 Chess enjoyer talk contribs 33,908 bytes −131 →top: Removed afd tag because it was closed as keep. Tags: Manual revert Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App full source
curprev 22:0922:09, 3 October 2026 Stormsnsnow talk contribs 34,039 bytes +131 Nominated for merging; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Notability on the English Wikipedia. Tags: Twinkle Reverted

curprev 12:3912:39, 20 August 2026 VivianIsBee talk contribs 33,908 bytes −90 Remove mention of WikiNews under Events heading as it has been closed.

curprev 07:1207:12, 16 August 2026 Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs 33,998 bytes 0 →General notability guideline: word choice > discuss to present
curprev 05:2505:25, 16 August 2026 PARAKANYAA talk contribs 33,998 bytes −588 no consensus for this change and imv not an improvement Undid revision 1369636412 by CSGinger14 (talk) Tag: Undo
curprev 05:0905:09, 16 August 2026 CSGinger14 talk contribs 34,586 bytes +588 A very bold edit to the sacred GNG; I argue that if we're going to place nearly as much onus as we do on new editors to learn and strictly comply with our site policies, then we have an obligation to fully and seriously enlighten them as to the real meaning and interpretation of such a vital policy. Tried to use a wide array of comprehensive*, but ultimately quite moderate views here (or slightly less moderate ones balanced against their opposite) Tag: Reverted

curprev 12:5212:52, 14 August 2026 Blueboar talk contribs 33,998 bytes +2 →General notability guideline: Also used to indicate future possibility Tags: Manual revert Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 03:0903:09, 14 August 2026 Z. Patterson talk contribs 33,996 bytes −2 →General notability guideline: "Might" is past tense for "may", and the preceding subordinate clause uses present tense. Tag: Reverted

curprev 11:2811:28, 11 August 2026 FaviFake talk contribs 33,998 bytes +7 →General notability guideline: add {{Va}}

curprev 22:3222:32, 6 August 2026 FaviFake talk contribs 33,991 bytes +79 →(top): add {{for|encylopedic coverage of this topic|Notability on the English Wikipedia}} like other pages that are also covered on the encyclopaedia. this is also a surprisingly nice summary!

curprev 14:5814:58, 30 July 2026 Daranios talk contribs 33,912 bytes −51 →General notability guideline: Removing repetition of "in reliable sources", as this comes just before, and is explained further down; also unify with regard to the next point on significant coverage, where this is not repeated either; compare discussion

curprev 14:4814:48, 26 July 2026 Daranios talk contribs 33,963 bytes −63 →General notability guideline: Undoing good faith edit by Whonting on the basis of WP:BRD: What's presumed is: significant coverage = stand-alone article; independent is explained further down I don't see a benefit in repeating it here

curprev 17:4017:40, 24 July 2026 WikipediholicRat talk contribs 34,026 bytes +8 add extra shortcut

curprev 11:3211:32, 23 July 2026 Whonting talk contribs 34,018 bytes +63 →General notability guideline: State what the presumption actually is Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 18:1618:16, 12 July 2026 Why? I Ask talk contribs 33,955 bytes +4 →Stand-alone lists: Minor grammar edit
curprev 10:5510:55, 12 July 2026 FaviFake talk contribs 33,951 bytes −233 →Whether to create standalone pages: The last sentence isn't really connected to the rest of the lede, and is already covered by the previous sentence. below, two examples are unnecessary and the second one is much more obvious.

curprev 23:5623:56, 4 July 2026 RandomEditor6772314 talk contribs m 34,184 bytes +39 Added wiki link for the phrase "policies regarding content". I think this will be helpful, because I was very confused trying to re-trace my steps to the Content policies...the prior text only had specific components, not a definitive link to a list.

curprev 18:2318:23, 11 June 2026 George Ho talk contribs 34,145 bytes 0 →Stand-alone lists: hoping this punctuation chg fixes grammar per discussion *sigh*

curprev 18:3118:31, 30 May 2026 Izno talk contribs 34,145 bytes −1 →Whether to create standalone pages: ws
curprev 10:1910:19, 30 May 2026 FaviFake talk contribs 34,146 bytes +4 →Notable topics have attracted attention over a sufficiently significant period of time: grammar
curprev 10:1810:18, 30 May 2026 FaviFake talk contribs 34,142 bytes −11 →Notable topics have attracted attention over a sufficiently significant period of time: cleanup section wikilinks
curprev 10:1710:17, 30 May 2026 FaviFake talk contribs 34,153 bytes +15 →Whether to create standalone pages: fix

curprev 01:3101:31, 6 May 2026 Vermont talk contribs 34,138 bytes +82 restore, will make talk page section Tags: Manual revert 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 01:1601:16, 6 May 2026 Barkeep49 talk contribs 34,056 bytes +101 →Notability is based on the existence of suitable sources, not on the state of sourcing in an article: editors doing bad BEFOREs and being told it absolutely does still reflect current practice Tag: Reverted
curprev 01:0801:08, 6 May 2026 BilledMammal talk contribs 33,955 bytes −183 →Notability is based on the existence of suitable sources, not on the state of sourcing in an article: WP:BOLD update to reflect current practice; articles are no longer kept without sources being provided. Tag: Reverted

curprev 07:5607:56, 11 April 2026 FaviFake talk contribs 34,138 bytes +327 fix WP:WTF and substituting {{anchor}}s per MOS:SECTIONANCHOR and WP:TARGET, they should be substituted within heading and before section title, otherwise they cause accessibility and technical issues. Tag: Visual edit: Switched

curprev 13:5013:50, 3 April 2026 Myselfthethird talk contribs 33,811 bytes +26 →Common circumstances: 'no self link' template (wp:selfred) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App section source

curprev 15:1215:12, 23 March 2026 Ltbdl talk contribs 33,785 bytes −26 →See also: what? Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 04:1504:15, 17 March 2026 Bringingthewood talk contribs m 33,811 bytes −44 Reverted edit by Kylee9 (talk) to last version by WhatamIdoing Tag: Rollback
curprev 04:1404:14, 17 March 2026 Kylee9 talk contribs 33,855 bytes +44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyMKEIY3-N0 Tag: Reverted

curprev 20:2420:24, 8 March 2026 WhatamIdoing talk contribs 33,811 bytes −12 →Stand-alone lists: This isn't the only method; we also cut off lists at arbitrary numbers (e.g., first 1000 prime numbers, the biggest 100 publications...) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 12:1112:11, 30 January 2026 VocalCat2207 talk contribs 33,823 bytes +18 + 1 shortcut Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 02:4402:44, 18 January 2026 Qwerty123M talk contribs 33,805 bytes +199 →General notability guideline: Fixed formatting by creating bullet point. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 22:2422:24, 28 December 2025 SmokeyJoe talk contribs 33,606 bytes −60 →General notability guideline: cut “ as those provide the most objective evidence of notability”. On talk as “WAID’s #2”. The explanation is not required, and introduces more problem than help.

curprev 16:3216:32, 1 December 2025 FaviFake talk contribs 33,666 bytes −60 useless code Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 11:0511:05, 6 November 2025 EEng talk contribs 33,726 bytes +16 Undid revision 1320720770 (a) MOS applies only to articles; (b) By your reasoning, there's no use for the word "plainly" anywhere, ever Tag: Undo
curprev 10:2410:24, 6 November 2025 UndercoverClassicist talk contribs 33,710 bytes −16 →General notability guideline: These adverbs break our own MOS (WP:OFCOURSE) and are rather patronising -- the fact that we're including this means that some editors need to be told, so it isn't patently obvious to everyone. Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 23:4323:43, 3 November 2025 DiscoveringMysteries03 talk contribs 33,726 bytes +9 →Stand-alone lists

curprev 02:0502:05, 1 November 2025 SmokeyJoe talk contribs 33,717 bytes −22 →top: remove jargon clutter. No reader wants this. Put it at the bottom, or on the talk page, but not in the prime real estate above the fold.

curprev 23:4323:43, 31 October 2025 FaviFake talk contribs 33,739 bytes +4 i disagree, it looks too crowded. however, reducing the content in the other box fixes the blank space. see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not

curprev 23:5423:54, 27 October 2025 ActivelyDisinterested talk contribs 33,735 bytes −12 Better to run down than across
curprev 23:1723:17, 27 October 2025 FaviFake talk contribs 33,747 bytes +61 placing the shorturl box inside, as WP:LINKBOXES says "Policy and guideline pages with shortcuts pointing to them typically use {{Policy|WP:X}} instead of {{Shortcut}}". This is also usually true of shorturl boxes, they shouldn't stay outside.
curprev 00:1300:13, 27 October 2025 WhatamIdoing talk contribs 33,686 bytes −15 Undid revision 1318798252 by Whyiseverythingalreadyused (talk) There are at least 8 redirects to this section. We don't need every single shortcut listed – just the most popular. Tag: Undo

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