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curprev 04:1404:14, 18 September 2025 Chris the speller talk contribs m 10,434 bytes 0 →Fixtures: replaced: collectors' item → collector's item undo Tag: AWB

curprev 02:1702:17, 4 September 2025 WhatamIdoing talk contribs 10,434 bytes +90 Link undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 04:2604:26, 30 June 2025 24.19.113.134 talk 10,344 bytes −2 WP:SHORTDESC undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 19:1119:11, 24 September 2024 Arjayay talk contribs m 10,346 bytes −4 Duplicate word removed undo
curprev 09:4309:43, 24 September 2024 Sigehelmus talk contribs 10,350 bytes +266 No edit summary undo Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 16:2616:26, 10 July 2024 Altenmann talk contribs 10,084 bytes −2,075 →In literature and culture: rm trivial mentions unimportant to plot: WP:TRIVIA, WP:POPCULTURE undo
curprev 12:3312:33, 10 July 2024 Masato.harada talk contribs 12,159 bytes −148 Removed statement. Lead section says explicitly that a rush-candle is not a rushlight, which is the subject of this article. undo Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 07:2107:21, 4 September 2023 Altenmann talk contribs 12,307 bytes +10 →See also undo

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curprev 21:4521:45, 2 September 2023 Aluminium talk contribs 12,315 bytes +6 caption clarity undo

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curprev 04:3304:33, 21 August 2023 Altenmann talk contribs 12,302 bytes −231 →In literature and culture: unref undo

curprev 21:3021:30, 22 June 2023 StefanoTrv talk contribs m 12,533 bytes +8 Better label for the image. undo
curprev 17:4617:46, 22 June 2023 Escateal talk contribs 12,525 bytes +190 image added undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 23:5923:59, 10 April 2023 Citation bot talk contribs 12,335 bytes +60 Add: title. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Mako001 | Linked from User:Mako001/Accesdatewithouturl3 | #UCB_webform_linked 292/2685 undo

curprev 13:2213:22, 24 February 2023 Taplic talk contribs 12,275 bytes 0 →In literature and culture: Moved the Pound poem citation to follow the paragraph introducing the citation. Previously it followed a different reference and was not clear that it was the poem.by Pound that had been mentioned earlier l. undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 13:1613:16, 19 February 2023 2a00:23c6:1e01:8301:e123:9ceb:ce3:3bec talk 12,275 bytes +164 No edit summary undo

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curprev 06:3806:38, 2 September 2022 Dalmationrotary talk contribs m 12,107 bytes +5 Minor sentence structure edits for readability. undo

curprev 17:3517:35, 17 August 2022 Ibadibam talk contribs 12,102 bytes +18 →In literature and culture: format poem undo

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curprev 09:5809:58, 17 February 2022 StefanoTrv talk contribs 12,083 bytes +33 Undid revision 1072237015 by MrAureliusR (talk) No they were not: https://www.britannica.com/technology/rushlight https://www.sewhistorically.com/how-to-make-rushlights/ https://kottke.org/18/05/a-visual-history-of-light https://www.arabamerica.com/how-ancient-egyptians-contributed-to-the-modern-candle/ undo Tag: Undo

curprev 16:5516:55, 16 February 2022 MrAureliusR talk contribs m 12,050 bytes −33 removed globalize tag; these were common only in Britain and northwestern Europe undo Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 05:5805:58, 28 January 2022 BattyBot talk contribs m 12,083 bytes −6 Fixed CS1 errors: extra text: volume and general fixes undo Tag: AWB

curprev 19:4219:42, 12 January 2022 Velella talk contribs 12,089 bytes −13 Undid revision 1065270335 by 78.17.210.156 (talk) - not plant oil. The fuel needs to be rigid or semi rigid at cool room temperatures to maintain the structure of the rush light. Using oil would result in a limp and bendy rush-light undo Tag: Undo
curprev 17:5517:55, 12 January 2022 78.17.210.156 talk 12,102 bytes +13 Added content undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 17:0217:02, 12 January 2022 Velella talk contribs 12,089 bytes −28 Undid revision 1065261149 by 78.17.210.156 (talk) - no, it isn't. undo Tag: Undo
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curprev 20:4220:42, 1 January 2022 Brammers talk contribs 12,089 bytes −185 →Fixtures: rm irrelevant statement undo

curprev 09:0709:07, 12 August 2021 DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered talk contribs 12,274 bytes +23 Notwithstanding the very fair WP:CSB tag on this, it does seem to be firmly in BrE. undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 09:0509:05, 12 August 2021 DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered talk contribs 12,251 bytes +71 Adding local short description: "Lighting made by dipping a rush in fat or grease", overriding Wikidata description "lighting made by dipping the pith of a rush in tallow or grease" (Shortdesc helper) undo

curprev 19:3219:32, 12 July 2021 Peri-Kaani talk contribs 12,180 bytes 0 →Preparation: Typo fix. undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 15:4115:41, 20 April 2021 90.153.106.159 talk 12,180 bytes +2 The heading line of section "In literature and culture" is now properly formatted undo

curprev 04:0204:02, 17 March 2021 162.239.233.224 talk 12,178 bytes +160 Added links undo Tags: canned edit summary Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit

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curprev 07:5007:50, 26 January 2021 Monkbot talk contribs m 11,956 bytes +3 Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 18 templates: hyphenate params (3×); undo Tag: AWB

curprev 13:1413:14, 24 December 2020 Chongkian talk contribs 11,953 bytes −10 same name sorting undo
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curprev 02:5802:58, 19 December 2020 Tom.Reding talk contribs m 11,961 bytes +23 Enum 1 author/editor WL; WP:GenFixes on undo Tag: AWB

curprev 03:1203:12, 22 November 2020 HololiveFan talk contribs m 11,938 bytes +100 →In literature and culture: added a citation needed tag to the claim that "Prometheus brought fire to civilization in the form of a rushlight" undo

curprev 08:0408:04, 5 November 2020 StefanoTrv talk contribs m 11,838 bytes +33 https://www.britannica.com/technology/rushlight https://www.historiclewes.org/collections/objects/artifacts/53574 https://kottke.org/18/05/a-visual-history-of-light undo

curprev 21:5321:53, 4 November 2020 SlimVirgin talk contribs 11,805 bytes +34 ce, rmv tag (need sources to "globalize") undo
curprev 09:3709:37, 4 November 2020 StefanoTrv talk contribs 11,771 bytes +33 Undid revision 986929335 by SlimVirgin (talk) You can't remove tags without a reason undo Tag: Undo

curprev 20:3320:33, 3 November 2020 SlimVirgin talk contribs m 11,738 bytes −33 rmv tag undo Tag: Reverted
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curprev 10:4910:49, 6 April 2020 Magyar25 talk contribs m 11,621 bytes −10 →In literature and culture undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 12:5512:55, 14 February 2020 InternetArchiveBot talk contribs 11,631 bytes 0 Bluelink 3 books for verifiability. gra) #IABot (v2.0) (GreenC bot undo

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