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curprev 03:2403:24, 14 September 2025 Giraffedata talk contribs 12,047 bytes 0 better modifier placement undo
curprev 00:2500:25, 14 September 2025 WhatamIdoing talk contribs 12,047 bytes +1 Simpler words undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 00:2200:22, 14 September 2025 WhatamIdoing talk contribs 12,046 bytes −3 Undid revision 1311193931 by 173.238.152.62 (talk) undo Tag: Undo
curprev 00:0000:00, 14 September 2025 173.238.152.62 talk 12,049 bytes +3 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 13:2813:28, 13 August 2025 FaviFake talk contribs m 12,046 bytes +17 Per the WP:LINKBOXES guideline, only the most common and easily remembered redirects should be listed. Removing least used shortcuts according to their stats. undo
curprev 13:2313:23, 13 August 2025 FaviFake talk contribs 12,029 bytes +17 cu, ce, replace shortcut with the proper name, and remove duplicate links undo

curprev 04:0104:01, 10 July 2025 Balsam Cottonwood talk contribs 12,012 bytes 0 Changing short description from "Wikipedia Essay on Reverting" to "Wikipedia essay on reverting" undo Tag: Shortdesc helper

curprev 17:5817:58, 16 June 2025 Giraffedata talk contribs 12,012 bytes −58 Clarify/simplify. Being unnecessary does not make a change detrimental. Detrimental means it makes the article worse. undo

curprev 21:5421:54, 14 June 2025 WhatamIdoing talk contribs 12,070 bytes +79 Link undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 21:5321:53, 14 June 2025 WhatamIdoing talk contribs 11,991 bytes +272 Policy connection undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 09:5909:59, 23 May 2025 Giraffedata talk contribs 11,719 bytes −2 relevant -> useful; relevance is only part of being worthwhile undo

curprev 16:2416:24, 22 May 2025 Selbstporträt talk contribs 11,721 bytes −30 →Alternatives to reverting: reworded the "good faith" conditional: *any* edit that adds relevant information; also simplified the "that readers may find useful" to "relevant": we don't know what readers think of if editors act in good faith; none of that matters undo

curprev 02:4902:49, 15 February 2025 Z. Patterson talk contribs m 11,751 bytes +2,469 Reverted edits by 2001:16A4:18:49DA:B564:25E8:DBFA:F69A (talk) (AV) undo Tags: AntiVandal Rollback
curprev 02:4902:49, 15 February 2025 2001:16a4:18:49da:b564:25e8:dbfa:f69a talk 9,282 bytes −1,967 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 02:4802:48, 15 February 2025 2001:16a4:18:49da:b564:25e8:dbfa:f69a talk 11,249 bytes −502 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 00:2500:25, 2 January 2025 Iljhgtn talk contribs 11,751 bytes +29 better shortcuts undo

curprev 16:5016:50, 26 October 2024 Tanbiruzzaman talk contribs m 11,722 bytes +2,512 Reverted edits by Brunojoe1994 (talk) to last version by Karnataka undo Tag: Rollback
curprev 16:4516:45, 26 October 2024 Brunojoe1994 talk contribs 9,210 bytes −2,004 →{{anchor|DONTREVERT}} Bad reasons to revert undo Tag: Reverted
curprev 16:4516:45, 26 October 2024 Brunojoe1994 talk contribs 11,214 bytes −508 →Reverting drives away editors undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 22:0922:09, 8 October 2024 Renamed user 941cc78c00a0c5924c78bcbe91e8541a talk contribs 11,722 bytes −67 Undid revision 1250173441 by Karnataka (talk) sorry accident undo Tag: Undo
curprev 22:0922:09, 8 October 2024 Renamed user 941cc78c00a0c5924c78bcbe91e8541a talk contribs m 11,789 bytes +67 Reverted edits by Butwhatdoiknow (talk) to last version by Dustfreeworld undo Tags: Rollback Reverted
curprev 15:5115:51, 8 October 2024 Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs 11,722 bytes +7 →See also: Clarity nature of new link undo Tag: Reverted
curprev 15:4915:49, 8 October 2024 Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs 11,715 bytes −74 Revert good faith edits: (1) hatnote is wp:KUDZU and (2) link to mainspace Good Faith article unnecessary as that is a generally understood term. undo Tags: Undo Reverted

curprev 19:5219:52, 6 October 2024 Dustfreeworld talk contribs 11,789 bytes +33 →See also: add undo
curprev 19:4319:43, 6 October 2024 Dustfreeworld talk contribs 11,756 bytes +22 Link, italics undo Tag: Reverted
curprev 19:1419:14, 6 October 2024 Dustfreeworld talk contribs 11,734 bytes +52 →Reverting drives away editors: hatnote undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 15:4315:43, 22 June 2024 Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs 11,682 bytes −498 This is a bad reason to revert. But it also seems pretty rare. Removing as wp:KUDZU. undo Tag: Undo
curprev 15:3615:36, 22 June 2024 Bearcat talk contribs 12,180 bytes +25 →{{anchor|DONTREVERT}} Bad reasons to revert undo Tag: Reverted
curprev 15:3115:31, 22 June 2024 Bearcat talk contribs 12,155 bytes +473 →{{anchor|DONTREVERT}} Bad reasons to revert undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 00:1500:15, 28 July 2023 Elliott-AtomicInfinity talk contribs 11,682 bytes +1 →Alternatives to reverting undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 16:4416:44, 14 July 2023 Giraffedata talk contribs 11,681 bytes −2 replace redirect link with direct link; use terminology that the linked page uses (sock puppet vs sockpuppet) undo
curprev 11:0811:08, 14 July 2023 DanielRigal talk contribs 11,683 bytes +2 Undid revision 1165268861 by 110.136.216.110 (talk) Ban evasion undo Tag: Undo
curprev 03:0503:05, 14 July 2023 110.136.216.110 talk 11,681 bytes −2 "sockpuppets" without the space is clearly more standard. Please only revert if there is a problem with actual content. undo Tags: Undo Reverted

curprev 18:5118:51, 13 July 2023 DanielRigal talk contribs 11,683 bytes +2 Undid revision 1164617984 by 110.136.151.36 (talk) Very likely to be an IP sock of an LTA, Belteshazzar. Please only revert if you are confident that this is not the case. undo Tags: Undo Reverted

curprev 03:2203:22, 10 July 2023 110.136.151.36 talk 11,681 bytes −2 →Revert wars are considered harmful (the three-revert rule) undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 15:3015:30, 20 June 2023 Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs 11,683 bytes −13 →Revert wars are considered harmful (the three-revert rule): copy edit undo
curprev 02:5002:50, 20 June 2023 Commuter3 talk contribs m 11,696 bytes +21 standardise the WP: links? undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 15:2315:23, 19 June 2023 Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs 11,675 bytes +16 →top: Since we're talking about edits with issues the bias should not be to keep the "entire" edit. undo
curprev 15:2115:21, 19 June 2023 Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs 11,659 bytes −39 Undid revision 1160847958 by Commuter3 (talk) Not a WP:MINOR edit. undo Tag: Undo
curprev 04:4204:42, 19 June 2023 Commuter3 talk contribs m 11,698 bytes +39 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 09:1509:15, 26 April 2023 Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs m 11,659 bytes 0 →Alternatives to reverting: change semi-colons to periods undo
curprev 02:4102:41, 26 April 2023 Hagaland talk contribs m 11,659 bytes 0 →Alternatives to reverting undo

curprev 11:1911:19, 17 April 2023 Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs 11,659 bytes −3 →top: Copy edit. (Note: the fourth sentence seems redundant. Remove it? Make it the third sentence?) undo
curprev 02:5102:51, 17 April 2023 Giraffedata talk contribs 11,662 bytes +4 clarify undo

curprev 05:4205:42, 12 April 2023 Commuter3 talk contribs m 11,658 bytes +46 →Explain reverts: wP:Rollback: (you may have to ironically revert ''these edits'' as well! if applicable, give a reason for it?) undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 05:3905:39, 12 April 2023 Commuter3 talk contribs m 11,612 bytes −1 wP:Undo? (also 2x ' ' to 1x ' ', x23.) undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 05:3605:36, 12 April 2023 Commuter3 talk contribs m 11,613 bytes +21 →Reverting drives away editors: Wikipedia:Encourage the newcomers undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 20:4820:48, 6 November 2022 Tropicalkitty talk contribs m 11,592 bytes −462 Undid edits by Hridoy969 (talk) to last revision by Tamzin undo Tags: Undo SWViewer [1.4]
curprev 20:4720:47, 6 November 2022 Hridoy969 talk contribs 12,054 bytes +462 (edit summary removed) undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 15:0515:05, 12 August 2022 Tamzin talk contribs m 11,592 bytes +1,054 Reverted edits by 201.175.210.168 (talk) to last version by 174.22.104.67. undo Tag: Rollback

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