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curprev 14:4714:47, 22 August 2025 Dorsetonian talk contribs m 14,861 bytes +271 Reverted 1 edit by 1.46.129.142 (talk) to last revision by UtherSRG undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 14:4314:43, 22 August 2025 1.46.129.142 talk 14,590 bytes −271 Undid revision 1307255284 by UtherSRG (talk) ? JJMC89 clearly said "Supporting your position with other stuff isn’t going to work." undo Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 14:3814:38, 22 August 2025 UtherSRG talk contribs 14,861 bytes +271 Restored revision 1303268523 by 174.138.212.166 (talk): Rv -obvious vandalism undo Tags: Twinkle Undo Reverted
curprev 11:3311:33, 22 August 2025 1.47.24.199 talk 14,590 bytes −271 Per User:JJMC89, "supporting your position with other stuff isn’t going to work". undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 00:4300:43, 30 July 2025 174.138.212.166 talk 14,861 bytes +4 →Precedent in usage: {{snd}} undo
curprev 00:4000:40, 30 July 2025 174.138.212.166 talk 14,857 bytes −6 →Precedent in usage: fix anchor undo

curprev 18:5018:50, 16 May 2025 Bagumba talk contribs 14,863 bytes +74 →See also: replace shortcut undo

curprev 02:0902:09, 24 April 2025 Bagumba talk contribs 14,789 bytes +62 →top: npov on invalid cases undo

curprev 03:2703:27, 25 March 2025 Bagumba talk contribs 14,727 bytes +21 editors more used to all-cap shortcuts undo

curprev 17:2117:21, 18 February 2025 Worgisbor talk contribs m 14,706 bytes 0 No edit summary undo

curprev 11:4911:49, 23 November 2024 Fortuna imperatrix mundi talk contribs 14,706 bytes +80 A/cuts undo
curprev 08:3408:34, 23 November 2024 Remsense talk contribs m 14,626 bytes +273 Reverted 1 edit by 1.47.134.101 (talk) to last revision by Mojo Hand undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 08:1508:15, 23 November 2024 1.47.134.101 talk 14,353 bytes −273 Undid revision 1257367178 by Mojo Hand (talk) Supporting your position with other stuff isn’t going to work. undo Tags: Undo Reverted

curprev 15:2215:22, 14 November 2024 Mojo Hand talk contribs 14,626 bytes +273 Undid revision 1256890077 by 171.103.13.151 (talk); too broad a summary undo Tags: Undo Reverted

curprev 02:0802:08, 12 November 2024 171.103.13.151 talk 14,353 bytes −273 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 07:2607:26, 8 November 2024 Rollinginhisgrave talk contribs 14,626 bytes −16 concision undo

curprev 11:2911:29, 16 October 2024 Yamla talk contribs m 14,642 bytes +273 Reverted edit by 195.70.81.18 (talk) to last version by Slatersteven undo Tags: Rollback Reverted
curprev 10:4410:44, 16 October 2024 195.70.81.18 talk 14,369 bytes −273 No edit summary undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 15:4015:40, 19 August 2024 Slatersteven talk contribs m 14,642 bytes +271 Reverted 1 edit by 94.31.28.100 (talk) to last revision by Yoshiman6464 undo Tags: Twinkle Undo Reverted
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curprev 16:1316:13, 9 April 2024 Yoshiman6464 talk contribs 14,642 bytes +8 Replaced Earl Cole with notable contestant Sandra Diaz-Twine. Earl Cole became a redirect per the WP:PROMO argument in the deletion discussion. undo

curprev 14:3114:31, 24 October 2023 81.102.123.104 talk 14,634 bytes −13 No edit summary undo Tag: Manual revert

curprev 06:1406:14, 18 September 2023 82.132.186.202 talk 14,647 bytes −76 No edit summary undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 22:3222:32, 17 September 2023 Facu-el Millo talk contribs 14,723 bytes −395 Undid revision 1175859670 by 82.132.186.197 (talk) This is excessive and unnecessary. Conciseness is actually very helpful undo Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 22:2922:29, 17 September 2023 82.132.186.197 talk 15,118 bytes +395 conciseness is the enemy undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 17:5917:59, 17 September 2023 82.132.186.86 talk 14,723 bytes +89 Undid revision 1165181100 by 82.132.186.103 (talk) Revert. This might seem like long meandering word soup, but I'll defer to ScottishFinnishRadish's judgment. For example, it's of course important to specify that we're talking about countering the arguments "of other people", otherwise people will think we're also talking about cases when one would want to cite this essay to counter one's own arguments. undo Tags: Undo Reverted

curprev 14:2614:26, 13 July 2023 82.132.186.103 talk 14,634 bytes −89 Restore clean-up edit. This essay is already tedious and hard to read. undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 12:3312:33, 10 July 2023 AntiDionysius talk contribs m 14,723 bytes +18 Undid revision 1164677368 by 82.132.187.190 (talk) undo Tag: Undo
curprev 12:2512:25, 10 July 2023 82.132.187.190 talk 14,705 bytes −18 Undid revision 1164598745 by ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) Revert edits by a racist. Racists are not welcome here. undo Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 00:3100:31, 10 July 2023 ScottishFinnishRadish talk contribs 14,723 bytes +18 Reverting edit(s) by 81.102.123.104 (talk) to rev. 1161155556 by Brainulator9: non-constructive (RW 16.1) undo Tags: RW Undo Reverted

curprev 09:2009:20, 7 July 2023 81.102.123.104 talk 14,705 bytes +62 →Precedent in usage undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 18:5018:50, 6 July 2023 81.102.123.104 talk 14,643 bytes −80 less wordy undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 00:5700:57, 21 June 2023 Brainulator9 talk contribs 14,723 bytes +210 →Precedent in usage: It's been 15 years since this was written, so I really wouldn't say this is recent. There's some specificity in the next bullet point, so I added some here, but I'm not opposed to stripping down the example to something more generic. undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 23:1823:18, 23 November 2022 DumbBOT talk contribs 14,513 bytes −27 removing a protection template from a non-protected page (info) undo

curprev 03:0103:01, 9 October 2022 Kudpung talk contribs 14,540 bytes +85 →Inherent notability: schools: updated per 2917 RFC undo

curprev 19:4619:46, 21 August 2022 Blueboar talk contribs 14,428 bytes +8,714 Undid revision 1105780710 by 81.100.37.20 (talk) undo Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 19:3619:36, 21 August 2022 81.100.37.20 talk 5,714 bytes −8,714 replace every sentence with "Supporting your position with other stuff isn't going to work." undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 18:1818:18, 20 August 2022 Willondon talk contribs 14,428 bytes +271 Undid revision 1105536590 by 82.132.187.188 (talk); vandalism undo Tag: Undo
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