Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch: Revision history

1 September 2025

• curprev 02:4902:49, 1 September 2025 Waddie96 talk contribs m 36,172 bytes +1 →Puffery: format Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

31 August 2025

• curprev 06:2106:21, 31 August 2025 Waddie96 talk contribs 36,171 bytes 0 recolor blocks, less striking Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

23 August 2025

• curprev 20:3720:37, 23 August 2025 WhatamIdoing talk contribs 36,171 bytes +291 →''Survived by'': Link Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
• curprev 17:1517:15, 23 August 2025 Lambiam talk contribs 35,880 bytes 0 →Clichés and idioms: stronger
• curprev 17:1417:14, 23 August 2025 Lambiam talk contribs 35,880 bytes +40 →Clichés and idioms: ''landslide'' is easily misunderstood

19 August 2025

• curprev 10:2810:28, 19 August 2025 Xoontor talk contribs 35,840 bytes −22 bypass redirect

18 August 2025

• curprev 01:1701:17, 18 August 2025 WhatamIdoing talk contribs 35,862 bytes +167 →Euphemisms: From Garner's Modern English Usage Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
• curprev 01:0501:05, 18 August 2025 WhatamIdoing talk contribs 35,695 bytes −75 →Euphemisms: Simplify Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

3 August 2025

• curprev 17:4517:45, 3 August 2025 Gawaon talk contribs 35,770 bytes −13 Undid revision 1304032322 by M.A.Spinn (talk) – no need for a piped link here (linked text redirects correctly) Tag: Undo
• curprev 15:0215:02, 3 August 2025 M.A.Spinn talk contribs m 35,783 bytes +13 →Easily confused terms Tag: Reverted

15 July 2025

• curprev 09:3509:35, 15 July 2025 Belbury talk contribs 35,770 bytes −6 →Relative time references: redundant to include "(ly)" variants when these are given as "like" examples; add colon

4 July 2025

• curprev 02:1102:11, 4 July 2025 Bjenks talk contribs m 35,776 bytes 0 grammar
• curprev 01:3501:35, 4 July 2025 Fork99 talk contribs 35,776 bytes +21 →top: WP:BOLD edit as a non-admin: briefly add to the first sentence by clarifying that this page also talks about imprecise meanings of words or phrases Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

11 June 2025

• curprev 20:4020:40, 11 June 2025 NapoliRoma talk contribs 35,755 bytes +4 →Relative time references: use tlx to format mention of a template
• curprev 15:0015:00, 11 June 2025 Nederlandse Leeuw talk contribs 35,751 bytes +599 →Relative time references: WP:BOLD addition in accordance with common practice I've seen and followed on English Wikipedia for years. It follows logically from the "in the past" or "traditional(ly)" examples right before it. Seasonal differences probably merit a separate paragraph.
• curprev 14:3414:34, 11 June 2025 Nederlandse Leeuw talk contribs m 35,152 bytes +1 →Relative time references: comma for better readability

18 May 2025

• curprev 02:4102:41, 18 May 2025 Bjenks talk contribs m 35,151 bytes +3 →Survived by: Typo

10 May 2025

• curprev 03:3003:30, 10 May 2025 Remsense talk contribs 35,148 bytes −1 Undid revision 1289673842 by Remsense (talk): will defer to what others think Tag: Undo
• curprev 03:3003:30, 10 May 2025 Remsense talk contribs 35,149 bytes +1 Undid revision 1289672995 by Jruderman (talk): it's not inconsistent—one is a independent clause ending a sentence and the other is an independent clause not ending a sentence Tags: Undo Reverted
• curprev 03:2103:21, 10 May 2025 Jruderman talk contribs 35,148 bytes −1 →Unsupported attributions: Improve typographic consistency within sentence. I think it works slightly better without the periods. Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

9 May 2025

• curprev 07:0607:06, 9 May 2025 Tamfang talk contribs 35,149 bytes −8 →Person or office?: previous language fell into the error it described; "the President's tenure" is whenever there is a President

8 May 2025

• curprev 23:0023:00, 8 May 2025 Awesome Aasim talk contribs 35,157 bytes −68 →Person or office?: rephrase so it does not need updating every four years or so

25 February 2025

• curprev 10:0410:04, 25 February 2025 Remsense talk contribs 35,225 bytes −58 this project appears to be totally inert

24 February 2025

• curprev 02:5302:53, 24 February 2025 SMcCandlish talk contribs 35,283 bytes +229 →Synonyms for said: The well-received essay already cited here provides additional reasons why this is a poor idea even without triggering the policy problems already identified. And "in order to" is bureaucratese that can always be replaced with "to". And markup cleanup.

21 February 2025

• curprev 03:5003:50, 21 February 2025 Fgnievinski talk contribs 35,054 bytes −230 Undid revision 1180046861 by SMcCandlish (talk): long dab hatnote had been split in a dab page. Tags: Undo Disambiguation links added

19 February 2025

• curprev 17:1617:16, 19 February 2025 Ianmacm talk contribs 35,284 bytes −9 Undid revision 1276576076 by Ianmacm (talk), this is already mentioned later on in the section Tag: Undo
• curprev 17:1317:13, 19 February 2025 Ianmacm talk contribs 35,293 bytes +9 →Editorializing: added however, this is a common word to avoid Tag: Reverted

17 February 2025

• curprev 10:0810:08, 17 February 2025 Gawaon talk contribs 35,284 bytes +7 →Puffery: Why not both?
• curprev 09:2709:27, 17 February 2025 Rodney Baggins talk contribs m 35,277 bytes +3 →Puffery: superlative, as included in peacock's speech bubble in accompanying image, as in GOAT ("greatest of all time")

11 February 2025

• curprev 20:3820:38, 11 February 2025 Bluethricecreamman talk contribs 35,274 bytes +11 →Expressions of doubt: annoying me Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

27 January 2025

• curprev 17:1717:17, 27 January 2025 Departure– talk contribs 35,263 bytes +111 →Puffery

26 January 2025

• curprev 18:4818:48, 26 January 2025 AKK-700 talk contribs 35,152 bytes +3 →Person or office?
• curprev 18:4718:47, 26 January 2025 AKK-700 talk contribs 35,149 bytes 0 →Person or office?

25 January 2025

• curprev 22:3922:39, 25 January 2025 Clovermoss talk contribs 35,149 bytes +89 Actually looks like this was discussed months ago, apologies. Tag: Undo
• curprev 22:3222:32, 25 January 2025 Clovermoss talk contribs 35,060 bytes −89 Wikipedia doesn't have to follow outside usage/style guidelines. I think this is a significant enough change ("almost always" to "usually") that it should probably be discussed first. Tags: Undo Reverted
• curprev 21:3221:32, 25 January 2025 WhatamIdoing talk contribs 35,149 bytes +89 →Synonyms for ''said'': Per ''Garner's Modern English Usage'': "Whenever possible, use ''say'' rather than ''state''. The latter typically sounds stilted. But there is a substantive as well as a tonal difference: ''say'' means “to tell; to relate,” while ''state'' means “to set out (formally); to make a specific declaration.”" Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

22 January 2025

• curprev 22:4822:48, 22 January 2025 Remsense talk contribs 35,060 bytes −9 Undid revision 1271182247 by Kenneth Kho (talk): doesn't seem like one we need to advertise Tag: Undo
• curprev 22:4222:42, 22 January 2025 Kenneth Kho talk contribs 35,069 bytes +9 Add existing shortcut Tag: Reverted

29 November 2024

• curprev 02:3302:33, 29 November 2024 Bagumba talk contribs m 35,060 bytes −8 →Synonyms for said: missed this too
• curprev 02:3202:32, 29 November 2024 Bagumba talk contribs 35,068 bytes −10 →Synonyms for said: "reported" seems neutral: "used to indicate that something has been stated, although one cannot confirm its accuracy:"

28 November 2024

• curprev 21:1021:10, 28 November 2024 Flemmish Nietzsche talk contribs 35,078 bytes +38 →Synonyms for said: put these in as well; similar reasoning

24 November 2024

• curprev 00:5100:51, 24 November 2024 Prhartcom talk contribs 35,040 bytes +8 Clarify.

23 November 2024

• curprev 15:1815:18, 23 November 2024 Belbury talk contribs 35,032 bytes +2 →Clichés and idioms: missing "a"

11 November 2024

• curprev 19:2919:29, 11 November 2024 NapoliRoma talk contribs 35,030 bytes −3 →Relative time references: avoid starting a sentence with "and"; this is a good spot for a paragraph break to unbury a significant point

22 September 2024

• curprev 20:4120:41, 22 September 2024 The ed17 talk contribs m 35,033 bytes +57 pipe links Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
• curprev 07:1307:13, 22 September 2024 The ed17 talk contribs 34,976 bytes −40 remove link, as it is not related to what this page is about Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

1 September 2024

• curprev 05:4905:49, 1 September 2024 Graham87 talk contribs m 35,016 bytes −5 →Survived by: rm doubled word

31 August 2024

• curprev 22:2022:20, 31 August 2024 1234qwer1234qwer4 talk contribs 35,021 bytes +70 →Neologisms and new compounds: + link

16 August 2024

• curprev 12:4912:49, 16 August 2024 Peter Gulutzan talk contribs 34,951 bytes −28 Undid revisions as of 14 August 2024 by CFCF. I don't believe that WTW was originally intended to be a list of every hooray word in English

15 August 2024

• curprev 08:5608:56, 15 August 2024 Sangdeboeuf talk contribs 34,979 bytes +17 →Relative time references: Hatnote link to MOS:NUM#Statements likely to become outdated