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7 October 2024

curprev 04:2304:23, 7 October 2024 Citation bot talk contribs 35,189 bytes +2 Altered pages. Formatted dashes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Superegz | Category:Deism‎ | #UCB_Category 12/35 undo

22 July 2024

cur prev 04:3504:35, 22 July 2024 F15x28 talk contribs 35,187 bytes +405 Added what the watchmaker analogy actually posits. Quite embarrassingly this most fundamental aspect of the article was missing. The article went straight into what the watchmaker analogy is used for, who invented it, when, support for it, criticisms to it, etc. The excuse that it is obvious what the watchmaker analogy is not a valid: this is an encyclopedia, so everything needs to be explicitly and unambiguously defined. It is obvious what a chair is, yet the Misplaced Pages article for chair says it undo

11 July 2024

cur prev 22:3322:33, 11 July 2024 Python Drink talk contribs 34,782 bytes +4 →William Paley undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
cur prev 22:3022:30, 11 July 2024 Python Drink talk contribs 34,778 bytes +33 →Scientific Revolution: Added wikilinks undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

8 July 2024

cur prev 07:0807:08, 8 July 2024 Roy Bateman talk contribs 34,745 bytes +33 better wording undo

1 July 2024

cur prev 18:5518:55, 1 July 2024 SimLibrarian talk contribs m 34,712 bytes +37 →Contemporary usage: rm same-section duplicate links (MOS:DUPLINK) undo Tag: Visual edit

27 June 2024

cur prev 05:5505:55, 27 June 2024 Hob Gadling talk contribs 34,675 bytes +21 Undid revision 1222140057 by 2601:240:4C82:B0A0:7CAA:BD20:D11:9515 (talk) undo Tag: Undo
cur prev 04:0304:03, 27 June 2024 Irralpaca talk contribs 34,654 bytes +185 →Richard Dawkins: Rewrite to more closely reflect the views expressed by the author. The subsequent section is sadly also unreferenced. undo
cur prev 03:0503:05, 27 June 2024 AnomieBOT talk contribs m 34,469 bytes +15 Dating maintenance tags: {{Failed verification}} undo
cur prev 02:4402:44, 27 June 2024 0xDeadbeef talk contribs 34,454 bytes +23 →Richard Dawkins: fail undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

8 June 2024

cur prev 22:4522:45, 8 June 2024 DMacks talk contribs 34,431 bytes +8 Restored revision 1222140057 by 2601:240:4C82:B0A0:7CAA:BD20:D11:9515 (talk): Undo unexplained IPv6 changes that contradict MOS: the period appears to be present in the underlying quoted material. undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
cur prev 21:5721:57, 8 June 2024 2a02:1810:363d:6700:fc7b:7033:5b0b:2f25 talk 34,423 bytes −8 No edit summary undo Tag: Reverted
cur prev 11:3211:32, 8 June 2024 2a02:1810:363d:6700:fc7b:7033:5b0b:2f25 talk 34,431 bytes 0 No edit summary undo Tag: Reverted

2 April 2024

cur prev 22:2922:29, 2 April 2024 Randy Kryn talk contribs 34,454 bytes +4 direct link (Scientific Revolution) undo

1 April 2024

cur prev 20:3420:34, 1 April 2024 Hob Gadling talk contribs 34,450 bytes +21 Undid revision 1216748605 by 209.16.166.197 (talk) undo Tag: Undo
cur prev 19:1919:19, 1 April 2024 209.16.166.197 talk 34,429 bytes −21 No edit summary undo Tag: Reverted

19 March 2024

cur prev 20:4520:45, 19 March 2024 StarryGrandma talk contribs 34,450 bytes +39 →top: explained teleological, See MOS:NOFORCELINK undo
cur prev 20:3620:36, 19 March 2024 StarryGrandma talk contribs 34,411 bytes 0 →Contemporary usage: reference applies to the whole paragraph undo

18 March 2024

cur prev 22:3322:33, 18 March 2024 Mazewaxie talk contribs m 34,411 bytes +36 WP:GENFIXES undo Tag: AWB

26 February 2024

cur prev 07:0407:04, 26 February 2024 Hob Gadling talk contribs 34,375 bytes +21 Undid revision 1210358907 by Wuuujihh (talk) undo Tag: Undo
cur prev 06:3506:35, 26 February 2024 Wuuujihh talk contribs m 34,354 bytes −21 Deleted pseudoscientific in the description of the argument. undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

11 February 2024

cur prev 22:1322:13, 11 February 2024 GhostInTheMachine talk contribs 34,375 bytes −92 Shorten short description — WP:SDSHORT undo Tag: Shortdesc helper
cur prev 22:0722:07, 11 February 2024 Mannana308 talk contribs 34,467 bytes +100 cf. new section on talk page undo

30 January 2024

cur prev 04:5404:54, 30 January 2024 Johnuniq talk contribs m 34,367 bytes −32 Reverted edits by 43.245.205.221 (talk) to last version by Adakiko undo Tag: Rollback
cur prev 04:4704:47, 30 January 2024 43.245.205.221 talk 34,399 bytes −2 →Joseph Butler undo Tag: Reverted
cur prev 04:4604:46, 30 January 2024 43.245.205.221 talk 34,401 bytes +34 →Joseph Butler undo Tag: Reverted

22 January 2024

cur prev 09:3609:36, 22 January 2024 Adakiko talk contribs 34,367 bytes +4 wikilink pseudoscientific. undo
cur prev 07:2407:24, 22 January 2024 Jellyfish talk contribs 34,363 bytes +34 Reverting edit(s) by Boaziah (talk) to rev. 1197868057 by Schrödinger's jellyfish: Disruptive editing (RW 16.1) undo Tags: RW Undo
cur prev 07:1507:15, 22 January 2024 Boaziah talk contribs 34,329 bytes −34 Undid revision 1197868057 by Schrödinger's jellyfish (talk) undo Tags: Undo Reverted
cur prev 06:3006:30, 22 January 2024 Jellyfish talk contribs 34,363 bytes +34 Reverting edit(s) by Boaziah (talk) to rev. 1197701655 by Hob Gadling: As per WP:NFRINGE, intelligent design is regarded as pseudoscientific. (RW 16.1) undo Tags: RW Undo Reverted
cur prev 06:2706:27, 22 January 2024 Boaziah talk contribs 34,329 bytes −34 Removed biased language undo Tags: Manual revert Reverted

21 January 2024

cur prev 16:1716:17, 21 January 2024 Hob Gadling talk contribs 34,363 bytes +34 Undid revision 1197662491 by Boaziah (talk) undo Tags: Undo Reverted
cur prev 12:4012:40, 21 January 2024 Boaziah talk contribs 34,329 bytes −34 Removed biased language undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
cur prev 02:1002:10, 21 January 2024 Patient Zero talk contribs m 34,363 bytes +6 Reverted edits by 216.237.209.6 (talk) (HG) (3.4.10) undo Tags: Huggle Rollback
cur prev 01:4601:46, 21 January 2024 216.237.209.6 talk 34,357 bytes −6 No edit summary undo Tag: Reverted

10 December 2023

cur prev 02:5302:53, 10 December 2023 Ixocactus talk contribs 34,363 bytes +30 Reverted 1 edit by 2A02:587:5467:8400:C4BB:73A8:BA71:4527 (talk) to last revision by StarryGrandma undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
cur prev 00:5600:56, 10 December 2023 2a02:587:5467:8400:c4bb:73a8:ba71:4527 talk 34,333 bytes −30 Changed some very charged and biased language in the first sentence of the article with a more neutral tone undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

8 December 2023

cur prev 17:3917:39, 8 December 2023 StarryGrandma talk contribs 34,363 bytes +58 change to match the source (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876445/) used in the article section; not a "revival" since fundamentalists had continuously used the analogy undo
cur prev 00:4100:41, 8 December 2023 StarryGrandma talk contribs 34,305 bytes −115 →External links: remove external link left over from a removed section undo

30 October 2023

cur prev 11:4811:48, 30 October 2023 Bishonen talk contribs 34,420 bytes −931 Undid revision 1182601740 by Ichigonokonoha (talk). A long quote from Schneider's blog is seriously WP:UNDUE and tendentious here. undo Tag: Undo
cur prev 07:5107:51, 30 October 2023 Ichigonokonoha talk contribs 35,351 bytes +931 Undid revision 1182594004 by Hob Gadling (talk) Release source - no reason for the deletion detectable undo Tags: Undo Reverted
cur prev 06:4306:43, 30 October 2023 Hob Gadling talk contribs 34,420 bytes −931 →Richard Dawkins: blah blah from bad source undo Tag: Reverted

28 October 2023

cur prev 08:2608:26, 28 October 2023 Adakiko talk contribs 35,351 bytes +17 Undid revision 1182277406 by 2603:6080:A01:F141:1849:604A:91BB:6900 (talk) ID is pseudoscience undo Tag: Undo
cur prev 08:2408:24, 28 October 2023 2603:6080:a01:f141:1849:604a:91bb:6900 talk 35,334 bytes −17 The concept of intelligent design was referred to as “pseudoscientific”. I removed plthat word because it does not pertain to the concept of intelligent design, as that is not a science and no one claims it is. It is not an appropriate or fitting use of the word, adds no value, and can potentially confuse or mislead the reader. undo Tags: Manual revert Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit