Wikipedia:No original research: Revision history

18 April 2024

• curprev 13:2613:26, 18 April 2024‎ A3nm talk contribs‎ 34,379 bytes +94‎ →‎Templates: +section template Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

16 April 2024

• curprev 20:2420:24, 16 April 2024‎ InTheAstronomy32 talk contribs‎ 34,285 bytes +14‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

12 April 2024

• curprev 17:3617:36, 12 April 2024‎ Alanscottwalker talk contribs‎ 34,271 bytes +9‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources: link
• curprev 17:3317:33, 12 April 2024‎ Alanscottwalker talk contribs‎ 34,262 bytes −45‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources: shorter
• curprev 17:2517:25, 12 April 2024‎ Alanscottwalker talk contribs‎ 34,307 bytes +218‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources: I am going to put this remephasis in and see if it sticks, as I think it's what is both meant and how it understood and used, we are not saying and do not mean, rely on secondary sources that erroneously misstate primary sources (this reemphasis is not related to any dispute)

5 April 2024

• curprev 20:4820:48, 5 April 2024‎ HouseBlaster talk contribs‎ 34,089 bytes +26‎ WP:TRANSCRIPTION and WP:ORMEDIA are about forms of sources (e.g. audio and maps, respectively), whereas CALC is about what we can do with sources. Therefore, reorder so that CALC does not break up the flow between the two. Also add a

20 March 2024

• curprev 01:4801:48, 20 March 2024‎ TheTechie talk contribs‎ 34,063 bytes +66‎ →‎top: Add wikiproject OR

18 February 2024

• curprev 00:3000:30, 18 February 2024‎ SmokeyJoe talk contribs‎ 33,997 bytes −8‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources: WP:SECONDARY is the only shortcut that belongs in this WP:LINKBOX. Discuss at Wikipedia_talk:No_original_research#WP:SECONDARY_LINKBOX_and_the_AEIS_shortcut

17 February 2024

• curprev 08:3908:39, 17 February 2024‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 34,005 bytes +20‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources: restore helpful WP:AEIS shortcut for "analysis, evaluation, interpretation, or synthesis", an exact policy phrase we frequently quote.

9 February 2024

• curprev 12:2612:26, 9 February 2024‎ SmokeyJoe talk contribs‎ 33,985 bytes −8‎ AEIS woefully fails WP:LINKBOXES

30 January 2024

• curprev 22:1022:10, 30 January 2024‎ SmokeyJoe talk contribs‎ 33,993 bytes −7‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources: WP:LINKBOXES. Remove weaker competitor to WP:PSTS.
• curprev 22:0822:08, 30 January 2024‎ SmokeyJoe talk contribs‎ 34,000 bytes −17‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources: WP:LINKBOXES. Remove weak competitor to WP:PRIMARY

27 January 2024

• curprev 19:0819:08, 27 January 2024‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 34,017 bytes 0‎ →‎Acceptable media: Punctuation Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

18 January 2024

• curprev 00:4400:44, 18 January 2024‎ ItsCheck talk contribs‎ m 34,017 bytes +41‎ Added policy shortcut that was previously used

8 January 2024

• curprev 03:0703:07, 8 January 2024‎ Ca talk contribs‎ 33,976 bytes +129‎ →‎Further reading: add an example of original research going awry

31 December 2023

• curprev 03:3203:32, 31 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ m 33,847 bytes −12‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources: merge anchor templates; fix MOS:LISTGAPS issue (shortcut templates cannot be their own lines without breaking the list)
• curprev 03:3003:30, 31 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 33,859 bytes +8‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources: restore shortcut used fairly commonly and even as a template, {{AEIS}}.

14 December 2023

• curprev 21:1821:18, 14 December 2023‎ SmokeyJoe talk contribs‎ 33,851 bytes −53‎ →‎Using sources: this introduction summarising other policy does not warrant its own (multiple) recommended advertised recommended shortcuts.
• curprev 21:1521:15, 14 December 2023‎ SmokeyJoe talk contribs‎ 33,904 bytes −12‎ →‎top: per WP:LINKBOXES, with 90-day pageviews of 7777, 3541, 945, only WP:OR and WP:NOR are justified. All shortcuts will still work.

18 November 2023

• curprev 15:1715:17, 18 November 2023‎ JPxG talk contribs‎ 33,916 bytes +9‎ →‎Routine calculations

12 November 2023

• curprev 02:1802:18, 12 November 2023‎ Shadestar474 talk contribs‎ 33,907 bytes +1‎ Fixed grammar Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

5 November 2023

• curprev 16:4816:48, 5 November 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 33,906 bytes 0‎ Original was much, much better, since the rewrite strongly implies "since the creation of the world". Don't separate an "it" from its referent when doing so can make "it" seem to have a different target. Tag: Manual revert
• curprev 16:2516:25, 5 November 2023‎ HouseBlaster talk contribs‎ 33,906 bytes 0‎ →‎Synthesis of published material: per Comma#Separation of clauses, there should be a comma after a dependant clause when it comes before an independent clause. Instead of making a comma-happy sentence, I have swapped the order of the clauses Tag: Reverted

29 October 2023

• curprev 04:5204:52, 29 October 2023‎ TinglesFrickinMap talk contribs‎ m 33,906 bytes −51‎ Tighter phrasing for image caption

16 October 2023

• curprev 17:4217:42, 16 October 2023‎ ActivelyDisinterested talk contribs‎ 33,957 bytes +28‎ →‎Research help: to match other sections
• curprev 17:3917:39, 16 October 2023‎ ActivelyDisinterested talk contribs‎ 33,929 bytes 0‎ →‎Supplemental pages: formatting
• curprev 06:0206:02, 16 October 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 33,929 bytes +214‎ shortcuts are for editorial convenience when typing in discussions
• curprev 05:3805:38, 16 October 2023‎ Dustfreeworld talk contribs‎ 33,715 bytes +15‎ →‎Essays: +1
• curprev 05:3505:35, 16 October 2023‎ Dustfreeworld talk contribs‎ 33,700 bytes +17‎ →‎Supplemental pages: +1

1 October 2023

• curprev 23:5523:55, 1 October 2023‎ Jc3s5h talk contribs‎ 33,683 bytes −57‎ See talk Tag: Undo
• curprev 16:1716:17, 1 October 2023‎ BilledMammal talk contribs‎ m 33,740 bytes +6‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources: ce Tag: Reverted
• curprev 16:1616:16, 1 October 2023‎ BilledMammal talk contribs‎ 33,734 bytes +51‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources: Clarify that primary sources cannot be used for statements that are contradicted by reliable secondary sources; BOLD edit, as I think that it is rather uncontroversial that we can't decide that secondary sources are wrong based on our own reading of primary sources and it aligns with the instructions at WP:ECREE, but please revert if you disagree and I'll open a discussion on the talk page. Tag: Reverted

25 September 2023

• curprev 09:1709:17, 25 September 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 33,683 bytes +1‎ Tables are almost always of mostly or entirely textual information. Tag: Manual revert
• curprev 09:1209:12, 25 September 2023‎ Mathglot talk contribs‎ 33,682 bytes −1‎ Undid good-faith revision 1176995616 by Joe Roe (talk) Can you elaborate? I think of "text" as a better contrasting term for "maps, charts, tables". As an opposite partner of "prose", I think of "lists, verse, poetry". Text seems the better choice here. Tags: Undo Reverted
• curprev 08:0908:09, 25 September 2023‎ Joe Roe talk contribs‎ 33,683 bytes +1‎ →‎Acceptable media: "text" → "prose", since some of the examples given are also textual Tag: Reverted

8 September 2023

• curprev 17:2517:25, 8 September 2023‎ The ed17 talk contribs‎ 33,682 bytes +128‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources: add Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

21 August 2023

• curprev 13:3213:32, 21 August 2023‎ Ravenpuff talk contribs‎ m 33,554 bytes +1‎ →‎Synthesis of published material: grammar

20 August 2023

• curprev 16:2616:26, 20 August 2023‎ S Marshall talk contribs‎ 33,553 bytes −6‎ Consistency with nutshell
• curprev 13:4913:49, 20 August 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 33,559 bytes +1‎ actually, put the short version in the nutshell
• curprev 13:4813:48, 20 August 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 33,558 bytes +10‎ Quasi-reverting a substantive change. "Suggest" is far too vague a word here; mirror the precise language already used in the nutshell.
• curprev 09:3109:31, 20 August 2023‎ S Marshall talk contribs‎ 33,548 bytes −16‎ ... and while I'm simplifying, here's another
• curprev 09:3009:30, 20 August 2023‎ S Marshall talk contribs‎ 33,564 bytes −27‎ Per talk. Also boldly change plural to singular: I'm saying that as long as there's one reliable source, then it's not OR

18 August 2023

• curprev 12:0512:05, 18 August 2023‎ BilledMammal talk contribs‎ 33,591 bytes +5‎ →‎Acceptable media: Per talk page

31 July 2023

• curprev 13:4613:46, 31 July 2023‎ Zero0000 talk contribs‎ 33,586 bytes −142‎ Undid revision 1168042725 by Victorvscn Don't edit core policy without consensus. This is not a useful example either, since most readers don't know what historiography is. Tag: Undo
• curprev 12:1612:16, 31 July 2023‎ Victorvscn talk contribs‎ 33,728 bytes +142‎ →‎Primary, secondary and tertiary sources: Added how a military history book may be a primary source for a historiographer, which seems to be a better example than the pre-existing one. Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

20 July 2023

• curprev 12:1312:13, 20 July 2023‎ ActivelyDisinterested talk contribs‎ 33,586 bytes −35‎ If this should be included a link to the relevant section would be appropriate
• curprev 08:4208:42, 20 July 2023‎ Welso talk contribs‎ 33,621 bytes +98‎ 2+2 = citation needed Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

8 July 2023

• curprev 02:1502:15, 8 July 2023‎ Renerpho talk contribs‎ 33,523 bytes 0‎ →‎Synthesis of published material: consistent formatting

5 July 2023

• curprev 11:3611:36, 5 July 2023‎ Favonian talk contribs‎ m 33,523 bytes +21‎ Modify template
• curprev 11:3411:34, 5 July 2023‎ Favonian talk contribs‎ m 33,502 bytes 0‎ Changed protection settings for "Wikipedia:No original research": Reinstate indef semi protection after expiration of temporary full ([Edit=Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access] (indefinite) [Move=Require administrator access] (indefinite))