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Wikipedia:If MOS doesn't need a rule on something, then it needs to not have a rule on that thing: Revision history

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curprev 09:4409:44, 25 May 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 21,514 bytes −5‎ WP:DS became WP:CTOP undo

curprev 12:2112:21, 29 December 2022‎ Yamla talk contribs‎ m 21,532 bytes +301‎ Reverted edits by B4531826 (talk) to last version by EEng undo Tag: Rollback
curprev 07:0507:05, 29 December 2022‎ B4531826 talk contribs‎ 21,231 bytes −101‎ Removed illegal use of Smokey Bear undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 07:0107:01, 29 December 2022‎ B4531826 talk contribs‎ 21,332 bytes −200‎ Removed hoax undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 12:0612:06, 25 July 2022‎ EEng talk contribs‎ 21,200 bytes +101‎ Only YOU can prevent MOS bloat. undo

curprev 02:2302:23, 19 July 2021‎ EEng talk contribs‎ 9,851 bytes 0‎ I'm ready to be corrected on this, but I think this is the word we want undo
curprev 02:2102:21, 19 July 2021‎ EEng talk contribs‎ 9,851 bytes −8‎ →‎top: ce undo
curprev 02:2002:20, 19 July 2021‎ EEng talk contribs‎ 9,859 bytes +26‎ →‎top: ce undo

curprev 08:2708:27, 2 September 2020‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 9,755 bytes +5,617‎ Adding in a bunch of points I get tired of having to type out over and over again. Feel free to compress as needed; brevity isn't my strong point. We might consider a page rename to something simpler, like "WP:Avoid changing the Manual of Style". undo

curprev 21:1221:12, 1 September 2020‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 4,138 bytes −37‎ Formatting cleanup: These two points aren't really conceptually one paragraph, nor are they really point of <ol> item 2. Also a word-order tweak for readability improvement. Trim (no reason to mention the US at all to make this point). undo
curprev 21:0721:07, 1 September 2020‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 4,175 bytes 0‎ put shortcuts in use-frequency order undo
curprev 21:0421:04, 1 September 2020‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 4,175 bytes +10‎ There have been exceptions, mostly on core constitutional interpretation questions (thus Gore's challenge to the alleged election of Bush Jr. was aborted while votes were still being re-counted). undo

curprev 18:0218:02, 7 March 2020‎ EEng talk contribs‎ 3,950 bytes −1‎ ce, flows better somehow undo
curprev 12:3312:33, 7 March 2020‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 3,951 bytes +12‎ New shortcut, more memorable given WP:CREEP is already an established shortcut. undo

curprev 19:2419:24, 22 May 2019‎ JFG talk contribs‎ 2,294 bytes −3‎ Percolated is the term I heard most undo

curprev 22:1522:15, 26 January 2019‎ Martinevans123 talk contribs‎ m 2,297 bytes +4‎ oooh, highfalutin', get you undo

curprev 05:1005:10, 7 October 2018‎ EEng talk contribs‎ 2,293 bytes +2,293‎ Instruction creep is an especially serious problem with Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Here are some thoughts on keeping that in check: Something belongs in MOS only if (as a necessary, but not sufficient test) either: