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William Shanks: Revision history

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curprev 16:3416:34, 13 March 2024‎ 176.182.200.156 talk‎ 7,275 bytes −226‎ Those are the same page, today it's a redirect, in the old days it was duplicate content https://web.archive.org/web/20121230065250/http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history/Biographies/Shanks.html undo Tag: references removed

curprev 23:0823:08, 24 January 2024‎ 2600:1700:4268:6030:8437:28a4:b67b:2f5e talk‎ 7,501 bytes +89‎ more strikethrough of earlier incorrect digits →‎Calculations of pi undo
curprev 22:1222:12, 24 January 2024‎ 2600:1700:4268:6030:256b:476b:b9dc:c2f0 talk‎ 7,412 bytes +110‎ add strikethrough marking incorrect digits →‎Calculations of pi undo

curprev 20:1920:19, 23 August 2023‎ GreenC bot talk contribs‎ 7,302 bytes 0‎ Reformat 1 citation per Category:CS1 errors: archive-url. Wayback Medic 2.5 undo

curprev 18:0818:08, 18 March 2023‎ CrafterNova talk contribs‎ 7,302 bytes +75‎ Adding local short description: "Amateur mathematician and school owner (1812–1882)", overriding Wikidata description "Amateur calculator, school owner" undo Tag: Shortdesc helper

curprev 01:0001:00, 7 March 2023‎ HolyT talk contribs‎ 7,227 bytes +2‎ ce usage, simplicity undo

curprev 04:5504:55, 28 November 2022‎ Partofthemachine talk contribs‎ 7,225 bytes +15‎ Changing category from Pi to Pi-related people undo

curprev 11:1911:19, 22 October 2022‎ Citation bot talk contribs‎ 7,210 bytes +100‎ Alter: template type. Add: s2cid, issue, volume, journal. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Whoop whoop pull up | #UCB_webform 2944/3592 undo

curprev 14:5414:54, 16 October 2022‎ John Womble talk contribs‎ 7,110 bytes 0‎ No edit summary undo

curprev 18:0118:01, 25 August 2022‎ Hunan201p talk contribs‎ 7,110 bytes +1‎ No edit summary undo

curprev 15:4715:47, 26 July 2022‎ Roninkoi talk contribs‎ m 7,109 bytes −1‎ Correct typo in name undo

curprev 13:3013:30, 20 July 2022‎ 2409:4071:d94:2c3::a2ca:6f0d talk‎ 7,110 bytes +5‎ No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 13:2913:29, 20 July 2022‎ 2409:4071:d94:2c3::a2ca:6f0d talk‎ 7,105 bytes 0‎ No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 09:3109:31, 20 June 2022‎ Uncopy talk contribs‎ 7,105 bytes −12‎ the change is just confusing without any reference(s) and without the text explaining the bold digits. Undid revision 1093865667 by 2603:8000:E740:D400:D567:C76C:BC3E:2270 (talk) undo Tag: Undo

curprev 08:2908:29, 19 June 2022‎ 2603:8000:e740:d400:d567:c76c:bc3e:2270 talk‎ 7,117 bytes +12‎ →‎Calculations of pi: Bolded digits 461, 462, 463, 513, 514 and 515 of the calculation. This highlights the fact that 6 of the first 527 digits were incorrect. undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 17:2217:22, 4 May 2022‎ Uncopy talk contribs‎ 7,105 bytes +1‎ →‎Biography: correction see "The Reciprocals of Primes - Numberphile" at 00:33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmfxIhmGPP4&t=33s undo

curprev 19:3119:31, 24 April 2022‎ 207.81.187.41 talk‎ 7,104 bytes +13‎ →‎Calculations of pi: There were other approximations shown in the linked reliable sources. undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 10:2410:24, 24 April 2022‎ BrownHairedGirl talk contribs‎ m 7,091 bytes +34‎ add {{Use dmy dates}} for 19th-cent British ppl by occupation per https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=21949562 undo Tag: AWB

curprev 16:0116:01, 25 March 2022‎ 207.81.187.41 talk‎ 7,057 bytes +5‎ No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 06:5006:50, 25 March 2022‎ AstroPickle talk contribs‎ 7,052 bytes +88‎ →‎Biography undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 11:4211:42, 19 March 2022‎ Andreas Werle talk contribs‎ 6,964 bytes +97‎ →‎External links: + funny YT with a visit to the Royal Society and have look at Shank's Manuscripts undo
curprev 11:3111:31, 19 March 2022‎ Andreas Werle talk contribs‎ 6,867 bytes −10‎ →‎External links: link fix undo

curprev 07:4407:44, 13 February 2022‎ 207.81.187.41 talk‎ 6,877 bytes +1‎ →‎Calculations of pi undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 07:4407:44, 13 February 2022‎ 207.81.187.41 talk‎ 6,876 bytes +91‎ →‎Calculations of pi undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 07:4107:41, 13 February 2022‎ 207.81.187.41 talk‎ 6,785 bytes +733‎ →‎Calculations of pi: will add monospace code in one sec undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 04:5204:52, 22 January 2022‎ Yiosie2356 talk contribs‎ 6,052 bytes +1,922‎ Restructured article and added new information to clarify the three calculations (530, 607, and 707 decimal places) that Shanks conducted undo

curprev 09:5309:53, 20 February 2021‎ 94.232.188.6 talk‎ 4,130 bytes +322‎ It's 707, not 607 undo

curprev 17:1817:18, 17 February 2021‎ DVdm talk contribs‎ 3,808 bytes +108‎ →‎top: 15 years, and likely slightly more reliable source undo

curprev 01:2501:25, 2 February 2021‎ Monkbot talk contribs‎ m 3,700 bytes +1‎ Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 2 templates: hyphenate params (1×); undo Tag: AWB

curprev 06:2606:26, 1 August 2020‎ Moonraker talk contribs‎ 3,699 bytes +28‎ L undo

curprev 21:4221:42, 15 October 2019‎ Tassedethe talk contribs‎ 3,671 bytes +54‎ +hat undo

curprev 15:3515:35, 8 August 2019‎ 132.62.88.130 talk‎ 3,617 bytes +4‎ No edit summary undo

curprev 02:1302:13, 18 March 2019‎ Wolf1728 talk contribs‎ m 3,613 bytes 0‎ Changed 607 to 707 undo

curprev 17:1417:14, 26 January 2019‎ 5.197.148.72 talk‎ 3,613 bytes 0‎ As you can see from the attached table, he calculated only 607 decimal digits not 707. undo

curprev 22:3922:39, 3 September 2018‎ Samuel J Walker talk contribs‎ 3,613 bytes −38‎ No edit summary undo

curprev 13:3913:39, 31 August 2018‎ Ser Amantio di Nicolao talk contribs‎ m 3,651 bytes +23‎ →‎External links: add authority control, test undo Tag: AWB

curprev 21:0421:04, 13 March 2018‎ Oshwah talk contribs‎ m 3,628 bytes −8‎ Reverted good faith edits by 66.176.58.180 (talk): rv - not necessary (HG) (3.3.3) undo Tags: Huggle Rollback

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