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Add info on mobile page history

I was trying to find out how to see the mobile page history from an iPhone but so far I haven’t found a way. It would be great if this info is added to this help article.Thinker78 (talk) 16:39, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Select "Use desktop site" in your browser. Cranloa12n / talk / contribs / 19:13, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I do not use Safari as my browser, previously it was Chrome, now it is Firefox. This option is not available for my on Firefox. Can this issue be elevated to the UX team? This seems like a bug not to be able to have the history available to users on mobile. Altonbr (talk) 05:03, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I came here also trying to figure out why the page history link disappeared from the mobile site. I tested on Android with Firefox and Opera. Cheesycow5 (talk) 20:28, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see now that page history is only missing if logged out. Cheesycow5 (talk) 20:41, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have added a "Mobile version" section.[1] Click "Last edited" near the bottom. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:05, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

thanks sam@PrimeHunter 136.49.75.210 (talk) 04:53, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 23 September 2023

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My entry of today was deleted for not being constructive. No specific objections were mentioned. As if knowing they could not defend the edit, the deleter then restricted further edits to the page.

The public perception of aether theory is demonstrably wrong. That is partly because many -- but far from all -- physicists make public comments that profoundly misrepresent the history of aether theory and the uses to which it was put.

Richard Feynman once wrote that whenever a physicist speaks of the history of science they get the history wrong.

It is detrimental for the public to not appreciate the strengths of aether theory, as well as its shortcomings. At the time, Clerk Maxwell's unification of light with electromagnetism was seen as evidence for a mechanical aether.

Also worth noting is how aether theory changed with the discovery of the electron. The aether was modified to become quasi-mechanical.

J.J. Thomson [pardon spelling if incorrect], one of the discoverers of the electron, was well-schooled in aether theory. It contributed to his study of the electron.

To paraphrase Isaac Asimov, a theory does not have to be completely correct to be useful. It has to be correct enough FOR ITS TIME. Eaglehawkii (talk) 19:26, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Help:Page history. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. In addition, from what I can tell Luminiferous aether, the article that you edited and that this request is for, is in fact not protected. However, I would strongly recommend you read Wikipedia's policy on original research, especially considering that no part of your edit was supported by reliable sources. Also consider that adding that much text to the lead section of the article is likely undue. BelowTheSun (T•C) 19:47, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Request to add Gaza's nation-state backers back into the article template/change the template

There was an edit made the day before yesterday removing all supporters of the respective conflicts in the infobox requesting a change be made to the template, I second this request. --DC Ambrose (talk) 01:32, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 27 June 2024

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Can we change the example page of showing page history at the top of the page to “Board game”, instead of it being “Cat”? 2601:C6:D200:E9B0:8C6B:3BC6:AF4F:665 (talk) 20:25, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also make sure to upload a new version of the image. 2601:C6:D200:E9B0:8C6B:3BC6:AF4F:665 (talk) 20:27, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why would that be better? Tollens (talk) 20:56, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just want to change the page shown in the image, nothing much besides that. 2601:C6:D200:E9B0:8C6B:3BC6:AF4F:665 (talk) 20:59, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: No reason to do so ~~according to @Tollens.~~ TheNuggeteer (talk) 10:56, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, I never said nor intended to imply that. Tollens (talk) 21:20, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I removed the part where I said that. TheNuggeteer (talk) 07:10, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Changing example of showing page history

A revert was recently made and is there a way to resolve this? I think it’s dumb to use the page as an example in that page, so can we make the change? 2601:C6:D200:E9B0:81A3:2C7E:31BA:AAB4 (talk) 17:26, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]