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curprev 01:4601:46, 28 May 2024‎ Asnfong talk contribs‎ 71,287 bytes −3‎ Made a small section referring to Karl von Hake accurate to his article undo Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 00:0100:01, 17 April 2024‎ BD2412 talk contribs‎ m 71,290 bytes 0‎ clean up spacing around commas and other punctuation fixes, replaced: ,f → , f, , → , , <!--, → <!-- , undo Tag: AWB

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curprev 14:3414:34, 2 March 2024‎ Srich32977 talk contribs‎ 71,292 bytes −56‎ shorten short #article-section-source-editor undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit

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curprev 19:1719:17, 26 August 2023‎ Citation bot talk contribs‎ 71,345 bytes +6‎ Alter: isbn, pages. Formatted dashes. Upgrade ISBN10 to 13. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | #UCB_CommandLine undo

curprev 22:3422:34, 8 August 2023‎ Quercus solaris talk contribs‎ 71,339 bytes +38‎ hyper/hypo undo
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curprev 08:5408:54, 19 June 2023‎ WikiCleanerBot talk contribs‎ m 71,279 bytes 0‎ v2.05b - Bot T20 CW#61 - Fix errors for CW project (Reference before punctuation) undo Tag: WPCleaner

curprev 20:4820:48, 10 June 2023‎ Macchess talk contribs‎ 71,279 bytes +189‎ Replaced origin of "semaphore" (which is already in a lower section), with origin of "telegraph". "Semaphore" was never a term used by Chappe for his devices. undo
curprev 20:0120:01, 10 June 2023‎ Srleffler talk contribs‎ 71,090 bytes +225‎ Chappe telegraph undo

curprev 02:4702:47, 7 May 2023‎ Thylacine24 talk contribs‎ m 70,865 bytes +2‎ →‎In popular culture undo
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curprev 22:2322:23, 6 May 2023‎ HeyElliott talk contribs‎ m 70,861 bytes +1‎ Fixed citation undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 19:3519:35, 29 January 2023‎ 81.44.58.233 talk‎ 70,860 bytes −2‎ Fix right url undo

curprev 11:0511:05, 7 January 2023‎ Spinningspark talk contribs‎ m 70,862 bytes 0‎ →‎In popular culture: -_ undo
curprev 11:0411:04, 7 January 2023‎ Spinningspark talk contribs‎ 70,862 bytes −401‎ →‎In popular culture: The Webb source explicitly mentions Pavane, which is a serious (not comedy) novel and was recently adapted to a radio series so is probably passingly well known novel. Also clean up refs and other copyedits undo

curprev 16:3916:39, 6 January 2023‎ Spinningspark talk contribs‎ 71,263 bytes +1,132‎ I thought the first part of the removed material was ok undo

curprev 03:1503:15, 5 January 2023‎ Wtshymanski talk contribs‎ 70,131 bytes −2,625‎ not alist of every time we see o.t. in movies or tv Undid revision 1129972240 by Macchess (talk) undo Tag: Undo

curprev 00:5000:50, 28 December 2022‎ Macchess talk contribs‎ 72,756 bytes +2,625‎ →‎In popular culture: Added Clacks in response to SpinningSparks request for source provided discussing its significance to popular culture - Simon Webb (p.50, bottom) says such fiction is now the main way the public learns about the optical telegraph concept. undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 20:3120:31, 27 December 2022‎ Spinningspark talk contribs‎ 70,131 bytes −188‎ Reverted good faith edits by 2A02:C7F:D83D:1300:41FA:2526:B79:2077 (talk): Removed several times already. No source provided discussing its significance to popular culture undo Tags: Twinkle Undo

curprev 18:4318:43, 26 December 2022‎ 2a02:c7f:d83d:1300:41fa:2526:b79:2077 talk‎ 70,319 bytes +188‎ →‎In popular culture: added mention of Discworld's "clacks" undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 19:0319:03, 25 October 2022‎ GreenC bot talk contribs‎ 70,131 bytes +28‎ Reformat 2 archive links. Wayback Medic 2.5 undo

curprev 09:2709:27, 19 October 2022‎ Spinningspark talk contribs‎ 70,103 bytes +82‎ Reverted good faith edits by Megustalastrufas (talk): Don't mangle headings to comply with some arbitrary rule. Having similar headings under each country is a good thing for clarity. Inevitably, the country name is needed to avoid duplicate headings undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 07:5807:58, 19 October 2022‎ Megustalastrufas talk contribs‎ 70,021 bytes −82‎ →‎France: avoiding repetition of "France" under the heading "France" undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

curprev 14:1214:12, 18 October 2022‎ Spinningspark talk contribs‎ 70,103 bytes −11‎ Reverted good faith edits by Megustalastrufas (talk): Not necessary. There is no discussion here of the French telegraph outside France undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 08:3308:33, 18 October 2022‎ Megustalastrufas talk contribs‎ 70,114 bytes +11‎ →‎History in France undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

curprev 08:5408:54, 15 October 2022‎ Spinningspark talk contribs‎ 70,103 bytes +44‎ →‎As first data networks: add cite undo
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curprev 08:3108:31, 15 October 2022‎ Spinningspark talk contribs‎ 70,060 bytes +10‎ →‎History: Expand heading for clarity, especially as demoting the headings by one level has made the levels less clear visually undo

curprev 00:3900:39, 12 October 2022‎ Fgnievinski talk contribs‎ 70,050 bytes +67‎ No edit summary undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 02:0902:09, 21 August 2022‎ Citation bot talk contribs‎ 69,983 bytes −27‎ Alter: url. URLs might have been anonymized. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | #UCB_webform 381/3822 undo

curprev 10:0810:08, 19 August 2022‎ Megustalastrufas talk contribs‎ 70,010 bytes +234‎ →‎Etymology and terminology: clarifying as per the (inadequate) request undo Tag: Visual edit

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curprev 17:5117:51, 5 August 2022‎ Spinningspark talk contribs‎ 69,759 bytes −103‎ →‎Others: I don't see how that adds anything to the article. An image of a primary source is just unnecessarily taking up space and hurting the page layout. There are better ways to include something like that, eg use as a ref, EL or further reading undo

curprev 00:2500:25, 4 August 2022‎ Mmangan333 talk contribs‎ 69,862 bytes +101‎ →‎Others: Found a notice in an 1802 paper for the Grout telegraphe undo Tag: Visual edit

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curprev 16:4816:48, 28 June 2022‎ 5.205.245.174 talk‎ 69,748 bytes +102‎ Add link to Spanish recreation website undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 22:5022:50, 14 June 2022‎ Wtshymanski talk contribs‎ 69,646 bytes −280‎ pop culture trivia; "places I saw a reference to X" is not good content for an encyclopedia article about X undo Tag: Manual revert

curprev 20:2620:26, 4 June 2022‎ FrescoBot talk contribs‎ m 69,926 bytes −48‎ Bot: link syntax and minor changes undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 08:1008:10, 31 May 2022‎ Megustalastrufas talk contribs‎ 69,974 bytes +328‎ →‎In popular culture: at least some mention undo Tag: Reverted
curprev 02:0602:06, 31 May 2022‎ Wtshymanski talk contribs‎ 69,646 bytes −2,185‎ →‎In popular culture: See? This is the cruft that you get when you have a "popular culture" section. My earlier remarks stand. undo

curprev 21:3721:37, 29 May 2022‎ 2601:681:602:9120:e8bd:925:c5f2:79cb talk‎ 71,831 bytes +376‎ →‎In popular culture: Added reference to The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies and its use of semaphore towers during the film's depiction of the titular battle. undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 20:0020:00, 21 April 2022‎ Spinningspark talk contribs‎ 71,455 bytes −30‎ →‎Development in France: The url of this site has changed. The date inserted by citation bot is nonsense undo

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curprev 16:0516:05, 15 March 2022‎ BrownHairedGirl talk contribs‎ m 71,418 bytes −11‎ remove square brackets from bare URL inline refs. The URL is much more helpful than a random number undo Tag: AWB

curprev 12:5512:55, 11 March 2022‎ Citation bot talk contribs‎ 71,429 bytes −33‎ Alter: url. URLs might have been anonymized. Add: authors 1-1. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by AManWithNoPlan | #UCB_webform 1363/1925 undo

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