Steven Pinker: Revision history

Filter revisionsshowhide

To date:

Tag filter:

Invert selection

External tools:

For any version listed below, click on its date to view it. For more help, see Help:Page history and Help:Edit summary. (cur) = difference from current version, (prev) = difference from preceding version, m = minor edit, → = section edit, ← = automatic edit summary

curprev 03:5703:57, 28 October 2024 Oathed talk contribs 90,932 bytes +11 →Human cognition and natural language: clarity undo

curprev 03:1603:16, 22 September 2024 Chris the speller talk contribs m 90,921 bytes 0 →Views: replaced: Chairman → chairman undo Tag: AWB

curprev 03:0103:01, 25 August 2024 GuardianH talk contribs 90,921 bytes +6 →Biography undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 02:4402:44, 21 August 2024 BarrelProof talk contribs 90,915 bytes +145 →Human cognition and natural language: citation needed undo
curprev 02:3602:36, 21 August 2024 BarrelProof talk contribs 90,770 bytes −8 →Biography: What is a non-serious cultural Jew? MOS:INOROUT undo
curprev 02:3202:32, 21 August 2024 BarrelProof talk contribs 90,778 bytes −1 →Views: Improper comma undo
curprev 02:0902:09, 21 August 2024 BarrelProof talk contribs 90,779 bytes +10 →The Better Angels of Our Nature: nbsp; undo

curprev 07:0307:03, 16 August 2024 InternetArchiveBot talk contribs 90,769 bytes +154 Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5) (Hey man im josh - 20898 undo

curprev 14:5314:53, 5 August 2024 2a02:1810:363d:6700:c136:ae1f:9080:5fe8 talk 90,615 bytes +9 No edit summary undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 20:0020:00, 1 August 2024 GuardianH talk contribs 90,606 bytes +3 ce undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 20:0020:00, 1 August 2024 GuardianH talk contribs 90,603 bytes +49 →Relatives undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 13:5913:59, 18 July 2024 Citation bot talk contribs 90,554 bytes +38 Altered template type. Add: journal, date. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by FMSky | #UCB_toolbar undo
curprev 13:5813:58, 18 July 2024 FMSky talk contribs 90,516 bytes 0 →Linguistic career undo
curprev 13:5713:57, 18 July 2024 FMSky talk contribs 90,516 bytes +2 No edit summary undo
curprev 13:5613:56, 18 July 2024 FMSky talk contribs 90,514 bytes −87 →Awards and distinctions: doesnt fit here undo

curprev 08:4408:44, 16 July 2024 Calibrador talk contribs 90,601 bytes −10 →Awards and distinctions: alternate undo

curprev 02:2802:28, 20 May 2024 Packer1028 talk contribs m 90,611 bytes +4 fixed italics #article-section-source-editor undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit

curprev 13:0813:08, 30 April 2024 Iskandar323 talk contribs 90,607 bytes −850 →Awards and distinctions: Trimming self-published promo undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
curprev 01:0201:02, 30 April 2024 Bohemian Baltimore talk contribs 91,457 bytes +35 added Category:Canadian secular Jews using HotCat undo

curprev 11:3011:30, 29 April 2024 2604:6000:cfc0:2c:88fd:211a:f8a0:7891 talk 91,422 bytes +1 immigrate to; emigrate from undo

curprev 15:1915:19, 26 April 2024 ThaesOfereode talk contribs 91,421 bytes −4 →Views: MOS:CQ undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 01:2501:25, 22 April 2024 GuardianH talk contribs 91,425 bytes +130 →Human cognition and natural language undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 01:2301:23, 22 April 2024 GuardianH talk contribs 91,295 bytes +52 →Linguistic career undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 05:1805:18, 15 April 2024 Grayfell talk contribs 91,243 bytes −94 Undid revision 1219006074 by Trakking (talk) The article needs to directly explain this before this is added as a category. Without this explanation this is WP:OR. undo Tag: Undo
curprev 05:1705:17, 15 April 2024 Trakking talk contribs 91,337 bytes +94 Undid revision 1218972080 by Grayfell (talk) - Pinker is criticizing postmodernism throughout his works: The Blank Slate, Enlightenment Now, even works such as The Sense of Style etc. undo Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 00:1100:11, 15 April 2024 Grayfell talk contribs 91,243 bytes −94 −Category:American critics of postmodernism; −Category:Canadian critics of postmodernism using HotCat Nowhere does the body of the article mention "postmodernism" undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 23:2923:29, 14 April 2024 Partofthemachine talk contribs 91,337 bytes +56 No edit summary undo

curprev 15:1015:10, 9 April 2024 Just call me Fred talk contribs m 91,281 bytes +4 No edit summary undo

curprev 13:0413:04, 27 March 2024 Randy Kryn talk contribs 91,277 bytes 0 →The Better Angels of Our Nature: uppercase per direct link (Middle Ages) undo

curprev 20:5320:53, 25 February 2024 DoodleGiggly talk contribs 91,277 bytes −1 →Awards and distinctions undo

curprev 15:0315:03, 11 February 2024 AltruisticHomoSapien talk contribs 91,278 bytes +4 linked to the Wikipedia page 'public intellectual' undo
curprev 02:5002:50, 11 February 2024 SMcCandlish talk contribs m 91,274 bytes 0 →Views: MOS:THECAPS undo

curprev 18:1518:15, 3 February 2024 Island Pelican talk contribs 91,274 bytes 0 →Views: Capitalization undo

curprev 15:0015:00, 1 February 2024 Dinsm8re talk contribs 91,274 bytes +29 wording undo Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 14:5014:50, 1 February 2024 Dinsm8re talk contribs 91,245 bytes +4 added italics undo Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 14:4514:45, 1 February 2024 Dinsm8re talk contribs 91,241 bytes +2 wording undo Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 19:3919:39, 26 January 2024 Onel5969 talk contribs m 91,239 bytes −8 Disambiguating links to Secular Jew (link changed to Jewish culture) using DisamAssist. undo

curprev 20:2620:26, 15 January 2024 Citation bot talk contribs 91,247 bytes −60 Alter: url, pages, title. URLs might have been anonymized. Add: work, date. Removed parameters. Formatted dashes. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Grimes2 | Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty | #UCB_Category 123/361 undo

curprev 22:1522:15, 14 January 2024 GuardianH talk contribs 91,307 bytes +206 →Popularization of science undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 21:5421:54, 12 January 2024 Skillabstinenz talk contribs m 91,101 bytes −1 removed double newline undo

curprev 19:5919:59, 30 December 2023 Hemiauchenia talk contribs 91,102 bytes −69 Undid revision 1192687005 by 172.56.33.190 (talk) undo Tags: Undo Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
curprev 19:5819:58, 30 December 2023 172.56.33.190 talk 91,171 bytes +69 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 09:3209:32, 22 December 2023 Kievaughn talk contribs 91,102 bytes −12 →Views: a liberal criticizing leftism is not unexpected undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 19:3619:36, 21 December 2023 Hemiauchenia talk contribs 91,114 bytes +196 Undid revision 1191140788 by Island Pelican (talk) Maybe you should try actually reading the citations? It's very clearly mentioned in the piece undo Tag: Undo
curprev 19:2619:26, 21 December 2023 Island Pelican talk contribs 90,918 bytes −196 →Views: Without a citation, this is borderline defamatory. Whoever put it in could have just made it up themselves and falsely attributed it undo Tag: Reverted
curprev 19:0719:07, 21 December 2023 Island Pelican talk contribs 91,114 bytes +29 →Views: NPOV-clarification needed, since it could make it sound like he is using their data in the Blank Skate or other works related to genetics, as opposed to what he really used it for (the football dispute with Gladwell) undo

curprev 16:5916:59, 18 December 2023 Island Pelican talk contribs m 91,085 bytes +1 →Views: Grammar undo

curprev 18:3018:30, 3 November 2023 89.115.37.156 talk 87,692 bytes +9 →The Better Angels of Our Nature undo

curprev 14:4414:44, 27 October 2023 WikiCleanerBot talk contribs m 87,683 bytes −3 v2.05b - Bot T5 CW#16 - Fix errors for CW project (Unicode control characters) undo Tag: WPCleaner

curprev 00:5700:57, 24 October 2023 GuardianH talk contribs 87,686 bytes +14 ce undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 16:1016:10, 21 October 2023 Smasongarrison talk contribs 87,672 bytes −4 − 2 categories; +Category:20th-century Canadian philosophers; ± 4 categories using HotCat undo

curprev 16:0516:05, 20 October 2023 Smasongarrison talk contribs m 87,676 bytes −40 Removing from Category:Harvard University faculty Diffusing per WP:DIFFUSE using Cat-a-lot undo

curprev 22:3022:30, 12 October 2023 PrimeBOT talk contribs m 87,716 bytes −590 Task 30: parameter removal following discussion undo Tag: AWB
curprev 19:2519:25, 12 October 2023 Citation bot talk contribs 88,306 bytes +21 Add: date. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Grimes2 | Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty | #UCB_Category 261/361 undo

curprev 21:3721:37, 11 October 2023 108.34.149.124 talk 88,285 bytes +3 →Public debate undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 21:3221:32, 11 October 2023 108.34.149.124 talk 88,282 bytes −4 No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 21:2121:21, 11 October 2023 Renamed user 1oj3saabam talk contribs 88,286 bytes −11 short descs should ideally be <= 40 characters, this is now 44. personal opinion (feel free to roast) but i think "author" is rarely worth including in short descriptions if the person has another significant job. most notable people write at least one book, it seems like undo Tag: Shortdesc helper

curprev 16:1716:17, 10 October 2023 Cmichel67 talk contribs m 88,297 bytes +4 Updated Photo undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 02:1902:19, 10 October 2023 Polar Apposite talk contribs 88,293 bytes +13 Fixed my own typo. undo
curprev 02:1602:16, 10 October 2023 Polar Apposite talk contribs 88,280 bytes +402 Improved some of the English and added some text. undo

curprev 11:5711:57, 24 September 2023 Khiikiat talk contribs m 87,878 bytes −25 →Biography undo

curprev 15:2515:25, 21 September 2023 Graham87 talk contribs m 87,887 bytes −2 rv, doesn't seem helpful undo Tag: Manual revert
curprev 14:2414:24, 21 September 2023 79.76.128.87 talk 87,889 bytes +2 →Linguistic career undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 13:3313:33, 11 September 2023 Citation bot talk contribs 87,887 bytes +31 Alter: title. Add: publisher. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | #UCB_webform 3658/3839 undo

curprev 03:0303:03, 6 September 2023 CommonKnowledgeCreator talk contribs 87,856 bytes +2 →External links: Replaced EP navbox undo

curprev 05:0705:07, 3 September 2023 Grayfell talk contribs 87,854 bytes −213 →Public debate: This one arbitrarily-chosen opinion lacks any indication of lasting encyclopedic significance. Plenty of opinions out there and no particular reason to highlight this one undo

curprev 02:5402:54, 27 August 2023 Materialscientist talk contribs m 88,067 bytes −7 Reverted edits by 2600:1700:24D1:60C0:ACBF:6B94:502C:1036 (talk) (HG) (3.4.12) undo Tags: Huggle Rollback
curprev 02:5302:53, 27 August 2023 2600:1700:24d1:60c0:acbf:6b94:502c:1036 talk 88,074 bytes +7 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 06:2006:20, 16 August 2023 Materialscientist talk contribs m 88,067 bytes −22 Reverted edits by 185.205.225.116 (talk) (HG) (3.4.12) undo Tags: Huggle Rollback
curprev 06:2006:20, 16 August 2023 185.205.225.116 talk 88,089 bytes +22 Works. undo Tags: Reverted possible BLP issue or vandalism

curprev 22:0022:00, 2 August 2023 Schiller12 talk contribs m 88,067 bytes +64 added category→External links undo

curprev 10:4110:41, 29 July 2023 Hemiauchenia talk contribs 88,003 bytes +43 →Public debate undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 10:2710:27, 29 July 2023 Hemiauchenia talk contribs 87,960 bytes +1,140 →Public debate: Added content undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 21:2521:25, 20 July 2023 Schiller12 talk contribs m 86,820 bytes +65 added category→External links undo

curprev 04:2604:26, 13 July 2023 Citation bot talk contribs 86,755 bytes +20 Add: date. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Spinixster | Category:Jewish American atheists | #UCB_Category 110/139 undo

curprev 16:1816:18, 8 July 2023 2a00:23c5:fe56:6c01:7802:5eb:8cc7:6fe6 talk 86,735 bytes +1 →The Better Angels of Our Nature: "socio" is a prefix, not a word undo

curprev 02:3302:33, 1 July 2023 NinjaRobotPirate talk contribs 86,734 bytes −2 Undid revision 1162728801 by 78.17.249.221 (talk) unsourced change undo Tag: Undo
curprev 00:1200:12, 1 July 2023 Freoh talk contribs m 86,736 bytes 0 →''The Better Angels of Our Nature'': url status dead undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 00:1000:10, 1 July 2023 Freoh talk contribs m 86,736 bytes −5 →''The Better Angels of Our Nature'': fix archive url undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 21:0721:07, 30 June 2023 Freoh talk contribs 86,741 bytes +10,912 Rescuing 59 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5 undo Tag: IABotManagementConsole [1.2]
curprev 20:1420:14, 30 June 2023 78.17.249.221 talk 75,829 bytes +2 Incorrect spelling undo Tags: Reverted possible BLP issue or vandalism

curprev 16:1616:16, 25 June 2023 GuardianH talk contribs 75,827 bytes −1 alphabetical undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 16:1516:15, 25 June 2023 GuardianH talk contribs 75,828 bytes +67 No edit summary undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 19:1919:19, 22 June 2023 X-Editor talk contribs 75,761 bytes +313 →Biography undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 18:3118:31, 22 June 2023 X-Editor talk contribs 75,448 bytes +318 →Biography undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 21:2521:25, 16 June 2023 Island Pelican talk contribs m 75,130 bytes +2 →Awards and distinctions: They now have a different name. undo

curprev 02:0202:02, 3 May 2023 GuardianH talk contribs 75,128 bytes +48 No edit summary undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 01:4601:46, 2 May 2023 RBLMTL talk contribs 75,080 bytes +37 →Biography undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 06:4206:42, 28 April 2023 RBLMTL talk contribs 75,043 bytes +9 →Biography undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 03:0503:05, 28 April 2023 AtomicNumberPhi talk contribs m 75,034 bytes +4 Link to BuzzFeed News Page undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 08:4008:40, 26 April 2023 AtomicNumberPhi talk contribs 75,030 bytes +11 BuzzFeed News isn't BuzzFeed undo

curprev 20:1620:16, 23 April 2023 Generalrelative talk contribs 75,019 bytes −257 Undid revision 1151332835 by 2003:FB:1702:A700:2DA1:9315:D88C:9C20 (talk) I'm not sure that this is especially notable, and it certainly doesn't belong in the lead if it isn't discussed in the article body. undo Tag: Undo
curprev 10:4810:48, 23 April 2023 2003:fb:1702:a700:2da1:9315:d88c:9c20 talk 75,276 bytes +257 Addition undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

curprev 01:2101:21, 12 April 2023 Generalrelative talk contribs 75,019 bytes −122 Rm categories not supported by article text. Nothing in this article suggests that Pinker is a feminist. undo Tag: Visual edit: Switched
curprev 01:1301:13, 12 April 2023 Potter45 talk contribs m 75,141 bytes +31 →External links undo

curprev 22:5722:57, 8 April 2023 CommonKnowledgeCreator talk contribs 75,110 bytes +4 Added link to EP at first use in lede undo

curprev 23:5123:51, 1 April 2023 Jessicapierce talk contribs m 75,106 bytes −1 typo undo
curprev 11:4011:40, 1 April 2023 Citation bot talk contribs 75,107 bytes +25 Add: newspaper. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Spinixster | Linked from User:Chiswick_Chap/Articles | #UCB_webform_linked 749/1074 undo

curprev 23:5423:54, 29 March 2023 GuardianH talk contribs 75,082 bytes +5 No edit summary undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 07:1807:18, 27 March 2023 Boat8047 talk contribs m 75,077 bytes +29 links and a comma. undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 01:1901:19, 24 March 2023 Generalrelative talk contribs 75,048 bytes −7 →Public debate: Rm unnecessary adjective. Everyone here appears to hold "strong" beliefs. undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 01:1701:17, 24 March 2023 Generalrelative talk contribs 75,055 bytes −35 →Public debate: I read the letter. The 6 tweets are the examples. undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 00:1100:11, 24 March 2023 Generalrelative talk contribs 75,090 bytes −528 →Public debate: Trimming paragraph on the 2020 open letter, trying to bring a measure of WP:DUE balance here. It is odd that a brief mention of a letter signed by *hundreds* of academics would then be counterbalanced by a long quote "I'm the real victim" by Pinker, and a separate sentence for one of his defenders, and a long, bland quote from the LSA denying responsibility. I still think the paragraph is poorly balanced, but this is a start. undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 00:3500:35, 22 March 2023 Antiok 1pie talk contribs 75,618 bytes +575 →Public debate undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 17:3917:39, 21 March 2023 FatalSubjectivities talk contribs m 75,043 bytes +12 →Public debate: of Pinker's undo

curprev 21:3721:37, 11 March 2023 LilyKitty talk contribs 75,031 bytes +47 about cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics undo

curprev 12:3112:31, 9 March 2023 Jarszick talk contribs 74,984 bytes +302 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2022 undo

curprev 12:2712:27, 5 March 2023 Marcocapelle talk contribs 74,682 bytes −32 removed category per Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_February_9#Category:Critics_of_Marxism undo

curprev 17:1217:12, 4 March 2023 Sirtinia talk contribs 74,714 bytes +21 →Bibliography undo
curprev 17:1017:10, 4 March 2023 Sirtinia talk contribs 74,693 bytes +46 No edit summary undo

curprev 19:0419:04, 1 February 2023 Crossroads talk contribs m 74,647 bytes −23 Undid revision 1136564282 by 2600:8800:6A80:38E:443A:424A:4EFF:CDB5 (talk) vandalism undo Tag: Undo

curprev 23:4923:49, 30 January 2023 2600:8800:6a80:38e:443a:424a:4eff:cdb5 talk 74,670 bytes +23 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 12:3912:39, 17 January 2023 Freoh talk contribs 74,647 bytes +428 →''The Better Angels of Our Nature'': archeological criticism undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 01:4901:49, 16 January 2023 Crossroads talk contribs 74,219 bytes −379 →Public debate: citing David Graeber's view as fact when many reviews exist (as shown in the article on the book) is POV; removing the sentence. undo

curprev 17:2217:22, 15 January 2023 Freoh talk contribs 74,598 bytes +288 →Public debate: Enlightenment Now detail undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 17:1817:18, 15 January 2023 Freoh talk contribs 74,310 bytes +37 →Public debate: citation needed undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 17:1317:13, 15 January 2023 Freoh talk contribs 74,273 bytes −46 →top: remove unsourced content about Enlightenment Now not in body, and reword to avoid editorializing undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 17:1517:15, 9 January 2023 JJMC89 bot III talk contribs m 74,319 bytes +3 Moving Category:Canadian linguists to Category:Linguists from Canada per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 November 13#Linguists by nationality undo Tag: Manual revert
curprev 16:4316:43, 9 January 2023 JJMC89 bot III talk contribs m 74,316 bytes +14 Moving Category:American linguists to Category:Linguists from the United States per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2012 November 13#Linguists by nationality undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 14:1414:14, 8 January 2023 JJMC89 bot III talk contribs m 74,302 bytes −3 Moving Category:Linguists from Canada to Category:Canadian linguists per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy undo Tag: Reverted
curprev 13:4313:43, 8 January 2023 JJMC89 bot III talk contribs m 74,305 bytes −14 Moving Category:Linguists from the United States to Category:American linguists per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 00:0400:04, 29 December 2022 Crossroads talk contribs 74,319 bytes −1,435 Revert IP, covered much more neutrally below and is WP:POV like this. See also WP:BLP. undo

curprev 03:2703:27, 25 December 2022 Dialpeps talk contribs m 74,321 bytes +1 Grammar undo

curprev 22:4622:46, 19 December 2022 GoingBatty talk contribs 74,224 bytes +1 General fixes & manual cleanup undo Tag: AWB

curprev 12:3312:33, 17 December 2022 Dan Polansky talk contribs 74,223 bytes +83 +Category:Experimental psychologists undo

curprev 05:2205:22, 15 December 2022 Ser Amantio di Nicolao talk contribs 74,140 bytes +58 →Debates: add Category:Fellows of the Linguistic Society of America undo Tag: AWB

curprev 21:3221:32, 10 December 2022 Rlink2 talk contribs m 74,082 bytes +193 →Biography: Adding archives to assist with Wikipedia:Verifiability, WP:SOURCEACCESS undo Tag: AWB

curprev 11:5211:52, 26 October 2022 64.4.84.202 talk 73,829 bytes +32 →Bibliography undo

curprev 18:0118:01, 24 October 2022 Markdery talk contribs m 73,797 bytes 0 →Biography: rearranged life events in chronological order undo

curprev 20:0120:01, 17 October 2022 Blainster talk contribs m 73,797 bytes −5 →top: rmv superfluous "also" undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit

curprev 09:0509:05, 13 October 2022 InternetArchiveBot talk contribs 73,802 bytes +577 Rescuing 3 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.2) (Whoop whoop pull up - 10881 undo

curprev 11:5811:58, 12 October 2022 Lol1VNIO talk contribs m 73,225 bytes −2 Ph.D. -> PhD per MOS:ABBR undo

curprev 00:4700:47, 24 September 2022 Citation bot talk contribs 73,227 bytes +123 Add: date, title. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | #UCB_webform 8/250 undo
curprev 00:3100:31, 24 September 2022 BrownHairedGirl talk contribs m 73,104 bytes −260 remove square brackets from bare URL inline refs. The URL is much more helpful than a random number undo Tag: AWB

curprev 14:5514:55, 2 September 2022 73.243.161.34 talk 73,364 bytes +147 →Biography: personal life undo
curprev 14:5014:50, 2 September 2022 Lol1VNIO talk contribs m 73,217 bytes −28 Reverted edits by 73.243.161.34 (talk) (HG) (3.4.10) undo Tag: Rollback
curprev 14:4914:49, 2 September 2022 73.243.161.34 talk 73,245 bytes +28 →Biography undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 01:3201:32, 31 August 2022 Premeditated Chaos talk contribs 73,217 bytes −2,717 →Articles and essays: trim, move one to external links - we're not here to be a full bibliography of every single essay he's ever written undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 01:2301:23, 31 August 2022 Premeditated Chaos talk contribs 75,934 bytes −4,304 →The Better Angels of Our Nature: trim - this article is about Pinker, the book has its own article. rm excessive citations as well undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 07:4907:49, 27 August 2022 49.3.76.189 talk 80,238 bytes −1 No edit summary undo
curprev 00:3200:32, 27 August 2022 Anna Roy talk contribs 80,239 bytes −186 rm overlinking undo

curprev 05:4405:44, 25 August 2022 Crossroads talk contribs m 80,425 bytes 0 →Public debate: period undo
curprev 05:4305:43, 25 August 2022 Crossroads talk contribs m 80,425 bytes +24 →Public debate: caps, link, spacing undo

curprev 13:4113:41, 24 August 2022 GuardianH talk contribs 80,401 bytes +10 prev undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 13:4113:41, 24 August 2022 GuardianH talk contribs 80,391 bytes +127 i shortened the influences to last name undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 18:4218:42, 23 August 2022 Snow Rise talk contribs m 80,264 bytes +133 →Public debate: For further clarity. undo
curprev 18:3118:31, 23 August 2022 Snow Rise talk contribs 80,131 bytes +198 →Public debate: I added a direct quote from Pinker here that better summarizes his response to Bhabha in a rather wide-ranging exchange; the (presumably good faith) language that was previously here gave no indication to Pinker's direct response to the substance of the criticism and thus by implication, sort of gave the impression that he had dismissed these major sources of suffering as inconsequent compared to the advantages of the enlightenment, while almost the opposite is the case. undo

curprev 22:1322:13, 19 August 2022 Proscribe talk contribs 79,933 bytes −3 →Human cognition and natural language: minor c/e, punc undo

curprev 18:3718:37, 16 August 2022 Srich32977 talk contribs 79,936 bytes −13 ce undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
curprev 18:3218:32, 16 August 2022 Srich32977 talk contribs 79,949 bytes +1 copy edits undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
curprev 18:2618:26, 16 August 2022 Srich32977 talk contribs 79,948 bytes +4 ce undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit

curprev 02:3602:36, 24 July 2022 Premeditated Chaos talk contribs 79,944 bytes −497 →Public debate: we can't cite Pinker's own book as evidence that he was "noted" for saying this undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 20:5020:50, 11 July 2022 Crossroads talk contribs 80,441 bytes −615 Revert implications of criminal activity - bad per WP:BLP. WP:UNDUE to give this its own subheading. The "three times" are already mentioned, and the source does not imply a contradiction like this text does, and it also had context which was ignored. undo
curprev 18:3318:33, 11 July 2022 Citation bot talk contribs 81,056 bytes +267 Add: title, isbn, doi, editors 1-1. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. Upgrade ISBN10 to 13. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | #UCB_webform 65/3104 undo
curprev 14:2914:29, 11 July 2022 Arjayay talk contribs m 80,789 bytes −2 Duplicate word removed undo

curprev 23:5223:52, 10 July 2022 Dogrt talk contribs 80,791 bytes +137 →The Jeffrey Epstein Affair undo
curprev 23:5023:50, 10 July 2022 Dogrt talk contribs 80,654 bytes +1,860 →Awards and distinctions: a paragraph was moved undo
curprev 23:4223:42, 10 July 2022 Dogrt talk contribs 78,794 bytes −1,529 →Linguistic career: moving paragraph to end of article undo

curprev 23:3523:35, 7 July 2022 GuardianH talk contribs 80,323 bytes +29 added Stanford to list of Inst. undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 23:3423:34, 7 July 2022 GuardianH talk contribs 80,294 bytes +152 Added T. Sowell to list of influences. undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 06:5806:58, 7 July 2022 Srich32977 talk contribs m 80,142 bytes +12 Changing short description from "Canadian-American psycholinguist and author" to "Canadian-American psycholinguist and author (born 1954)" undo Tag: Shortdesc helper

curprev 16:1216:12, 17 June 2022 Freelance-frank talk contribs 80,130 bytes −185 Rv paid contribution, please request on talk undo Tag: Manual revert

curprev 15:0215:02, 10 June 2022 Firefangledfeathers talk contribs 80,315 bytes −5 →Interviews: removing "latest", likely to become dated; italics for major work undo Tag: Reverted
curprev 14:5714:57, 10 June 2022 Profseo talk contribs 80,320 bytes +190 →Interviews undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 21:0821:08, 29 May 2022 BlunderedBishop talk contribs m 80,130 bytes −4 removed double link undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 23:3923:39, 25 May 2022 Rlink2 talk contribs m 80,134 bytes +299 →''The Better Angels of Our Nature'': Adding archives to assist with Wikipedia:Verifiability, WP:SOURCEACCESS undo Tag: AWB

curprev 03:0903:09, 17 May 2022 Citation bot talk contribs 79,835 bytes 0 Alter: template type. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by AManWithNoPlan | #UCB_CommandLine 214/314 undo

curprev 11:3211:32, 29 April 2022 Explicit talk contribs m 79,835 bytes −38 Removing link(s) undefined (XFDcloser) undo

curprev 09:2109:21, 19 April 2022 Efialto talk contribs m 79,873 bytes +13 Added a scientific book for criticism, maybe better suited for compiling/reducing the number of references undo
curprev 09:1809:18, 19 April 2022 Efialto talk contribs 79,860 bytes +304 →The Better Angels of Our Nature undo

curprev 23:4023:40, 30 March 2022 Mitch Ames talk contribs 79,556 bytes −34 Remove supercategory of existing diffusing subcategory per WP:CATSPECIFIC, WP:CAT#Articles undo Tag: AWB

curprev 23:5323:53, 29 March 2022 Certes talk contribs m 79,590 bytes −1 typo: Steven Pinker (via WP:JWB) undo

curprev 15:5615:56, 28 March 2022 Roccerbot talk contribs m 79,591 bytes −8 Adding numerical ID to {{C-SPAN}} undo
curprev 13:2713:27, 28 March 2022 130.133.8.114 talk 79,599 bytes +43 No edit summary undo
curprev 13:2213:22, 28 March 2022 130.133.8.114 talk 79,556 bytes −2 No edit summary undo
curprev 13:2013:20, 28 March 2022 130.133.8.114 talk 79,558 bytes +116 I lengthened the quote accompanying the housebook illustration, because it originally made it look like Pinker uses the image as a direct source and not to illustrate historical events that are well-documented by, for example, Barbara Tuchmann, whom Pinker cites in the very next sentence. undo

curprev 04:3404:34, 18 March 2022 AndyTheGrump talk contribs 79,442 bytes −298 rv per WP:RS, and very likely copyright violation too undo Tag: Undo
curprev 04:0804:08, 18 March 2022 LucaCapobianco talk contribs 79,740 bytes +8 →Biography undo Tag: Reverted
curprev 04:0104:01, 18 March 2022 LucaCapobianco talk contribs 79,732 bytes +290 →Biography undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 06:0606:06, 9 March 2022 Citation bot talk contribs 79,442 bytes +16 Add: s2cid. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | #UCB_toolbar undo

curprev 11:5111:51, 27 February 2022 130.133.8.114 talk 79,426 bytes +343 I clarifed that Pinker doesn't particularly care about being kicked off the list of media experts. What worries him is that he sees it as a sign of extreme narrowing of the Overton Window in Academia. To him it is mostly a signal to younger academics without the privilige of tenure that they have to adhere to certain social justice politics or fear for their long-term employment. I point to the NY Times source again to clarify this. undo

curprev 10:1310:13, 19 February 2022 Geysirhead talk contribs 79,083 bytes −29 removed Category:Jewish atheists using HotCat redundant undo
curprev 10:1210:12, 19 February 2022 Geysirhead talk contribs 79,112 bytes +7 removed Category:American atheists; added Category:Jewish American atheists using HotCat undo

curprev 11:1511:15, 29 January 2022 Xurizuri talk contribs 79,105 bytes +1,533 Reverted good faith edits by 2405:201:2001:818B:11C2:8ACD:7373:DAAF (talk): WP:BUZZFEEDNEWS and WP:WAPO are both reliable news sources, and statements have been appropriately attributed. undo Tags: Twinkle Undo

curprev 07:2807:28, 27 January 2022 2405:201:2001:818b:11c2:8acd:7373:daaf talk 77,572 bytes −1,533 →Linguistic career: Removed an irrelevant media gossip from section on linguistic career undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit

curprev 15:5615:56, 25 January 2022 Tedweverka talk contribs 79,105 bytes +375 →Public debate: Added citation to transcript of Summers remarks and clarified characterization of Summers statement. undo

curprev 00:3200:32, 19 January 2022 Metalune talk contribs 78,730 bytes +4 →Public debate undo

curprev 03:2703:27, 12 January 2022 Rlink2 talk contribs m 78,726 bytes +453 Adding archives to assist with Wikipedia:Verifiability, WP:SOURCEACCESS undo Tag: AWB

curprev 11:2911:29, 10 January 2022 Hob Gadling talk contribs 78,273 bytes +11 →Public debate: NPOV: "inequality, slavery, imperialism, world wars, and genocide" are consequences of Enlightenment philosophy? New to me. Who did the deducing? Weren't they aware that most of those predate enlightenment? undo
curprev 08:2008:20, 10 January 2022 82.20.240.157 talk 78,262 bytes −360 →Public debate: this would need a secondary source since Quillette is unreliable. Yes, it's Pinker's completely predictable denial, but please source it from an independent source that analyses it, not from a primary, unreliable source. undo Tag: references removed
curprev 08:1908:19, 10 January 2022 82.20.240.157 talk 78,622 bytes −384 →Public debate: "MoJo called it X, source, MoJo calling it X" - this is not secondary sourcing and MoJo is a polemical publication, not a serious or reliable source. If it was the NYT this might fly, but not MoJo I think. undo Tag: references removed

curprev 20:1820:18, 4 January 2022 Citation bot talk contribs 78,592 bytes +4 Add: magazine. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | #UCB_toolbar undo

curprev 18:5018:50, 2 January 2022 Mndata2 talk contribs 78,588 bytes +5 →Public debate: Added link undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 14:0414:04, 2 January 2022 Mndata2 talk contribs 78,583 bytes +12 →English writing style in the 21st century: Added date undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 11:0911:09, 1 January 2022 GhostInTheMachine talk contribs 78,571 bytes +22 Changing short description from "Researcher and author" to "Canadian-American psycholinguist and author" (Shortdesc helper) undo
curprev 00:5900:59, 1 January 2022 Sir Paul talk contribs 78,549 bytes −343 →The Better Angels of Our Nature: there is already an overabundance of critical citations undo

curprev 11:5011:50, 30 December 2021 MusikBot II talk contribs m 78,892 bytes −16 Removing protection templates from unprotected page (more info) undo
curprev 11:4111:41, 30 December 2021 Anarkiddie talk contribs 78,908 bytes +343 →The Better Angels of Our Nature undo

curprev 16:2616:26, 26 December 2021 Sir Paul talk contribs 78,565 bytes −30 Undid revision 1062113290 by Mrbarron (talk) undo Tag: Undo
curprev 10:3110:31, 26 December 2021 Mrbarron talk contribs 78,595 bytes +30 →Linguistic career undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

curprev 15:5415:54, 24 December 2021 PhS talk contribs 78,565 bytes +57 →Books: add "The Seven Words You Can't Say on Television" (2008) undo

curprev 02:1702:17, 10 December 2021 Citation bot talk contribs 78,508 bytes +296 Alter: template type. Add: newspaper, isbn, doi, pages, issue, volume, year, journal, date, authors 1-2. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Whoop whoop pull up | #UCB_webform 383/2181 undo

curprev 07:3807:38, 3 December 2021 Crossroads talk contribs 78,212 bytes −2,115 Inappropriate use of WP:PRIMARY source, and unsourced claims of "controversy" are a WP:BLP violation. undo Tag: Manual revert
curprev 02:2002:20, 3 December 2021 Island Pelican talk contribs 80,327 bytes +1 →Controversy: Grammar undo Tag: Reverted
curprev 02:1702:17, 3 December 2021 Island Pelican talk contribs 80,326 bytes +1 →Controversy undo Tag: Reverted

28 October 2024

22 September 2024

25 August 2024

21 August 2024

16 August 2024

5 August 2024

1 August 2024

18 July 2024

16 July 2024

20 May 2024

30 April 2024

29 April 2024

26 April 2024

22 April 2024

15 April 2024

14 April 2024

9 April 2024

27 March 2024

25 February 2024

11 February 2024

3 February 2024

1 February 2024

26 January 2024

15 January 2024

14 January 2024

12 January 2024

30 December 2023

22 December 2023

21 December 2023

18 December 2023

17 December 2023

3 November 2023

27 October 2023

24 October 2023

21 October 2023

20 October 2023

12 October 2023

11 October 2023

10 October 2023

24 September 2023

23 September 2023

21 September 2023

11 September 2023

6 September 2023

3 September 2023

27 August 2023

16 August 2023

2 August 2023

29 July 2023

20 July 2023

13 July 2023

8 July 2023

1 July 2023

30 June 2023

25 June 2023

22 June 2023

16 June 2023

3 May 2023

2 May 2023

28 April 2023

26 April 2023

23 April 2023

12 April 2023

8 April 2023

1 April 2023

29 March 2023

27 March 2023

24 March 2023

22 March 2023

21 March 2023

11 March 2023

9 March 2023

5 March 2023

4 March 2023

1 February 2023

30 January 2023

17 January 2023

16 January 2023

15 January 2023

9 January 2023