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curprev 15:4615:46, 23 August 2024‎ JonRichfield talk contribs‎ 5,539 bytes −1‎ changed "which" to "that", which in context is less ambiguous undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 13:3813:38, 2 August 2024‎ FULBERT talk contribs‎ 5,540 bytes −7‎ Reverted good faith edits by 139.5.249.248 (talk): Wikipedia is an encyclopedia WP:ENC, and as such it is important to maintain a neutral point of view WP:NPOV that avoids jargon, opinions, exaggerations, and any claims that are not represented fairly and proportionately. It may be helpful to review what Wikipedia is not WP:NOT. undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 12:4212:42, 2 August 2024‎ 139.5.249.248 talk‎ 5,547 bytes +7‎ No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 12:4012:40, 2 August 2024‎ Clyde H. Mapping talk contribs‎ m 5,540 bytes −10‎ Reverted edits by 139.5.249.248 (talk) (HG) (3.4.12) undo Tags: Huggle Rollback
curprev 12:4012:40, 2 August 2024‎ 139.5.249.248 talk‎ 5,550 bytes +10‎ No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 20:1220:12, 30 May 2024‎ Macrakis talk contribs‎ 5,540 bytes +1‎ "un sage italien" means "an Italian sage / wise man", not "a wise Italian" undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 17:0917:09, 28 May 2024‎ Macrakis talk contribs‎ 5,539 bytes −8‎ reflect the source accurately undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 10:5110:51, 8 May 2024‎ Wham2001 talk contribs‎ 5,547 bytes −165‎ →‎References: Rm unused LDR undo

curprev 22:2922:29, 7 May 2024‎ 67.170.124.91 talk‎ 5,712 bytes +29‎ Removed text which was irrelevant to the primary definition and adjusted final sentence of first paragraph to better support the definition. undo
curprev 22:2722:27, 7 May 2024‎ 67.170.124.91 talk‎ 5,683 bytes −228‎ Removed text which was irrelevant to the primary definition. undo

curprev 11:5711:57, 28 April 2024‎ 77.101.23.58 talk‎ 5,911 bytes −4‎ ‘Le mieux’ means the best, not the better (which would have been ‘le meilleur’). undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 07:2907:29, 9 November 2023‎ 139.47.30.17 talk‎ 5,499 bytes +4‎ →‎Origin: changed ‘best’ to ‘better’ (though the prepositional phrase ‘de son mieux’ is used interchangeably with ‘le meilleur de soi’, the words ‘mieux’ and ‘meilleur’ as noun substantives on their own differ in meaning; the original semantic intent is that perfecting a work, but not reaching perfection in itself, is what prevents the emergence of good works: the creative process must end in order to publish despite there always being room for improvement) undo

curprev 05:1805:18, 21 October 2023‎ Sigehelmus talk contribs‎ 5,495 bytes +28‎ →‎See also undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 10:2610:26, 19 September 2023‎ Memoric 2000 talk contribs‎ m 5,467 bytes −2‎ →‎Antecedents undo
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curprev 08:3308:33, 1 April 2023‎ TealComet talk contribs‎ 5,468 bytes +14‎ →‎Variations: Hyperlinks added. undo
curprev 08:3108:31, 1 April 2023‎ TealComet talk contribs‎ 5,454 bytes +24‎ →‎Antecedents: Added a hyperlink. undo
curprev 08:2608:26, 1 April 2023‎ TealComet talk contribs‎ 5,430 bytes +11‎ →‎Origin: Interlanguage link added. undo

curprev 00:2500:25, 26 February 2023‎ Krunchyman talk contribs‎ m 5,419 bytes +15‎ No edit summary undo

curprev 22:4122:41, 18 February 2023‎ RTedit talk contribs‎ m 5,404 bytes −2‎ As noted previously for the Voltaire translation, but still persisting incorrectly here for the Montesquieu quotation, "Le mieux" translates more closely as "The best," not "The better" because it is the superlative form, not the comparative form (Le meilleur.). This edit conforms to the translation of the same words from Voltaire here. undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 07:5507:55, 10 February 2023‎ 2a0a:a543:e2f3:0:1184:15d:f5f4:ab89 talk‎ 5,406 bytes 0‎ →‎Origin: fixed the italian citation. undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 19:0319:03, 9 December 2022‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 5,406 bytes +237‎ Move text into new "Variations" section and add text re diamond/pebble aphorism undo

curprev 14:5514:55, 8 December 2022‎ 69.196.152.70 talk‎ 5,169 bytes −141‎ →‎References undo

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curprev 05:2305:23, 3 November 2022‎ Felida97 talk contribs‎ 5,310 bytes −13‎ Reverted 1 edit by 125.7.50.91 (talk): Misplaced insertion undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 05:2205:22, 3 November 2022‎ 125.7.50.91 talk‎ 5,323 bytes +13‎ →‎Further reading undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 03:2603:26, 10 September 2022‎ Hijiri88 talk contribs‎ 5,310 bytes −102‎ Per talk. Unattributed quotation, of authorship that could probably be established by someone with a bit more knowledge of Classical Chinese and Ming history than that possessed by me or apparently Butwhatdoiknow, and the quote is arguably mistranslated (玉 means any gemstone, not explicitly a diamond). The diamond image doesn't make sense in this article as no one in the real world discards diamonds that don't possess grades like FL and D, and these grades cannot be improved or made worse. undo Tag: Manual revert

curprev 15:0815:08, 8 September 2022‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 5,412 bytes +102‎ →‎top: Restore image and some text (most importantly, not restoring disputed attribution) undo Tag: Reverted
curprev 09:4109:41, 8 September 2022‎ Hijiri88 talk contribs‎ 5,310 bytes −310‎ Per talk. undo

curprev 23:5323:53, 19 June 2022‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 5,620 bytes +14‎ →‎top: move text / add heading undo
curprev 16:5616:56, 19 June 2022‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 5,606 bytes −19‎ →‎top: a bit of reorganization and copy editing undo
curprev 16:4316:43, 19 June 2022‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 5,625 bytes +6‎ →‎top: Add a date for King Lear / move Pareto principle text into first paragraph undo

curprev 05:1805:18, 17 June 2022‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 5,619 bytes +97‎ →‎top: provide definition in lede sentence (see en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good). undo

curprev 05:5705:57, 11 June 2022‎ Citation bot talk contribs‎ 5,522 bytes −4‎ Alter: title. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | #UCB_toolbar undo

curprev 17:3217:32, 11 May 2022‎ VexorAbVikipædia talk contribs‎ 5,526 bytes +10‎ Edited citation (Voltaire, 1770): added volume no. undo
curprev 16:3316:33, 11 May 2022‎ VexorAbVikipædia talk contribs‎ 5,516 bytes +45‎ Correction: Voltaire's proverb first appeared in print in 1770 in his ''Questions sur l'Encyclopédie''; then in later editions of his ''Dictionnaire Philosophique'' undo

curprev 12:4612:46, 20 April 2022‎ Storchy talk contribs‎ 5,471 bytes −11‎ Clean up duplicate template arguments using findargdups undo
curprev 11:5811:58, 20 April 2022‎ Andrew Davidson talk contribs‎ 5,482 bytes +170‎ move Knuth into body undo
curprev 11:5011:50, 20 April 2022‎ Andrew Davidson talk contribs‎ 5,312 bytes +505‎ normalise and update citations, rv, &c. undo
curprev 03:5903:59, 20 April 2022‎ MB talk contribs‎ 4,807 bytes +9‎ →‎References: rmv unused refs undo

curprev 14:3414:34, 19 April 2022‎ 136.60.141.47 talk‎ 4,798 bytes −374‎ The article misused the idea of “golden mean” introduced in Nichomedian ethics, so I removed the reference. undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit

curprev 04:4904:49, 10 March 2022‎ Harry Audus talk contribs‎ 5,172 bytes −2‎ Translation of "Le mieux est le mortel ennemi du bien"; "le mieux" is usually translated as "best", "better" being "mieux" without the article "le". Whether the initial "The" should be included in the translation is up for conjecture. undo

curprev 06:1506:15, 3 March 2022‎ 2600:100f:b02d:2f02:5905:5309:8358:992c talk‎ 5,174 bytes −219‎ Remove now unused citation to random self-help book. Pretty funny to see that on a reflist next to Hegel.... undo
curprev 06:0806:08, 3 March 2022‎ 2600:100f:b02d:2f02:5905:5309:8358:992c talk‎ 5,393 bytes −238‎ Removing irrelevant sentence again about the Pareto principle, which is much better described by diminishing returns rather than trying to awkwardly shoehorn 80/20 into the article. undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 21:3921:39, 2 March 2022‎ ActivelyDisinterested talk contribs‎ 5,631 bytes +45‎ →‎References: Re-corrected author list undo

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