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06:5106:51, 3 June 2024 diff hist +104‎ Incremental game ‎ →‎Rapid growth: The number naming scheme often used in incremental games, giving names like "duoquadragintillion", was not invented by these games, though they have exposed such names to the general public. Wikilink to the section of Names of large numbers where this scheme (by Conway and Guy) is discussed. current

18:0518:05, 30 May 2024 diff hist +8‎ Gasser M1870 ‎ Whoops, turns out the naval variant had some differences in detail which I hadn't noticed, so restore the former infobox image and move the naval-variant image down to the article body. current
15:3015:30, 30 May 2024 diff hist +192‎ Gasser M1870 ‎ Change infobox image to a larger, clearer image showing an example in better condition in a Vienna museum. Move former infobox image to article body.

09:3909:39, 26 May 2024 diff hist +1,205‎ List of most-produced firearms ‎ →‎Designs produced in numbers from 100,000 to 1,000,000: Add three European military revolvers from the World War One era whose production falls in this range. current
09:3609:36, 26 May 2024 diff hist +951‎ M1879 Reichsrevolver ‎ Add total production for M1879 and M1883 to infobox, with citations. current

18:1218:12, 23 May 2024 diff hist 0‎ Table of handgun and rifle cartridges ‎ →‎Table: Make .32 rimfire's muzzle energy consistent with its muzzle velocity (using figures from .32 rimfire article).
18:0618:06, 23 May 2024 diff hist 0‎ .32 rimfire ‎ In .32 Short Rimfire infobox, energy was much too low for the bullet mass and velocity. Fixed to be consistent, as it is in the main text. current

06:4006:40, 21 May 2024 diff hist 0‎ American Progress ‎ →‎Description: I don't know whether the phrase "a painting of profound historical significance" should be retained here, but it is not part of the painting's title and should not be styled as if it were. current

17:0117:01, 20 May 2024 diff hist +2‎ Abdulaziz ‎ →‎Death: Yes, deaths tend to be unbalanced in their viewpoints. (Corrected "unbalanced" template to read "section".)

02:5802:58, 18 May 2024 diff hist −3‎ Pleiades ‎ →‎Gallery: Fix misformatted gallery.

08:5908:59, 15 May 2024 diff hist +9‎ Big Bang ‎ →‎Hubble's law and the expansion of the universe: When discussing "v" in Hubble's law, be consistent in showing it with <math></math> typography.

07:4907:49, 14 May 2024 diff hist 0‎ William F. Fiedler ‎ →‎World War II: According to the cited sources, Fiedler's final kills were on June 16 ("four days later" after his third victory), not June 30 (the day he himself was killed).

15:4815:48, 11 May 2024 diff hist +15‎ Overpressure ammunition ‎ →‎History: Reword a sentence to make clear that the "machine gun only" loads *were* usable in rifles, which is the whole point of this rifles vs. revolvers comparison.

20:0420:04, 10 May 2024 diff hist −1‎ Glock ‎ →‎Variants: Remove stray period in "48" model number.
06:0806:08, 10 May 2024 diff hist −6‎ FN Five-seven ‎ →‎Feeding: Fix a grammar goof that got in when some feed terminology was corrected.

13:3513:35, 5 May 2024 diff hist +10‎ Japanese destroyer Ayanami (1929) ‎ Wikilink "Twilled", for those readers not familiar with the textile pattern term. current

03:5903:59, 1 May 2024 diff hist +44‎ Fubuki-class destroyer ‎ →‎Type I (Fubuki): Fix photo caption, using proper style, and linking Hibiki. current
03:5503:55, 1 May 2024 diff hist +31‎ Fubuki-class destroyer ‎ →‎Type I (Fubuki): Inazuma should be linked here too.

02:1302:13, 19 April 2024 diff hist +2‎ Hikaru Saeki ‎ →‎Career: Correct spelling goof: "Ministry of Dense" to "Ministry of Defense"