Gay (word): Revision history

15 November 2007

• curprev 11:5011:50, 15 November 2007‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 3,183 bytes −64‎ changed "somebody" to "someone"; unless someone objects, I will change back the "poetic" sentence that Larry thinks is better than the present denatured one -- I agree with him
• curprev 11:0811:08, 15 November 2007‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 3,184 bytes −63‎ I think we ought to have the name of the article in the first sentence; reminor rewriting to remove second person usage
• curprev 06:5406:54, 15 November 2007‎ imported>Chris Goodman‎ m 3,181 bytes −66‎ →‎Cultural history

14 November 2007

• curprev 08:5608:56, 14 November 2007‎ imported>Chris Goodman‎ m 3,247 bytes −86‎ No edit summary

13 November 2007

• curprev 23:2023:20, 13 November 2007‎ imported>Chris Goodman‎ 3,296 bytes −37‎ No edit summary
• curprev 23:0923:09, 13 November 2007‎ imported>Chris Goodman‎ m 3,333 bytes +3,333‎ minor edits

26 September 2007

• curprev 12:5012:50, 26 September 2007‎ imported>Subpagination Bot‎ m 3,732 bytes +491‎ Add {{subpages}} and remove any categories (details)

3 August 2007

• curprev 07:4507:45, 3 August 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ 3,808 bytes +567‎ Add link to Gay media.

1 August 2007

• curprev 03:1703:17, 1 August 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ m 3,793 bytes +13‎ Add link to Gay bar.

29 July 2007

• curprev 13:1413:14, 29 July 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ 3,780 bytes +38‎ Added link to Homosexuality.
• curprev 11:2211:22, 29 July 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ 3,761 bytes +19‎ Add link to Gay marketing

28 July 2007

• curprev 21:1521:15, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 3,742 bytes +6‎ minor copyediting
• curprev 20:3320:33, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 3,736 bytes +11‎ →‎Cultural history
• curprev 20:3220:32, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 3,725 bytes +10‎ →‎Etymology: typos
• curprev 20:3020:30, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 3,715 bytes +11‎ →‎Etymology
• curprev 20:3020:30, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 3,704 bytes +336‎ →‎Etymology: add ref to Rawson
• curprev 20:2520:25, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 3,368 bytes +116‎ →‎Etymology
• curprev 20:2320:23, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 3,252 bytes +11‎ →‎Cultural history: linking
• curprev 20:2220:22, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 3,241 bytes +978‎ →‎Cultural history
• curprev 20:2120:21, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 3,190 bytes +193‎ →‎Cultural history: contnuing
• curprev 20:2020:20, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,997 bytes +445‎ →‎Cultural history: continuing
• curprev 20:1820:18, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 2,552 bytes +1‎ added another "c" to "accoutrements", which can also be spelled "accouterments"
• curprev 20:1520:15, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,551 bytes +290‎ →‎Etymology: adding back a section header, and expanding
• curprev 20:1520:15, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 2,261 bytes −2‎ changed a couple of "that"s to "who"s
• curprev 20:1220:12, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,263 bytes +279‎ →‎Etymology: tweaks, saving some earlier language, but clarifying
• curprev 20:1020:10, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,223 bytes −254‎ Reverting some, nuancing some, as per comments on Talk page
• curprev 20:0120:01, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,477 bytes +35‎ add linguistics workgroup
• curprev 17:1917:19, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Aleta Curry‎ 2,442 bytes +528‎ not enough said about 'happy', which was still considered the primary meaning at the turn of the millenium; link 1st instance only
• curprev 13:4613:46, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Stephen Ewen‎ 1,914 bytes −81‎ Nix "This article primarily focuses on the use of the word to refer to males" because it just does not need to be stated and the article is about past and modern etymology. Minor tweaks, too.
• curprev 13:3813:38, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Stephen Ewen‎ 1,995 bytes +11‎ It may also *be used to* refer to, I think it otherwise overstates the case
• curprev 13:3513:35, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Stephen Ewen‎ 1,984 bytes +1,984‎ To help construct narrative cohesion and flow, let me suggest removing all these headings and adding any back in when done, if need be.
• curprev 11:3311:33, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ 2,142 bytes +40‎ Agree with Hayford, and extended same logic to the rest of the opening discussion.
• curprev 11:0911:09, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 2,102 bytes +143‎ surely there are gay sexual encounters that are not romantic -- both words should be used here in the primary definition
• curprev 10:3410:34, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ m 2,092 bytes +1‎ Minor spelling correction.
• curprev 10:2810:28, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 2,091 bytes +1‎ →‎Etymology
• curprev 10:2710:27, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 2,090 bytes +131‎ →‎Etymology
• curprev 10:2610:26, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 2,088 bytes +1‎ →‎References
• curprev 10:2510:25, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,087 bytes +128‎ →‎References
• curprev 10:2510:25, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,088 bytes +129‎ more accurate subheaders & add references
• curprev 10:2110:21, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 1,959 bytes +1,959‎ →‎History
• curprev 10:2110:21, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 1,964 bytes +731‎ →‎History: more early history
• curprev 10:1310:13, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 1,233 bytes +1‎ →‎History: typo
• curprev 10:1210:12, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 1,232 bytes 0‎ →‎History
• curprev 10:1110:11, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 1,232 bytes +1,232‎ →‎History: a start on the etymology of the word
• curprev 02:4702:47, 28 July 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 856 bytes 0‎ Gay moved to Gay (word): The article is about the word.
• curprev 00:3600:36, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ m 856 bytes −23‎ Remove superfluous words. Clarify number of decades of usage.
• curprev 00:2900:29, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Larry Sanger‎ 879 bytes −8‎ No edit summary
• curprev 00:2800:28, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Larry Sanger‎ 887 bytes +9‎ I have a formed relationship with my son, but...
• curprev 00:2200:22, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ m 878 bytes 0‎ Move reference heading.
• curprev 00:0400:04, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ 878 bytes +878‎ Created 'Gay' article, as a stub - back in next day or so to build on.