Gay (word): Revision history

20 April 2024

• curprev 07:3107:31, 20 April 2024‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ m 3,569 bytes +23‎ Text replacement - "London" to "London"

26 September 2013

• curprev 19:1319:13, 26 September 2013‎ imported>Meg Taylor‎ 3,546 bytes +3,546‎ format

6 December 2011

• curprev 09:2209:22, 6 December 2011‎ imported>David Finn‎ 3,551 bytes −196‎ No edit summary

15 November 2007

• curprev 20:5920:59, 15 November 2007‎ imported>Chris Goodman‎ 3,747 bytes +564‎ Hardly worth arguing over; I have returned the text to the version that existed before my edit.
• curprev 12:5012:50, 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 12:0812:08, 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 07:5407:54, 15 November 2007‎ imported>Chris Goodman‎ m 3,181 bytes −66‎ →‎Cultural history

14 November 2007

• curprev 09:5609:56, 14 November 2007‎ imported>Chris Goodman‎ m 3,247 bytes −86‎ No edit summary
• curprev 00:2000:20, 14 November 2007‎ imported>Chris Goodman‎ 3,296 bytes −37‎ No edit summary
• curprev 00:0900:09, 14 November 2007‎ imported>Chris Goodman‎ m 3,333 bytes +3,333‎ minor edits

26 September 2007

• curprev 13:5013:50, 26 September 2007‎ imported>Subpagination Bot‎ m 3,732 bytes +491‎ Add {{subpages}} and remove any categories (details)

3 August 2007

• curprev 08:4508:45, 3 August 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ 3,808 bytes +567‎ Add link to Gay media.

1 August 2007

• curprev 04:1704:17, 1 August 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ m 3,793 bytes +13‎ Add link to Gay bar.

29 July 2007

• curprev 14:1414:14, 29 July 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ 3,780 bytes +38‎ Added link to Homosexuality.
• curprev 12:2212:22, 29 July 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ 3,761 bytes +19‎ Add link to Gay marketing

28 July 2007

• curprev 22:1522:15, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 3,742 bytes +6‎ minor copyediting
• curprev 21:3321:33, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 3,736 bytes +11‎ →‎Cultural history
• curprev 21:3221:32, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 3,725 bytes +10‎ →‎Etymology: typos
• curprev 21:3021:30, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 3,715 bytes +11‎ →‎Etymology
• curprev 21:3021:30, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 3,704 bytes +336‎ →‎Etymology: add ref to Rawson
• curprev 21:2521:25, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 3,368 bytes +116‎ →‎Etymology
• curprev 21:2321:23, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 3,252 bytes +11‎ →‎Cultural history: linking
• curprev 21:2221:22, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 3,241 bytes +978‎ →‎Cultural history
• curprev 21:2121:21, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 3,190 bytes +193‎ →‎Cultural history: contnuing
• curprev 21:2021:20, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,997 bytes +445‎ →‎Cultural history: continuing
• curprev 21:1821:18, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 2,552 bytes +1‎ added another "c" to "accoutrements", which can also be spelled "accouterments"
• curprev 21:1521:15, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,551 bytes +290‎ →‎Etymology: adding back a section header, and expanding
• curprev 21:1521:15, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 2,261 bytes −2‎ changed a couple of "that"s to "who"s
• curprev 21:1221:12, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,263 bytes +279‎ →‎Etymology: tweaks, saving some earlier language, but clarifying
• curprev 21:1021:10, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,223 bytes −254‎ Reverting some, nuancing some, as per comments on Talk page
• curprev 21:0121:01, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,477 bytes +35‎ add linguistics workgroup
• curprev 18:1918:19, 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 14:4614:46, 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 14:3814:38, 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 14:3514:35, 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 12:3312:33, 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 12:0912:09, 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 11:3411:34, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ m 2,092 bytes +1‎ Minor spelling correction.
• curprev 11:2811:28, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 2,091 bytes +1‎ →‎Etymology
• curprev 11:2711:27, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 2,090 bytes +131‎ →‎Etymology
• curprev 11:2611:26, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 2,088 bytes +1‎ →‎References
• curprev 11:2511:25, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,087 bytes +128‎ →‎References
• curprev 11:2511:25, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 2,088 bytes +129‎ more accurate subheaders & add references
• curprev 11:2111:21, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 1,959 bytes +1,959‎ →‎History
• curprev 11:2111:21, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 1,964 bytes +731‎ →‎History: more early history
• curprev 11:1311:13, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 1,233 bytes +1‎ →‎History: typo
• curprev 11:1211:12, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ m 1,232 bytes 0‎ →‎History
• curprev 11:1111:11, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Russell Potter‎ 1,232 bytes +1,232‎ →‎History: a start on the etymology of the word
• curprev 03:4703:47, 28 July 2007‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 856 bytes 0‎ Gay moved to Gay (word): The article is about the word.
• curprev 01:3601:36, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ m 856 bytes −23‎ Remove superfluous words. Clarify number of decades of usage.
• curprev 01:2901:29, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Larry Sanger‎ 879 bytes −8‎ No edit summary
• curprev 01:2801:28, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Larry Sanger‎ 887 bytes +9‎ I have a formed relationship with my son, but...
• curprev 01:2201:22, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ m 878 bytes 0‎ Move reference heading.
• curprev 01:0401:04, 28 July 2007‎ imported>Ian Johnson‎ 878 bytes +878‎ Created 'Gay' article, as a stub - back in next day or so to build on.