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9 Nov 2026, 02:16 UTC
GreenC bot
Reformat 1 archive link; Move 2 urls. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:URLREQ#arstechnica.com PassA
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9 Oct 2026, 17:40 UTC
JeffTheMasterr
Added a citation and fixed up some stuff and fixed grammar/correctness
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9 Oct 2026, 17:10 UTC
JeffTheMasterr
fixed up popularity paragraph
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3 Oct 2026, 08:57 UTC
CherryPie94
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moved: Changed link from Const (computer programming) to Const using Move+
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17 Sept 2026, 06:03 UTC
Wikideas1
§ Reaching maturity
graph added
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9 Sept 2026, 07:38 UTC
Jalapeño
No edit summary
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29 Aug 2026, 21:25 UTC
LaserMoai
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30 Jul 2026, 13:22 UTC
DrOrinScrivello
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§ Miscellaneous
tweak headers
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10 Jul 2026, 08:58 UTC
RashAnalyzer314
Replaced outdated information
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6 Jul 2026, 01:42 UTC
PhotographyEdits
§ Trademark
add link
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23 Jun 2026, 01:22 UTC
CitationCleanerBot
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clean up of :Category:CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN, see Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CitationCleanerBot 7
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18 Jun 2026, 00:43 UTC
Eduardogobi
§ Other usage
no need for redirect
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6 Jun 2026, 17:37 UTC
Largoplazo
Reverted good faith edits by RashAnalyzer314 (talk): The hatnote at the top of the article takes care of this.
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6 Jun 2026, 17:33 UTC
RashAnalyzer314
reverted
I added "And is not be confused with java" because it is common and even I thought it at one point...
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30 May 2026, 05:53 UTC
Chris Howard
§ Syntax
added internal link Anonymous function
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24 May 2026, 17:55 UTC
Artur Likja
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25 Apr 2026, 20:22 UTC
Barhatsor
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Formatting
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25 Apr 2026, 20:14 UTC
Barhatsor
Better source.
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25 Apr 2026, 19:57 UTC
Barhatsor
Moved TC39 logo up (logo of the official JavaScript maintainers)
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25 Apr 2026, 19:40 UTC
Barhatsor
Better citation
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25 Apr 2026, 19:38 UTC
Barhatsor
Added "related"
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25 Apr 2026, 19:34 UTC
Barhatsor
Rephrase for simplicity and add citations.
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25 Apr 2026, 19:22 UTC
Barhatsor
Added information on the current maintainers.
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25 Apr 2026, 19:18 UTC
Barhatsor
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Linked source.
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25 Apr 2026, 19:17 UTC
Barhatsor
Moved citation to "Reaching maturity" section and replaced with a more meaningful citation, as over 90% of websites have been using JavaScript since at least 2016 (https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/client_side_language/all/y).
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25 Apr 2026, 12:45 UTC
Barhatsor
Grammar
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22 Apr 2026, 01:36 UTC
MtPenguinMonster
§ Creation at Netscape
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11 Apr 2026, 05:28 UTC
NextGenStudent
Edited citation.
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3 Apr 2026, 00:52 UTC
Poodle23
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i stupid
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3 Apr 2026, 00:51 UTC
Poodle23
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reverted
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31 Dec 2025, 11:19 UTC
MSWS
§ top
Shorten client side intro
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8 Dec 2025, 04:54 UTC
Day Creature
§ Weakly typed
fix wording per edit request
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6 Dec 2025, 02:35 UTC
Reaper1945
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No edit summary
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2 Dec 2025, 23:33 UTC
PineapplePomeranian
Rewrote the opening paragraph to make things clearer and avoid having the proportions in the beginning of a sentence. Also removed the invisible comment as it was invalid.
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28 Nov 2025, 01:05 UTC
GreenC bot
Reformat 2 archive links. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:USURPURL and JUDI batch #29ac
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10 Nov 2025, 08:27 UTC
Largoplazo
Reverted 1 edit by Heyitsmekalhan (talk): Don't begin a sentence with a numeral.
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10 Nov 2025, 05:33 UTC
Heyitsmekalhan
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reverted
Un-verbosifying
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22 Oct 2025, 15:48 UTC
Pmffl
less awkward
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21 Oct 2025, 19:13 UTC
Largoplazo
redundant "originally created"
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21 Oct 2025, 12:50 UTC
Wikishovel
worth noting creator and year in the lead section, which is also being transcluded to Outline of the JavaScript programming language
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10 Oct 2025, 07:04 UTC
Onyxqk
add citation
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5 Oct 2025, 23:44 UTC
Z. Patterson
m
Cleaned up 1 ISBN using toolforge:anticompositetools/hyphenator #hyphenator
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19 Aug 2025, 21:00 UTC
PhotographyEdits
link to web platform in lead
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13 Aug 2025, 22:45 UTC
EvanBaldonado
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Replace hyphen with en-dash.
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13 Aug 2025, 12:18 UTC
MrOllie
Reverted 1 edit by Ekta1911 (talk): Rv blogspam
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13 Aug 2025, 06:44 UTC
Ekta1911
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reverted
added the required citation
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9 Aug 2025, 11:58 UTC
Racecard
Undid revision 1304994201 by Stevebroshar (talk): I disagree, it's very common and widely used
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9 Aug 2025, 11:50 UTC
Stevebroshar
reverted
JS is an abbreviation yes, but it's not commonly used
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5 Aug 2025, 20:05 UTC
PhotographyEdits
§ Growth and standardization
simplify image caption
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5 Aug 2025, 20:02 UTC
PhotographyEdits
simplify lead
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