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		<title>Firestar233: slight grammar correction</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;slight grammar correction&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 22:02, 27 October 2023&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l12&quot; &gt;Line 12:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This comic also alludes to similar arguments about the relative meaning of phrases like &amp;quot;few&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;several&amp;quot; (some people will argue that &amp;quot;several&amp;quot; should mean more than &amp;quot;few&amp;quot;, while others will argue the opposite or that it doesn't matter), making this comic [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll+bait troll bait]. [[Randall]] is attempting to &amp;quot;troll&amp;quot; (intentionally provoke) the people who claim &amp;quot;couple&amp;quot; must mean exactly two by taking the other side of the argument.&amp;#160; &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This comic also alludes to similar arguments about the relative meaning of phrases like &amp;quot;few&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;several&amp;quot; (some people will argue that &amp;quot;several&amp;quot; should mean more than &amp;quot;few&amp;quot;, while others will argue the opposite or that it doesn't matter), making this comic [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll+bait troll bait]. [[Randall]] is attempting to &amp;quot;troll&amp;quot; (intentionally provoke) the people who claim &amp;quot;couple&amp;quot; must mean exactly two by taking the other side of the argument.&amp;#160; &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The title text similarly alludes to the argument. Randall says &amp;quot;Try asking a couple of friends [...] unless all three of them agree,&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot; &lt;/del&gt;which jokingly refers to the same group of people first by the vague term &amp;quot;couple,&amp;quot; which can include three, and then specifies the exact number, resulting in a jarring effect as if a &amp;quot;couple&amp;quot; meant exactly three. The title text also mentions the {{w|Sentence spacing|sentence spacing}} issue as an example of another topic known to ignite energetic arguments among pedantic types without ever leading to consensus. Sentence spacing is later seen in [[1285: Third Way]]. The sentence spacing arguments are about whether one or two space characters must be used after the period character at the end of the sentence.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The title text similarly alludes to the argument. Randall says &amp;quot;Try asking a couple of friends [...] unless all three of them agree&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/ins&gt;, which jokingly refers to the same group of people first by the vague term &amp;quot;couple,&amp;quot; which can include three, and then specifies the exact number, resulting in a jarring effect as if a &amp;quot;couple&amp;quot; meant exactly three. The title text also mentions the {{w|Sentence spacing|sentence spacing}} issue as an example of another topic known to ignite energetic arguments among pedantic types without ever leading to consensus. Sentence spacing is later seen in [[1285: Third Way]]. The sentence spacing arguments are about whether one or two space characters must be used after the period character at the end of the sentence.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The title text also points out an unusual situation where troll baiting may not work: namely, intending to spark an argument is most effective if there is a disagreement on the matter. If all of the inquired friends have the same opinion on the matter (be it the definition of 'couple' or the number of spaces after a period), then an argument may not spark, and the trolling attempt may fail. Randall also takes a side in the title text, saying &amp;quot;a couple of friends&amp;quot; and then later &amp;quot;all three of them&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The title text also points out an unusual situation where troll baiting may not work: namely, intending to spark an argument is most effective if there is a disagreement on the matter. If all of the inquired friends have the same opinion on the matter (be it the definition of 'couple' or the number of spaces after a period), then an argument may not spark, and the trolling attempt may fail. Randall also takes a side in the title text, saying &amp;quot;a couple of friends&amp;quot; and then later &amp;quot;all three of them&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Theusaf: Reverted edits by Donald Trump (talk) to last revision by CRLF</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Reverted edits by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/Donald_Trump&quot; title=&quot;Special:Contributions/Donald Trump&quot;&gt;Donald Trump&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Donald_Trump&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;User talk:Donald Trump (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;talk&lt;/a&gt;) to last revision by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php/User:CRLF&quot; title=&quot;User:CRLF&quot;&gt;CRLF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Reverted edit by anti-crap user&lt;/p&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Reverted edits by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/%F0%9F%91%96%F0%9F%94%A5&quot; title=&quot;Special:Contributions/👖🔥&quot;&gt;👖🔥&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:%F0%9F%91%96%F0%9F%94%A5&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;User talk:👖🔥 (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;talk&lt;/a&gt;) to last revision by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/index.php/User:Jacky720&quot; title=&quot;User:Jacky720&quot;&gt;Jacky720&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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