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curprev 08:2708:27, 1 October 2024 Citation bot talk contribs 66,850 bytes +69 Altered date. Add: pmid, doi, pages, issue, volume, authors 1-1. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | Category:Articles that may be too long from September 2024 | #UCB_Category 12/34 undo

curprev 18:3018:30, 13 September 2024 Biohistorian15 talk contribs 66,781 bytes +42 Add surely non-controversial maintenance template undo

curprev 19:2519:25, 4 September 2024 Keeper of Albion talk contribs 66,739 bytes +26 False titles undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 01:0801:08, 31 August 2024 Generalrelative talk contribs 66,713 bytes +4 Undid revision 1243182349 by Clovermoss (talk) Rv good-faith edit. There was actually substantive debate and uncertainty about this back in the 90s. It wasn't until the "genomics revolution" following the sequencing of the human genome in 2003 that we began to see a definitive consensus on the matter begin to form. undo Tag: Undo
curprev 00:2500:25, 31 August 2024 Clovermoss talk contribs 66,709 bytes −4 Remove "now", this view was discredited long before 1994 undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 01:5701:57, 14 August 2024 Generalrelative talk contribs 66,713 bytes +11 Restoring consensus langauge undo Tags: Manual revert Visual edit
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curprev 19:2419:24, 10 August 2024 Generalrelative talk contribs 66,713 bytes +637 Replaced Guardian source with peer-reviewed paper speaking explicitly to scientific consensus published in American Psychologist undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 23:1423:14, 5 August 2024 Willondon talk contribs 66,076 bytes −18 Undid revision 1237528036 by 216.164.249.213 (talk); unexplained change; not a typo undo Tag: Undo

curprev 06:5806:58, 30 July 2024 216.164.249.213 talk 66,094 bytes +18 fixing typo undo Tag: Reverted
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curprev 06:4906:49, 30 July 2024 216.164.249.213 talk 66,077 bytes −487 beyond being uncited, this claim links the article on the flynn effect, which is an effect across variable populations and has nothing to do with the IQ changes of an individual person undo

curprev 18:2318:23, 25 July 2024 Generalrelative talk contribs 66,564 bytes −36 Undid revision 1236553632 by Biohistorian15 (talk) undo Tag: Undo
curprev 09:3209:32, 25 July 2024 Biohistorian15 talk contribs 66,600 bytes +36 Inaccurate. The last description may be debatable, but it too does occur relatively often in the book undo Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 02:5102:51, 25 July 2024 Generalrelative talk contribs 66,564 bytes −36 Undid revision 1234378681 by Biohistorian15 (talk) These are the more controversial topics covered by the book, and thus the ones most widely commented upon, but the book itself is more properly about "Intelligence" and "Social class". undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 22:5022:50, 24 July 2024 Oneequalsequalsone talk contribs m 66,600 bytes +4 →Criticism by Noam Chomsky undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 01:5601:56, 14 July 2024 Biohistorian15 talk contribs 66,596 bytes +56 More concrete undo

curprev 20:1520:15, 27 June 2024 Firefangledfeathers talk contribs 66,540 bytes −79 Undid revision 1231339604 by Biohistorian15 (talk) - WP:COPYVIOEL undo Tag: Undo
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curprev 14:3114:31, 13 June 2024 Generalrelative talk contribs 66,538 bytes −23 Undid revision 1228838194 by 80.200.232.89 (talk) Unnecessary pussyfooting undo Tag: Undo
curprev 13:2713:27, 13 June 2024 80.200.232.89 talk 66,561 bytes +23 →Criticism by Stephen Jay Gould undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 13:2713:27, 12 June 2024 Harryhenry1 talk contribs 66,538 bytes −152 Undid revision 1228649346 by Greyfits (talk) Promotional article, nothing to do with the book undo Tag: Undo
curprev 11:4411:44, 12 June 2024 Greyfits talk contribs m 66,690 bytes +152 →Further reading undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 01:4401:44, 27 May 2024 ClueBot NG talk contribs m 66,538 bytes −18 Reverting possible vandalism by 2603:8080:4200:81C:88CF:2E95:7BD3:1C0B to version by Karma1998. Report False Positive? Thanks, ClueBot NG. (4326596) (Bot) undo Tag: Rollback
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curprev 04:3204:32, 21 April 2024 MrOllie talk contribs 66,534 bytes +1,545 Reverted 1 edit by 174.173.49.75 (talk): Rv profringe edit undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 04:2904:29, 21 April 2024 174.173.49.75 talk 64,989 bytes −1,545 As stated in the talk page, this sentence does not provide adequate or firm sources that mainstream science has refuted this idea. Poor sources. undo Tags: Reverted references removed

curprev 06:1906:19, 8 April 2024 Grayfell talk contribs m 66,534 bytes −573 Undid revision 1217843972 by 95.214.228.216 (talk) Fringe study from predatory journal undo Tag: Undo
curprev 05:5905:59, 8 April 2024 95.214.228.216 talk 67,107 bytes +573 Added citation for study showing experts in the field rate genetics to be the most important cause in cross-national differences in intelligence: "Seventy-one experts rated possible causes of cross-national differences in cognitive ability based on psychometric IQs and student assessment studies (e.g., PISA, PIRLS, TIMSS). Genes were rated as the most important cause (17%), followed by educational quality (11.44%), health (10.88%), and educational quantity (10.20%) (Table 1)..." undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

curprev 19:4819:48, 4 April 2024 NightHeron talk contribs 66,534 bytes +3 Undid revision 1217260105 by Goodtablemanners (talk)previous wording was accurate undo Tag: Undo
curprev 19:3519:35, 4 April 2024 Goodtablemanners talk contribs 66,531 bytes −3 Previous wording comes across as if the issue were scientifically settled which isn't quite the case. undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 21:4721:47, 2 April 2024 NightHeron talk contribs 66,534 bytes +1,731 Undid revision 1216939252 by 73.227.99.246 (talk)rv unjustified removal of content undo Tag: Undo
curprev 21:1421:14, 2 April 2024 73.227.99.246 talk 64,803 bytes −1,731 There were inaccuracies in the article as none of the cited links actually refuted the data in the Bell Curve book undo Tags: Reverted references removed

curprev 23:1923:19, 19 March 2024 Vycl1994 talk contribs 66,534 bytes +11 →Cognitive sorting and the "cognitive elite" concept undo

curprev 23:4723:47, 31 January 2024 LyonsDen1995 talk contribs 66,523 bytes +46 "We've always done it this way" is not a good reason for omitting a relevant qualifier on a contentious subject. I think it's helpful for readers. undo Tags: Manual revert Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 17:1017:10, 31 January 2024 Generalrelative talk contribs 66,477 bytes −46 Undid revision 1201444129 by 104.39.252.92 (talk) True but we typically don't add this kind of qualifier to attributions. Folks can click through and learn more about him. undo Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 17:0617:06, 31 January 2024 104.39.252.92 talk 66,523 bytes +46 added point that makes the citation more relevant undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 15:3815:38, 30 January 2024 Hob Gadling talk contribs 66,477 bytes +1,545 Undid revision 1200939593 by InexorableAndUnconcerned (talk) sources do not need to be explicit - they only need to be reliable undo Tag: Undo
curprev 15:3615:36, 30 January 2024 InexorableAndUnconcerned talk contribs 64,932 bytes −1,545 The citations provide no actual evidence or refutation, they're just opinion pieces in opposition to the sentiment. Sentence and ciations removed as they were opinion. undo Tags: Reverted references removed Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 10:4310:43, 2 November 2023 Hob Gadling talk contribs 66,477 bytes +1,827 Undid revision 1183123970 by Rusentaja (talk) the lede does not even need sources; it summarizes the article. Undo whitewashing undo Tag: Undo
curprev 09:2909:29, 2 November 2023 Rusentaja talk contribs 64,650 bytes −1,827 Removed poorly sourced claims for large statements about the scientific consensus. undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 21:2621:26, 23 September 2023 Generalrelative talk contribs 66,477 bytes −173 Undid revision 1176763130 by YusufuAM (talk) Poor source and I wasn't able to find the claim which it's being cited for undo Tag: Undo
curprev 21:0321:03, 23 September 2023 YusufuAM talk contribs 66,650 bytes +173 Added citation undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

curprev 16:3916:39, 6 September 2023 Dnm talk contribs 66,477 bytes +282 No edit summary undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 19:2819:28, 1 September 2023 Dgorsline talk contribs 66,195 bytes −18 →Reception: the correct name is Brookings Institution undo

curprev 10:3410:34, 29 June 2023 Technopat talk contribs m 66,213 bytes +1,545 Reverted edit by Pingiotto7 (talk) to last version by Srwalden undo Tag: Rollback
curprev 10:3010:30, 29 June 2023 Pingiotto7 talk contribs 64,668 bytes −1,545 The claim that it is "unscientific" is not supported by sufficient reliable scientific sources. undo Tag: Reverted

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