Ayn Rand: Revision history

4 December 2008

• curprev 10:5610:56, 4 December 2008‎ imported>Larry Sanger‎ 18,922 bytes +3,467‎ →‎Life and Works

3 December 2008

• curprev 01:1001:10, 3 December 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 15,455 bytes +1‎ typo
• curprev 01:0901:09, 3 December 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 15,454 bytes +357‎ easier to scan text for end of citation if put a break after }}?
• curprev 01:0601:06, 3 December 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 15,449 bytes 0‎ comma before rather than after?

2 December 2008

• curprev 21:5921:59, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 15,449 bytes +352‎ how she thought of herself, at least as of October 1957
• curprev 21:5621:56, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 15,097 bytes +2,841‎ let's change "view of proper life" to philosophic views; other minor edits
• curprev 21:5321:53, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 15,100 bytes +1,303‎ removed a couple of commas
• curprev 21:5221:52, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 15,102 bytes +1‎ put in a vital comma
• curprev 19:5919:59, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 15,101 bytes +105‎ No edit summary
• curprev 19:4419:44, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 14,996 bytes +491‎ →‎Atlas Shrugged: changed 10,000 to xxxxx while I email the editors at National Review to see if they can give me an idea of their 1957 circulation
• curprev 17:0117:01, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 14,964 bytes −57‎ Does this improve the flow? I removed "although there is no universally accepted definition of the term" is there a strong need for this disclaimer?
• curprev 16:3916:39, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 15,021 bytes +516‎ →‎Atlas Shrugged: a 1998 Newsweek calls both big books "political pamphlets"
• curprev 16:2416:24, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 14,505 bytes +708‎ →‎Atlas Shrugged: put in Time mag quote and circ. figure
• curprev 16:1316:13, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 13,797 bytes 0‎ →‎Atlas Shrugged: spelling correction
• curprev 16:1216:12, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 13,797 bytes +1,541‎ →‎Atlas Shrugged: ref. the NYT circ. figure, at least within a few years
• curprev 15:2115:21, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 13,731 bytes 0‎ Bolding doesn't give any information in most link cases (rare exceptions). A redlink does,. If the intent were to emphasize, italics would be standard
• curprev 15:1815:18, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Martin Cohen‎ m 13,733 bytes +2‎ as Objectivism is at present only covered on this page, changing link to 'bold'
• curprev 13:5613:56, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 13,731 bytes +1,475‎ →‎Atlas Shrugged: quote from the NYT; rewrote the Buckley stuff. Gotta go buy some gin, but when I come back I'll put in the Time mag. review
• curprev 13:0813:08, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 12,768 bytes −17‎ →‎Atlas Shrugged
• curprev 12:5012:50, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 12,715 bytes −257‎ →‎Atlas Shrugged: minor editing of the Buck. para. I'll track down the NYT review and see what it says.
• curprev 12:1212:12, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 12,667 bytes −303‎ No edit summary
• curprev 12:0212:02, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 12,970 bytes −2‎ →‎Advocacy of Objectivism: removed "even" for the second time -- this sounds like Rah-Rah stuff to me, and I don't mean St. RAH, either. Hmmm, seems as if she might have influenced him a bit?
• curprev 11:5811:58, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 12,972 bytes +187‎ Edits and links
• curprev 11:5111:51, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 12,785 bytes +529‎ Again, removed judgmental adjectives
• curprev 11:3411:34, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 12,256 bytes +11,942‎ No edit summary
• curprev 11:3211:32, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ m 14,812 bytes +1‎ No edit summary
• curprev 11:3211:32, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ m 14,813 bytes +2‎ format
• curprev 11:3011:30, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 14,811 bytes +1,476‎ Reorder to try and make this flow more logically
• curprev 10:1510:15, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 14,838 bytes +3‎ relocated a comma, added italics to a book
• curprev 10:1310:13, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 14,835 bytes +1,500‎ →‎Life and Works: put in some italics to make the usage of them consistent
• curprev 10:1210:12, 2 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 14,823 bytes +1,488‎ removed "as" once again -- this is totally unnecessary and I haven't seen it used anywhere else for people who were given one name at birth but later used another

1 December 2008

• curprev 23:4023:40, 1 December 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 14,826 bytes +1,493‎ Moved text around, not leading with non-neutral review of Atlas Shruged
• curprev 17:0117:01, 1 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ m 13,333 bytes −2‎ typo
• curprev 16:5816:58, 1 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 13,335 bytes +3,292‎ removed the short para about her unconventional assertions from the top and put it down at the bottom of the article, now that the article has been fleshed out; this is hardly a major part of her bio
• curprev 16:5416:54, 1 December 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ m 13,332 bytes +2,445‎ Qualified National Review as opposed to Rand on policy; removed judgmental adjective
• curprev 16:5316:53, 1 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 13,219 bytes +2,332‎ Oh, well, let's put in her complete bibliography
• curprev 16:5016:50, 1 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 10,887 bytes +844‎ moved TOC -- I hate all that white space
• curprev 16:4916:49, 1 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 10,872 bytes +829‎ put in full dates; thanks for the comma, Ro -- I had kept meaning to do it but kept forgetting
• curprev 16:2616:26, 1 December 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ m 10,847 bytes +804‎ →‎Influence: ,
• curprev 13:4113:41, 1 December 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 10,846 bytes +802‎ No edit summary
• curprev 13:1013:10, 1 December 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 10,044 bytes +1‎ made a major change to the second paragraph, to which I think all sides will agree: added a missing period

29 November 2008

• curprev 15:4115:41, 29 November 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 10,043 bytes +3,386‎ →‎Influence: I assume that the stamp was first *issued* in NYC
• curprev 15:1815:18, 29 November 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 10,031 bytes +2‎ Should the Wikipedia entry have been short and disrespectful? Much pruning of adjectives and rhetoric
• curprev 15:1715:17, 29 November 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 10,029 bytes +3,372‎ Should the coverage, perhaps, have been brief and disrespectful? A few less adjectives, please.
• curprev 15:1615:16, 29 November 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 10,148 bytes +137‎ let's give the facts: she had *two* bestselling novels, plus, what? one other?; also, expanded on her long-winded characters
• curprev 15:1115:11, 29 November 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 10,110 bytes −1‎ change three words in lede to two
• curprev 15:1015:10, 29 November 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 10,111 bytes +100‎ copyediting lede para. also, let's put her "unconventional" states of 1971 into their temporal context. In any case, I doubt if this should even be mentioned so high up in the article.
• curprev 15:0515:05, 29 November 2008‎ imported>Howard C. Berkowitz‎ 10,011 bytes +390‎ WIthout agreeing with her writings or not, it is simply inaccurate to speak only of novels.
• curprev 14:5514:55, 29 November 2008‎ imported>Martin Cohen‎ 9,621 bytes +386‎ more power to objectivism!
• curprev 14:5314:53, 29 November 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 9,235 bytes +20‎ →‎Life and Works: minor copyediting, mostly putting the titles of her books into italics