Talk:History
Latest comment: 10 days ago by Thepharoah17 in topic "Etymology of "history"" listed at Redirects for discussion
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ToC
editA table of contents would be nice on the article. I don't see any magic word called directly in the article to suppress the ToC, which would be a silly thing to do anyway, so either it's some kind of extremely arcane technical problem or something weird on a template. Cremastra (talk) 00:34, 19 June 2025 (UTC)
- There's something very funny going on. If I preview the page with __FORCETOC__ in the relevant spot, exactly nothing happens. When I view the page logged out and in Vector2022, I see the ToC – but not in Vector 2010. Logged in, the ToC shows in Vector2022 but not my default skin of v2010, nor in monobook or timeless. Cremastra (talk) 00:40, 19 June 2025 (UTC)
- The problem is in {{TopicTOC-History}}. Cremastra (talk) 00:43, 19 June 2025 (UTC)
ResolvedSize of the page
editCongrats for the article, folks! One suggestion: the Citations section appears in one column for me and I think this is making the page too long. Perhaps making it a double or even three column would make it more friendly for desktop users. LuanSP (talk) 10:34, 19 June 2025 (UTC)
- It is shown for me in two columns, but this may depend on your display device. I set the column width explicitly to 30em now, which is the same value used for the sources section below to ensure consistency. Phlsph7 (talk) 12:04, 19 June 2025 (UTC)
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editcan we ask questions ~2026-19483-93 (talk) 14:24, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
- This is a page for discussing the article. So yes, you can ask questions about the article if you think something is unclear or needs improvement, but it's not for questions about history in general. Station1 (talk) 19:01, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
"Etymology of "history"" listed at Redirects for discussion
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The redirect Etymology of "history" has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 May 13 § Etymology of "history" until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 08:59, 13 May 2026 (UTC)