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7 May 2024

cur prev 15:0515:05, 7 May 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,486 bytes −278 Undid revision 1222718864 by AuH2ORepublican (talk) Self-reverting in order to correct edit description. undo Tags: Undo Reverted
cur prev 14:5714:57, 7 May 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,764 bytes +278 Reverting good-faith edits. As a NPOV article, both widely held points of view -- that he was " undo Tags: Undo Reverted
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6 May 2024

cur prev 20:2820:28, 6 May 2024 Car234 talk contribs 177,480 bytes −284 Undid revision 1222549007 by AuH2ORepublican (talk) undo Tags: Undo Reverted
cur prev 15:5815:58, 6 May 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,764 bytes +284 Undid revision 1222543162 by Car234 (talk) Bringing back properly sourced ant attributed contentt that contributes to the article being, as a whole, NPOV. undo Tags: Undo Reverted
cur prev 15:1215:12, 6 May 2024 Car234 talk contribs 177,480 bytes −284 Undid revision 1215414844 by AuH2ORepublican (talk) undo Tags: Undo Reverted

20 April 2024

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cur prev 00:1200:12, 20 April 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,780 bytes +5 Undid revision 1219787834 by R3troguy420 (talk) Again, calling it a "white minority government" is misleading. Southern Rhodesia's system was not like South Africa's (where there was an all-white parliament). Why the insistence on changing language ("predominantly white government") that you know is correct and NPOV? undo Tag: Undo

19 April 2024

cur prev 20:3120:31, 19 April 2024 R3troguy420 talk contribs 177,775 bytes −5 South Rhodesia (and its successor state) did have black Members of Parliament, but Smith was at the helm of a single-party government during his entire period in power, and the RF maintained an all-white membership. The black parliamentarians, already disadvantaged, played virtually no part in the country's governance, so calling it a white minority government does not add confusion. undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

18 April 2024

cur prev 20:5420:54, 18 April 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,780 bytes +19 →2000–2002: back in the public eye: Grammar and orthography edits. undo
cur prev 20:5120:51, 18 April 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,761 bytes +1 →First years under Mugabe: Grammar edit undo
cur prev 15:2215:22, 18 April 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,760 bytes +5 Undid revision 1219545399 by R3troguy420 (talk) Reverting good-faith edit. A "white minority government" implies a fully white government, but Southern Rhodesia had dozens of black members of Parliament. The article already makes it abundantly clear that whites were a minority in the country, so the edit wouldn't add anything to the article except confusion as to the composition of its Parliament. undo Tag: Undo
cur prev 11:4011:40, 18 April 2024 R3troguy420 talk contribs m 177,755 bytes −5 "predominately white" is true, but the political positions of him and his party would make "white minority" a better descriptor, in addition to the RF's exclusively white party membership undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

28 March 2024

cur prev 19:2219:22, 28 March 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,760 bytes −1 Undid revision 1215979601 by 109.180.158.19 (talk) Again, "Zimbabwean" is anachronistic as a descriptor of Ian Smith. undo Tag: Undo
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26 March 2024

cur prev 23:0023:00, 26 March 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,760 bytes −1 Undid revision 1215697975 by 109.180.158.19 (talk) Reverting good-faith edit. "Zimbabwean" is anachronistic as a descriptor of Ian Smith. undo Tags: Undo Reverted
cur prev 16:4416:44, 26 March 2024 109.180.158.19 talk 177,761 bytes +1 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

25 March 2024

cur prev 00:2500:25, 25 March 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,760 bytes +284 Undid revision 1215325754 by Car234 (talk) Bringing back properly sourced content. undo Tags: Undo Reverted

24 March 2024

cur prev 12:5312:53, 24 March 2024 Car234 talk contribs 177,476 bytes −284 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

28 February 2024

cur prev 05:4905:49, 28 February 2024 Lightiggy talk contribs 177,760 bytes −67 Removed redundant categories undo Tag: Visual edit

20 February 2024

cur prev 23:3823:38, 20 February 2024 R3troguy420 talk contribs 177,827 bytes −1 No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

18 February 2024

cur prev 20:5320:53, 18 February 2024 R3troguy420 talk contribs m 177,828 bytes +99 No edit summary undo Tag: Visual edit

9 February 2024

cur prev 06:2206:22, 9 February 2024 WikiCleanerBot talk contribs m 177,729 bytes 0 v2.05b - Bot T20 CW#61 - Fix errors for CW project (Reference before punctuation) undo Tag: WPCleaner

30 January 2024

cur prev 23:4123:41, 30 January 2024 Rowei99 talk contribs m 177,729 bytes +3 Copyedit in intro undo Tag: Visual edit

28 January 2024

cur prev 19:1019:10, 28 January 2024 R3troguy420 talk contribs 177,726 bytes −64 Minor rewording of the final introductory paragraph undo Tag: Visual edit

25 January 2024

cur prev 19:1019:10, 25 January 2024 35.22.105.71 talk 177,790 bytes −11 →Retirement and final years: better word choice undo Tag: Visual edit

14 January 2024

cur prev 16:1516:15, 14 January 2024 R3troguy420 talk contribs m 177,801 bytes −12 No edit summary undo Tag: Visual edit

11 January 2024

cur prev 22:3922:39, 11 January 2024 AnomieBOT talk contribs 177,813 bytes +75 Moving refs out of templates and rescuing orphaned refs (":1" from rev 1193593596) undo

6 January 2024

cur prev 16:1616:16, 6 January 2024 R3troguy420 talk contribs m 177,738 bytes −30 "economic and political ruination" is not an objective term, neither is it NPOV. If it was a direct quote, it should have been put in quotes undo Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

5 January 2024

cur prev 05:4005:40, 5 January 2024 Paora talk contribs 177,768 bytes +10 →top: tweak infobox undo

4 January 2024

cur prev 22:0322:03, 4 January 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,758 bytes +9 →Character, reputation and legacy: Grammar edit undo
cur prev 22:0022:00, 4 January 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,749 bytes +5 →Character, reputation and legacy: Correcting typo that I just put in; also, rephrased for clarity undo
cur prev 21:5521:55, 4 January 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,744 bytes +21 →Character, reputation and legacy: Grammar and clarification edits undo
cur prev 20:1120:11, 4 January 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,723 bytes −219 Removing selectively edited quote taken out of context. What Smith actually said was " I don’t believe in majority rule ever in Rhodesia… not in a thousand years. I repeat that I believe in blacks and whites working together. If one day it is white and the next day black I believe we would have failed and it will be a disaster for Rhodesia." https://www.thezimbabwean.co/2023/11/maybe-ian-smith-was-right-after-all/?tztc=1 undo
cur prev 16:3116:31, 4 January 2024 R3troguy420 talk contribs 177,942 bytes +363 →Character, reputation and legacy: Small rewrite of this section; I have not removed anything nor changed the contents majorly, rather I expanded on some of the quotes and sources, editing the final paragraph in particular for easier legibility. undo Tag: Visual edit

2 January 2024

cur prev 03:5503:55, 2 January 2024 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,579 bytes +288 Undid revision 1192763581 by 197.156.72.185 (talk) Reverting good-faith edits. The quotes in question were presented by reliable sources as examples of the generalized views of Smith's supporters and opponents. undo Tag: Undo

31 December 2023

cur prev 05:1705:17, 31 December 2023 197.156.72.185 talk 177,291 bytes −288 Undue to have quotes from single people here undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

11 December 2023

cur prev 15:2115:21, 11 December 2023 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,579 bytes +5 Grammar edit undo
cur prev 11:5511:55, 11 December 2023 R3troguy420 talk contribs m 177,574 bytes +2 No edit summary undo Tag: Visual edit
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30 November 2023

cur prev 08:3408:34, 30 November 2023 Sinerst talk contribs 177,571 bytes −61 Undid revision 1187481693 by 50.48.228.158 (talk) undo Tags: Undo Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

29 November 2023

cur prev 14:3014:30, 29 November 2023 50.48.228.158 talk 177,632 bytes +61 →Final years and death undo Tag: Reverted

28 November 2023

cur prev 12:2612:26, 28 November 2023 R3troguy420 talk contribs m 177,571 bytes +83 No edit summary undo Tag: Visual edit
cur prev 12:0512:05, 28 November 2023 Hyphenation Expert talk contribs 177,488 bytes −1 No edit summary undo
cur prev 00:3700:37, 28 November 2023 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,489 bytes +132 →Character, reputation and legacy: Many of these edits are good. But the official media in Mugabe's Zimbabwe, as in almost all truly totalitarian regimes, was state-run, and it is NPOV to say so. And since when is The Sunday Times (or its longtime Southern Africa correspondent, Magdalen College, Oxford fellow and "romantic contrarian liberal" R.W. Johnson) not "believable or trustworthy enough"? This is an encyclopedia article, not a commentary piece for Anti-Colonialism Monthly. undo

27 November 2023

cur prev 18:3018:30, 27 November 2023 R3troguy420 talk contribs 177,357 bytes −95 →Character, reputation and legacy: Removed one quote from an obituary that seemed not believable or trustworthy enough, plus some minor grammatical changes undo Tag: Visual edit

25 November 2023

cur prev 05:2205:22, 25 November 2023 AuH2ORepublican talk contribs 177,452 bytes −24 The most precise description of the Rhodesian government at the time of UDI is "predominantly white," as 15 of the 65 seats in its parliament were held by non-whites. Also, the Bush War was fought by soldiers, not governments, so the "military wings" (I'll keep you euphemism) of the Communist ZANU and ZAPU faced the Rhodesian armed forces, not Smith's government. undo