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1. • CommentRowNumber1.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeJun 10th 2020
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexhave added another basic example: Colimit of a representable functor ([here](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/limits+and+colimits+by+example#ColimitOfARepresentablefunctor)) <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/limits+and+colimits+by+example/45">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/limits+and+colimits+by+example/45">v45</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/limits+and+colimits+by+example">current</a>

   have added another basic example: Colimit of a representable functor (here)

   diff, v45, current

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   • CommentAuthorDavid_Corfield
   • CommentTimeJun 10th 2020
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   Author: David_Corfield
   Format: MarkdownItexWhy $Groupoids_{\infty}$ rather than nLab's usual $\infty Grpd$?

   Why $Groupoids_{\infty}$ rather than nLab’s usual $\infty Grpd$?

3. • CommentRowNumber3.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeJun 10th 2020
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexJust changed my personal preference for the notation. I think it's okay as long as it's clear.

   Just changed my personal preference for the notation. I think it’s okay as long as it’s clear.

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   • CommentAuthornLab edit announcer
   • CommentTimeSep 12th 2022
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   Author: nLab edit announcer
   Format: MarkdownItexJust correcting a letter which should have been upercase in order to make sense. Anonymous <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/limits+and+colimits+by+example/48">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/limits+and+colimits+by+example/48">v48</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/limits+and+colimits+by+example">current</a>

   Just correcting a letter which should have been upercase in order to make sense.

   Anonymous

   diff, v48, current

5. • CommentRowNumber5.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeApr 20th 2023
   • (edited Apr 20th 2023)
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexto the beginning of the section "In functor categories" ([here](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/limits+and+colimits+by+example#InFunctorCategories)) I added missing pointer to the entry *[[limits of functors are computed pointwise]]* (which just goes to show how woefully neglected this entry here is...) [edit: in fact, that section previously consisted of its headline only, since the following discussion of colimits over representables was only accidentally placed under this headline...] <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/limits+and+colimits+by+example/50">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/limits+and+colimits+by+example/50">v50</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/limits+and+colimits+by+example">current</a>

   to the beginning of the section “In functor categories” (here) I added missing pointer to the entry limits of functors are computed pointwise

   (which just goes to show how woefully neglected this entry here is…)

   [edit: in fact, that section previously consisted of its headline only, since the following discussion of colimits over representables was only accidentally placed under this headline…]

   diff, v50, current