User contributions for 38.49.92.241

6 February 2024

• 08:4608:46, 6 February 2024 diff hist −4 Water pumping →Origins: rmv superfluous "one" before person's name Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 02:2002:20, 6 February 2024 diff hist 0 Rocky Point, Jamaica update verb tense Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 01:3101:31, 6 February 2024 diff hist 0 Francesco Rinaldi →History: correct "to" to "of" for lexical consistency Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

5 February 2024

• 02:1402:14, 5 February 2024 diff hist −37 Ames Monument rmv name of non-notable photographer (no Wikipedia article) from caption per MOS:CREDITS Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 02:0502:05, 5 February 2024 diff hist −6 Ames Monument →Richardsonian design: rmv peacockish "Noted" per MOS:PEA Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

4 February 2024

• 19:0819:08, 4 February 2024 diff hist 0 J. Kenji López-Alt →After The Food Lab (2016 to present): update verb tense
• 02:3402:34, 4 February 2024 diff hist +11 The Lady Vanishes per MOS:RELTIME, correct ambiguous and meaningless "to date" to "as of January 2021", the date of the cited ref Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

2 February 2024

• 11:1611:16, 2 February 2024 diff hist −6 Eleanor Post Hutton no justification for enclosing surnames in scare quotes; her mother married Hutton once, she didn't remarry him Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

30 January 2024

• 15:4215:42, 30 January 2024 diff hist 0 Pilcrow →Use in Latin: correct link pipe "|kaput" to "|caput": the Latin word is and always was "caput", not "kaput"—if using "K" as an abbreviation for "caput" must be explained, explain it, don't make up a Latin word
• 15:2415:24, 30 January 2024 diff hist −4 Conch →Pearls: rmv unsupported editorial puffery "and attractive" per MOS:PEA, MOS:OPED, etc; rmv redundant (following "unique") verbiage "of their own"; ¶ needs refs

29 January 2024

• 04:4104:41, 29 January 2024 diff hist −10 The Original Amateur Hour →Television debut (1948–1954): rmv peacockish "memorable" per MOS:PEA Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 03:0103:01, 29 January 2024 diff hist −7 Travertine →Uses: rmv peacockish "famous" per MOS:PEA Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 00:5800:58, 29 January 2024 diff hist +5 Administrative divisions of New York (state) →Hamlet: correct "Hamlets often have names corresponding to the names of a local school district [...]" to "A hamlet often has a name corresponding to the name of a local school district [...]" for the sake of grammatical agreement
• 00:4900:49, 29 January 2024 diff hist +4 Administrative divisions of New York (state) →Hamlet: link in caption to Sand Lake, New York
• 00:4000:40, 29 January 2024 diff hist −4 Watervliet →See also: one active link per dab page entry

28 January 2024

• 04:5104:51, 28 January 2024 diff hist −3 Fuji (apple) →Overview: correct "between" to "from" ("from x to[or dash] y" is correct; "between x to y" is incorrect) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

27 January 2024

• 10:4710:47, 27 January 2024 diff hist +1 Miles Routledge →Later trips: correct comma splice to semicolon; correct "wouldn't" to "would not" per MOS:N'T Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 10:4010:40, 27 January 2024 diff hist −8 Miles Routledge →Fall of Kabul: correct two ambiguous verb phrases using "would" to simple past indicatives Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

26 January 2024

• 14:0314:03, 26 January 2024 diff hist −7 Punnet →Prior form: rmv ", right" from "(see illustration)", because the image is oriented differently on mobile device displays Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

22 January 2024

• 11:1311:13, 22 January 2024 diff hist −19 Night Fever rmv unencyclopedic, peacockish editorializing "more impressively" per MOS:OPED, MOS:PEA, etc Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 08:5208:52, 22 January 2024 diff hist −10 Gallia Narbonensis rmv instructional and unnecessary "note that" from image caption per MOS:NOTE Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

21 January 2024

• 12:0812:08, 21 January 2024 diff hist −24 Matthew Arnold →Death: rmv "He was survived by", which adds nothing but triteness to "His wife died in June 1901", per MOS:SURVIVEDBY Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 12:0012:00, 21 January 2024 diff hist −11 Matthew Arnold rmv peacockish adjective "celebrated" per MOS:PEA Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 01:0701:07, 21 January 2024 diff hist −1 Riley Keough rmv errant comma

20 January 2024

• 15:4115:41, 20 January 2024 diff hist −23 Carlo Buonaparte →Rise to prominence: rmv peacockish "famous" per MOS:PEA; rmv comma from restrictive appositive (he had more than one son); rmv given name per MOS:SURNAME
• 15:1815:18, 20 January 2024 diff hist −6 Hôtel de Soubise →History: rmv peacockish "famous" per MOS:PEA
• 15:1415:14, 20 January 2024 diff hist −6 Soubise rmv peacockish "noted" per MOS:PEA current
• 04:2904:29, 20 January 2024 diff hist −63 Boerum Hill →Culture: prune verbiage and redundancies; rmv comma from restrictive appositive: Clockers isn't Spike Lee's only movie, so naming it isn't optional; link Gowanus Houses
• 04:1104:11, 20 January 2024 diff hist −27 Boerum Hill →History: rmv meaninglessly ambiguous "In recent decades", which is redundant with and inferior to the specific "since about the late 1990s" immediately following, per MOS:RELTIME; rmv unjustified italics from the names of two Mohawk reserves in Canada
• 03:5903:59, 20 January 2024 diff hist −2 Boerum Hill correct "Smith or Court Streets" to "Smith or Court Street" and "Warren or Wyckoff Streets" to "Warren or Wyckoff Street"
• 03:5603:56, 20 January 2024 diff hist +4 Alessandro Nivola →Personal life: a few commas help parse a confusing sentence
• 03:4703:47, 20 January 2024 diff hist −9 Alessandro Nivola →Career: rmv peacockish "heralded" per MOS:PEA

17 January 2024

• 21:5221:52, 17 January 2024 diff hist −17 Levon (song) →Notable covers and performances: rmv errant comma; rmv peacockish "highly regarded" per MOS:PEA Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 21:4821:48, 17 January 2024 diff hist 0 Levon (song) →History: rmv errant comma from restrictive appositive (Robertson wasn't his only fellow Band member); correct "didn't" to "did not" per MOS:N'T Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 18:5718:57, 17 January 2024 diff hist 0 2024 Rochester attack →Attack: third victim was female Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 07:2707:27, 17 January 2024 diff hist −11 Rickey Henderson →Legacy: rmv instructional "(at right)", because the quotation box isn't displayed at the right on all devices Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

16 January 2024

• 20:0920:09, 16 January 2024 diff hist −8 Jean Harlow →1932–1937: Successful actress at MGM: rmv peacockish "skilled" per MOS:PEA
• 20:0820:08, 16 January 2024 diff hist −10 Jean Harlow →Legacy: rmv peacockish "Legendary" per MOS:PEA
• 19:4119:41, 16 January 2024 diff hist −7 Blue Moon (1934 song) →Background: rmv peacockish "famous" per MOS:PEA
• 19:1519:15, 16 January 2024 diff hist 0 Sharon Temple →The Children of Peace: relocate " State" inside link pipe ("New York State" reads better than "New York State") current
• 19:1119:11, 16 January 2024 diff hist −48 Sharon Temple rmv unjustified scare quotes and link pipe from The Children of Peace; rmv peacockish "distinctive" and correct "architectural gem" to "building", per MOS:PEA

15 January 2024

• 14:1314:13, 15 January 2024 diff hist −4 Osmium →Physical properties: correct "more dense" to "denser" per standard English dictionaries Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

14 January 2024

• 06:1906:19, 14 January 2024 diff hist −2 Air Peace →Founding: correct biased "claims" to neutral "says" per MOS:SAY

11 January 2024

• 21:1821:18, 11 January 2024 diff hist +104 Margie Hendrix very much miscellaneous relatively minor cleanup including (but not limited to) punctuation errors and correcting given names to surnames per MOS:SURNAME, "struggled with" to "experienced" per MOS:EUPHEMISM and "claim" to "say" per MOS:SAY; refs needed in Death section

10 January 2024

• 23:4323:43, 10 January 2024 diff hist −5 Peter Ford (actor) correct five instances of "Peter" to "Ford" per MOS:SURNAME
• 20:5720:57, 10 January 2024 diff hist +24 Quinn O'Hara →Death: need reliable source of her husband's being "some two decades her junior", which is not stated in the two cited obituaries Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 11:4511:45, 10 January 2024 diff hist −5 Myra Breckinridge (film) →Development: correct biased "claimed" to neutral "said" per MOS:SAY Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 11:0511:05, 10 January 2024 diff hist +9 Stan Jones (songwriter) →Death: added state name for readers who don't know where Douglas is Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

8 January 2024

• 08:2608:26, 8 January 2024 diff hist −6 Cairo, New York →Notable people: rmv peacockish "noted" per MOS:PEA Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

5 January 2024

• 01:5501:55, 5 January 2024 diff hist +27 Clinton Power Station "today" is uselessly ambiguous and should be replaced by a year or other specific as-of date, per MOS:RELTIME Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit