User contributions for Christian Gregory

7 August 2024

• 08:4808:48, 7 August 2024 diff hist +132 Mercedes (name) Added: Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt born: Maria "Mercedes" Morgan

18 May 2024

• 21:2121:21, 18 May 2024 diff hist −28 m Karin Lesch Added internal link to: Lip sync

16 April 2024

• 14:2814:28, 16 April 2024 diff hist −1 m Jonkheer Correction of a typo.

11 November 2023

• 04:2804:28, 11 November 2023 diff hist +227 St. Martin's Day Martlemas: Citations still need proper formatting.

29 October 2023

• 04:4304:43, 29 October 2023 diff hist +2 m Charles Smith (pathologist) Added indefinite article and hyphens because of adjectival use.

1 October 2023

• 05:2205:22, 1 October 2023 diff hist +42 m The Other Wise Man →Namesake: Reactivated dead link via Internet Archive.

28 September 2023

• 07:1607:16, 28 September 2023 diff hist +27 The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank Link to actress Edda Barends' Dutch Wiki page + request for page for real-life "Charlotte Kaletta" on whom "Lotte Dussel" was based.

3 September 2023

• 15:3915:39, 3 September 2023 diff hist −6 m Gwili Railway accidental doubling of word
• 15:2115:21, 3 September 2023 diff hist 0 m Grey Gardens (estate) misplaced definite article

24 August 2023

• 17:4717:47, 24 August 2023 diff hist +66 m Ronald Tremain citation requested, citation provided

5 July 2023

• 17:5317:53, 5 July 2023 diff hist 0 m Western Electric Correction of a typo.

30 June 2023

• 13:4013:40, 30 June 2023 diff hist +229 List of British banknotes and coins Added 1804 Five Shilling Geo. III, Great Britain, Bank of England Dollar—@NotReallySoroka/@Silcox...don't besmirch the good name of a legitimate user.

27 June 2023

• 06:5306:53, 27 June 2023 diff hist +1 m Victoria Day Correction of a typo.

22 June 2023

• 05:1505:15, 22 June 2023 diff hist +47 m Summer solstice Added alternate British spelling.

14 June 2023

• 04:1104:11, 14 June 2023 diff hist +2 m Kevin Guthrie Rules of adjectival order.

1 June 2023

• 12:4312:43, 1 June 2023 diff hist +18 m James Daughton “‘Greg’ Marmalard” listed so spelt in the original credits at 1:45:27. (“Gregg” does appear in the English subtitles of the 20th Anniversary DVD but in conflict with its 1978 end credits).
• 09:2509:25, 1 June 2023 diff hist +13 m James Daughton Full name and fate given on screen as “Gregory Marmalard (Class of) ’63” at 1:42:29
• 08:2508:25, 1 June 2023 diff hist −4 m Glasgow dialect Removed accidentally doubled word; left: ‘…“in the” city…’, rather than: ‘…“the” city…’ for clarity.

15 May 2023

• 01:1201:12, 15 May 2023 diff hist 0 m Pamela Franklin multiple adjectives are always ranked accordingly: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose

11 May 2023

• 10:1110:11, 11 May 2023 diff hist 0 m Victoria Day Correction of a typo.

8 March 2023

• 16:4616:46, 8 March 2023 diff hist +409 St Edmund Hall, Oxford Inserted the precise fractional amounts of the ₤-s-d given, to put things in perspectives more readily understood for those unfamiliar with pre-decimal money, as these sums are not arbitrary, but show the exact amounts in fractions for relative comparison to the various rents charged.
• 16:4616:46, 8 March 2023 diff hist −12 Decimal Day Edited for two more standard variations of the separator between the three tiers of ₤-s-d (viz '⧸' is actually a representation of the long-s for the initial letter of the word 'shilling', thus is was bad form to use it between pounds and shillings, and only properly used between values of shillings and pence; not pounds and shillings.
• 16:4416:44, 8 March 2023 diff hist +248 Noble (English coin) →1430 onwards: Added note that as a notional value, because a noble or 6⧸8 = 80d. was precisely one-third of a ₤ Stg, it remained useful in some areas of accounting right up until Decimalisation, Monday 15 Feb. 1971.

28 February 2023

• 10:3510:35, 28 February 2023 diff hist +219 Romanus of Condat Provided citation for date of St Roman's Day.

19 January 2023

• 21:0221:02, 19 January 2023 diff hist +361 Return to Sender (song) Note how the word "zone" became anachronistic only 9 months after the song was released.

18 January 2023

• 13:2113:21, 18 January 2023 diff hist +83 Christopher Added American actor Dennis Christopher, (born Dennis Carrelli).

9 November 2022

• 00:5400:54, 9 November 2022 diff hist +219 Bolossy Kiralfy Born Jan 1848—(possibly 1947)—in the Austrian Empire, and thus 19–20 y/o when it became the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1867, and 25–26 y/o when Pest aka "Pesth" was incorporated into Budapest in 1873.

6 November 2022

• 18:2118:21, 6 November 2022 diff hist +3 Dorr Felt Dorr E. Felt always included his middle initial in his name; see talk page. Arguably the page name itself ought to be changed to reflect this. Cf. "F. Scott Fitzgerald" and "G. Gordon Liddy"
• 18:1118:11, 6 November 2022 diff hist +282 The Kiralfy Brothers Born 1845 in the Austrian Empire, Imre was 22 & Bossy 19 y/o when it became the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1867, and 28 & 25 y/o when Pest aka "Pesth" was incorporated into Budapest in 1873. Tag: Disambiguation links added

26 August 2022

• 10:4710:47, 26 August 2022 diff hist +406 m User:Christian Gregory/sandbox No edit summary current

21 August 2022

• 05:2005:20, 21 August 2022 diff hist +257 m User:Christian Gregory/sandbox No edit summary
• 05:0805:08, 21 August 2022 diff hist +666 User:Christian Gregory/sandbox Random examples of 'So’ton, (Hants.)'

13 August 2022

• 08:1408:14, 13 August 2022 diff hist +504 User talk:Christian Gregory →Southampton : to the attention of User:BrownHairedGirl: Reply Tag: Reply
• 08:0608:06, 13 August 2022 diff hist +554 User talk:Christian Gregory →Southampton : to the attention of User:BrownHairedGirl: Reply Tag: Reply
• 07:5407:54, 13 August 2022 diff hist +1,944 User talk:Christian Gregory →Southampton : to the attention of User:BrownHairedGirl: new section Tag: New topic
• 07:1107:11, 13 August 2022 diff hist −1,130 m User:Christian Gregory/sandbox ←Replaced content with '{{User sandbox}} <!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -->' Tags: Replaced Manual revert
• 07:1007:10, 13 August 2022 diff hist +1,130 User:Christian Gregory/sandbox Six word clarification of this most common abbreviation–e.g. Department for Transport signage, etc.–that is not intuitive to the uninitiated and thus an equally common point of confusion. Tags: Reverted Disambiguation links added
• 07:0907:09, 13 August 2022 diff hist +913 Southampton Six word clarification of this most common abbreviation–e.g. Department for Transport signage, etc.–that is not intuitive to the uninitiated and thus an equally common point of confusion. Tags: Reverted Disambiguation links added

8 August 2022

• 04:1504:15, 8 August 2022 diff hist −3,004 m User:Christian Gregory/sandbox ←Replaced content with '{{User sandbox}} <!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -->' Tags: Replaced Manual revert
• 04:1404:14, 8 August 2022 diff hist +1,537 User:Christian Gregory/sandbox Test for addition of abbreviations "So'ton, Hants" and "Soton" to "Southampton, Hampshire article with sufficient reliable citations. Tag: Reverted
• 04:1004:10, 8 August 2022 diff hist +1,245 Southampton Added the well-known, longstanding, historical contraction(s): "So'ton, Hants" and "Soton" with sufficient, reliable citations to appease Murgatroyd49, for what is my hometown, born & raised. Cheers :) Tags: Reverted Disambiguation links added
• 03:4203:42, 8 August 2022 diff hist 0 User:Christian Gregory/sandbox No edit summary Tag: Reverted
• 03:2803:28, 8 August 2022 diff hist +1,467 User:Christian Gregory/sandbox Test of So'ton Hants, for Southampton in Hampshire. Tags: Reverted Disambiguation links added

6 August 2022

• 18:5318:53, 6 August 2022 diff hist −10 m Southampton Undid revision 1102752903 by Christian Gregory (talk) Made no difference. Tag: Undo
• 18:2018:20, 6 August 2022 diff hist +10 m Southampton Added a smart comma for internal-link search recognition. Tag: Reverted
• 15:5415:54, 6 August 2022 diff hist −13,656 User:Christian Gregory/sandbox ←Replaced content with '{{User sandbox}} <!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -->' Tags: Replaced Manual revert
• 15:5315:53, 6 August 2022 diff hist +13,656 User:Christian Gregory/sandbox Test run of: American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization) Tags: Reverted Disambiguation links added

5 August 2022

• 12:5912:59, 5 August 2022 diff hist +4 m American and British English spelling differences No edit summary
• 12:5112:51, 5 August 2022 diff hist +1,840 American and British English spelling differences Waning use of "-ise" found as an alternative in older Canadian usage.

6 April 2022

• 06:5206:52, 6 April 2022 diff hist +4 m Slovakia Added the definite article.