User contributions for AlexanderVanLoon
A user with 3,125 edits. Account created on 30 January 2009.
17 October 2022
- 07:5707:57, 17 October 2022 diff hist +9 m High-speed rail in Portugal →Lisbon–Porto: add missing word "stations"
12 October 2022
- 09:0609:06, 12 October 2022 diff hist +303 High-speed rail in Portugal add reference for Lisbon–Madrid line
- 09:0209:02, 12 October 2022 diff hist +658 High-speed rail in Portugal mention two other planned lines, link to main articles
- 08:2808:28, 12 October 2022 diff hist +2,376 High-speed rail in Portugal update with latest news on Lisbon–Porto line
- 07:3707:37, 12 October 2022 diff hist −6 m High-speed rail in Portugal don't use boldface for "Portugal either per MOS:FIRST
- 07:3607:36, 12 October 2022 diff hist −6 m High-speed rail in Portugal don't bold "high speed rail" per MOS:FIRST
20 May 2022
- 11:0011:00, 20 May 2022 diff hist −357 High-speed rail in France →Planned lines: removing LGV Poitiers–Limoges from here because it was canceled in 2017 according to that article
4 February 2022
- 14:3114:31, 4 February 2022 diff hist +1,167 LGV Montpellier–Perpignan add news update on progress
29 December 2021
- 10:3210:32, 29 December 2021 diff hist +955 High-speed rail in Italy →Salerno–Reggio Calabria: update on latest news regarding this line
27 October 2021
- 20:0520:05, 27 October 2021 diff hist −44 m Battle of the Granicus →Modern interpretations: in response to the clarification request, I originally wrote "field army" in the sense that the army was not garrisoned in a fort or city, but because that word can have other meanings as well "army" is better
- 20:0220:02, 27 October 2021 diff hist +1 m Battle of the Granicus use Latin place names everywhere to be consistent, so change Abydos to Abydus in lead paragraph
- 20:0020:00, 27 October 2021 diff hist −4 m Battle of the Granicus →Persian army: nationality = ethnicity
- 15:2815:28, 27 October 2021 diff hist +1,976 Talk:Battle of the Granicus →My huge overhaul of this article on 26 August 2021: comment on things to do
- 15:0815:08, 27 October 2021 diff hist +2,088 User talk:Gog the Mild →Your comments on the Battle of the Granicus: new section
- 14:4614:46, 27 October 2021 diff hist +1,078 User talk:Chidgk1 →Your comments on the Battle of the Granicus: new section
- 14:0014:00, 27 October 2021 diff hist +1,568 User talk:Buidhe →Your comments on the Battle of the Granicus: new section
- 13:4213:42, 27 October 2021 diff hist +1,003 User talk:Nikkimaria →Your comments on the Battle of the Granicus: new section
26 October 2021
- 10:3710:37, 26 October 2021 diff hist +1,215 Talk:Battle of the Granicus →My huge overhaul of this article on 26 August 2021: reply to LouisAragon
- 10:3010:30, 26 October 2021 diff hist −43 Battle of the Granicus →Background: replace reference to Diodorus Siculus for the founding of the Hellenic League with a secondary source
- 09:5009:50, 26 October 2021 diff hist +36 Battle of the Granicus →Prelude: add an extra reference; clarify that the paragraph on the approach to the Granicus is based on Arrian's account; remove reference to Plutarch and just use the secondary source to simplify
- 09:1109:11, 26 October 2021 diff hist −60 Battle of the Granicus add references to two paragraphs which missed them; simplify some sentences;
- 08:2308:23, 26 October 2021 diff hist +599 Battle of the Granicus fix some numbers in edits to infobox made by LuciusHistoricus; reduce use of boldface; use same troop names and wikilinks as in article body; fix numbers on Persian numbers and casualties to use only modern research
- 07:4207:42, 26 October 2021 diff hist +88 Battle of the Granicus →Persian army: to answer the clarification request, it is A. M. Devine who interprets Arrian's casualty figures as implying that 18,000 mercenaries were massacred, rewrote text to clarify this
- 07:1707:17, 26 October 2021 diff hist −46 m Battle of the Granicus →Account of Diodorus: answer to the clarification request: "was routed" in the past tense is indeed better
21 October 2021
- 11:3211:32, 21 October 2021 diff hist 0 m Battle of the Granicus →Prelude: fix typo: not council, but counsel
20 October 2021
- 12:4212:42, 20 October 2021 diff hist +41 Battle of the Granicus →Account of Arrian: emphasize that the Greek mercenaries were surrounded when they were attacked according to Arrian, which might explain their high casualties
- 12:3612:36, 20 October 2021 diff hist +115 Battle of the Granicus →Account of Arrian: reorder paragraphs on discussion of attack led by Alexander
- 11:5911:59, 20 October 2021 diff hist +34 Battle of the Granicus →Account of Plutarch: rewrite to mention engagement of Foot Companions with Persian infantry, use just one reference for the whole paragraph
- 11:3511:35, 20 October 2021 diff hist +274 Battle of the Granicus →Persian army: rewrite section on Persian infantry for clarity; reword sentence on Persian reinforcement of left wing
- 11:1211:12, 20 October 2021 diff hist +1,552 Battle of the Granicus add information on the assessment of the battle by the famous Alexander historian Ernst Badian
7 September 2021
- 19:1519:15, 7 September 2021 diff hist +16 Battle of the Granicus →Background: change wikilink for the mercenaries to refer to the more specific article on Ancient Greek mercenaries
- 19:0719:07, 7 September 2021 diff hist +4 m Battle of the Granicus →Account of Arrian: grammar fix: "the" attack
6 September 2021
- 12:0312:03, 6 September 2021 diff hist +28 User:AlexanderVanLoon mention Battle of the Granicus current
- 12:0112:01, 6 September 2021 diff hist +278 Battle of the Granicus →Modern interpretations: mention one more argument against the account of Diodorus
- 11:4911:49, 6 September 2021 diff hist +74 Wikipedia:Featured article candidates →Nominations: list the nomination of the article on the Battle of the Granicus
- 11:4711:47, 6 September 2021 diff hist +1,323 N Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of the Granicus/archive1 nominate article on Battle of the Granicus
- 11:3511:35, 6 September 2021 diff hist +16 Talk:Battle of the Granicus remove suggestion to translate from Finnish version, because English version is now much better; nominate for featured article
- 10:0510:05, 6 September 2021 diff hist +841 Battle of the Granicus discuss the date of the battle and provide sources
- 08:4708:47, 6 September 2021 diff hist +56 Battle of the Granicus clarify casualty figures of Persians in infobox, correct the casualty figure in the text so that source is correctly cited
30 August 2021
- 13:5313:53, 30 August 2021 diff hist +35 m Battle of the Granicus fix layout; fix grammar; add author link for J. F. C. Fuller
- 13:4913:49, 30 August 2021 diff hist +3,239 Talk:Battle of the Granicus →My huge overhaul of this article on 26 August 2021: new section
26 August 2021
- 21:1021:10, 26 August 2021 diff hist +3 m Battle of the Granicus fix grammar
- 21:0421:04, 26 August 2021 diff hist −50 Battle of the Granicus →Casualties: clarify with subsections for both armies, reorder slightly to make it easier to read
- 20:5820:58, 26 August 2021 diff hist +2,309 Battle of the Granicus finish with the references and sources sections, will write on talk page tomorrow or the day after for an explanation of my huge edit
- 20:5220:52, 26 August 2021 diff hist +3,428 Battle of the Granicus add sections on casualties and aftermath, hugely improving on the previous result section Tag: Disambiguation links added
- 20:4820:48, 26 August 2021 diff hist +3,399 Battle of the Granicus hugely improve section describing the battle itself
- 20:4420:44, 26 August 2021 diff hist +8,010 Battle of the Granicus add section on size and deployment of both armies
- 20:4220:42, 26 August 2021 diff hist +6,575 Battle of the Granicus add sections on prelude and location to explain the moves of both sides before the battle and to discuss exact location of the battle
- 20:4020:40, 26 August 2021 diff hist +2,257 Battle of the Granicus add huge section on background to help understand the battle Tag: Disambiguation links added
- 20:3720:37, 26 August 2021 diff hist −1,673 Battle of the Granicus complete overhaul of this article, starting with infobox and first paragraph
