User contributions for Ekpyros
A user with 1,191 edits. Account created on 20 March 2009.
23 May 2024
- 13:0013:00, 23 May 2024 diff hist +32 German occupation of the Channel Islands →Collaboration: Reidentified Sherwill with then-current position, to avoid confusion. current Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
22 May 2024
- 18:3518:35, 22 May 2024 diff hist +1,230 Adam Nagourney →Personal life: Updated information about family from Nagourney's book, Publisher's Weekly, and the NYT itself. current Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
10 May 2024
- 20:2720:27, 10 May 2024 diff hist +3,541 Talk:Islamophobia in Sweden →"Hate crimes" section needs work: new section current Tag: New topic
- 18:2918:29, 10 May 2024 diff hist +254 Baitul Futuh Mosque →2015 fire: Removed outdated information and updated with trial of suspect at end of section. While some initial reports stated that a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old were arrested, multiple subsequent reports suggest that both arrestees were 16. I've omitted the second suspect, as he seems irrelevant, as well as that "[b]y the end of the day, no suggestion of a deliberate attack was made" as it seems extraneous. Feel free to ping me and discuss on the Talk page! current Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
5 May 2024
- 18:3518:35, 5 May 2024 diff hist +16 Margaret Sanger →Eugenics: Updated dead NYU URL for article with active (and archived) link. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 18:3118:31, 5 May 2024 diff hist +130 Margaret Sanger →Eugenics: Fixed confusing "Engelman also" prior to any prior statement of or identification of Edelman; set off contrasting point in new graph (i.e., the first now says she didn't use racist language herself—while the second makes clear that she had quarrel with neither such language nor the support of Klansmen and other virulent racists. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 18:1018:10, 5 May 2024 diff hist −1,638 Disinvestment from South Africa →Higher education endowments: (1) Added year to Obama activism. (2) Removed unsourced claims about "Raymond Sevilla" and patently false claims that "Hampshire College in 1977" was the first to divest and that "CUAA" was the "first anti-apartheid organization" at an academic institution. Please see Talk page for details and discussion. Thanks! Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 17:5917:59, 5 May 2024 diff hist +249 Talk:Disinvestment from South Africa →over-emphasis on Ramon Sevilla: Reply current Tag: Reply
- 14:1114:11, 5 May 2024 diff hist +764 Al Jazeera controversies and criticism →{{anchor|Reactions to ''The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers'' documentary}}"The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers": updated with conclusion of case in 2023 Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
25 April 2024
- 01:0001:00, 25 April 2024 diff hist +1 Minouche Shafik →Pro-palestinian protests and controversy: corrected diction Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
22 April 2024
- 15:2115:21, 22 April 2024 diff hist +5 m Fischer v. United States →Background: corrected diction Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 15:2015:20, 22 April 2024 diff hist +5 m Fischer v. United States →Background: corrected diction Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
19 April 2024
- 15:3015:30, 19 April 2024 diff hist +38 Joaquín Balaguer Corrected confusing photo caption of Balaguer "to [Trujillo's] right"—while Balaguer is in fact to Trujillo's right, he's left of him in the photo. Adding to the confusion, the Wikimedia Commons page for the photo actually describes Balaguer as "on [Trujillo's] left"—I will endeavor to clarify that caption, as well. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 15:1915:19, 19 April 2024 diff hist +341 Lorgia García Peña Cited source asserting that she "finished high school two months short of turning fifteen"—i.e., at fourteen. current Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
17 April 2024
- 15:4615:46, 17 April 2024 diff hist −487 General Aptitude Test Battery →GATB Race-Norming Controversy: rewrote the explanation of race-norming to be clearer and far more parsimonious. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 15:3215:32, 17 April 2024 diff hist +203 General Aptitude Test Battery →GATB Race-Norming Controversy: added affirmative action goals, which had been omitted (despite it being the main reason for race-norming, not allegedly biased tests); clarified why neuropsychological testing was normed (although I question its inclusion here); corrected Wikivoice saying black scores were only compared to those with "the same ethnicity", which was incorrect, as black scores were normed solely on the basis of race, not ethnicity. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
15 April 2024
- 17:5217:52, 15 April 2024 diff hist +1,524 Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus →Response: summarized strike: weapons; failure; sole casualty; damage to air base. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 17:0117:01, 15 April 2024 diff hist +1,113 Talk:Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus →Consulate NOT embassy in title: Support removing "Embassy"; oppose use of "Consulate" without clearer sourcing Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
9 April 2024
- 14:3314:33, 9 April 2024 diff hist +1,163 Israel–Hamas war →17 October: Added recent confession of PIJ spokesman that it was a PIJ rocket that hit Al-Ahli, and that PIJ and Hamas routinely use hospitals and ambulances to effect attacks, and also steal humanitarian aid. Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor
3 April 2024
- 15:4615:46, 3 April 2024 diff hist +3,673 Talk:Jamaal Bowman →Fire alarm: it's WP:DUE to be accurate: Reply Tag: Reply
1 April 2024
- 22:1422:14, 1 April 2024 diff hist +1,076 Talk:Jamaal Bowman →Fire alarm: it's WP:DUE to be accurate: Reply Tag: Reply
- 20:3020:30, 1 April 2024 diff hist +1,499 Talk:Jamaal Bowman →Fire alarm: it's WP:DUE to be accurate: new section Tag: New topic
- 15:2115:21, 1 April 2024 diff hist +762 Jamaal Bowman →Fire alarm incident and House censure: Added Bowman's admission that he walked by Capitol Police immediately after pulling alarm, but failed to notify them, even as the building was evacuated. Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor
- 15:0515:05, 1 April 2024 diff hist +1,376 Jamaal Bowman →Fire alarm incident and House censure: added details from surveillance video belying Bowman's claims Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor
28 March 2024
- 22:0622:06, 28 March 2024 diff hist +703 Israel–Hamas war →Allegations of sexual violence: Added subsequent allegations of rapes by IDF which were found to have been fabricated by a Palestinian woman. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 22:0322:03, 28 March 2024 diff hist +124 Israel–Hamas war →Allegations of sexual violence: Corrected completely misleading citation of RS which suggests that the Jerusalem Post credulously published a report of this "US official's" statement—when in fact the thrust of the story was how outrageously false the retired officer found the allegation. Also corrected "systemic" to "systematically"—as one cannot be "systemically sexually abused". Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 21:4321:43, 28 March 2024 diff hist +222 Israel–Hamas war →Allegations of sexual violence: Added description of and citation for allegations from report co-author. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 21:3221:32, 28 March 2024 diff hist +395 Israel–Hamas war →Allegations of sexual violence: Included authors of report; removed Wikivoice "credible" regarding allegations which failed WP:NPOV Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 21:2521:25, 28 March 2024 diff hist −4 m Israel–Hamas war →Siege of Gaza: corrected formatting error Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 21:2321:23, 28 March 2024 diff hist +25 Israel–Hamas war →Systemic sexual violence: Changed title—there has been no finding of sexual violence committed by the IDF; these are unsubstantiated allegations, and the UN report simply called for investigation. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
26 March 2024
- 19:4019:40, 26 March 2024 diff hist +519 Baltimore Police Department →Late 20th century to present: recent BPD officer demographics Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
1 March 2024
- 00:1500:15, 1 March 2024 diff hist −281 State of Palestine →Information and Communications: Deleted claim that "Palestine is known as 'Silicon Valley NGOs' [sic]", a bizarre claim sourced to one, single blog post that mentions one, single Palestinian "entrepreneur" describing it as such one, single time at one, single conference. If this is the standard of WP:V in this article, perhaps it should be taken offline until it's been thoroughly vetted? Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
28 February 2024
- 16:3816:38, 28 February 2024 diff hist −71 Weathering hypothesis →Criticism and related theories: The source reports only "evidence that mortality rates are higher among African-Americans in general, the infants of older blacks, and the black urban poor"—widely known facts which do not necessarily support theoretical "weathering". Indeed, it says the the hypothesis lacks data and examination of it has found "mixed results". Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 16:2816:28, 28 February 2024 diff hist +24 Weathering hypothesis →Criticism and related theories: The cited RS acknowledges that critics were not limited to the "medical community" and that they did not attribute all racial differences in health outcomes to genetics, but of course also to differences in culture, life choices, etc. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 16:1416:14, 28 February 2024 diff hist +608 Talk:Death of Nex Benedict →Nex possibly used he/him pronouns: Reply Tag: Reply
27 February 2024
- 00:0200:02, 27 February 2024 diff hist +2,987 Talk:Death of Nex Benedict →Nex possibly used he/him pronouns: Questioning what in Wikipedia guidance prohibits reporting all "personal pronouns", "genders", and names—along with any controversy surrounding them—when referring to a deceased person whose express wishes weren't clear? Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
26 February 2024
- 22:3122:31, 26 February 2024 diff hist +850 Death of Nex Benedict →Aftermath: Described genesis, investigation, and family statement regarding threats made against schools. Removed citation to source with patently false, irresponsible, and inflammatory claims: Nex was "Native American", was "beaten to death", and many more. Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor
- 21:5721:57, 26 February 2024 diff hist +43 Death of Nex Benedict →Background: Noted for clarity that Nex was not affiliated with the Choctaw—as explained in the cited RS, there has been considerable misinformation published on this point. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
17 February 2024
- 19:3419:34, 17 February 2024 diff hist +31 Be'eri massacre →Timeline: (1) Removed "verification failed" notice; after adding duplicate citation of the CNN article, all Wikivoice material in passages is found in cited RS. (2) Removed "how" tag; the IDF obviously freed the hostages remaining in Be'eri by killing the terrorists who had captured them. (3) Added that the IDF was still mopping up 48 hours later, per above-referenced CNN article. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
16 February 2024
- 21:0021:00, 16 February 2024 diff hist +7 Georgia election racketeering prosecution →Coffee County election equipment breach: Changed from "attacked" to "publicly disparaged" to clarify that the action described is only speech; "attacked the electronic voting company" could easily be misread as a cyber or even physical attack. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
31 January 2024
- 20:4920:49, 31 January 2024 diff hist +1 Twitter Files (1) Changed Wikivoice use of "censor(ship)" to "takedown" or "moderation" to reflect that Twitter, as a company, has not acknowledged that they've caved to government "censorship". (2) Changed descriptions of Republican "demand(s)" to "request(s)" to meet WP:NPOV, as our article only employed the former to describe GOP petitions—while exclusively employing the latter for those from Democrats. Tag: Visual edit
- 19:4119:41, 31 January 2024 diff hist 0 m Talk:Communication of the Trump administration during the COVID-19 pandemic →"Light and disinfectants" section full of errors: typo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 19:4019:40, 31 January 2024 diff hist +5,781 Talk:Communication of the Trump administration during the COVID-19 pandemic →"Light and disinfectants" section rife with serious WP:NPOV, WP:DUE, and even WP:BLP errors: new section Tag: New topic
- 16:5816:58, 31 January 2024 diff hist +1,241 Bleach →False claims as a cure: Removed incorrect Wikivoice stating that media reported Trump promoted "MSS" and/or "drinking" bleach. Added determination by fact-checkers that claims Trump promoted "injection" of bleach were misleading and false due to their omission of needed context—including the fact that, at the same conference, Trump specifically clarified that any treatments with bleach "wouldn't be through injections." Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 07:5407:54, 31 January 2024 diff hist +253 Talk:COVID-19 lab leak theory →"U.S., Chinese Researchers Wanted to Engineer Virus Similar to Covid One Year before Pandemic Outbreak, Internal Docs Show": Reply Tag: Reply
25 January 2024
- 05:5605:56, 25 January 2024 diff hist +2,740 Talk:Friendly fire during the Israel–Hamas war →Problems with article: new section Tag: New topic
16 January 2024
- 19:3019:30, 16 January 2024 diff hist 0 United States Fifth Fleet Fixed numerical typo that made the area off by a mere 300%. Oops! Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 19:1919:19, 16 January 2024 diff hist +285 United States Fifth Fleet Brought history up to present; added slightly more specific history, including WWII battles and the War on Terror. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- 18:4818:48, 16 January 2024 diff hist +26 United States Fifth Fleet Added square miles (per Global Security, USN, etc.) to give sense of scale. Removed duplicated and confusing text about its inactivity/reactivation in adjacent paragraphs, including a statement that, thanks to poor punctuation, asserted that only "parts of the Indian Ocean" (and not the entire fleet) had been reactivated "since 1995 after a 48-year hiatus." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:0418:04, 16 January 2024 diff hist −6 m USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) Edited to avoid a reader's possible initial confusion that the antecedent of "She" is "Chesty Puller" (who was very much male). The prior version made sense and was grammatically correct—"…named after Chesty Puller. She is the lead ship..."—but I hope other editors will agree this reads a bit more smoothly with zero change to content. Also removed clunky doubled preposition—"lead ship OF her class OF expeditionary bases"—by replacing first "of" with "in". Thanks! Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
