User contributions for IfYouDoIfYouDon't

6 June 2020

• 23:1923:19, 6 June 2020 diff hist +23 m Porklips Now →Lead section: ¶2, sentence 1: Added wikilink for William "Billy" Gray.

3 June 2020

• 08:1208:12, 3 June 2020 diff hist −1 m John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories →Background: ¶2, sentence 3: “Among conspiracy theorists, author Mark Lane has been described as writing ‘the first literary shot’” → “Among conspiracy theorists, author Mark Lane has been described as firing ‘the first literary shot’” (i.e., "writing" → "firing". The original mixes a verb of plain description – "writing" – w/ the metaphorical direct object of a "shot"; cf. 1st cited source: Bugliosi says "the first literary shot fired by this group is believed to be Mark Lane's article").

1 February 2020

• 12:5012:50, 1 February 2020 diff hist −37 Noosphere →Lead section: ¶2, sentence 1: Deleted "or 'to spin the thread of the mind'". This is not part of the Wiktionary definition for νόος, but rather an etymological speculation. To mistake even a word's *established* etymology (which the thread thing is not...) for its meaning is to commit the etymological fallacy.
• 12:4912:49, 1 February 2020 diff hist +397 Talk:Genetic fallacy →Wedding ring example is problematic: new section

31 December 2019

• 04:2104:21, 31 December 2019 diff hist −1 m True Lies →Cancelled sequel: ¶2, sentence 4: "...it deals with some terrorists act of some sort." → "...it deals with some terrorist act of some sort." (Grammar &/or typo: *"terrorists act" is not a grammatical English compound noun; the correct form is "terrorist act".)

23 November 2019

• 23:1823:18, 23 November 2019 diff hist 0 Eggnog →Raw eggs: ¶1, sentence 4: "1982" → "1981". The referenced news story, published January 1982, clearly states that the eggnog had been served on Christmas Eve – i.e., in December 1981.

25 October 2019

• 05:2405:24, 25 October 2019 diff hist +51 Singulative number →Examples: ¶1, sentence 2: Added basic glosses for Welsh tad ~ tadau, bachgen ~ bechgyn, chwaer ~ chwiorydd, in keeping w/ the rest of the examples.

23 October 2019

• 13:2213:22, 23 October 2019 diff hist 0 m Lynching in the United States →State laws: ¶3, sentence 7: "non-lethal attack of a young black man" → "non-lethal attack on a young black man". (An instance of attacking a person is an attack *on* that person, not *of* that person.)

19 October 2019

• 12:5712:57, 19 October 2019 diff hist 0 m List of acts of the 116th United States Congress →Public laws: 116-24: "alians" → "aliens". (Typo fix)

12 October 2019

• 05:1605:16, 12 October 2019 diff hist +408 Talk:Marie Yovanovitch →Can we get an authoritative pronunciation of her name?: new section

11 October 2019

• 10:4710:47, 11 October 2019 diff hist +3 List of Just Shoot Me! episodes →Season 3 (1998–99): Episode #42 ("Slow Donnie"): "Donnie also debates Jack on mechanics of the vacuum tube." → "Donnie also debates Jack on mechanics of the pneumatic tube." This is the correct name for the device. A vacuum tube is completely different.

9 October 2019

• 13:1313:13, 9 October 2019 diff hist +2 m Antichrist →Lead section: ¶2, end: Corrected display text of ref. citation: "John 2:22" → "1 John 2:22" (the actual source). (Typo fix)

7 October 2019

• 11:0411:04, 7 October 2019 diff hist 0 m Kurds →Antiquity: ¶1: "clay-tablet(s)" → "clay tablet(s)". This expression is normally not hyphenated.
• 10:4210:42, 7 October 2019 diff hist +25 m Kurds →Lead section: ¶2, sentence 1: (a.) Adjusted wikilink to display just "Western Iranian" (rather than "Western Iranian languages") before "branch of the Indo-European family". (b.) Changed display text of "Indo-European languages" wikilink to "Indo-European language family" (deleting redundant text, to end of sentence).

29 September 2019

• 09:5109:51, 29 September 2019 diff hist −129 Social Security Trust Fund →Structure: Final ¶, sentence 2: Revert misleading language, inserted without citation, 25 January 2011‎ by anonymous temporary IP user 96.253.119.205. →The trust funds do not at any time become, in any reasonable or relevant sense, part of the general federal budget.

28 September 2019

• 08:0308:03, 28 September 2019 diff hist −1 m Irish language →History: ¶5 (after bullet points): "Once it became apparent that immigration to the United States and Canada was likely for a large portion of the population, ...": This first instance of "immigration" should be "emigration", as it is clear this is being told from the perspective of Irish who are at this point still in Ireland.

20 September 2019

• 04:1404:14, 20 September 2019 diff hist +40 Sonorant →Lead section: ¶2 (re: "older usage"): Citation needed. In my experience, just the reverse is true: Since 1968 at the latest (see Chomsky & Halle's SPE), [-sonorant] was all that one needed to specify obstruents (i.e., stops, fricatives and affricates); which is to say, →sonorants included vowels. Resonants, on the other hand, were sonorant *consonants*, and excluded vowels. This was the usage at major U.S. universities where generative grammar was dominant, in the 1970's and 80's.
• 03:3103:31, 20 September 2019 diff hist −3 m Syllabic consonant →Germanic languages: ¶4 (Norwegian): All three instances of "proceeding" (as opposite of "preceding") → "following". (Widely accepted English phonological term.)

6 September 2019

• 04:5104:51, 6 September 2019 diff hist +267 Talk:G.I. Bill →Please! →More balance, more nuance, more thorough support.
• 04:4704:47, 6 September 2019 diff hist −529 Talk:G.I. Bill →Please! →More balance, more nuance, more thorough support.
• 04:4304:43, 6 September 2019 diff hist +529 Talk:G.I. Bill →Please! →More balance, more nuance, more thorough support.
• 04:3404:34, 6 September 2019 diff hist +2,736 Talk:G.I. Bill →Please! →More balance, more nuance, more thorough support.: new section

20 August 2019

• 11:0011:00, 20 August 2019 diff hist 0 Indo-Uralic languages →Linguistic similarities: Changed section title from "Linguistic informations" to "Linguistic similarities". Informations (pl.) is rare in English; information (sg.) is normally a mass term w/o a plural, as if a commodity (e.g., electricity). — At any rate, the title was vague; what appear to be covered in the section are linguistic similarities, which must be evaluated to determine whether they represent cognate material, or mere borrowings.
• 10:1410:14, 20 August 2019 diff hist +1 m Indo-Uralic languages →History of opposition to the Indo-Uralic hypothesis: ¶4: "explaind" → "explained". (Typo fix.)

12 August 2019

• 09:0309:03, 12 August 2019 diff hist −1 m List of The Dead Zone episodes →Season 2 (2003): Last episode ("Visions"): "...another comatosed patient..." → "...another comatose patient...". (Apparent typo; no such word as "comatosed".)

11 August 2019

• 10:2010:20, 11 August 2019 diff hist −1 m Mongolian People's Republic →Cold War politics (1945–85): Photo caption: "Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal lead Mongolia for over 44 years" → "Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal led Mongolia for over 44 years". (Typo / common misspelling: Past tense of "to lead" is "led", not "lead".)

5 August 2019

• 11:1011:10, 5 August 2019 diff hist +2 m Salish peoples →Lead section: ¶2: "seliš" → "Séliš" (2 instances). (This proper name should be capitalized, as it is in many places; the first vowel 'é' also usually bears an acute accent mark.)
• 10:1210:12, 5 August 2019 diff hist −4 m Lone wolf attack →Stochastic terrorism: 1st sentence: "...on the Daily Kos in 2011..." → "...on Daily Kos in 2011...". (The publication's / web site's name does not contain a "the".)

25 July 2019

• 05:5605:56, 25 July 2019 diff hist +5 m X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes →Lead section: ¶2, sentence 1: "...the film's success, which was shot in three weeks..." → "...the success of the film, which was shot in three weeks...". (Misplaced modifier: The film, not the film's success, was shot in three weeks.)

19 July 2019

• 02:0002:00, 19 July 2019 diff hist +1 m Adam Serwer →Accolades: Currently first bullet item: "Saute to Excellence" → "Salute to Excellence". (Fixed typo: Phrase is now as appears in cited reference.)

8 July 2019

• 12:1512:15, 8 July 2019 diff hist +772 Talk:Johannine community →Hypothetical

7 June 2019

• 13:2013:20, 7 June 2019 diff hist +2 m Rest frame →Lead section: ¶2, sentence 2: "no more likely to be traveling in one direction as another" → "no more likely to be traveling in one direction than another". (Typo / basic grammatical error)

24 May 2019

• 07:0007:00, 24 May 2019 diff hist +4 m Asperula →Lead section: Fixed typo: "subtropicale Asia" → "subtropical Asia". Also: Fixed syntax problems in Template:cite web access-date parameter.

21 May 2019

• 07:2007:20, 21 May 2019 diff hist +183 Ailuropoda →Etymology: Inserted "citation needed" template, at statement that the "Latin name" was inspired by a cat-like eye. This *Greek* genus name means "cat-foot", not "cat-eye".
• 06:5106:51, 21 May 2019 diff hist +12 m Ailuropoda →Etymology: "–πόδος" → "–ποδός". The genitive sg. of πούς "foot" is ποδός. (See, e.g., Arndt, Gingrich, Danker, & Bauer, 1979, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, p. 696.) (See also "gastropod" in Barnhart & Steinmetz 1988, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, p. 424: "–pod" is from gen. sg. form.)

18 April 2019

• 15:5915:59, 18 April 2019 diff hist +833 Talk:William Barr →Photo of Barr receiving oath of office: Do we know for sure that the pictured book is a Bible?: new section

17 April 2019

• 01:1201:12, 17 April 2019 diff hist +4 Taxidermy →Lead section: ¶2, sentence 2: "to move" → "arrangement". Cited source, Douglas Harper's etymology site, does not offer "to move" as a meaning of "taxis", but does offer "arrangement", which also appears here in the synthesis immediately following the definitions of the words' parts (whereas "to move" does not). (Virtually identical to Harper on this is the (printed) Chambers ( = Barnhart) Dictionary of Etymology (Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap, 1988, 2000, 2001, p. 1118)).
• 00:0000:00, 17 April 2019 diff hist −1 m Andrew Sullivan →Lead section: ¶3, 1st sentence: "...resides in Washington, D.C., and Provincetown, Massachusetts." → "...resides in Washington, D.C. and Provincetown, Massachusetts.". (Removed superfluous comma before "and" (especially problematic with the conjoining of short units, such as paired place names).)

16 April 2019

• 23:4823:48, 16 April 2019 diff hist +1 m Andrew Sullivan →Lead section: ¶3, beginning: "Born and raised in Britain he has lived..." → "Born and raised in Britain, he has lived...". (Readability: Inserted comma to prevent run-on effect.)

13 April 2019

• 04:5504:55, 13 April 2019 diff hist +14 m Ark →Inhabited places: The abbreviation for Arkansas is "Ark.", not "Ark"

12 April 2019

• 10:3410:34, 12 April 2019 diff hist +30 N Paleo Syrian language ←Redirected page to Eblaite language Tag: New redirect

8 April 2019

• 05:4405:44, 8 April 2019 diff hist +585 Sean →Origin: Citations needed for dubious claims.

30 March 2019

• 07:4707:47, 30 March 2019 diff hist +3 m Batten →Lead section: "... but can also of..." → "... but can also be of...". (Fairly obvious typo.)

29 March 2019

• 10:1310:13, 29 March 2019 diff hist +1,474 Talk:Yuval Noah Harari →Biography: Inappropriate synthesis of disparate family origin accounts?: new section

19 March 2019

• 21:0221:02, 19 March 2019 diff hist +21 m Prosodic unit →Lead section: ¶2, sentence 3: Inserted {{Definition needed}} template at "on-line". The term has a variety of meanings, and while in this use, it appears (as a modifier to "interaction" or "interaction and processing"?) to indicate a distinction, vis-à-vis the generation of prosodic units, from "automation" vis-à-vis the generation or processing of morphosyntactic units. However, this is not terribly clear. →Perhaps a less ambiguous term could be used?
• 20:1220:12, 19 March 2019 diff hist +1 m Online transaction processing →Lead section: ¶2: "economic entities(as used by...)" → "economic entities (as used by...)". (Typo fix: missing space before "(".)

15 March 2019

• 09:2109:21, 15 March 2019 diff hist +4 m Germanic umlaut →Outcomes in modern spelling and pronunciation: Added wikilink to North Sea Germanic.

14 March 2019

• 04:4304:43, 14 March 2019 diff hist −10 m Theodiscus →Lead section: Opening sentence: "a Medieval Latin term literally meaning 'popular' or 'of the people'" → "a Medieval Latin term meaning 'popular' or 'of the people'". (There is no non-literal meaning of "popular", or "of the people", to distinguish from, in this instance.)

28 February 2019

• 05:4705:47, 28 February 2019 diff hist +744 Talk:Jay Sekulow →Jewish by birth, &/or raised Jewish...?: new section

26 February 2019

• 21:0921:09, 26 February 2019 diff hist +31 m The Morton Downey Jr. Show →Lead section: ¶1, sentence 2: Added wikilink on phrase "trash TV" (to article of same name).