User contributions for Rcbarnes
A user with 188 edits. Account created on 24 August 2005.
13 May 2024
- 16:5516:55, 13 May 2024 diff hist +6 m Eutectic system bad grammar current Tag: Visual edit
22 February 2024
- 15:0215:02, 22 February 2024 diff hist +47 m Nucleoside triphosphate →DNA and RNA synthesis: Corrected the abbreviation phosphate groups to match formatting conventions (as found on the rest of wikipedia (with the "i" in "Pi" as a subscript)) current Tag: Visual edit
21 February 2024
- 15:2515:25, 21 February 2024 diff hist +13 m Rubber toughening →Glass transition temperature: linked generic term for Nylon 66 to its article
9 February 2024
- 18:4918:49, 9 February 2024 diff hist +12 m Searcy, Arkansas →History: "White County" is not spelled "WhiteCo" Fixed.
10 January 2024
- 20:5020:50, 10 January 2024 diff hist +17 m Brush discharge Linked British term "polythene" to the polyethylene article for clarity.
11 December 2023
- 22:4222:42, 11 December 2023 diff hist −97 m Dimensionless physical constant →Standard model: removed a probably copied-and-pasted note from the bullet list of constants as it is not a constant.
- 19:1119:11, 11 December 2023 diff hist −1 m Michelson–Morley experiment →Michelson–Morley experiment (1887): Why call it a "nervous breakdown" and link to an article that says that is not a real term when that article points out the correct term is "mental health crisis"? Fixed.
7 December 2023
- 16:5716:57, 7 December 2023 diff hist −55 m Wrestling shoe →top: Removed inappropriate outlinking to corporate site in a clear attempt at embedding an ad in wikipedia.
24 August 2023
- 15:1215:12, 24 August 2023 diff hist −58 m Isomorphism Trying again to fix the page after the math markup keeps breaking
- 15:0315:03, 24 August 2023 diff hist +1 m Isomorphism →Logarithm and exponential: fixed an extremely broken (probably copy-pasted) markup for a reference to the "exp" function that caused page errors
16 August 2023
- 15:4515:45, 16 August 2023 diff hist −79 m Nixie tube →Alternatives and successors: that unexplained and uncited stuff about thermometer displays has languished since 2020. removing it now.
9 August 2023
- 13:5813:58, 9 August 2023 diff hist +69 m Amphiphile Common misconceptions about "soap" were in the intro section (and were linked sloppily and misleadingly). Lies and foolishness removed.
24 July 2023
- 20:1420:14, 24 July 2023 diff hist +4 m Phenacetin →Known mechanism of action: linked esher group to clarify use
21 July 2023
- 19:3119:31, 21 July 2023 diff hist +1 m Recrystallization (chemistry) →Single-solvent recrystallization: link for freezing-point depression pointed to melting-point. Fixed
21 June 2023
- 13:5713:57, 21 June 2023 diff hist −2 m Nylon →Bulk properties: The product is called "Nylon 66," not "Nylon 6,6"
12 May 2023
- 16:2716:27, 12 May 2023 diff hist −1,333 m Standard enthalpy of formation →Inorganic substances: Removed a bunch of extra kludged "section group" lines in the table that were formatted incorrectly
- 16:1616:16, 12 May 2023 diff hist +23 m Standard enthalpy of formation →Inorganic substances: fixed broken sorting by the last column (numeric instead of text now) Tag: Visual edit: Switched
8 May 2023
- 12:5512:55, 8 May 2023 diff hist +5 m Alcohol (chemistry) Fixed misspelling and linked sucrose Tag: Visual edit
5 May 2023
- 19:0119:01, 5 May 2023 diff hist +4 m Pope Pius IX linked encyclical to WP entry Tag: Visual edit
19 April 2023
- 22:4322:43, 19 April 2023 diff hist +22 m P-nuclei →The p-process: "sloppily used" isn't very academic language for an out-of-date meaning. Fixed. Tag: Visual edit
7 April 2023
- 14:4814:48, 7 April 2023 diff hist −27 m Coke strength after reaction →Test procedure: Negative dimensions are impossible and the phrase "-22 mm to +19 mm" was clearly an naïve attempt to rephrase the range "19--22 mm" that has lingered since the original version (since it's nonsense and nonsense is hard to copy edit). I did. current Tag: Visual edit
6 April 2023
- 18:1818:18, 6 April 2023 diff hist −7 m Hafnium carbonitride "in existence" assumes that all existing substances are known (which is certainly untrue); changed to "known," which is much more accurate Tag: Visual edit
14 March 2023
- 13:2113:21, 14 March 2023 diff hist +24 m Peptide linked articles for technical terms and units and fixed obsolete language Tag: Visual edit
6 February 2023
- 14:1814:18, 6 February 2023 diff hist +4 m Hyaloid canal linked jargon term "invagination" Tag: Visual edit
29 December 2022
- 15:2815:28, 29 December 2022 diff hist −39 m Acrylic resin →Advantages as an ingredient in paint: Changed some REALLY poorly-written text to be merely poorly-written. Tag: Visual edit
20 December 2022
- 01:0201:02, 20 December 2022 diff hist +40 m Analytic hierarchy process →Criticisms: linked name of field Tag: Visual edit
12 December 2022
- 19:3619:36, 12 December 2022 diff hist −119 m Pointing device →Other devices: Fixed the list item for puck mice so that the name of the device comes first. Also removed some excess verbosity from the entry. Tag: Visual edit
7 November 2022
- 20:2120:21, 7 November 2022 diff hist +23 m Alphabet →Ancient Northeast African and Middle Eastern scripts: Updated "BC" and "AD" to use preferred "BCE" and "CE" abbreviations Tag: Visual edit
27 October 2022
- 16:4116:41, 27 October 2022 diff hist +23 m Brake fluid →Hydragas and Hydrolastic suspension: linked some technical terms Tag: Visual edit
25 October 2022
- 16:4316:43, 25 October 2022 diff hist +105 m Syntactic category →Lexical categories vs. phrasal categories: Linked to appropriate sections in conjunction article Tag: Visual edit
20 October 2022
- 18:2418:24, 20 October 2022 diff hist +19 m Ball (bearing) →Materials: linked to Silicon nitride Tag: Visual edit
- 18:2318:23, 20 October 2022 diff hist +20 m Ball (bearing) →Materials: Fixed case of BeCu and linked to article on it. Tag: Visual edit
29 September 2022
- 00:1500:15, 29 September 2022 diff hist +18 m Run-flat tire →Self-supporting: linking to blowout article Tag: Visual edit
26 September 2022
- 19:3019:30, 26 September 2022 diff hist +33 m Steady-state model →Violations of isotropy: linking CMB to article cosmic microwave background to clarify use off the acronym. Tag: Visual edit
21 September 2022
- 21:2821:28, 21 September 2022 diff hist +4 m Allethrins →top: Linked to pyrethroid. Tag: Visual edit
20 April 2022
- 15:5515:55, 20 April 2022 diff hist −160 m Anniversary →Latin-derived numerical names: Linking to the Missouri State Local Inventory Database's search page does NOT a citation make. Deleted. Tag: Visual edit
11 April 2022
- 21:1421:14, 11 April 2022 diff hist +245 Talk:Contralateral brain No edit summary
24 March 2022
- 20:0120:01, 24 March 2022 diff hist +52 m Chamorro Time Zone →top: linked mentioned islands Tag: Visual edit
23 March 2022
- 19:2119:21, 23 March 2022 diff hist +26 Boron →Shielding and neutron absorber in nuclear reactors: linked to neutron cross-section to explain what *kind* of cross-section was alluded to Tag: Visual edit
7 March 2022
- 18:2718:27, 7 March 2022 diff hist +35 m Giant magnetoresistance →Spin-dependent scattering: added links to element pages Tag: Visual edit
17 February 2022
- 19:0119:01, 17 February 2022 diff hist 0 Poisson distribution →History: Moved this section from being buried at the very end to the more conventional place near the top of the article. Tag: Visual edit
14 February 2022
- 17:2317:23, 14 February 2022 diff hist 0 m Fluoropolymer →top: extracted an unnecessary sentence division and removed extraneous details from the intro. Tag: Visual edit
11 February 2022
- 13:3913:39, 11 February 2022 diff hist −11 m Stress (mechanics) →History: I was fixing an awkward sentence or two but the section needs editing throughout which I don't have time for. Tag: Visual edit
- 10:4010:40, 11 February 2022 diff hist +463 m Phytic acid →Dentistry: Turned a simple outbound link into a proper citation. Tag: Visual edit
12 January 2022
- 14:3614:36, 12 January 2022 diff hist +2 m Post-disco →top: missing an article in the phrase "a singles-driven market" Tag: Visual edit
23 December 2021
- 17:0917:09, 23 December 2021 diff hist +21 m Bort →Use and application: linked to twinning where referenced in photo description Tag: Visual edit
16 December 2021
- 17:3817:38, 16 December 2021 diff hist −13 m Talk:Charles Steen →top
24 November 2021
- 17:3217:32, 24 November 2021 diff hist 0 m Chuck (engineering) →Self-centering: Fixed broken markup for "Drill Chuck" section anchor
13 January 2021
- 17:5717:57, 13 January 2021 diff hist +34 Macaron →See also Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
5 October 2020
- 17:2417:24, 5 October 2020 diff hist +125 Bumper pool →Gameplay Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
