User contributions for Saltation

3 May 2009

• 03:0903:09, 3 May 2009 diff hist −1‎ m Hokey Pokey ‎ punctuation tweaks
• 02:4202:42, 3 May 2009 diff hist +82‎ OK ‎ Undid revision 279225509 by Flamarial (talk) This etymology is a backronym. Do not confuse virtue with reality. Facts dominate.
• 02:2402:24, 3 May 2009 diff hist −23‎ m OK ‎ Undid revision 271817405 by 212.189.46.111 (talk) grammar tweaks
• 02:1202:12, 3 May 2009 diff hist −325‎ Colon (punctuation) ‎ Undid revision 287278825 by 173.89.0.85 (talk) RV: not correct
• 02:1002:10, 3 May 2009 diff hist +263‎ m Colon (punctuation) ‎ Undid revision 286368325 by 86.142.110.189 (talk) wikidroidism
• 02:0602:06, 3 May 2009 diff hist +82‎ Colon (punctuation) ‎ Undid revision 275286501 by TheHYPO (talk) RV: extraneous and irrelevant point
• 01:5801:58, 3 May 2009 diff hist −9‎ Hokey Pokey ‎ 1/ bring arguable assertion in line with unarguable assertions 2/ RV: quote should not be mangled
• 01:4801:48, 3 May 2009 diff hist +6‎ m Wolof language ‎ →‎Example phrases: minor english grammar tweaking
• 01:3801:38, 3 May 2009 diff hist +61‎ BIFF (Usenet) ‎ Undid revision 273540972 by 74.183.13.78 (talk) replacing actual Quotes with Supposition is inappropriate
• 01:3401:34, 3 May 2009 diff hist +7‎ BIFF (Usenet) ‎ Undid revision 230821304 by 90.206.227.40 (talk): sloppy wording
• 01:2701:27, 3 May 2009 diff hist +1‎ BIFF (Usenet) ‎ Undid revision 213805261 by 62.178.202.179 (talk) RV: quotes should not be modified

9 February 2009

• 23:4423:44, 9 February 2009 diff hist −71‎ OK ‎ →‎Etymology: rm Ola Kala- a/ factually: no material support b/ syntactically: incomplete: new assertion of "four" followed by only the original three etymologies' explanations

7 February 2009

• 23:2323:23, 7 February 2009 diff hist +67‎ Colon (punctuation) ‎ undid pointless and actively counterproductive deletion of an example, and improved the originally intended contribution.

26 January 2009

• 20:2020:20, 26 January 2009 diff hist +2,354‎ Hokey Pokey ‎ →‎Origins and meaning: ADD: song's author's grandson's recollections

23 June 2008

• 22:4322:43, 23 June 2008 diff hist −5‎ OK ‎ Undid revision by Jnestorius It's a well-known catchphrase of Stan Lee's & an interesting example of the phrase still in modern use. See the article.
• 22:2622:26, 23 June 2008 diff hist +6,032‎ Talk:Space (punctuation) ‎ →‎Requested move: Oppose. Suggestion merely further muddles the existing muddling. Alternative discussion mooted.
• 20:2020:20, 23 June 2008 diff hist +88‎ Space (punctuation) ‎ ADD: Ancient Greek
• 20:1420:14, 23 June 2008 diff hist −9‎ Sentence spacing ‎ Undid revision by VIGNERON Fair enough, but the article does have reams of refs re same--read on past the intro. Note, for example, Pierre Igot's stuff.
• 19:5219:52, 23 June 2008 diff hist −203‎ English spacing ‎ Undid revision by 213.48.51.116 (talk) Incorrect and POV. Please see the referenced article for the correct information.
• 19:4819:48, 23 June 2008 diff hist +338‎ Letter spacing ‎ RV: 206.248.191.53's deleted text. MOD: corrected TZander's addition
• 19:3619:36, 23 June 2008 diff hist −25‎ Full stop ‎ Undid revision by 85.18.201.170 (talk) Sorry, only true in some subsets of America. POV, in other words.
• 19:3119:31, 23 June 2008 diff hist +456‎ User talk:Saltation ‎ →‎Bee-wolf: Look! Up in the sky! It's a bee-wolf! Now with added Grendel.
• 19:2319:23, 23 June 2008 diff hist +13‎ Dwile flonking ‎ Undid revision by Jooler (talk) Please explain what you want to do on the Discussion page.
• 19:1919:19, 23 June 2008 diff hist +1,053‎ User talk:Saltation ‎ →‎Dwyle Flunking: Please do not ignore Wikipedia's way of doing things -- take discussion matters to the Discussion page

22 June 2008

• 21:5921:59, 22 June 2008 diff hist +179‎ Skeg ‎ Undid revision 220956254 by 77.97.80.15 (talk) inappropriate deletion of a valid and useful external link
• 21:5621:56, 22 June 2008 diff hist +436‎ Space (punctuation) ‎ previous [copyedit] inappropriately reduced summary to a re-iteration of current computer-influenced practice. Re-expanded to include wider perspective.
• 21:4421:44, 22 June 2008 diff hist +4‎ Space (punctuation) ‎ Undid revision 220861397 by Mzajac (talk) the bracketed punctuation is part of the standard explanation of all Punctuation articles
• 21:3421:34, 22 June 2008 diff hist +431‎ Talk:Non-breaking space ‎ →‎Merge of Hard space and Non-breaking space: approximations are not the same as the intended objective
• 21:2921:29, 22 June 2008 diff hist +469‎ Talk:Non-breaking space ‎ →‎Correct name: "no-break space": i applaud your other contributions re spacing, but in this case you are insisting a shorthand form should override a technical term
• 21:2121:21, 22 June 2008 diff hist +512‎ Talk:Non-breaking space ‎ →‎Requested move: Non-breaking space is more correct than the short-hand term used only in computer contexts: No-break space
• 21:1021:10, 22 June 2008 diff hist +13‎ Dwile flonking ‎ Undid revision by Jooler (talk) A/ Sussex & Suffolk are not unique to UK B/ deleting game-specific info is not appropriate
• 21:0721:07, 22 June 2008 diff hist +5‎ OK ‎ Undid revision 219069734 by 72.68.106.230 (talk) deleting word reduces clarity
• 21:0621:06, 22 June 2008 diff hist +14‎ OK ‎ Undid revision 220981834 by Jnestorius (talk) evidence of ongoing underlying behaviour should not be deleted unnecessarily

21 June 2008

• 23:1023:10, 21 June 2008 diff hist +3‎ French punctuation ‎ Undid revision 220856433 by Saltation (talk) RV: muddled copy/paste error due to Wikipedia going ReadOnly mid-edit
• 23:0623:06, 21 June 2008 diff hist +32‎ N French Punctuation ‎ CRE: redirect for alternative capitalisation
• 23:0523:05, 21 June 2008 diff hist −3‎ French punctuation ‎ CRE: redirect for alternative capitalisation
• 22:5022:50, 21 June 2008 diff hist +245‎ Sentence spacing ‎ Undid revision 218756746 by Rmhermen (talk) Inappropriate deletion of [sic] mark in quotation
• 22:1722:17, 21 June 2008 diff hist +62‎ Sentence spacing ‎ ADD: improved visibility of LongDash vs Em-Dash spacing clarification
• 21:3721:37, 21 June 2008 diff hist +164‎ User talk:Saltation ‎ →‎Dwyle Flunking: clarification
• 21:2521:25, 21 June 2008 diff hist +8‎ m Space (punctuation) ‎ →‎Spaces between sentences: Restored over-zealously deleted wikilinks. No reason to make it harder for people to click-thru a list-item of interest
• 21:2321:23, 21 June 2008 diff hist +13‎ Dwile flonking ‎ Restored wording pointing out game is UK-born and UK-played, rather than a global phenomenon
• 21:1621:16, 21 June 2008 diff hist −6‎ Word divider ‎ Undid revision 219528692 by Aatice (talk) Unfortunately, in English, this grammar change only works in very specific academic domains.
• 21:1321:13, 21 June 2008 diff hist +426‎ m Talk:Full stop ‎ →‎2 questions: trivial badinage (& attributed previous commenter's comments)
• 21:0721:07, 21 June 2008 diff hist +367‎ Wolof language ‎ Undid revision 182344618 by Annekoplinka (talk) restored useful information
• 21:0621:06, 21 June 2008 diff hist +644‎ Sentence spacing ‎ Undid revision 219181734 by Scorchsaber (talk) Deleting relevant quote is not appropriate, regardless of yr Python interest
• 21:0221:02, 21 June 2008 diff hist +2‎ Sentence spacing ‎ Undid revision 220654762 by Leonard^Bloom (talk) Grammar.
• 21:0121:01, 21 June 2008 diff hist +1,265‎ User talk:Saltation ‎ 1/ reply re Merge complaint 2/ reply re Lewes Arms/Dwyle Flunking/Schott

6 June 2008

• 00:1700:17, 6 June 2008 diff hist +88‎ Talk:Woody Brown ‎ improvement of auto-modified article
• 00:1000:10, 6 June 2008 diff hist −29‎ Woody Brown ‎ Undid revision 217362518 by R'n'B (talk) insufficient care taken when auto-modifying articles
• 00:0500:05, 6 June 2008 diff hist +17,079‎ User talk:R'n'B ‎ heh. multiple interruptions => copypaste error == hoist on my own petard