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A user with 1,606 edits. Account created on 29 January 2011.
12 November 2024
- 14:3814:38, 12 November 2024 diff hist +2 Revisionist school of Islamic studies →Lead section: Pluralized a noun (the Wikipedia page "Sirah" refers to multiple biographies). current Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- 14:1814:18, 12 November 2024 diff hist +92 Malcolm Gladwell →Reception: Added links to periodicals. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
11 November 2024
- 02:0102:01, 11 November 2024 diff hist +2 m Born-again virgin →In popular culture: Changed "fiance" to the feminine form. current Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- 01:5801:58, 11 November 2024 diff hist +3 Virginity →Etymology: Started new paragraph where there is a clear change of topic; made sentence singular because its conclusion is a French word that is itself singular. current Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
9 November 2024
- 20:0320:03, 9 November 2024 diff hist −3 Clowne →Lead section: Made short description consistent with info on page. current Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
28 October 2024
- 00:3100:31, 28 October 2024 diff hist 0 United Biscuits →Lead section: Corrected colloquial language (could have written “The company headquarters ...”, but that might imply that they call the headquarters “company headquarters”, which may not be the case). current Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
12 October 2024
- 17:1217:12, 12 October 2024 diff hist +64 September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget →Lead section: Small improvements to style and readbility. Tag: Visual edit
11 October 2024
- 21:2421:24, 11 October 2024 diff hist +200 Hindu–Arabic numeral system Made dates consistently BCE/CE (I would have been happy to go with BC/AD, but wasn't sure about replacing "predate the Common Era" with "predate the birth of Jesus"); added some clarifications; added two "clarify" templates; improved punctuation and added non-breaking spaces. Tags: Reverted Visual edit
10 October 2024
- 13:4913:49, 10 October 2024 diff hist +84 Template:Xt/doc →Using example-formatting templates in general: Added an introductory description of what is displayed with the basic {{xt}} template. current
- 03:3303:33, 10 October 2024 diff hist −11 Debutante →United Kingdom: Improved tense; removed unnecessary link; corrected punctuation. Tag: Visual edit
- 03:2603:26, 10 October 2024 diff hist +199 Flat engine →Motorcycle use: The Fée was an engine, not a bike, so corrected sentence to reflect this; other minor improvements, including replacing one word that was ambiguous in this context. Tag: Visual edit
- 03:0803:08, 10 October 2024 diff hist +16 Cox's Orange Pippin →Cultivation: Added link. current Tag: Visual edit
9 October 2024
- 22:3522:35, 9 October 2024 diff hist +6 Flat engine →Aviation use: Enforced one grammatical tense, rather than a mix; improved style and punctuation. Tag: Visual edit
- 22:2722:27, 9 October 2024 diff hist +50 Flat engine →Boxer configuration: Improved style and accuracy. Tag: Visual edit
- 22:2722:27, 9 October 2024 diff hist +1 m Qianjiang Motorcycle →Lead section: Improved punctuation. current Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 22:1922:19, 9 October 2024 diff hist +132 Flat engine →Design: Improved style and accuracy. Tag: Visual edit
- 22:1122:11, 9 October 2024 diff hist +77 m Flat engine Added British English template (since this type of engine was first developed in Europe) and made spelling consistent with this; corrected asymmetrical spacing around dashes. Tag: Visual edit
- 22:0622:06, 9 October 2024 diff hist 0 m Flat engine →Lead section: Improved punctuation. Tag: Visual edit
- 21:5021:50, 9 October 2024 diff hist +5 Qianjiang Motorcycle →Italy: Improved style of Dongshao Guo quote (I'm assuming it's a translation of his speech, and that therefore I'm not altering what he actually said; but I could be wrong!) Tag: Visual edit
- 21:4521:45, 9 October 2024 diff hist +61 Qianjiang Motorcycle →Italy: More minor style tweaks. Tag: Visual edit
- 21:1921:19, 9 October 2024 diff hist +20 Qianjiang Motorcycle →Italy: Lots of poor style, incorrect word usage and ambiguous sentences: improved. Tag: Visual edit
- 05:4605:46, 9 October 2024 diff hist +14 Polish alphabet Corrected my own omission; improved punctuation. Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 05:4005:40, 9 October 2024 diff hist +39 m Polish alphabet →Lead section: Angle brackets inside brackets/parentheses looks inelegant: used alternative punctuation. Tag: Visual edit
- 00:3200:32, 9 October 2024 diff hist −73 m Vernacular photography Corrected quotation marks to Wikipedia style; corrected spacing. current Tag: Visual edit
8 October 2024
- 14:4814:48, 8 October 2024 diff hist 0 Tier 1 network →History: Corrected two instances of poor grammar; corrected or improved punctuation in a number of places; improved style in one place. Tag: Visual edit
3 October 2024
- 09:5409:54, 3 October 2024 diff hist +12 m Lucy Kellaway →Early life and career: There was a plural–singular mismatch in "Australians ... a writer": fixed. current Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- 09:5109:51, 3 October 2024 diff hist +1 Lucy Kellaway →Lead section: The section "Biography / Other activities" says "was": updated the lead section to match. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
24 September 2024
- 09:3109:31, 24 September 2024 diff hist −15 Igbo language →Vowels: Removed pointless link. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
23 September 2024
- 21:1621:16, 23 September 2024 diff hist −32 m Qianjiang Motorcycle Made quotation marks consistent with Wikipedia style; made spacing consistent. Tag: Visual edit
- 21:0821:08, 23 September 2024 diff hist +21 m Qianjiang Motorcycle Made dashes consistent. Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 10:1010:10, 23 September 2024 diff hist 0 m New Man (gender stereotype) →Lead section: Added hyphen to adjectival phrase. current Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
19 September 2024
- 17:1617:16, 19 September 2024 diff hist +11 Harold Wilson →Lead section: Included his wife's surname before and after marriage. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
16 September 2024
- 11:1511:15, 16 September 2024 diff hist −203 Ball screw →History: Edited awkward phrase. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- 10:5810:58, 16 September 2024 diff hist +2 m Tax horsepower →United States: Changed hyphen to en dash. current Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
2 September 2024
- 17:5817:58, 2 September 2024 diff hist −7 Victory in Europe Day →Short description: Changed because in many countries that recognise this day, it is not a public holiday. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- 17:5117:51, 2 September 2024 diff hist +4 Grandparents' Day →Russia: Corrected grammar and improved style, including non-encyclopaedic language. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- 17:4717:47, 2 September 2024 diff hist −3 Siblings Day Undid revision 1243648136 by Spel-Punc-Gram (talk) I hadn't realised that there were separate infoboxes for the two names of the day. Tags: Undo Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- 17:3717:37, 2 September 2024 diff hist +3 Siblings Day →Lead section: Corrected statement: the text of the article makes it clear that this day is recognised or celebrated in more than four countries. Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
17 August 2024
- 10:3210:32, 17 August 2024 diff hist +65 Monty Hall problem →Refining the simple solution: Made one sentence longer because it was hard to read and to understand. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- 10:1810:18, 17 August 2024 diff hist +20 Monty Hall problem →Criticism of the simple solutions: "given" must be followed by phrases that are all noun phrases (or, if "given" is shorthand for "given that", it must be followed by all verb phrase: noun phrases and verb phrases cannot be mixed): corrected; one other sentence corrected so that "can" refers to the whole following phrase; punctuation corrected where it is incorrect or implies the wrong meaning. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- 09:3609:36, 17 August 2024 diff hist 0 Marilyn vos Savant →Rise to fame and IQ score: Two sentences in the article refer to the same test, not separate tests: made this clearer. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
16 August 2024
- 22:5722:57, 16 August 2024 diff hist +10 Telephone keypad →Lead section: Prettier symbols; small style improvements to my previous text. current Tag: Visual edit
- 22:5222:52, 16 August 2024 diff hist +143 Telephone keypad →Layout: [Previous edit and this edit] Made tables prettier; small style improvements to my previous edits.
- 22:4622:46, 16 August 2024 diff hist +211 Telephone keypad →Layout Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 22:2822:28, 16 August 2024 diff hist +331 Telephone keypad →Letter mapping: Major improvements to style and very out-of-date descriptions; removed totally irrelevant link; added link. Tag: Visual edit
- 21:5821:58, 16 August 2024 diff hist +15 m Telephone keypad Added non-breaking spaces before dashes. Tag: Visual edit
- 21:5521:55, 16 August 2024 diff hist +542 Telephone keypad →Layout: Corrected the implication that letters were only present on US keypads, and not on US dial phones; added table for UK layout and brief description/clarification; corrected pluralisation. Tag: Visual edit
- 21:3821:38, 16 August 2024 diff hist +23 Kegworth air disaster →Media: Corrected a sentence that had missing words; added essential commas. Tag: Visual edit
- 21:3621:36, 16 August 2024 diff hist −1 Kegworth air disaster →Aftermath: Made one sentence more readable. Tag: Visual edit
- 21:2821:28, 16 August 2024 diff hist +27 Kegworth air disaster Made spacing and dashes consistent; improved punctuation and style. Tag: Visual edit