User contributions for Wicked Pedagogue

1 June 2024

• 17:0517:05, 1 June 2024 diff hist −1‎ m Woodstock College ‎ History, fourth paragraph, "life style" (two words) changed to "lifestyle" (one word). current

20 May 2024

• 13:0813:08, 20 May 2024 diff hist 0‎ m Elia Kazan ‎ Under HUAC testimony, paragraph 2, sentence 7, change "HCUA" to "HUAC."
• 13:0213:02, 20 May 2024 diff hist 0‎ m Elia Kazan ‎ In first sentence under HUAC testimony changed (HCUA) to (HUAC).

24 February 2024

• 02:4602:46, 24 February 2024 diff hist +1‎ m Edwaard Liang ‎ Career -- "in 1998.[] In 2001" (added space after period).

12 August 2023

• 01:4201:42, 12 August 2023 diff hist −9‎ m Martin Luther King Jr. ‎ Change casename from New York Times v. Sullivan (not SCLC case) to Abernathy et al. v. Sullivan (SCLC case ).

25 May 2023

• 07:4507:45, 25 May 2023 diff hist −166‎ m Marie Maynard Daly ‎ Deleted last sentence under Education, which repeated material in introduction.

26 April 2023

• 06:4906:49, 26 April 2023 diff hist +2‎ m False Claims Act of 1863 ‎ Under ACLU v. Holder: changed "division" of powers to "separation" of powers.

25 April 2023

• 05:4905:49, 25 April 2023 diff hist −64‎ m Rikers Island ‎ Federal Investigation, third sentence: eliminated duplicate description of US Attorney Bharara.

11 April 2023

• 08:5708:57, 11 April 2023 diff hist +1‎ m Ron Kuby ‎ "After Kunstler's Death," fifth paragraph, correctly identified Court of Appeals as highest judicial body in New York State (not just in the City).

17 January 2023

• 10:0210:02, 17 January 2023 diff hist 0‎ Chinatowns in Queens ‎ Chinese Demographics: Switched ranks of Flushing and Brooklyn Chinatowns based on stated population numbers as well as characterization of Flushing's Chinatown as "the largest Chinatown by this metric outside Asia."
• 08:1708:17, 17 January 2023 diff hist −4‎ m Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori ‎ In Early Life changed "verb from was became" to "became."

13 December 2022

• 21:4821:48, 13 December 2022 diff hist +1‎ Mark Shepard ‎ Biography - 2nd paragraph: Changed number of sons from "four" to "seven."

1 March 2022

• 18:4318:43, 1 March 2022 diff hist +70‎ Ai-jen Poo ‎ Under Accomplishments, pointed out that CAAV is an acronym for the Committee on Anti-Asian Violence.
• 18:3318:33, 1 March 2022 diff hist +37‎ National Domestic Workers Alliance ‎ Re parapgraph 3: Ai-jen Poo -- spelled out the name of the organization for which CAAV is an acronym.

28 February 2022

• 01:4501:45, 28 February 2022 diff hist +10‎ Brendan Boyle ‎ Under Pennsylvania House of Representatives-Elections, inserted "George T." to give name Kenney context.

29 September 2021

• 01:1901:19, 29 September 2021 diff hist +3‎ Judy Richardson ‎ Under Drum and Spear Bookstore, corrected profile subject family name: Richard[son]

10 February 2021

• 19:5019:50, 10 February 2021 diff hist −1‎ m Brooklyn Friends School ‎ Under Notable alumni, placed in order given name and family name of Robert Levin to make consistent with other entires.

26 January 2021

• 08:2408:24, 26 January 2021 diff hist −34‎ Olmsted Brothers ‎ Under Design Work, deleted Central Park, because it was designed and completed by Calvert Vaux, and Frederick Law Omsted Sr. Sr. was not a member of his sons' firm, which was establlished after Sr.'s death, and 22 years after the completion of Central Park.

22 January 2021

• 05:5705:57, 22 January 2021 diff hist −1‎ m Johannes de Peyster Sr. ‎ Under famly, changed Corneli[us] to Corneli[a].

20 January 2021

• 18:1818:18, 20 January 2021 diff hist 0‎ m Battle of Trafalgar ‎ The Battle of Trafalgar, after England, changed comma to period. Tag: Reverted
• 17:5817:58, 20 January 2021 diff hist 0‎ m Walter Bowne ‎ Changed born "on" to born "in."
• 10:1610:16, 20 January 2021 diff hist −3‎ m Louis Menand ‎ Under Life and career, third paragraph, changed "appointment as" to "appointed a."

19 January 2021

• 03:1003:10, 19 January 2021 diff hist −1‎ m List of first African-American mayors ‎ 1960s, 1967, Carl Stokes, removed parentheses around Cleveland, Ohio, and inserted commas, to make entry consistent with others.

11 January 2021

• 03:4003:40, 11 January 2021 diff hist +1‎ Ro Khanna ‎ Under combat Hindu nationalism, pluralized Buddhist to Buddhsts for purposes of correcting grammar and maintaining consistency.

5 January 2021

• 15:3415:34, 5 January 2021 diff hist −7‎ m Michael Schwerner ‎ Schwerner was one of three murdered CORE field workers, but he was the only one who was a social worker. Therefore changed "field/social workers" to "field workers".
• 15:3015:30, 5 January 2021 diff hist −18‎ m Andrew Goodman (activist) ‎ Eliminated description of Goodman as a social worker, which he was not. Fellow Freedom Summer Lynching victim Mickey Schwerner was a social worker.

18 December 2020

• 18:1418:14, 18 December 2020 diff hist −21‎ m National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ →‎W: Under Windsor, clarified the result in US v. Windsor, and the Executive Branch response thereto.
• 17:5617:56, 18 December 2020 diff hist −4‎ m National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ →‎W: after "Center" added "in New York". recast the sequence of events surrounding her disability.
• 17:5017:50, 18 December 2020 diff hist +11‎ m National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ →‎W: Under Patricia Nell Warren, clarified her pen name, and inserted "both" before "portray."
• 17:4517:45, 18 December 2020 diff hist −84‎ m National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ →‎V: Under Voeller, moved "gay rights actvist" from the end to the beginning of the first sentence; replaced "and researcher," with "who conducted research" before "primarily"; inserted a comma after "1973"; deleted "In 1977, the" before "now renamed"; deleted "held the first-ever meeting at the White House"; deleted "marking the first time"; inserted "welomed"; addded "Task Force" before "leaders"; deleted "leaders were welcomed there, and"; inserted "for"; replaced "he" with "Voeller.
• 17:1917:19, 18 December 2020 diff hist −24‎ m National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ Under Shilts, inserted "prolific" before "gay"; deleted "literary" before "journalist"; deleted "A prolific reporter"; capitalized "in"; inserted a comma after "1981"; put parentheses around "at the San Francisco Chronicle".
• 16:5616:56, 18 December 2020 diff hist −35‎ m National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ →‎S: Under Sarria, inserted "and" between "Francisco" and "Norton"; changed "she" to "he"; deleted "delcaring himself Empress Norton"; and inserted "and" before "founded".
• 16:4116:41, 18 December 2020 diff hist −86‎ National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ Under Rustin, deleted "and was active as a socialist in the early movements for gay rights"; changed "the Freedom Riders" to "Freedom Rides"; inserted "organizing" before "the Southern Christian Leadership Conference".
• 16:2616:26, 18 December 2020 diff hist −47‎ m National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ Under Rodwell, put parentheses around "Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in 1967" and moved it from before to after "the first bookstore"; deleted "quite possibly" and deitalicized "the"; changed "in the early homophile movement of the 1960s" to "the homophile movement of the early 1960s".
• 16:0716:07, 18 December 2020 diff hist 0‎ m National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ Under Rivera, changed "Anti-war" to anti-war".
• 15:5415:54, 18 December 2020 diff hist +6‎ National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ Under Milk, changed "pro-LGBT" to "prominent LGBT".
• 15:4815:48, 18 December 2020 diff hist +11‎ m National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ Under Manford, changed "of support for him" to "in support of gay children"; and changed "the idea was formed into" to "she and her husband subsequently founded".
• 15:3815:38, 18 December 2020 diff hist +1‎ m National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ Under Lyons, inserted a space between the words "rights" and "activist."
• 15:1715:17, 18 December 2020 diff hist +23‎ National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ Under Howard, changed "LGBT Pride Parade" to "Christopher Street Liberation Day March".
• 15:1315:13, 18 December 2020 diff hist 0‎ National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ →‎D: Under DeLarverie, changed "many" to "some".
• 15:0615:06, 18 December 2020 diff hist +20‎ National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ Under Harry Hay, added "was a Marxist organizer".
• 14:5714:57, 18 December 2020 diff hist +3‎ m National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ Under Paula Ettlebrick added "a" before "director". Tag: Reverted
• 14:4714:47, 18 December 2020 diff hist +6‎ National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ‎ Under Mel Boozer, changed "Democratic" to Tag: Reverted

6 December 2020

• 10:5810:58, 6 December 2020 diff hist −61‎ m Charles S. Zimmerman ‎ Under Early Years: In last sentence, changed "very orthodox observer of the Judaic religion" to "orthodox Jew." There is no such term as "Judaic relgion" There is no such thing as "very orthodox"; one is either orthodox or one is not. One might say "very observant" though the meaning of same is ambiguous at best.
• 10:2010:20, 6 December 2020 diff hist −1‎ Henry Loeb ‎ SCLC = Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Under Sanitation Strike, next to last paragraph, was written Leadership[s]. Corrected by changing from plural to singular. Not to mention that leadershps is not even a word.

13 November 2020

• 11:5011:50, 13 November 2020 diff hist +1‎ m Knox College (Illinois) ‎ Under Academics, fifth paragraph, pluralized zoologist to zoologists.
• 08:2308:23, 13 November 2020 diff hist +3‎ Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation ‎ Under Creating GCAF, Idea for a new foundation, last paragraph, changed Yale to Harvard where Norton received his PhD.

11 November 2020

• 20:5020:50, 11 November 2020 diff hist +37‎ m Morris Schappes ‎ In first paragraph under Jewish Life, added "magazine," corrected characterization of periodical's relationship to Communist Party, and removed comma before USA.

28 October 2020

• 05:1405:14, 28 October 2020 diff hist −2‎ Garry Kasparov ‎ Under Views eliminated [a] from quote, so it reads the "new game" as opposed to the "a new game."

19 October 2020

• 21:1121:11, 19 October 2020 diff hist −1‎ Daniel Cory ‎ Corrected spelling of family name in last sentence of second paragraph from Cor]e[y to Cory.