User contributions for Ofsevit
A user with 480 edits. Account created on 26 February 2006.
1 May 2024
- 20:5920:59, 1 May 2024 diff hist +1 m East Germany balloon escape the use of "authors" here seems like a bad translation … unless they were writing a book about the balloon. current
26 April 2024
- 19:4419:44, 26 April 2024 diff hist +19 m Stadler Rail →History: still trying to get this to show up as a German article current
- 19:3419:34, 26 April 2024 diff hist −1 m Stadler Rail →History: took out poor syntax so that it will show that this links to a foreign language page.
- 19:2919:29, 26 April 2024 diff hist −523 Schindler Group →History: if we put every contract they ever won into the history, the page would be a bit too long. This is not relevant. current
21 April 2024
- 20:3720:37, 21 April 2024 diff hist −8 m Tonkin Railway →Missing link around Lake Geneva: typo
31 December 2023
- 17:1117:11, 31 December 2023 diff hist −110 Forsyth County, Georgia Removed references to marchers coming from "outside the area" which were uncited and are not present in contemporaneous reports.
- 17:0917:09, 31 December 2023 diff hist +769 Talk:Forsyth County, Georgia Rationale for removing the "outside the area" language.
16 December 2023
- 23:2423:24, 16 December 2023 diff hist +1 m San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport →Early years: grammar
13 June 2023
- 12:5312:53, 13 June 2023 diff hist +30 Bar Harbor Express added context: MD Ferry is in Hancock at the end of a now-abandoned branchline. ref if needed: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/old-pond-railway-trail
8 June 2023
- 02:5202:52, 8 June 2023 diff hist +73 HAWK beacon →Effectiveness: According to page 19 of the thesis, both a HAWK and a signalized intersection have 97% effectiveness. This thesis actually found lower compliance. Clarifying that 69% reduction is compared to non-signaled intersections, not other treatments.
19 February 2023
- 13:3913:39, 19 February 2023 diff hist −59 Logan International Airport →Passenger: Removed SDQ from AA dest list; no citation given, not on current AA schedule and was causing formatting issues. (It said Resumed Sept 11 2023) Tag: Reverted
- 13:3313:33, 19 February 2023 diff hist +2 m Logan International Airport →Passenger: format Tag: Reverted
7 June 2022
- 14:3014:30, 7 June 2022 diff hist 0 Light rail in the United States →"First-generation" legacy systems: The last A cars ran to Watertown in 1969, not 1967.
12 February 2022
- 14:2414:24, 12 February 2022 diff hist +40 Advanced Air →Services
1 December 2021
- 01:3501:35, 1 December 2021 diff hist 0 m Green Line Extension →Operations planning: typo fixed
- 01:3401:34, 1 December 2021 diff hist +112 Green Line Extension →Main project: Added a note about the full length of the Lechmere Viaduct shutdown.
- 01:2701:27, 1 December 2021 diff hist +1 m Green Line Extension →Environmental review: pluralizing a word, copyediting.
14 November 2021
- 19:0319:03, 14 November 2021 diff hist +1,320 Railroad electrification in the United States →Suburban Commuter Operations: Added BRB&L, Providence, Warren and Bristol, alphabetized.
22 September 2021
- 15:1115:11, 22 September 2021 diff hist 0 m Michelle Wu →Mayor: changed Janey's total from 10,xxx to 20,xxx.
21 July 2021
- 21:0921:09, 21 July 2021 diff hist −370 Long Island Sound link →Background: The deleted section was opinionated, factually inaccurate (99 miles from Port Jefferson to Bridgeport in the 1:07 ferry time would dramatically exceed all speed limits) and uncited.
7 July 2021
- 13:4213:42, 7 July 2021 diff hist −4 m Lake retention time →List of residence times of lake water: changed formatting
- 13:4213:42, 7 July 2021 diff hist +17 m Lake retention time →List of residence times of lake water: added US to Walden Pond
- 13:4113:41, 7 July 2021 diff hist +11 Lake retention time →List of residence times of lake water: Added Walden Pond, added <ref> tag
- 13:4013:40, 7 July 2021 diff hist +320 Lake retention time →List of residence times of lake water
30 June 2021
- 19:3919:39, 30 June 2021 diff hist −461 San Antonio →Mass transit: Route 550/551 no longer operate. Schedule avail at https://www.viainfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Schedule550_551CSP_08_2018.pdf when they did. Replaced by 102 and 552 https://www.viainfo.net/2019/07/24/aug-2019/
- 19:2119:21, 30 June 2021 diff hist −23 San Antonio →Climate: Removed unnecessary parens.
- 19:2019:20, 30 June 2021 diff hist −24 m San Antonio →Climate: These names are unofficial and designed by a for-profit entity and should not be encouraged, rather, the wikipedia name of the storm should be used.
15 June 2021
- 17:2617:26, 15 June 2021 diff hist −475 Green Line E branch This is not true, the [State Street Subway] cost $34 million https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/state-street-subway-system-chicago-il/
7 April 2021
- 02:0802:08, 7 April 2021 diff hist +85 Andy Robin No edit summary
- 02:0702:07, 7 April 2021 diff hist +107 Andy Robin Clarified that Robin went to med school at Brown.
14 March 2021
- 00:0900:09, 14 March 2021 diff hist 0 m Yo-Yo Ma Inauguration is on Jan 20
12 December 2020
- 14:3714:37, 12 December 2020 diff hist +247 Massachusetts Route 128 →Route description: Changed factually inaccurate portion about BTPR from a policy discussion of Dukakis.
22 July 2020
- 20:0520:05, 22 July 2020 diff hist −968 Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon The reports of 92˚ temperatures are not true. The reported high temp in St Louis that day was 82. See https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=lsx. The reports of 90% humidity are impossible: it would imply a dew point of 89˚ (http://bmcnoldy.rsmas.miami.edu/Humidity.html), which is a higher dew point than has ever been officially recorded in the US, ever. http://bmcnoldy.rsmas.miami.edu/Humidity.html. The article this is based on is wrong.
12 July 2020
- 03:3803:38, 12 July 2020 diff hist 0 m Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe →Nineteenth-century restrictions and land loss: typo Madhpee --> Mashpee
3 June 2020
- 00:4500:45, 3 June 2020 diff hist +294 Camp Androscoggin Add information about Jeff Lurie and Bob Kraft both being alums and having their teams face off in Super Bowls.
- 00:3000:30, 3 June 2020 diff hist +1 m Camp Androscoggin →History: added space
- 00:3000:30, 3 June 2020 diff hist +238 Camp Androscoggin Added Jeff Lurie as an alum
6 April 2020
- 14:2414:24, 6 April 2020 diff hist +4 m Braniff International Airways Adding link
17 March 2020
- 12:5112:51, 17 March 2020 diff hist +3 m Double-track railway →Handedness: fixed citation formatting
- 12:4812:48, 17 March 2020 diff hist +418 Double-track railway →Handedness: added exception in Chicago, Ill., USA
16 March 2020
- 19:0019:00, 16 March 2020 diff hist −13 Farebox recovery ratio Using latest NTD data which better matches other cities (all US items should be edited to use the same data)
23 November 2019
- 03:2603:26, 23 November 2019 diff hist −2 History of the Massachusetts Turnpike →Second expansion: Aerial photos clearly show that the pre-1970 lane drop was at Route 9 in Framingham. see https://www.historicaerials.com/location/42.2966486136757/-71.4790667438968/1971/18
29 May 2018
- 17:4517:45, 29 May 2018 diff hist +392 List of bridges in the United States by height →List of bridges: Added Mass Turnpike bridge over Westfield River after confirming height with state DOT.
20 February 2012
- 14:1314:13, 20 February 2012 diff hist −409 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Section lifted directly from HPHC press release deleted.
1 February 2011
- 13:3513:35, 1 February 2011 diff hist +2 m Climate of Oklahoma City No edit summary
- 13:3413:34, 1 February 2011 diff hist +125 Climate of Oklahoma City Weather.com is not an appropriate site for records; numbers were only from 1971-2000 (and still wrong)
13 May 2010
- 17:2017:20, 13 May 2010 diff hist −37 Central Park Undid revision 361897057 by 70.106.207.202 (talk)
9 December 2009
- 20:3320:33, 9 December 2009 diff hist +26 Sugarloaf (ski resort) No edit summary
28 November 2009
- 18:2918:29, 28 November 2009 diff hist −329 Philippe Petit No edit summary
- 18:1718:17, 28 November 2009 diff hist −1 Philippe Petit No edit summary