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27 September 2019
- 06:5206:52, 27 September 2019 diff hist −153 General Motors streetcar conspiracy →Early years: removed "conspiracy theorists connect. . ." contributor has had since 4 years since 2015 to provide source. Unsourced content cannot remain in WP indefinitely.
16 September 2019
- 18:3618:36, 16 September 2019 diff hist −232 Adrian Edmondson →1990s: removed unsourced statement with cite req dated 2012. Contributor has had 7 years to provide source. Unsourced content cannot stay in WP forever.
- 01:0601:06, 16 September 2019 diff hist −29 Jack Hues →Post-Wang Chung era (1991–present): remove pointless unnecessary commas; remove unwarranted semicolon --- only use semicolon when following content directly follows on
- 00:5800:58, 16 September 2019 diff hist −51 Jack Hues →Wang Chung era (1977–1991): "met up" ? They met. Nobody meets up. Numerous other wordsmithing fixes.
- 00:5300:53, 16 September 2019 diff hist −13 Jack Hues →Early life: get rid of tokenistic linguistic expressions "would then". He did. You're talking in the past tense.
14 September 2019
- 09:1909:19, 14 September 2019 diff hist −9 m The Lorax (film) →Production: replace "which was" with comma. That was redundant, repetitive expression.
- 09:1709:17, 14 September 2019 diff hist −1 m The Lorax (film) →Production: replace "titular" with "Lorax". Please avoid using amateur movie review buzzwords, eg: titular, eponymous, garnered, etcetera.
31 August 2019
- 06:3006:30, 31 August 2019 diff hist +22 Five Points, Manhattan Undid revision 912980881 by 67.11.51.191 (talk) That is not "bad content". Your edit amounts to vandalism. Kindly cease and desist. Tag: Undo
- 03:4803:48, 31 August 2019 diff hist +1 m John-Michael Howson →Reporter: missing period
- 03:4603:46, 31 August 2019 diff hist −124 John-Michael Howson →Reporter: removed statement re professional respect from Hollywood --- contributor has had 6 years since November 2013 to provide reliable reference.
25 August 2019
- 04:1804:18, 25 August 2019 diff hist +38 Wall of Voodoo cite request ---who said that?
- 04:1704:17, 25 August 2019 diff hist +38 Wall of Voodoo dite request --- who said Wall of Voodoo were New Wave? I disagree; they do not fit into any convenient genre box. Their musical style was unique and can only be classified "Wall of Voodoo".
22 August 2019
- 03:5103:51, 22 August 2019 diff hist +61 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein →Production: added citation requests
- 02:3002:30, 22 August 2019 diff hist −223 Benny Hill →The Benny Hill Show: removed sentence with citation request posted November 2011 --- contributor has had 8 years to provide inline source; uncourced content cannot remain in WP indefinitely
17 August 2019
- 01:0001:00, 17 August 2019 diff hist −1 m Lunar pareidolia replace "most famous" > "best-known"
12 August 2019
- 05:3605:36, 12 August 2019 diff hist −87 m Richard Benjamin removed topic drift reference to Peter O'Toole; article subject is Richard Benjamin
7 August 2019
- 00:1400:14, 7 August 2019 diff hist +10 The Chiodo Brothers Word-smithed for clarit. In WP articles we do not use abbreviations such as "bros." or "etc"; we spell out the entire word(s). "Claymation" wikilinked.
5 August 2019
- 14:1914:19, 5 August 2019 diff hist −17 m Patriot Games (film) keep it simple, please
- 14:1814:18, 5 August 2019 diff hist −23 m Patriot Games (film) removed "is the lone holdover," completely unnecessary expression
4 August 2019
- 13:4813:48, 4 August 2019 diff hist −4 m Carrie Fisher →Early life: clarity
- 07:0407:04, 4 August 2019 diff hist +12 m Hunting Hitler detail
- 02:4702:47, 4 August 2019 diff hist −18 Dave Edmunds →Rockpile and other collaborations: word-smithe for clarity and simplicity. Removed "albeit just barely," because 1 week at #1 is not"just barely".
19 July 2019
- 04:1404:14, 19 July 2019 diff hist +9 m Bedknobs and Broomsticks →Plot: add "children"
11 July 2019
- 01:5901:59, 11 July 2019 diff hist 0 m Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust →Founding: wordsmithed for clarity
5 July 2019
- 09:1109:11, 5 July 2019 diff hist −1 m Kray twins →Nightclub owners: accepted > adopted
4 July 2019
- 07:1207:12, 4 July 2019 diff hist +51 William Quantrill citation request
3 July 2019
- 07:3307:33, 3 July 2019 diff hist +9 Swordfish photos of swordfish show the bill is indeed flat and long, but iit is also pointed, as the Taxonomy and etymology para describes
1 July 2019
- 07:5407:54, 1 July 2019 diff hist +22 m Julia Zemiro →Acting: "many" is a weasel word, should not be in WP
- 02:2302:23, 1 July 2019 diff hist −53 Squid →Description: Replace "have been modified" with "evolved"; replace "The foot has been transformed into a" with "A". This article is loaded with redundant and / or incorrect expression.
- 02:1502:15, 1 July 2019 diff hist +12 m Squid wikilink "octopuses"
30 June 2019
- 03:0103:01, 30 June 2019 diff hist +3 Grant Shaud →Career: That sentence really needed that comma; but "assumed" ? Aw c'mon, gimme a break. That is incompetent writing as only wikipedians produce.
- 02:5002:50, 30 June 2019 diff hist +6 m Faith Ford →Early life: clarity
28 June 2019
- 15:2815:28, 28 June 2019 diff hist −62 m Victorian gold rush →Overview: remove excess text
- 15:2715:27, 28 June 2019 diff hist +4 m Victorian gold rush →Overview: italicize super text
- 15:2515:25, 28 June 2019 diff hist +85 Victorian gold rush wordsmithed for clarity and accuracy
25 June 2019
- 14:3514:35, 25 June 2019 diff hist −44 Hermit crab Wordsmithed for clarity and brevity. Also, to keep things simple.
23 June 2019
- 07:1707:17, 23 June 2019 diff hist −1,308 McLibel case →Court of Appeal: removed statement pending cite req november 2012; also statements re carcinogen and matter for parliament cite req 2012
22 June 2019
- 05:0505:05, 22 June 2019 diff hist +4 m Private's Progress →Plot: add "the"
- 05:0005:00, 22 June 2019 diff hist +7 m Private's Progress →Plot: clarify
21 June 2019
- 09:2109:21, 21 June 2019 diff hist 0 m Sabines →Language: add hyphen to hyphenate term
- 09:0709:07, 21 June 2019 diff hist +6 High roller No, wrong wrong wrong, click the link to Australian Dollar and there it is designated AUD$, not A$. Let's get it right and not have WP contradicting itself.
19 June 2019
- 12:0612:06, 19 June 2019 diff hist −3 m MC 900 Ft. Jesus →Career: correct minor stray "in"
15 June 2019
- 12:1812:18, 15 June 2019 diff hist −162 Philip K. Dick →Style and works: removed reference to Jung in the Exegesis --- contributor has had 12 years since 2007 to add source. 12 years is way too long. Unsubstantiated content cannot stay in WP indefinitely.
14 June 2019
- 23:0023:00, 14 June 2019 diff hist −9 m Razor gang →Background: removed "existing"' of course the concentration existed, that much is self-implicit
- 10:4910:49, 14 June 2019 diff hist 0 m Jack Wild →TV work: H > He
- 07:0007:00, 14 June 2019 diff hist −6 The Biscuit Eater (1972 film) wordsmithed for clarity
11 June 2019
- 22:4122:41, 11 June 2019 diff hist +8 m Five Points, Manhattan →Social reform and renewal: wordsmithed for clarity
6 June 2019
- 03:1203:12, 6 June 2019 diff hist +1 m Rupert Hine ones > those. Gimme a break. This is about basic English language writing skills. Remember that AP deines general knowledge doe hundreds of millions of English speakers. You owe a duty to them to get this right.
28 May 2019
- 22:3222:32, 28 May 2019 diff hist −110 Golden Age →The Golden Age in Europe: Greece: removed unsourced statement cite req dated 2016. Unsourced content cannot remain in WP indefinitely.
27 May 2019
- 22:2022:20, 27 May 2019 diff hist −4 m Barry Williams (actor) →Later career: removed stray instance of "her"
- 09:3809:38, 27 May 2019 diff hist −3 The Evil Dead →Principal cinematography: Sub-standard english language results when the mob is permited to set this example of bad writing.
- 09:2309:23, 27 May 2019 diff hist +8 The Evil Dead →Background and writing: keep it simple
- 09:1209:12, 27 May 2019 diff hist −46 The Evil Dead Refinement.
- 09:0409:04, 27 May 2019 diff hist +65 The Evil Dead text edit for clarity & simplicity
26 May 2019
- 08:4608:46, 26 May 2019 diff hist −32 Washington Irving →Early years: wordsmithed for simplicity and clarity.
- 01:5101:51, 26 May 2019 diff hist −1 m Groucho Marx →Vaudeville: wordsmithed to improve quality of readability
- 01:3601:36, 26 May 2019 diff hist −9 Groucho Marx removed excess wordage "the world's"; replaced "glasses" with "spectacles"
25 May 2019
- 10:0410:04, 25 May 2019 diff hist −13 Exploding cigar Say it, don't spray it. Why do Americans substitute tripe for plain-spoken English? Stop pussyfooting and come out with it.
24 May 2019
- 23:5223:52, 24 May 2019 diff hist +69 m Wes Anderson add citation req
23 May 2019
- 03:4403:44, 23 May 2019 diff hist −70 The Producers (1967 film) →Synopsis: removed "The once-great" repeated in same sentence; wordsmithed to simplify and reduce wordiness
22 May 2019
- 11:5311:53, 22 May 2019 diff hist −2 m Mel Brooks →The 2000 Year-Old-Man and Get Smart: entitled > titled keep it simple
- 11:4411:44, 22 May 2019 diff hist −3 m Borscht Belt →Legacy: the ones > those
- 11:1811:18, 22 May 2019 diff hist −42 Mel Brooks →WWII service: removed pointless "the penultimate year of World War II". I mean, what;s the point of having that there? Keep it simple.
18 May 2019
- 02:2902:29, 18 May 2019 diff hist −29 Michael J. Fox →Film career: wordsmithed, simplified.
- 02:2102:21, 18 May 2019 diff hist +3 m Michael J. Fox replace "where" with "in which"
15 May 2019
- 17:0417:04, 15 May 2019 diff hist −76 Antihero →History: Okay they are gone now.
- 15:4015:40, 15 May 2019 diff hist −181 Nimbin, New South Wales →Police intervention: removed unsourced statement with cite req dated December 2014. Unsourced content cannot remain in WP indefinitely.
- 08:0408:04, 15 May 2019 diff hist −1 Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (film) →Themes and criticism: simplified word structures; add missing word "by"
- 00:2600:26, 15 May 2019 diff hist +33 The Out-of-Towners (1970 film) →Origins: add citation request
- 00:1100:11, 15 May 2019 diff hist −10 m Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (film) I really do not believe readers need an overused, somewhat cliched instance of "eponymous" in there. The meaning of that sentence is obvious enough from the surrounding context. "eponymous" only gets in the way in this instance. Keep it simple, please.
13 May 2019
- 02:5502:55, 13 May 2019 diff hist −17 m Round the Bend Wordsmithed for simplicity and clarity.
- 02:1402:14, 13 May 2019 diff hist −13 Round the Bend wordsmithed for clarity; removed unnecessary and cluttering examples of animation made by Aardman; added citation requests.
12 May 2019
- 08:1908:19, 12 May 2019 diff hist +3 m The Last Detail added "on"
- 03:4503:45, 12 May 2019 diff hist −5 Theatre director wordsmithed for clarity; wikilink "play"
11 May 2019
- 05:3805:38, 11 May 2019 diff hist −7 m 16 mm film →Super 16 mm: removed "taking". Looked like a forgotten orphan from an edit a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Good faith edit to improve encyclopedia.
9 May 2019
- 02:4202:42, 9 May 2019 diff hist +4 m Sobriquet →Examples: wikilink Elvis Presley
- 02:4102:41, 9 May 2019 diff hist +92 Sobriquet →Examples: Added Elvis
- 02:3802:38, 9 May 2019 diff hist −34 Sobriquet →Etymology: deleted "ass" contributor has had 4 years since January 2015 to provide source. Unreferenced content cannot remain in WP indefinitely.
3 May 2019
- 14:2814:28, 3 May 2019 diff hist +4 List of Blade Runner (franchise) characters →Roy Batty: replace "android(s)" with "replicant(s). Only the title of Dick's original novel bears the term "android". In the film "replicant" is the term used, and "android" is not once mentioned.
- 12:3412:34, 3 May 2019 diff hist +182 Blade Runner It is cited now with inline citation. Are you happy now? Wake up.
- 12:2312:23, 3 May 2019 diff hist +13 Blade Runner Undid revision 895266557 by Walter Görlitz (talk) The term "neo-noir" occurs multiple times thru the article, so why can't it be in the lead para? Wake up. Tag: Undo
- 12:2012:20, 3 May 2019 diff hist −16 m Holden Special Vehicles Removed "Over the years" to wishy-washy and sweepingly generalized expression for an an encyclopedia
- 12:1812:18, 3 May 2019 diff hist 0 m Holden Special Vehicles Removed invalid hyphens; these terms do not require hyphenation
- 12:1612:16, 3 May 2019 diff hist −20 Holden Special Vehicles removed superfluous instances of "have" & "had" --- accompanying past tense verbs paint adequate picture. Removed '"very" low volumes' --- how low is "very" low? That is overwrought. If the quantity is so very low please specify exactly how many. replace vague "over the years" with "since 1987".
- 03:1303:13, 3 May 2019 diff hist −3 Panache →Cyrano de Bergerac: moved wikilink from "play of that name" to title of play, "Cyrano de Bergerac". Edit made in good faith to improve encyclopedia. Also removed unnecessary parenthesis
2 May 2019
- 00:4200:42, 2 May 2019 diff hist +13 Blade Runner Undid revision 894904867 by Doniago (talk) Tag: Undo
1 May 2019
- 09:4809:48, 1 May 2019 diff hist 0 m Anh Do →Career: removed unwarranted hyphen between "native" and "american". What made you think that needed to be hyphenated? Wake up.
- 09:4509:45, 1 May 2019 diff hist −5 Anh Do removed weasel word "many" --- consult WP style guide if you don't understand why
- 09:4109:41, 1 May 2019 diff hist −5 m Anh Do removed weasel word "many" --- consult WP style guide if you don't understand why.
27 April 2019
- 10:0210:02, 27 April 2019 diff hist −1 m Micro Men →Plot: whilst > while --- keep it simple
- 09:5709:57, 27 April 2019 diff hist −2 m Michael Keating (actor) →Career: entitled > titled --- keep it simple
- 01:0901:09, 27 April 2019 diff hist −12 m Monty Python's Life of Brian →Cast: remove coloquial expression "of the fact"
- 00:4000:40, 27 April 2019 diff hist −25 m Monty Python's Life of Brian →Cast: removed "just happened to be" wikipedians take note, this stuff isn't supposed to read like it was written in your local pub over a few pints of lager. Grammatical tone unsuitable and inappropriate for an encyclopedia.
20 April 2019
- 10:1310:13, 20 April 2019 diff hist +29 Rockin' in the Rockies Word-smithed for clarity
- 09:5709:57, 20 April 2019 diff hist +63 The Outlaws Is Coming Added detail for clarity; Added section header
- 07:2907:29, 20 April 2019 diff hist −2 m Aquaculture of sea sponges →Simple: "the" > "a" --- non-specific noun form
- 07:2707:27, 20 April 2019 diff hist −11 m Aquaculture of sea sponges →Simple: removed "relatively" --- relative to what?
- 02:0502:05, 20 April 2019 diff hist −13 Hopalong Cassidy →Origin: Wordsmithed for clarity and ease of reading
19 April 2019
- 00:4800:48, 19 April 2019 diff hist +9 Sam Raimi Undid revision 892976445 by Qballer82 (talk) there is more than 1 Spiderman film; Sam directed three of them Tag: Undo
- 00:4500:45, 19 April 2019 diff hist +4 m The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze Added "Moe" as Howard could have referred to Shemp Howard or Curly Howard
- 00:4200:42, 19 April 2019 diff hist +17 The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze →Production: wordsmithed for clarity themes > scenarios; curly > the third stooge; gaining > acquiring; case > instance (x2)
17 April 2019
- 14:3114:31, 17 April 2019 diff hist +1 m The Three Stooges Meet Hercules Stooge > Stooges
15 April 2019
- 09:1109:11, 15 April 2019 diff hist −8 m The Legend of Billie Jean →Plot: text tweeks for ease of reading
- 09:0409:04, 15 April 2019 diff hist −1 Keith Gordon →Life and career: an > a grammar correction
14 April 2019
- 07:5407:54, 14 April 2019 diff hist −131 Saint-Étienne →History: ribbons and passementerie have nothing to do with firearms or small arms; therefor the attribution it was briefly renamed "arms town" sounds like misguided crap. We don't even have a source here so the whole lot is gone.
11 April 2019
- 23:5723:57, 11 April 2019 diff hist +1 m Sam Raimi →Recurring trademarks, motifs, and partners: terminology tweek: various > numerous; not that "various" is the wrong term as such, but it's tantamount to a cliche and rather overused
- 23:3523:35, 11 April 2019 diff hist +6 m Sam Raimi →Film: terminology tweek: roughly > approximately
10 April 2019
- 08:0608:06, 10 April 2019 diff hist +3 Monument Valley →Monument Valley in the media: improved section title
9 April 2019
- 05:2005:20, 9 April 2019 diff hist −10 Donald Fagen →Solo career: Shit, I can't believe what I'm reading here. Changes made are basic English language skills. You folks are writing as if from a past time. This is today. This isn't yesterday.
- 05:0105:01, 9 April 2019 diff hist +6 m Donald Fagen →Early life: added "later" for clarity
8 April 2019
- 07:3307:33, 8 April 2019 diff hist −8 Joe DeRita →Career with the Three Stooges: text tweaks removed unnecessary parenthesis
- 07:2907:29, 8 April 2019 diff hist +15 m Joe DeRita →Career with the Three Stooges: added "feature-length"
- 07:2507:25, 8 April 2019 diff hist +3 m Joe DeRita →Early life: through > throughout
- 05:2905:29, 8 April 2019 diff hist +3 Steam car →Technology: text t
- 05:2305:23, 8 April 2019 diff hist −1 m Sarah McLeod (musician) →The Superjesus reformation and 96% Love Song Book: conatained > included; it seems more appropriate.
- 03:0003:00, 8 April 2019 diff hist +21 Sarah McLeod (musician) →Early life and family: cleanup sloppy handling of english language expression
- 02:5002:50, 8 April 2019 diff hist −3 m Peter Cook →Early life: removed unnecessary parenthesis.
- 01:0201:02, 8 April 2019 diff hist +3 m Electric motor →DC motors: text tweak
6 April 2019
- 02:0802:08, 6 April 2019 diff hist 0 Steam car hyphenate
- 02:0702:07, 6 April 2019 diff hist −18 Steam car orthographic and grammatic improvements. Whoever wrote the previous text of this article is not qualified to edit an encyclopedia read by millions of readers.
4 April 2019
- 10:4810:48, 4 April 2019 diff hist +1 J. Allen Hynek →Change of opinion: impressive > significant. This is not about who is impressed, it is about what is significant. Gee whiz, some editors of WP have a lot of things to learn.
- 10:4610:46, 4 April 2019 diff hist −417 J. Allen Hynek →Change of opinion: deleted statements "Citation needed|date=August 2010" --- contributor has had 9 years to provide reliable source(s). Unsourced content cannot remain in WP indefinitely.
- 10:4510:45, 4 April 2019 diff hist −172 J. Allen Hynek →Change of opinion: deleted statement "Citation needed|date=August 2010" --- contributor has had 9 years to provide reliable source. Unsourced content cannot remain in WP indefinitely.
3 April 2019
- 01:0001:00, 3 April 2019 diff hist −5 m Cowboy Jimmy Moore →Early years: same again as last edit --- "would chiefly compete" > "chiefly competed"
- 00:5700:57, 3 April 2019 diff hist −11 m Cowboy Jimmy Moore →Early years: "would place" > placed; "would become' > became. These things occurred, they happened. Stop writing in past-think-ahead terms and be done with it.
23 March 2019
- 12:1012:10, 23 March 2019 diff hist 0 m California gold rush →Supplies and goods needed: fixed typo error
22 February 2019
- 01:1701:17, 22 February 2019 diff hist +1 m Davy Jones (musician) →Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart: monkee > monkees
- 01:0101:01, 22 February 2019 diff hist +7 m Davy Jones (musician) role > performance --- Jones was nominated for his performance of the part of the Artful Dodger; he was not nominated for the "role" or part as such
13 February 2019
- 02:0302:03, 13 February 2019 diff hist −296 Mexican jumping bean →As a novelty: Holding them in your hand does not warm them "abruptly". This is the most incompetently-written article I've read in WP in over 6 years.
- 01:5801:58, 13 February 2019 diff hist −366 Mexican jumping bean →As a novelty: changes for accuracy to make text clearer and easier to comprehend. Removed unsourced content --- contributor has had 2 years to come up with source Unsoured content cannot remain in WP indefinitely.
9 February 2019
- 14:3014:30, 9 February 2019 diff hist −2 m 2012 (film) →Production: entitled > titled --- serious upgrade to reduce wordiness I know "entitled" is an accepted form of the term, but it's also a buzz word ans silly orthography we're better off without --- keep it simple, please
27 January 2019
- 10:2510:25, 27 January 2019 diff hist −6 m Stamped paper wordsmithed for clearer reading
14 January 2019
- 00:4900:49, 14 January 2019 diff hist −22 m Soda jerk →Lingo: deleted second mention of "egg creams". You just told them a second ago, no need to repeat the term in same sentence.
7 January 2019
- 13:4913:49, 7 January 2019 diff hist −158 Coneheads →Other formats: removed unsourcced statement re Robin Williams and television special. Contributor has had since October 2015.
- 13:4613:46, 7 January 2019 diff hist −97 Coneheads →Music: removed uncourced statement re Lorne Michaels involved in making Cyndi Lauper's music video. Contributor has had since October 2015.
- 12:5812:58, 7 January 2019 diff hist −74 Garrett Morris →Early life and career: Sorry. Actually removed it this time. Thanks for your patience.
- 03:2903:29, 7 January 2019 diff hist +10 m Danny Bonaduce →Personal life: the end of "the series". What series? I hope you mean the partidge family.
- 03:0303:03, 7 January 2019 diff hist −158 Danny Bonaduce Keep it simple. Good writing is simple and easy to comprehend. Removed uncited statement---contributor has had since december 2015 to provide citation. Unsourced cantent cannot remain in WP forever.
- 02:5202:52, 7 January 2019 diff hist +6 m Danny Bonaduce replace "etc" > "and others". "Etc" is weak and weasely, a cop-out term and an abbreviation as well. If you have to put "etc" at least enunciate the complete word "etcetera".
30 December 2018
- 11:3011:30, 30 December 2018 diff hist −6 Dennis Nilsen →195 Melrose Avenue: say what you mean, and just type that, don't play with it. And don't join together two sentences with a semicolon unless the 2nd is a direct follow-on in content.
- 11:2411:24, 30 December 2018 diff hist −7 m Dennis Nilsen →195 Melrose Avenue: wordsmithed for clarity
2 December 2018
- 20:2420:24, 2 December 2018 diff hist −2 m Syd Mead →Background: improved wordsmithing for clarity and readability.
21 October 2018
- 03:0003:00, 21 October 2018 diff hist +4 m Clubfoot issues > difficulty. I don't see what's so hard. Call it what it is. "Issues" ? If you're editing the world's standard, default tome of general knowledge and you're too messed-up and full of political correctness to say that, then you should not be editing WP.
18 October 2018
- 10:5910:59, 18 October 2018 diff hist −11 Sarah McLeod (musician) →Early life and family: "like a duck to water" is not the kind of expression appropriate for an encyclopedia.
- 10:5510:55, 18 October 2018 diff hist −4 Sarah McLeod (musician) guitar player > guitarist. If the former entry is what passes for legit at WP that is proof that WP's clueless editors are 5 guys in one room with only 4 brain cells between them. Get a life, guys---it's only an internet app.
- 03:1803:18, 18 October 2018 diff hist +32 History of Western typography Undid revision 864017343 by Kmccook (talk)because it makes no sense to you Kmccook indicartes your lack of perceptiveness and intelligence. Kindly cease vandalising this thing and fuck off. Tag: Undo
11 October 2018
- 05:4105:41, 11 October 2018 diff hist 0 Ligature (writing) Undid revision 863353548 by Captain Zebes (talk) Look at the damn picture and take note of the complete, absolute and utter disparity between your edit notes and the type sample. Tag: Undo
- 05:3305:33, 11 October 2018 diff hist −93 Taking Lives (film) Removed reference to Walter Werzowas other work---an example of topic drift. Wake up, and stay on the ball---this article is not about the composer. it's about the film Taking Lives.
27 September 2018
- 18:1718:17, 27 September 2018 diff hist 0 Henry Salt (Egyptologist) →Consul General in Egypt: wordsmithed for text flow
- 18:1418:14, 27 September 2018 diff hist −4 m Henry Salt (Egyptologist) →Early travels: fix italic formatting
- 18:0818:08, 27 September 2018 diff hist 0 Henry Salt (Egyptologist) →Early life: 1779 > 1789 Sorry my mistake
- 18:0718:07, 27 September 2018 diff hist +1 Henry Salt (Egyptologist) →Early life: 1979 > 1779 --- surely this is the correct date
26 September 2018
- 15:4715:47, 26 September 2018 diff hist −7 m History of the Yosemite area typo --- remove "in the"
25 September 2018
- 00:4900:49, 25 September 2018 diff hist −4 m Keanu Reeves →Family and views: correct typo
- 00:4800:48, 25 September 2018 diff hist +48 Keanu Reeves →Family and views: The actors themselves did not get married. The characters they portrayed in the film got married.
- 00:3700:37, 25 September 2018 diff hist −12 Winona Ryder →2006–2009: "based on" > "adaptation of". Removed redundant expression "of the same name" as readers have got eyes and brains and they can see the novel title and film title are identical.
- 00:3400:34, 25 September 2018 diff hist +32 Winona Ryder →1996–2000: clairfication
23 September 2018
- 03:1903:19, 23 September 2018 diff hist −8 Catch Me If You Can Contributor who made the first wikilink to article "Cheque fraud" discovered how this word is spelled---no excuse for committing 16 instances of incorrect spelling "check" Wale up to yourself.
21 September 2018
- 09:2109:21, 21 September 2018 diff hist 0 m Ligature (writing) hyphenate --- "widely" is possessive of "used"
- 09:1809:18, 21 September 2018 diff hist +69 The Brass Teapot No edit summary
1 September 2018
- 08:2708:27, 1 September 2018 diff hist −21 m Jeff Tracy wordsmith
30 August 2018
- 03:3603:36, 30 August 2018 diff hist +18 m Padded cell →Use: general grammatic fixes
- 03:3303:33, 30 August 2018 diff hist −4 m Padded cell →Use: grammatic upgrade "would vary" > "varied". It's not that it "would" happen --- it did happen. Let's keep the tense of past consistent and not write mixed tense.
26 August 2018
- 01:2701:27, 26 August 2018 diff hist −1 m Smith & Wesson Model 2 →Double Action 32: fixed typo --- untuil > until
24 August 2018
- 01:0901:09, 24 August 2018 diff hist −7 m Lance Henriksen avoid showy linguistics --- keep it simple
23 July 2018
- 22:2722:27, 23 July 2018 diff hist +1 m Go Go Gophers wordsmithing for clarity and ease of reading.
22 July 2018
- 23:0023:00, 22 July 2018 diff hist −1 m Totem pole →Mortuary pole: wordsmithing. Improved sequence in-sentance.
18 July 2018
- 01:5701:57, 18 July 2018 diff hist −19 m Monte Carlo (biscuit) removed redundant expression "As a cream biscuit," as the lead para already established we're talking about biscuits here. Even the article's title includes that defintion.
9 July 2018
- 13:1813:18, 9 July 2018 diff hist −247 Judge Reinhold →Later Career: removed reference to "Mock Trial with J. Reinhold". Contributor has had since 2011 to provide inline citation. Unsourced content cannot remain in WP or 6 years.
19 June 2018
- 12:1112:11, 19 June 2018 diff hist −24 Water dispenser Text edits for clarity and perspicacity. Eliminate redundant second instance of "connected to a water supply" --- previous sentence established that.
- 12:0412:04, 19 June 2018 diff hist −77 Water dispenser →Bottom-load water dispenser: Rewrite for clarity and perspicacity, and to eliminate citation request. Opening with the term "most" only complicates matters.
17 April 2018
- 10:0110:01, 17 April 2018 diff hist −508 Larry Fine →Three Stooges features: No---the subject of the article is Larry, not Shemp, and not Curly. Which letters in the word "relevance" don't you understand? Relevance and prevention of topic drift are fundamental pillars of Wikipedia.
10 April 2018
- 13:1213:12, 10 April 2018 diff hist −806 Larry Fine →Three Stooges features: Oops, forgot to delete those paragraphs in last edit. See last edit summary. They're gone now --- yay!
- 12:5912:59, 10 April 2018 diff hist −5 Larry Fine →Early life: the word is "miming". There is no such word as "pantomiming". "Pantomime" refers to a complete performance act for the duration of an entire show.
- 12:4012:40, 10 April 2018 diff hist −14 m Shemp Howard →Show business: correct grammar
6 May 2017
- 09:5209:52, 6 May 2017 diff hist −34 m Wheels on Meals →Title: cleanup
23 April 2017
- 17:2017:20, 23 April 2017 diff hist +6 m Synthetic resin wikify correctly
- 17:1317:13, 23 April 2017 diff hist +87 Synthetic resin wiki markup, grammatic cleanup
20 April 2017
- 22:4922:49, 20 April 2017 diff hist −661 The Fury (film) removed citation reqests dated 2011 - unsourced content cannot stay in WP articles forever - contributor has had 6 years to provide source(s)
13 February 2017
- 11:3311:33, 13 February 2017 diff hist −2 Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror gramatic fixes; Teo and his race are clearly meant to be pigs, not foxes. That's not OR---just common sense observation.
10 February 2017
- 22:0422:04, 10 February 2017 diff hist −103 Thieves Like Us (film) removed uncited reference to State Highway Patrolman Lloyd Jones dated May 2008. Unsourced content cannot remain in WP articles indefinitely.
21 November 2016
- 06:0206:02, 21 November 2016 diff hist −7 Nuclear holocaust grammatic / orthographic cleanup. Mutually assured destruction is a well-known hypothesis, widely-accepted by experts on the subject of thermonuclear war. Nothing dubious about it.
17 November 2016
- 10:2310:23, 17 November 2016 diff hist +16 Splitting Heirs →Plot: rewrite plot description
10 November 2016
- 11:2711:27, 10 November 2016 diff hist +1 The Stepford Wives (2004 film) name > title; films have titles, not names
- 11:1511:15, 10 November 2016 diff hist −2 Winona Ryder Undid revision 748493973 by 88.105.96.43 (talk) --- no, no, no, totally incorrect sub=standard English. The plural of Klaas is Klaas'. It was correct as it was.
7 November 2016
- 05:3805:38, 7 November 2016 diff hist −20 m Promised Land (1987 film) simplified lead para --- please keep it simple. Edit made in good faith.
30 October 2016
- 11:4411:44, 30 October 2016 diff hist +180 Typography copy etymology from History of Western Typography
25 October 2016
- 21:3721:37, 25 October 2016 diff hist −175 Martin Bryant →Political aftermath: removed unsourced material and citation request dated 2010. Unourced caontent cannot remain in WP indefinitely.
3 October 2016
- 06:5306:53, 3 October 2016 diff hist +27 4K resolution delete "would be" - either it is or it isn't, but since it hasn't happened yet and is only a prediction, let's accurate please. "much" faster is weasel talk.
- 06:4806:48, 3 October 2016 diff hist 0 4K resolution correct typo
- 06:4706:47, 3 October 2016 diff hist +1 m 4K resolution correct typo
- 06:4606:46, 3 October 2016 diff hist +50 4K resolution Questioning weasel words
13 September 2016
- 09:3709:37, 13 September 2016 diff hist +236 The Spirit Is Willing added plot summary
29 August 2016
- 06:5006:50, 29 August 2016 diff hist +1 Winona Ryder At least get the tense of the word correct. The film has been made and released. Winona's acting was in the past. It is not still happening. "plays" is present tense and the wrong tense.
- 06:4706:47, 29 August 2016 diff hist 0 Lothario connote > suggest. Please keep it simple. Edit made in good faith to improve the quality of the encyclopedia.
25 August 2016
- 13:1813:18, 25 August 2016 diff hist −33 Truth serum →United States: removed inline cite req dated June 2011. That's five years too long. The manuals are Prima facie evidence the CIA and the army used truth serums. Deny it if you want.
24 August 2016
- 08:4508:45, 24 August 2016 diff hist −532 Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) Removed paragraph concerning Maleficentv live action film from lead section as it is off-topi, and repeated at the end of the article under "Live action remake" Please stick to the topic and save your irrelevant shite for its own article.
11 August 2016
- 04:1504:15, 11 August 2016 diff hist +18 The Silver Brumby (film) →Production: wikilink to article on original books
- 04:1004:10, 11 August 2016 diff hist +1 The Silver Brumby (film) →Production: move > books. There was no original "movie" if that's what was meant. This 1993 film was the first film adaptation.
4 August 2016
- 16:4616:46, 4 August 2016 diff hist +4 m Philosophical fiction →Prominent philosophical fiction: ones > examples