User contributions for The Font

27 September 2018

• 11:5411:54, 27 September 2018 diff hist +199 Clarence Reginald Dalby →History: Did he actually dislike his first forename?

29 August 2018

• 08:3508:35, 29 August 2018 diff hist 0 Headhunting →Melanesia: The noun ‘practice’ is always spelt ‘-ice’. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

12 July 2018

• 08:2408:24, 12 July 2018 diff hist −14 FIFA World Cup →Previous international competitions: A tournament is not edited. ‘Turn’ means ‘change’. It makes no sense to apply it to a named century. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

31 May 2018

• 15:5815:58, 31 May 2018 diff hist −59 Tom Molineaux Simplified specification of full name. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

19 April 2018

• 09:1709:17, 19 April 2018 diff hist +9 Bunty No such thing as a “comics magazine”. (Unless it were a magazine about comics!) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

16 April 2018

• 03:5603:56, 16 April 2018 diff hist +14 Tarzan →Literature: As previous, with some punctuation corrections. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 03:4903:49, 16 April 2018 diff hist −27 Tarzan In Britain (John Clayton’s home), only kings and queens get numbers after their names. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 03:1403:14, 16 April 2018 diff hist −20 Larry Adler The first line should give the full name – not some sort of mishmash. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

4 April 2018

• 00:4900:49, 4 April 2018 diff hist 0 Ordeal by Innocence (TV series) →Episodes: Spelling of Gwenda. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 00:4000:40, 4 April 2018 diff hist −17 Ordeal by Innocence →Ordeal by Innocence (1985): Tidied up some of the text partly taken from marketing material for the CD release of the “lost” soundtrack. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 00:3400:34, 4 April 2018 diff hist −3 Ordeal by Innocence Removed superfluous “and”. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

24 February 2018

• 23:5823:58, 24 February 2018 diff hist −8 Annie Nightingale Not helpful to shoehorn a familiar name into the full name. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

21 January 2018

• 12:4812:48, 21 January 2018 diff hist −5 Blue Peter badge →Badges for sale: Grammar. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

30 October 2017

• 10:5410:54, 30 October 2017 diff hist −5 Ed Welch It’s unhelpful to shoehorn a shortened form of a name back into the full name. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

22 August 2017

• 06:5006:50, 22 August 2017 diff hist −64 Yersinia pestis There’s nothing colloquial about plague. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

21 August 2017

• 16:1616:16, 21 August 2017 diff hist −7 Jodie Whittaker Improved wording. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

9 July 2017

• 11:3911:39, 9 July 2017 diff hist −8 Chris Jarvis (presenter) Unnecessary and unhelpful to shoehorn short form of forename into full name. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

21 June 2017

• 22:5622:56, 21 June 2017 diff hist −15 Erma Franklin Is there evidence that the cover version is better known? It certainly isn’t in the UK. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

5 December 2016

• 02:5302:53, 5 December 2016 diff hist −18 Tom Hollander It is quite unnecessary to shoehorn the familiar form into the space reserved for the full name. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

17 October 2016

• 15:0215:02, 17 October 2016 diff hist −24 Dulé Hill There’s no suggestion that his full name has been changed. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

3 October 2016

• 23:4723:47, 3 October 2016 diff hist −38 Colin Cowdrey Deleted five words of needless waffle. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

23 September 2016

• 00:3100:31, 23 September 2016 diff hist −25 Gang of Four (disambiguation) →In politics outside China: Actually, don’t need two levels for UK at all. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 00:2700:27, 23 September 2016 diff hist +1 Gang of Four (disambiguation) →In politics outside China: UK bullet point hierarchy Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

19 September 2016

• 17:1617:16, 19 September 2016 diff hist −17 Tri-state area Amended ungrammatical and verbose text. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

15 September 2016

• 09:1309:13, 15 September 2016 diff hist −15 Mechanical advantage →Ideal mechanical advantage: Sorted out confusion of load and effort. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

14 September 2016

• 15:5415:54, 14 September 2016 diff hist −1 Darlin' (Poacher song) →Frankie Miller version: The hash sign (“#”) has no numerical (or, indeed, ponderal) significance in a British context.

5 September 2016

• 21:0821:08, 5 September 2016 diff hist −20 Marie Osmond As far as I can see her full name is (and always has been) Olive Marie Osmond. It is ridiculous to say "born Olive Marie Osmond" if she has not changed her name.

3 September 2016

• 08:2508:25, 3 September 2016 diff hist −20 Marie Osmond There’s no suggestion that Marie ever changed her name.

10 July 2016

• 06:2406:24, 10 July 2016 diff hist −5 Surrey Hills (TV series) If no filming took place, there can’t have been any post-production.

24 February 2016

• 15:4115:41, 24 February 2016 diff hist −18 Tit (bird) →Distribution and habitat: “Titmouse” is just another word for a tit. They are not restricted to North America. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 15:3815:38, 24 February 2016 diff hist +13 Tit (bird) The word “titmouse” is synonymous with “tit”. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

28 January 2016

• 01:4301:43, 28 January 2016 diff hist −18 Ape Intro: Spelling and excessive bold

26 January 2016

• 00:4100:41, 26 January 2016 diff hist +30 Pipkins →Origins: Linked ''Hickory House''

25 December 2015

• 04:0104:01, 25 December 2015 diff hist −2 A Visit from St. Nicholas →Literary history: “Merry Christmas” dates back to 1565. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

16 December 2015

• 05:0005:00, 16 December 2015 diff hist −6 Tim Peake Short form of first forename should not be inserted into “full name” at all, and certainly not after second forename. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

13 December 2015

• 06:0806:08, 13 December 2015 diff hist +44 The Kast Off Kinks →Former members: Dalton still playing with KOKs in December 2015. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 06:0306:03, 13 December 2015 diff hist −36 John Dalton (musician) →Biography: Still playing with Kast Off Kinks in December 2015. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

10 December 2015

• 04:4404:44, 10 December 2015 diff hist +16 K. Christopher Beard Correct binomial nomenclature Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

9 December 2015

• 13:5413:54, 9 December 2015 diff hist +85 Barry McGuire →Early life: Three Wheels on My Wagon Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

7 December 2015

• 12:5812:58, 7 December 2015 diff hist +67 Shelley (name) →Fictional characters: Shelley (TV series) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 12:5512:55, 7 December 2015 diff hist +15 Shelley (name) Layout Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

19 November 2015

• 12:2612:26, 19 November 2015 diff hist −8 Myth of the flat Earth Removed “[sic]” from a perfectly acceptable – if somewhat old-fashioned – use of ‘extraordinary’ as an adverb within a quotation. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

23 October 2015

• 18:4618:46, 23 October 2015 diff hist 0 Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1953) →England: Confusion of “defeat by” with “loss to” and/or “away to”.

22 October 2015

• 07:3707:37, 22 October 2015 diff hist +4 Daucus carota Europe’s not in southwest Asia.

8 October 2015

• 09:2709:27, 8 October 2015 diff hist −1 Gathering of Israel →Prophets' promise: No such word as “prophesizing"

2 October 2015

• 11:0211:02, 2 October 2015 diff hist −35 Richard Alpert (Lost) →Character biography: Rectifying excessive verbosity. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

8 September 2015

• 15:5015:50, 8 September 2015 diff hist −4 Three Wheels on My Wagon It’s just BBC radio – not THE BBC radio. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

7 September 2015

• 20:3720:37, 7 September 2015 diff hist +1 Gordon Welchman Restored bold inadvertently lost in ODNB (not DNG) change.
• 20:2820:28, 7 September 2015 diff hist −3 Gordon Welchman Removed brackets copied in error from DNG entry heading.

31 August 2015

• 15:2415:24, 31 August 2015 diff hist +42 Fifth Beatle →Other references to "Fifth Beatle": Jimmy Tarbuck was at primary school with John Lennon.