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A user with 391 edits. Account created on 28 October 2008.
1 October 2024
- 20:4720:47, 1 October 2024 diff hist +266 Talk:Drey →What is the drey for?: new section current Tag: New topic
25 June 2024
- 15:1815:18, 25 June 2024 diff hist +541 Talk:Recto and verso →Reading order: Reply current Tag: Reply
- 15:0415:04, 25 June 2024 diff hist +1,119 Talk:Recto and verso →Reading order: Reply Tag: Reply
24 June 2024
- 19:3619:36, 24 June 2024 diff hist −18 Manuscriptology Amended "Vellum OR parchment - typical writing MATERIAL used in the European codex - ARE not used in India since THE INTRODUCTION OF leather - the material used for vellum AND parchment - ARE considered impure" --> "Vellum AND parchment - typical writing MATERIALS used in the European codex - are not used in India since leather - the material used for vellum AND parchment - IS considered ..."~~~~ current
- 19:3019:30, 24 June 2024 diff hist +1 Manuscriptology Amended "Vellum]] or parchment - typical writing materials used in the European codex - are not used in India since the introduction of leather - the material used for vellum or parchment - are considered impure"
19 June 2024
- 01:0501:05, 19 June 2024 diff hist +5 m New Horizons →History: Amended "The ''New Horizons'' proposal was one of five that officially submitted to NASA." --> "The ''New Horizons'' proposal was one of five that WERE officially submitted to NASA."~~~~
31 May 2024
- 00:3600:36, 31 May 2024 diff hist +497 Talk:Trundholm sun chariot →Is that really a horse?: new section current Tag: New topic
11 May 2024
- 22:2422:24, 11 May 2024 diff hist 0 m Great Comet of 1744 →Perihelion, "six tails": Amedned "the 1744 comet was unique BY having six" to "the 1744 comet was unique IN having six" current
3 May 2024
- 13:0213:02, 3 May 2024 diff hist +5 m Glossary of rowing terms →Stroke: Changed the last word in "in a severe crab, the oar handle will knock the rower flat and end up behind them" to "the rower" for clarity.
16 April 2024
- 13:2313:23, 16 April 2024 diff hist +2 m Bilingual method →Principles of The Bilingual Method: Amended "Bilingual method is THE combination of..." --> "THE bilingual method is A combination of... ".~~~~ current
23 February 2024
- 16:4116:41, 23 February 2024 diff hist −1 m Little Sodbury Manor →Architecture: Amended "planeted" --> "planted current
17 February 2024
- 15:4615:46, 17 February 2024 diff hist +17 FKU IK-3, Kharp →Notable prisoners: I added Navalny's age when he died in this prison.~~~~
29 January 2024
- 13:2613:26, 29 January 2024 diff hist −130 m Clothespin →BDSM: It is foul to have torture presented as pleasure. This way lies shame, filth and madness.~~~~ Tag: Reverted
26 January 2024
- 15:4415:44, 26 January 2024 diff hist +8 m Amazons →Historiography: Changed "lent him the idea that ..." --> "suggested to him the idea that ...". ~~~~
13 January 2024
- 19:1519:15, 13 January 2024 diff hist −4 m 2023 Polish protests →Lex Tusk: Amended "the Duda" to "Duda" as Duda is a personal surname, not a title. Andrzej Duda is the current President of Poland.~~~~
5 January 2024
- 16:4616:46, 5 January 2024 diff hist +12 Grade (slope) In the first few words I distinguished between US usage 'grade' and UK usage 'gradient'. UK has the word 'grade' but very rarely uses it to mean gradient/slope.~~~~
- 13:1113:11, 5 January 2024 diff hist +9 Grade (slope) Changed "typically grades are used for human-made surfaces" --> "typically the word "grade" is used for human-made surfaces".~~~~
6 December 2023
- 14:3714:37, 6 December 2023 diff hist 0 m National Highway 134 (India) →Silkyara Bend – Barkot Tunnel: Amended "all weather connectivity" --> "all-weather connectivity". Without the hyphen it is difficult to understand. ~~~~
17 August 2023
- 17:4917:49, 17 August 2023 diff hist +633 Talk:William Oughtred →Pronunciation of name Oughtred: Reply Tag: Reply
5 August 2023
- 17:2117:21, 5 August 2023 diff hist +6 m Claude Bernard →Life and career: Amended "Bernard had been CHOSEN THE first occupant of" TO "Bernard had been CHOSEN TO BE THE first occupant of". ~~~~
1 August 2023
- 10:4210:42, 1 August 2023 diff hist −5 m Byrhtferth Amended "the only information we have is THE ONE in his" to "... THAT GIVEN ...". Amended "[The Manual] CAN BE OF GREAT REFERENCE for the study of" to "... IT IS VALUABLE ...". Amended "compiled most of THESE THINGS things from works" to "... THIS MATERIAL ...".~~~~
31 July 2023
- 18:2818:28, 31 July 2023 diff hist −6 m Location arithmetic →Multiplication: Amended "Napier PROCEEDED TO multiplication and division on an abacus, AS IT WAS common" to "Napier PERFORMED multiplication and division on an abacus, AS WAS common"; also a few other minor linguistic adjustments.~~~~
- 17:4817:48, 31 July 2023 diff hist +1 m Roman numerals →Apostrophus: Amended "is often credited FOR introducing" to "... WITH ...". ~~~~
18 July 2023
- 12:5812:58, 18 July 2023 diff hist +2 m Corian →History: Changed "is credited AS inventing Corian" --> "is credited WITH inventing Corian". "with" is the only correct preposition in British English. If "as" is correct in some other native English-speaking country I apologise!~~~~
17 July 2023
- 12:3412:34, 17 July 2023 diff hist 0 m Ilford Photo Amended "a management buy out; Harman Technology Ltd, which " --> "a management buy-out, Harman Technology Ltd, which ". ~~~~
13 July 2023
- 12:3012:30, 13 July 2023 diff hist +7 m Musical argument In the phrase "Experimental musics may use...", I changed "musics" to "musical forms". I hope this is acceptable.~~~~
6 July 2023
- 10:4810:48, 6 July 2023 diff hist −1 Factoring (finance) →Rationale: Amended "firms" --> "firm's"; "the services insure the entrepreneurs" --> "these services insure entrepreneurs". I also suspect something illogical in "a major source of a liquidity crises and their equity" but I do not understand finance so will leave that.~~~~
8 April 2023
- 15:3415:34, 8 April 2023 diff hist +24 Robert Estienne →Religious texts: Polished the English in various places without changing the meaning. E.g. "the most used Greek font ... and it combined" --> "the most widely used Greek font ... . In it he combined"; "contains the Latin translation of Erasmus and the Vulgate" --> "contains Erasmus's Latin translation Erasmus and the Vulgate"; "Scholars have qualified his editing of the Vulgate to be" --> "Scholars have described his editing of the Vulgate as"; etc.~~~~
6 April 2023
- 10:0410:04, 6 April 2023 diff hist +4 De La Rue →History: Changed "he secured his business a Royal Warrant to ..." --> "he secured a Royal Warrant for his business to ...".~~~~
- 10:0110:01, 6 April 2023 diff hist 0 Commemorative coin →History: Changed "economically exhaustiVE Napoleonic wars" (exhaustive = complete) --> "... exhaustiNG ..." (exhausting = wearying, draining). ~~~~
4 April 2023
- 14:3814:38, 4 April 2023 diff hist +3 m Commodus as Hercules →Intent: Polished "There is speculation OF the Emperor's intent BY creating depictions of himself" --> "There is speculation ABOUT the Emperor's intent IN creating depictions of himself". ~~~~
27 March 2023
- 21:2821:28, 27 March 2023 diff hist −795 Talk:School Mathematics Project No edit summary Tag: Manual revert
- 21:2521:25, 27 March 2023 diff hist +795 Talk:School Mathematics Project →What were sets and matrices for?: new section Tags: Reverted New topic
- 13:2213:22, 27 March 2023 diff hist −4 m Firearms unit →History: Amended "The key to the box was held by a senior officer, AND THEIR permission had to be sought" --> "The key to the box was held by a senior officer, WHOSE permission had to be sought".~~~~
17 March 2023
- 11:1511:15, 17 March 2023 diff hist +89 Communes of France →Area of a typical commune: Changed "The median area is a better measure of the area of a typical French commune." to "The median area gives a better sense of the size of a *typical* mainland France commune than the average area, since the average includes some very large communes."
23 February 2023
- 11:1111:11, 23 February 2023 diff hist +1 Gooseneck (sailing) Changed "The boom MOVES from side to side and up and down --> "The boom PIVOTS from side to side and up and down" to make it clear that the boom does not move translationally: at its gooseneck end it stays in place. ~~~~
24 January 2023
- 18:5318:53, 24 January 2023 diff hist +6 Optimates and populares Amended "historians have pointed the impossibility to apply such labels on" --> "historians have pointed TO the impossibility OF APPLYING such labels TO". ~~~~.
2 December 2022
- 18:2818:28, 2 December 2022 diff hist 0 m Project commissioning →Objective and impact: Amended "to AFFECT the safe and orderly handover ... "--> "to EFFECT the safe and orderly handover ...". ~~~~
11 November 2022
- 17:2417:24, 11 November 2022 diff hist −492 Chicken wire →Other uses: I deleted a cold-blooded sentence about murder. It is wicked to casually spread sickening thoughts of murder, which is universally recognised to be the greatest crime, especially in a perfectly innocent topic. Research into ghoulish things can be done in fetid, putrid, dark places on the internet, but even there, God sees.~~~~
31 October 2022
- 15:5515:55, 31 October 2022 diff hist −5 m Barchowsky Fluent Handwriting Corrected "an US teaching script" five times to "a US teaching script". We use "a" before "US" because the letter U is pronounced /ju/ (exactly the same as the word "you"), and the /j/ prevents any collision between the /ә/ and the /u/. ~~~~
3 October 2022
- 23:1123:11, 3 October 2022 diff hist +295 Scroll →Replacement by the codex: Added a sentence about the weakening of scrolls due to being bent and unbent for storage and reading, which the written surface in a codex does not undergo. ~~~~
28 September 2022
- 12:1212:12, 28 September 2022 diff hist 0 Old English grammar →Strong verbs: I put the list of formerly strong, now weak verbs into alphabetical order for ease of reference. ~~~~
18 September 2022
- 12:5912:59, 18 September 2022 diff hist −3 m Annus horribilis →Juan Carlos I: Amended "led TO Spanish newspapers to" --> "led Spanish newspapers to"
13 August 2022
- 22:3122:31, 13 August 2022 diff hist +4 m Horses gifted by the RCMP to the monarch of Canada →Subsequent horses gifted by the RCMP to Queen Elizabeth II: Amended "The Queen presented in 2002 with PSH Golden Jubilee" --> "The Queen WAS presented in 2002 with PSH Golden Jubilee"
11 August 2022
- 00:0600:06, 11 August 2022 diff hist +354 Talk:Arminianism →16th Century Baptists: Reply Tag: Reply
9 August 2022
- 19:2019:20, 9 August 2022 diff hist +566 Talk:Arminianism →16th Century Baptists
8 August 2022
- 16:0916:09, 8 August 2022 diff hist −184 B. B. Warfield →Books: I have deleted 3 titles near the end of the "Books" list because they are listed (with dates) higher up the list: 'Counterfeit Miracles'; 'Are They Few that Be Saved'; 'The Lord of Glory: A Study of...' ~~~~
26 April 2022
- 18:5018:50, 26 April 2022 diff hist −2 m Jennifer Widom →Academic career: Amended "conferred HER WITH the ACM-W Athena Lecturer Award" --> "conferred ON HER the [...] Award".~~~~
28 February 2022
- 21:2221:22, 28 February 2022 diff hist +3 Leonard Bailey (inventor) Amended "and remain popular BY today's wood craftsman" to "and remain popular AMONG today's wood craftsman". ~~~~
3 January 2022
- 09:3809:38, 3 January 2022 diff hist 0 m Load-following power plant In the lead paragraph I removed the hyphen from "in-between", and inserted hyphens in "start up" and "shut down".~~~~