User contributions for 188.230.248.85

13 January 2017

• 18:2718:27, 13 January 2017 diff hist +344 Talk:Denis of Portugal Attention drawn to incorrect Portuguese spelling.~~~~
• 16:3216:32, 13 January 2017 diff hist +2 Mediq Incorrect English "headquarter is" corrected to "headquarters are" - this article was evidently written by a native Dutch-speaker who didn't bother to get it checked before posting it.~~~~
• 16:3016:30, 13 January 2017 diff hist +6 Mediq Incorrect English "Since 2013 it is owned..." corrected to "Since 2013 it has been owned..." - an increasingly common error on Wikipedia.~~~~
• 13:2913:29, 13 January 2017 diff hist +371 Talk:Worse Comes to Worst Attention drawn to mangled English title.~~~~

12 January 2017

• 18:0918:09, 12 January 2017 diff hist +177 Talk:Dave Canterbury Attention drawn to dead link.~~~~
• 13:2513:25, 12 January 2017 diff hist +1 Eugène Poubelle Misspelled French word "chiffoniers" corrected to "chiffonniers"

11 January 2017

• 20:0420:04, 11 January 2017 diff hist +456 Talk:MythBusters (2003 season) Additional comment on "Barrel of bricks"~~~~
• 19:5019:50, 11 January 2017 diff hist +575 Talk:Rube Goldberg machine Attention drawn to misplaced paragraph.~~~~
• 17:1617:16, 11 January 2017 diff hist +263 Talk:Kim Taylor (educationalist) Attention drawn to incomplete sentence.~~~~

9 January 2017

• 13:4013:40, 9 January 2017 diff hist +406 Talk:Order and Justice Attention drawn to possibly misleading use of English.~~~~
• 13:3413:34, 9 January 2017 diff hist +706 Talk:Order and Justice Attention drawn to incorrect use of English.~~~~

8 January 2017

• 20:3020:30, 8 January 2017 diff hist +507 Talk:Ski jumping Attention to repeated sexist references to "ladies" rather than "women".~~~~
• 16:2416:24, 8 January 2017 diff hist 0 Gaelic type Incorrect use of the ligature "æ" in the word "Gaelic" ("Gælic") corrected.~~~~

7 January 2017

• 17:3717:37, 7 January 2017 diff hist −6 Ski jumping Two incorrect uses of "became" in English (e.g. "the champion became X" rather than "X became the champion") corrected by changing "became" to "was". This article was evidently written by a non-native user of English.~~~~
• 12:1512:15, 7 January 2017 diff hist −2 Talk:Tina Maze Minor typo in previous edit corrected.~~~~
• 12:1212:12, 7 January 2017 diff hist +790 Talk:Tina Maze Attention drawn to unhelpful (and probably superfluous) link.~~~~
• 12:0212:02, 7 January 2017 diff hist +986 Talk:Tina Maze Attention drawn to potentially confusing given name, which may need explanation.~~~~

4 January 2017

• 19:0519:05, 4 January 2017 diff hist +326 Talk:Corsica Attention drawn to typo, which I can't correct without perhaps destroying a link.~~~~
• 18:2218:22, 4 January 2017 diff hist −1 Tim Barrow Incorrect English "under took Russian language training" corrected to "undertook...." (one word) - although "took" or "received" would in fact be better English.~~~~
• 12:1912:19, 4 January 2017 diff hist 0 Talk:Non-native pronunciations of English When I tried to insert my "Contrastive stress" comment, it appeared between the "References" heading and the link in that section (which was invisible on the edit page). The only way to avoid this was to insert my comment before "References".~~~~
• 12:1412:14, 4 January 2017 diff hist +1,559 Talk:Non-native pronunciations of English Comment on Catalan section.~~~~

2 January 2017

• 17:4017:40, 2 January 2017 diff hist +238 Talk:Power dressing Attention drawn to poor use of English.~~~~
• 12:2812:28, 2 January 2017 diff hist +616 Talk:Volapük Attention drawn to poor-quality English.~~~~

30 December 2016

• 13:0613:06, 30 December 2016 diff hist 0 Talk:International Four Days Marches Nijmegen Minor typo in previous edit corrected.~~~~
• 13:0613:06, 30 December 2016 diff hist +893 Talk:International Four Days Marches Nijmegen Addition to the discussion on the correctness of the English name.~~~~
• 12:5012:50, 30 December 2016 diff hist +887 Talk:Badger Strong suggestion that this article be merged with the one on the 'European badger'.~~~~

29 December 2016

• 13:1913:19, 29 December 2016 diff hist +278 Talk:Kareem Ferguson Minor editorial comment about repeated information.~~~~
• 11:2111:21, 29 December 2016 diff hist +381 Talk:Kajkavian Addition to my previous edit on the quality of English generally.~~~~
• 11:1511:15, 29 December 2016 diff hist +1,107 Talk:Kajkavian Attention drawn to poor-quality English.~~~~

28 December 2016

• 12:4912:49, 28 December 2016 diff hist +461 Talk:United Airlines Flight 173 Attention drawn to unclear use of English.~~~~

27 December 2016

• 12:1012:10, 27 December 2016 diff hist +219 Talk:American Airlines Flight 191 Attention drawn to dead link.~~~~

26 December 2016

• 18:4718:47, 26 December 2016 diff hist +334 Talk:Ruth Lorenzo Attention drawn to incorrect IPA rendering of her name.~~~~
• 13:5713:57, 26 December 2016 diff hist +1,325 Talk:Dual (grammatical number) Attention drawn to confusing example.~~~~
• 13:3113:31, 26 December 2016 diff hist +6 Slovene language Incorrect English "in formalities" corrected to "in formal situations" - this strongly suggests the writer is not a native English-speaker.~~~~
• 12:4112:41, 26 December 2016 diff hist +428 Talk:United Air Lines Flight 736 Attention drawn to alternating use of a British and an American English term for the same thing.~~~~
• 12:2912:29, 26 December 2016 diff hist +775 Talk:1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision Attention drawn to poor use of English.~~~~

24 December 2016

• 15:3515:35, 24 December 2016 diff hist +3 Alma Karlin Incorrect English "thousands Slovenes" corrected to "thousands of Slovenes".~~~~
• 12:5212:52, 24 December 2016 diff hist +1,479 Talk:Lauda Air Flight 004 Attention drawn to seemingly irrelevant information, as well as incorrect use of English.~~~~

23 December 2016

• 11:5911:59, 23 December 2016 diff hist +927 Talk:Gotthard Base Tunnel Attention drawn to incorrect/meaningless use of English.~~~~

22 December 2016

• 12:0012:00, 22 December 2016 diff hist +671 Talk:SilkAir Flight 185 Attention drawn to incorrect use of English.~~~~

21 December 2016

• 17:3617:36, 21 December 2016 diff hist +390 Talk:Macau Attention drawn to incorrect naming of Jesus's mother as "Holy Mary".~~~~

15 December 2016

• 18:5318:53, 15 December 2016 diff hist +797 Talk:Beer in Syria Attention drawn to subjective use of English.~~~~
• 16:3516:35, 15 December 2016 diff hist +462 Talk:Michael Fassbender Attention drawn to incorrect use of English.~~~~
• 16:0016:00, 15 December 2016 diff hist +252 Talk:Outside (George Michael song) Comment on supposedly "rough" translation of Swedish voice-over.~~~~
• 12:1112:11, 15 December 2016 diff hist +644 Talk:Every Breath You Take Additional comment on the meaning of the lyrics.~~~~

14 December 2016

• 17:1117:11, 14 December 2016 diff hist 0 Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Misspelled French title 'Mes yeux blues sont gris' corrected to 'Mes yeux bleus sont gris'.~~~~

4 October 2016

• 16:4916:49, 4 October 2016 diff hist +739 Talk:Baarle Attention drawn to non-native use of English.~~~~

1 October 2016

• 21:2621:26, 1 October 2016 diff hist +4 Benidorm Incorrect English 'have a ... since' corrected to 'have had a ... since'.~~~~

29 September 2016

• 21:2721:27, 29 September 2016 diff hist +289 Talk:Tel Aviv Attention drawn to unnatural use of English.~~~~
• 10:2610:26, 29 September 2016 diff hist +806 Talk:Euro coins Attention drawn to use of a New Zealand English expression as though it were standard English.~~~~