User contributions for 8.9.83.76

11 August 2019

• 09:2509:25, 11 August 2019 diff hist +93 Diana (name) →People: add Diana Nyad

10 August 2019

• 23:1323:13, 10 August 2019 diff hist −9 Nurmi rmv secondary links
• 15:4215:42, 10 August 2019 diff hist +1 Shrinky Dinks ce
• 15:1815:18, 10 August 2019 diff hist −3 Honolulu →Geography: "remotest", not "most remote"
• 15:1615:16, 10 August 2019 diff hist −12 Honolulu puffery; correct "most remote" to "remotest" per standard mainstream American English dictionaries
• 08:1808:18, 10 August 2019 diff hist +1 Hyundai Equus ce
• 07:5507:55, 10 August 2019 diff hist −2 Melody Patterson →Death: euphemism
• 05:3905:39, 10 August 2019 diff hist −25 Mikhail Gerasimov (archaeologist) puffery
• 05:2505:25, 10 August 2019 diff hist −6 Tsar ce caption, rmvg obstructive link pipes; add artist name
• 05:1805:18, 10 August 2019 diff hist −9 Tsar ce caption
• 05:0505:05, 10 August 2019 diff hist 0 Forbidden City →History: idiom is "under orders of", not "under orders by"

9 August 2019

• 21:0421:04, 9 August 2019 diff hist −1 Agkistrodon →Name origin: correct verb number to agree with subject
• 20:5720:57, 9 August 2019 diff hist +39 Agkistrodon piscivorus →Facultative parthenogenesis: even with links and glosses, this (and the associated image) is MUCH too technical: "The type of parthenogenesis that occurs is likely automixis with terminal fusion, a process in which two terminal products from the same meiosis fuse to form a diploid zygote (see Figure). This process leads to genome wide homozygosity, expression of deleterious recessive alleles and often to developmental failure (inbreeding depression)."
• 20:5320:53, 9 August 2019 diff hist 0 Agkistrodon piscivorus →Facultative parthenogenesis: relocate "likely"
• 20:4220:42, 9 August 2019 diff hist +28 Agkistrodon piscivorus →Description: correct "newly hatched" to "newborn", since the species is ovoviviparous
• 20:3420:34, 9 August 2019 diff hist +23 Agkistrodon piscivorus →Behavior: as also in the intro, "aggressiveness ... has been greatly exaggerated" needs citation of reliable source
• 20:2820:28, 9 August 2019 diff hist +12 Agkistrodon piscivorus →Description: ce captions; correct needlessly technical "neonate" to "newly hatched"; rmv inappropriately instructional "note ..." and period from end of non-sentence; un-capitalize "Cottonmouth"
• 20:1920:19, 9 August 2019 diff hist −1 Agkistrodon piscivorus ce
• 20:1720:17, 9 August 2019 diff hist −3 Agkistrodon piscivorus correct "<ref>citation needed</ref>" to "{{citation needed}}" Tag: references removed
• 10:4110:41, 9 August 2019 diff hist −33 Oculus (architecture) →Classical example: rmv unsupported, fanciful and absurdly untrue "just as the sun lights the earth": the sun is not a hole in the roof
• 09:4809:48, 9 August 2019 diff hist 0 Reel Big Fish ce
• 09:2509:25, 9 August 2019 diff hist −21 Martin Amis correct needlessly verbose "has gone on to influence" to "has influenced"; peacockish "successful"
• 09:2109:21, 9 August 2019 diff hist −8 Martin Amis rmv meaninglessly ambiguous and redundant after perfect-tense verb "to date"
• 04:0504:05, 9 August 2019 diff hist −8 Ella Wheeler Wilcox →Biography: extensive ce, correcting text formatting and book titles, adding links, pruning redundant and empty verbosity, etc; correct euphemistic and unencyclopedic "went first through death" to "died first"—if this were a direct quotation, the non-standard language would be required, but since it is not marked as a quotation, standard English must be used
• 03:4703:47, 9 August 2019 diff hist −2 Hectograph →Advantages: rmv quotation marks from block quote
• 03:4503:45, 9 August 2019 diff hist −2 H. P. Lovecraft →Early life (1890–1908): the idiom is "enamored of", not "enamored with"
• 03:4203:42, 9 August 2019 diff hist −2 H. P. Lovecraft →Early life (1890–1908): the idiom is "doted on", not "doted over"
• 03:3603:36, 9 August 2019 diff hist +388 Talk:Chihuahua City →Map: need an additional map
• 02:2402:24, 9 August 2019 diff hist −4 Holmby Hills, Los Angeles rmv confusing, ambiguous and redundant "two" immediately before "northern and southern sections", which could mean that there were two northern sections and two southern sections—clearly not the case based on the information that follows
• 01:2401:24, 9 August 2019 diff hist −4 Arab Spring →Arab Winter: "Al Jazeera", like "BBB News" which immediately follows it, is the name of a media channel and therefore should not be italicized

8 August 2019

• 07:2007:20, 8 August 2019 diff hist −17 Sylvania Electric Products →History: rmv inappropriately instructional and unnecessary " (note no comma)."
• 07:0407:04, 8 August 2019 diff hist −3 Lorena Ochoa →Retirement: rmv quotation marks from block quote
• 07:0207:02, 8 August 2019 diff hist −28 Lorena Ochoa →Childhood and amateur career: bring very short quotation in-line from block quote
• 06:0406:04, 8 August 2019 diff hist +40 Big Mama Thornton oops
• 06:0206:02, 8 August 2019 diff hist 0 Big Mama Thornton ce
• 05:0805:08, 8 August 2019 diff hist −53 The Players (New York City) ce; puffery; surname
• 04:4604:46, 8 August 2019 diff hist +1 Emergency department →History: Fixed grammar Tags: canned edit summary Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit
• 03:0303:03, 8 August 2019 diff hist −1 Bebe Neuwirth →Personal life: ce; give full name of newspaper so readers won't have to research what "j" means; correct parenthetic hyphen to spaced en dash; no need to begin two consecutive sentences with the statement that she's an animal lover; correct and fill in details
• 02:5302:53, 8 August 2019 diff hist −4 Shubert Alley →Modern day (2000–present): the names of concerts and charity events should not be enclosed in quotation marks
• 02:5202:52, 8 August 2019 diff hist −5 Shubert Alley →Late 20th century (1950–99): rmv another "that" before a direct quotation
• 02:4902:49, 8 August 2019 diff hist +24 Shubert Alley direct quotations (which are enclosed in quotation marks or set apart as block quotations) are NOT introduced by "that"; gloss Richard Hornby, who has no WP article but ought to
• 02:1502:15, 8 August 2019 diff hist +1 Frasier ce
• 00:3600:36, 8 August 2019 diff hist −8 Mapp v. Ohio relocate statement about Don King's support from intro to body of article
• 00:1100:11, 8 August 2019 diff hist −1 Incorporation of the Bill of Rights in the absence of a citation indicating otherwise, "applying" is better than "providing" here

7 August 2019

• 08:5208:52, 7 August 2019 diff hist −4 Constitution of North Carolina →Infeasible provisions: rmv "and/", which adds nothing but weaselly ambiguity to "or"
• 06:0806:08, 7 August 2019 diff hist −2 Edward Snowden →Criminal charges: rmv quote marks from block quote
• 06:0406:04, 7 August 2019 diff hist −4 Citizenfour →Reception: rmv quote marks from block quote
• 06:0306:03, 7 August 2019 diff hist +4 Citizenfour →Production: italics, not quotes, on movie titles
• 06:0206:02, 7 August 2019 diff hist −9 Citizenfour →Reception: ce; correct section title "Movie Impact(s)" to "Movie's impact" and rmv duplicate boldface
• 05:5205:52, 7 August 2019 diff hist +4 Northern white rhinoceros correct verb tenses (2018 is in the past)