User contributions for Grinchitude

29 August 2023

• 04:3104:31, 29 August 2023 diff hist −47 m Vernal, Utah removed duplicate sentence

6 August 2023

• 02:4602:46, 6 August 2023 diff hist −71 m Ostankino Tower Removed empty phrase adding no information.

7 April 2023

• 08:2508:25, 7 April 2023 diff hist +12 History of abortion Tried to add context to abortion in China. I hope someone will provide a link to the hyper-informative one-child policy page. I tried but...

13 March 2023

• 00:2800:28, 13 March 2023 diff hist −15 m Symphony No. 1 (Rachmaninoff) Removed the word "coda" from the oxymoronic phrase "opening coda" -- no such animal. "Coda" means "ending" (from "tail"--

9 February 2023

• 11:5511:55, 9 February 2023 diff hist +10 m 2011–2012 Strait of Hormuz dispute No edit summary

22 September 2022

• 09:4209:42, 22 September 2022 diff hist 0 m Mount Azov No edit summary

14 September 2022

• 03:2103:21, 14 September 2022 diff hist +1 m Hélène Boschi No edit summary

15 November 2021

• 14:4714:47, 15 November 2021 diff hist +1 Pharyngeal muscles No edit summary
• 14:4714:47, 15 November 2021 diff hist −5 m Pharyngeal muscles No edit summary

8 September 2021

• 05:5005:50, 8 September 2021 diff hist +1 m Normal distribution →Methodological problems and peer review: added commas for readability

4 September 2021

• 08:3208:32, 4 September 2021 diff hist +39 Environmental degradation →Population growth: This time I put in a crucial dollop of content; I'm sure someone allergic to reality will come along and edit it out. Enough for now.
• 08:2608:26, 4 September 2021 diff hist −44 m Environmental degradation →Population growth: Appears to have been written by a non-native speaker. Started to correct it but soon gave up--the whole section needs to be re-written from scratch, with better command of the subject.

4 June 2021

• 02:1302:13, 4 June 2021 diff hist −350 m Arthur Rubinstein Removed self-promotion inappropriate for an encyclopedia article. Undoubtedly interesting to George himself, but not to the rest of us.
• 02:0102:01, 4 June 2021 diff hist −705 m Arthur Rubinstein Removed excessive and uninteresting detail that might be included in an 800-page biography but doesn't belong in an encyclopedia article.

28 May 2021

• 08:2708:27, 28 May 2021 diff hist −25 Crater Bay Removed "which is extinct", which is extensively contradicted by the main article.
• 00:0400:04, 28 May 2021 diff hist +2 m Kuril Islands Changed "of" to "from". ("Of" distorts the sense.)

25 February 2021

• 09:0409:04, 25 February 2021 diff hist 0 m Prediction market corrected plural/singular mismatch

14 December 2020

• 08:3708:37, 14 December 2020 diff hist +3 m Kossuth (Bartók) →Analysis: Inserted missing "to"

22 May 2020

• 12:3312:33, 22 May 2020 diff hist 0 m Wells, Nevada →History: changed incorrect preposition

19 May 2020

• 05:3905:39, 19 May 2020 diff hist +4 m Woody Allen →Mia Farrow: inserted "was" to complete passive - doesn't make sense without it

20 April 2020

• 05:1905:19, 20 April 2020 diff hist +1 m Victor Serge →In Mexico: Corrected typo; changed "trucking" to "truckling"

30 July 2019

• 22:3022:30, 30 July 2019 diff hist +4 Song cycle No edit summary
• 22:2522:25, 30 July 2019 diff hist +24 m Song cycle Added "Mélodies Passagères" to list of Barber song cycles.

10 June 2019

• 19:3119:31, 10 June 2019 diff hist +1 m Parkinson's disease Changed "of who" to "of whom" (= added an "m"). Tag: Visual edit

6 November 2018

• 12:2012:20, 6 November 2018 diff hist −48 Music for a Scene from Shelley Removed a writer's inappropriate subjective reaction to the music. Wikipedia is supposed to be objective. Put it in your blog.

5 May 2018

• 21:3421:34, 5 May 2018 diff hist +356 Talk:Palestinian stone-throwing →Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 5 May 2018: new section

22 November 2017

• 02:0302:03, 22 November 2017 diff hist 0 m The Office corrected minor mistake in addition

23 June 2017

• 05:5305:53, 23 June 2017 diff hist −22 m Mestizos in Mexico punctuation/word choice
• 05:4005:40, 23 June 2017 diff hist −9 m Mestizos in Mexico better punctuation/word choice

8 December 2016

• 01:1901:19, 8 December 2016 diff hist +3 m John Rawls parallel construction
• 01:1701:17, 8 December 2016 diff hist +3 m John Rawls cleaned up grammar and spelling (a tiny bit)

1 December 2016

• 03:1803:18, 1 December 2016 diff hist −1 m Julian Assange →US Presidential elections 2016: corrected spelling mistake
• 03:1603:16, 1 December 2016 diff hist −21 m Julian Assange →US Presidential elections 2016: removed superfluous repetition of "early warnings about"
• 03:0103:01, 1 December 2016 diff hist +3 m Patti Smith →Activism: "taking refuge" is more accurate than "hiding out"

20 May 2016

• 06:3206:32, 20 May 2016 diff hist −8 m Whitcomb L. Judson removed redundant "already"
• 06:2306:23, 20 May 2016 diff hist +2 Whitcomb L. Judson Cleaned up a lot of crude mistake-ridden English! Didn't mess with the content.
• 06:1406:14, 20 May 2016 diff hist 0 m Whitcomb L. Judson changed adjective "detachable" to adverb "detachably"

26 April 2016

• 22:4022:40, 26 April 2016 diff hist +1 m Custer Battles →Jacqueline Battles arrested trying to secret funds: corrected spelling mistake

15 April 2016

• 03:5303:53, 15 April 2016 diff hist +7 m Pope Pius XII's 1942 Christmas address Changed "Catholic" to "Catholic Church" (meaning the Vatican)
• 03:5003:50, 15 April 2016 diff hist +2 m Pope Pius XII's 1942 Christmas address changed "communist" to "communism" to make it parallel with "fascism" and "nazism"

21 March 2016

• 05:5405:54, 21 March 2016 diff hist −3 m Violin Sonata No. 32 (Mozart) No edit summary

19 December 2014

• 13:5913:59, 19 December 2014 diff hist −271 Shoshone Falls Removed a passage about Evil Knievel that had nothing to do with Shoshone Falls, thus wasting user's time.

15 October 2014

• 07:0507:05, 15 October 2014 diff hist 0 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (film) →Plot

17 September 2014

• 18:5318:53, 17 September 2014 diff hist −18 m Cathedral Peak (California) →Geography: Further corrected my own edit. Nobody calls it the "west summit", everybody just calls it Eichorn Pinnacle.
• 18:4618:46, 17 September 2014 diff hist −24 m Cathedral Peak (California) →Geography: corrected a typo in the Muir quote
• 18:3918:39, 17 September 2014 diff hist −21 m Cathedral Peak (California) →Geography: changed "foreshortened" to "not visible" (matter of accuracy) and removed misleading and unnecessary word "unofficially"

29 June 2014

• 03:4903:49, 29 June 2014 diff hist −521 m The Bridge (2006 documentary film) →Soundtrack: Removed what appeared to be mere shameless advertisement.

10 June 2014

• 08:4008:40, 10 June 2014 diff hist +1 m Anarcho-syndicalism →Contemporary times: subject-verb agreement

20 May 2014

• 23:4523:45, 20 May 2014 diff hist −1 m Mount Lyell (California) removed s
• 23:4323:43, 20 May 2014 diff hist 0 m Mount Lyell (California) corrected altitude