User contributions for Shermanbay

24 September 2024

• 15:2715:27, 24 September 2024 diff hist 0 m Norman... Is That You? fixed a minor punctuation error; changed a space into an apostrophe (Bailey s -> Bailey's).

27 May 2024

• 17:4317:43, 27 May 2024 diff hist −4 m Loran-C Grammar mistake "the any" changed to "any"

18 December 2022

• 21:5721:57, 18 December 2022 diff hist +15 m J. Harold Smith making a supernatural claim requires the phrase "making a claim" until proof can be supplied.

5 December 2022

• 08:2908:29, 5 December 2022 diff hist +2 m Media Composer →User Interface (UI): fixed punctuation at end of sentence (missing period & quote close).

6 February 2022

• 00:0800:08, 6 February 2022 diff hist −1 m List of wrongful convictions in the United States →1940s: removed inappropriate comma after the first "Stinney" in the narrative paragraph. There's no grammatical reason for this comma.

20 January 2022

• 23:3523:35, 20 January 2022 diff hist −1 m National Legion of Decency →Rating system: removed a superfluous double quote symbol (") that didn't have a pair match

9 January 2022

• 03:2503:25, 9 January 2022 diff hist +1 m General Magic →Early years (1992–1994): changed "catered" to "catering" to make a better sentence flow.

4 January 2022

• 20:2120:21, 4 January 2022 diff hist 0 m Charles L. Webster and Company Changed principle to principal (adj., which means most important -- "principle" is a noun with a different meaning)

14 March 2021

• 19:2219:22, 14 March 2021 diff hist 0 m Cloud storage →Options: changed "hold" to "held" to fix tense.

19 February 2021

• 12:4612:46, 19 February 2021 diff hist −1 m Air Canada Flight 759 →Final stages: "alerts pilots" changed to "alert pilots" to make verb agree with subject

31 December 2020

• 20:4320:43, 31 December 2020 diff hist +9 1st Infantry Division (United States) inserted "division
• 20:4120:41, 31 December 2020 diff hist +4 m 1st Infantry Division (United States) →Vietnam War: Inserted "was" in the phrase "The division [was] involved..." to make more grammatical sense.

20 December 2020

• 11:1911:19, 20 December 2020 diff hist +67 m Shincheonji Church of Jesus →History: define NGO first time used (not a commonly known acronym)

15 December 2020

• 08:2308:23, 15 December 2020 diff hist −99 m Eddy Goldfarb →Career as an inventor: Removed duplicate and redundant sentence "Marvin was angry at him for moving...", also removed improper comma after "By the time"

11 November 2020

• 00:1300:13, 11 November 2020 diff hist +211 m The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Changed musical mode description from Dorian to Mixolydian, a much better fit.

22 August 2020

• 22:2222:22, 22 August 2020 diff hist +7 m Final approach →Final approach point: inserted "symbol" in the phrase "there is no () depicted,". The sentence makes no sense otherwise, although other words like "cross" might be used.

11 August 2020

• 13:4413:44, 11 August 2020 diff hist +1 m Jerry Pournelle →Politics: corrected spelling from "Pournell" to Pournelle".

22 June 2020

• 01:0601:06, 22 June 2020 diff hist −1 m Predictive modelling →Archaeology: removed inappropriate comma after "such as slope".

23 May 2020

• 18:5218:52, 23 May 2020 diff hist +3 m An Enemy of the People (1978 film) Grammar fix: changed "an Ibsen play nothing but dialogue..." to "an Ibsen play is nothing..." (missing "is")

18 January 2020

• 22:1022:10, 18 January 2020 diff hist +2 m Lansing, Michigan →History: Improved the punctuation, section beginning "In the winter of 1835" by inserting 2 commas: "Many in the group, too disappointed to stay,"...

3 January 2020

• 03:4503:45, 3 January 2020 diff hist +1 m Air France Flight 447 →Accident: corrected spelling of "colleagus" to "colleagues"

22 December 2019

• 20:1720:17, 22 December 2019 diff hist +16 m The Sting →Principal photography: changed location for Hippodrome from Pasadena (wrong) to Santa Monica, California.

27 November 2019

• 01:3001:30, 27 November 2019 diff hist −1 m The Flim-Flam Man →Production: changed "narrowing" to "narrowly" (typo)

30 October 2019

• 06:2306:23, 30 October 2019 diff hist +2 m Five Pillars of Islam →Fifth Pillar: Hajj (Pilgrimage): changed "Muslim man dress" to "Muslim man dresses" for proper person usage

21 September 2019

• 22:4222:42, 21 September 2019 diff hist +1 m Harry in Your Pocket corrected spelling of "professional" in the first line

13 August 2019

• 11:1711:17, 13 August 2019 diff hist +814 User talk:Hyacinth →Chord notation in Radiohead riff example: new section

17 July 2019

• 17:4317:43, 17 July 2019 diff hist 0 m Paul the Apostle →Atonement: corrected spelling of circumcision (from circomsision)

13 June 2019

• 03:2203:22, 13 June 2019 diff hist −1 m Kenneth Roberts (author) →Books: removed duplicate "h" in misspelled word "his"

26 April 2019

• 23:5723:57, 26 April 2019 diff hist −1 m 1960 New York mid-air collision →Aircraft and crews: removed improper comma between "engine from its...".

20 January 2019

• 01:0301:03, 20 January 2019 diff hist 0 m Propane →Uses: minor punctuation corrections

6 December 2018

• 19:2519:25, 6 December 2018 diff hist +3 m 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation →Evasion: corrected grammar, changing "dispose" to "dispose of" unaccounted cash.

17 November 2018

• 14:3814:38, 17 November 2018 diff hist +1 m Coneheads (film) →Plot: changed "cause Beldar" to "causes Beldar" for proper verb form

29 September 2018

• 05:2605:26, 29 September 2018 diff hist 0 m Kessler syndrome Changed "infeasible" to "unfeasible." "Un-" is the preferred spelling at this time, although "in-" is gaining in popularity, perhaps due to ignorance of usage.

7 September 2018

• 23:5823:58, 7 September 2018 diff hist +44 m Chess piece relative value →Standard valuations: bishop pair value is not "half a pawn," but half a pawn <more> than the numerical sum of their values.

2 September 2018

• 15:2015:20, 2 September 2018 diff hist +1 m Delta Air Lines Flight 1989 →Consolidated Delta 1989 timeline: changed "shutdown" to "shut down", two words is the correct grammar.

25 August 2018

• 21:5521:55, 25 August 2018 diff hist 0 m Ray Hyman →Ganzfeld experiments: corrected punctuation after "Las Vegas" to avoid a sentence fragment (replaced period with comma)

14 August 2018

• 05:5005:50, 14 August 2018 diff hist +6 m George C. Scott →Partial filmography: added the last name "Jones" to Mordecai for The Flim Flam Man

15 June 2018

• 01:1701:17, 15 June 2018 diff hist +4 m Q code modified the description of INT to show the spaces between characters. I..N..T

2 June 2018

• 16:0016:00, 2 June 2018 diff hist −4 m Automatic number-plate recognition →United States
• 16:0016:00, 2 June 2018 diff hist −11 m Automatic number-plate recognition →United States: cleaned up language relating to private applications

1 June 2018

• 13:3413:34, 1 June 2018 diff hist −10 m Camouflet Made grammar around the "camouflet set" definition flow better

22 March 2018

• 10:3510:35, 22 March 2018 diff hist +165 m Izitso →Additional information

12 February 2018

• 01:5801:58, 12 February 2018 diff hist −1 m Manabu Mabe changed "153" lost paintings to "53"/refer to ref #8 in Wiki article Varig 967 flight/crash

2 February 2018

• 20:5220:52, 2 February 2018 diff hist +6 m Public-access television →External links: fixed obsolute link to Alliance For Community Media

31 January 2018

• 01:4301:43, 31 January 2018 diff hist −1 m The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film) →Plot: changed "closes" to "close" for proper subject-verb correspondence.

24 January 2018

• 23:3323:33, 24 January 2018 diff hist +7 m Three Days of the Condor →Plot: fixed punctuation (missing period after "car"), corrected grammar with "rendezvous", a word borrowed from a foreign language which needs special treatment

18 November 2017

• 22:4722:47, 18 November 2017 diff hist +2 m List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location →Atlantic Ocean: changed "push" to "pushed" for correct grammar

6 November 2017

• 07:2407:24, 6 November 2017 diff hist 0 m Pan-pan →Usage: Capitalized first letter of first word in section for proper English

31 October 2017

• 02:2402:24, 31 October 2017 diff hist 0 m Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 →Aircraft: fixed mispelling of "operating"

5 August 2017

• 21:5921:59, 5 August 2017 diff hist +1 m Christ myth theory →Earl Doherty: added comma after "according to Doherty" to avoid running into "Paul's Christ"...