User contributions for Douglas Michael Massing
A user with 236 edits. Account created on 12 May 2006.
16 July 2023
- 23:0723:07, 16 July 2023 diff hist 0 m Grand Duchy of Hesse Conformed to German name, as seems best to fit the given "Rhein," and the context.
6 July 2023
- 06:2306:23, 6 July 2023 diff hist +2 Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Undid revision 1163704844 by 2601:155:4281:100:3C14:434B:64CC:D941 (talk) Tag: Undo
13 June 2023
- 03:0403:04, 13 June 2023 diff hist −1 Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence undoing persistent vandalism Tag: Undo
19 May 2022
- 19:1319:13, 19 May 2022 diff hist +11 m User:Douglas Michael Massing link update current
9 April 2022
- 04:2304:23, 9 April 2022 diff hist −1 m Ruth Warrick →Singing, writing and politics: Word choice: an hommage is definitely wrong; a(n) homage is passable; a tribute is most idiomatic and arguably most accurate for this context.
12 March 2022
- 03:5303:53, 12 March 2022 diff hist −1 m Danish Realm →Devolved powers: Grammatical change to follow the rule that an vs. a is determined not by the letter that follows, but by its sound: "a [y]unified..."
5 September 2021
- 19:3519:35, 5 September 2021 diff hist +392 Talk:Ratatouille (film) →Based on a story?: additional comment on possible origin of the story
7 March 2021
- 14:1414:14, 7 March 2021 diff hist +7 m Catholic Church sexual abuse cases →Germany: Added for clarity: "orders" missing from the phrase "religious orders," which cannot be abbreviated/elided in this context.
9 January 2021
- 06:2506:25, 9 January 2021 diff hist +361 m Talk:Mozart's compositional method →Mention (allude to) the Rochlitz forgery in the lead?: Just an acknowledgment of a more elegant solution to the question I raised.
25 December 2020
- 16:4416:44, 25 December 2020 diff hist +1,153 Talk:Amazing Grace (2018 film) →When criticism reaches beyond the work being discussed: new section
4 April 2020
- 14:5014:50, 4 April 2020 diff hist +17 m Talk:Quest for the historical Jesus →"(who confessed himself to be the author)"?: added context reference to section title
- 14:4714:47, 4 April 2020 diff hist +521 Talk:Quest for the historical Jesus →"(who confessed himself to be the author)"?: new section
9 February 2020
- 03:3603:36, 9 February 2020 diff hist −4 m Ríu Ríu Chíu removed article (the) from the phrase original sin, per general and Wikipedia style
6 February 2020
- 04:3504:35, 6 February 2020 diff hist −1 m Talk:Sometimes a Great Notion (film) →Critical receptions: Canby excerpt apparent typo: needs verification?: corrected typo in topic title
- 04:3404:34, 6 February 2020 diff hist +538 Talk:Sometimes a Great Notion (film) →Critical receptions: Canby excerpt apparent typo: needs verification?: new section
14 January 2020
- 03:5903:59, 14 January 2020 diff hist −2 m Social media use by Barack Obama →top: Corrected adaption to adoption, mediums to media, decapitalized Public. In the unlikely event "adaptation," was meant, wouldn't it require amplification?
5 October 2019
- 02:3102:31, 5 October 2019 diff hist −8 m Deep Throat (Watergate) →Revelation of identity: Changed 2nd/3rd references to Nora Ephron to "Ephron"; 3rd reference to Jacob Bernstein from "their son" to "Jacob," following style of 2nd; should possibly be "Jacob Bernstein."
1 September 2019
- 03:1403:14, 1 September 2019 diff hist 0 m Talk:Signs Gospel →"Later Scholarship" unspecified referent: "this community": style conformance
- 03:1203:12, 1 September 2019 diff hist +500 Talk:Signs Gospel →"Later Scholarship" unspecified referent: "this community": new section
- 03:0603:06, 1 September 2019 diff hist −29 Signs Gospel →Later scholarship: Reverted own change as being out of place and format. Question moved to talk page.
- 02:4502:45, 1 September 2019 diff hist +29 m Signs Gospel →Later scholarship: Asked for specification of "this community," which seems derived from the cited text but is not explained; thus: absent referent for "this."
15 August 2019
- 03:3203:32, 15 August 2019 diff hist +953 Talk:King Arthur →There are actually quite big problems with the article: I address the earlier-mentioned tendentious use of "cuckold[ing]" with an example that damages the article.
31 May 2019
- 02:3202:32, 31 May 2019 diff hist +582 Talk:The Wealth of Nations →Modern evaluation: David Graeber?: new section
18 May 2019
- 00:3500:35, 18 May 2019 diff hist +111 m Talk:Political parties in the United States →Fifth and sixth party systems: signed
- 00:3000:30, 18 May 2019 diff hist +552 Talk:Political parties in the United States →Fifth and sixth party systems: new section
26 March 2017
- 17:4517:45, 26 March 2017 diff hist +283 Talk:Kay Adams-Corleone →Adams-Corleone? Really?: new section
12 January 2017
- 21:3821:38, 12 January 2017 diff hist +541 Talk:Cheech Marin →"Dodge" the draft?: new section
26 December 2016
- 17:1917:19, 26 December 2016 diff hist +3 m Pär Nuder →Politics: (Speculative) translation correction: doubt s/b hesitate.
- 17:1717:17, 26 December 2016 diff hist −1 m Pär Nuder →Carreer: Third time's the charm: carrier/carreer s/b career
- 17:1517:15, 26 December 2016 diff hist 0 m Pär Nuder →Carrier: Typo: carrier s/b career
22 December 2016
- 19:0119:01, 22 December 2016 diff hist 0 Talk:Parable of the Tares →Interpretation: "Common" or sectarian?: Replaced "to indicate" with "as code for."
- 19:0019:00, 22 December 2016 diff hist +9 m Talk:Parable of the Tares →Interpretation: "Common" or sectarian?: Modified "teachings."
- 18:5918:59, 22 December 2016 diff hist +917 Talk:Parable of the Tares →Interpretation: "Common" or sectarian?: new section
31 July 2016
- 23:5623:56, 31 July 2016 diff hist −2 m Wild Bill Hickok →Burial: Corrected typo/grammar-o: "weighed" for "weigh."
- 23:4823:48, 31 July 2016 diff hist +1 m Wild Bill Hickok →Shootout with Phil Coe: Corrected typo: "gamble" for "gambler."
- 23:4323:43, 31 July 2016 diff hist +511 Talk:Wild Bill Hickok →geography: Kansas is "the West" but due north Nebraska is not?: new section
30 March 2016
- 04:2804:28, 30 March 2016 diff hist +1,162 Talk:Spanish Inquisition →Relevance and direction of Thomas Madden quote: new section
26 March 2016
- 14:3714:37, 26 March 2016 diff hist +254 Talk:Herchurch →Dan Brown? Really?: Added postscript on peculiar diction.
- 14:3414:34, 26 March 2016 diff hist +310 Talk:Herchurch →top: Question of germaneness of reference to popular novel in a discussion of church programming.
25 March 2016
- 16:1916:19, 25 March 2016 diff hist +328 Talk:Quabbin Reservoir →Towns dissolved: Suggested the materially descriptive term "flooded" is more appropriate in context than the legalism "discontinued."
2 February 2016
- 20:4120:41, 2 February 2016 diff hist −2 m The Monkey King 2 →top: Relative pronoun used as subject of succeeding clause corrected from "whom" to "who."
29 January 2016
- 18:2618:26, 29 January 2016 diff hist +403 User talk:Larry Hockett →Thanks for the correction/reversion on the Segway PT article!: new section
- 18:1918:19, 29 January 2016 diff hist +297 Segway Reverted to revision 701726209 by EricEnfermero (talk). (TW)
26 January 2016
- 03:5503:55, 26 January 2016 diff hist +1 m Segway →Uses: Corrected typo: Though for through.
21 March 2015
- 22:5422:54, 21 March 2015 diff hist +84 Delta (letter) →Keyboard Entry: added keyboard entry information for Macintosh and iOS systems. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
14 March 2015
- 04:1604:16, 14 March 2015 diff hist +394 Talk:Tower Records →Tower Books: Noting a document I have from which one can infer book sales in San Francisco (Stonestown store).
25 August 2014
- 23:4523:45, 25 August 2014 diff hist +246 Talk:Elgin Marbles Responded to inaccurate blanket statement (unless a beyond-subtle irony escaped me). Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
18 June 2014
- 16:4816:48, 18 June 2014 diff hist +1,377 Talk:Elgin Marbles →Relevant expertise or flippant (at best) nationalism?: new section
19 October 2012
- 06:0306:03, 19 October 2012 diff hist 0 m Sticky wicket →Examples of use: Corrected apparent typo/transcription error: shear for share, required by context.
22 September 2012
- 18:5618:56, 22 September 2012 diff hist +1 Talk:Eddie "Rochester" Anderson →Racial Humor: Author query, congratulations. Finished edit required by premature send, premature auto-sign. B^p
