User contributions for The Man in Question
A user with 43,543 edits. Account created on 25 January 2006.
30 May 2024
- 10:0210:02, 30 May 2024 diff hist +293 Floating cities and islands in fiction added an image
- 06:0606:06, 30 May 2024 diff hist +2,038 Homing pigeon every major dictionary agrees that "carrier pigeon" is a synonym for "homing pigeon" (distinct, of course, from the English carrier pigeon); it is thus not an erroneous usage current
29 May 2024
- 07:3807:38, 29 May 2024 diff hist +29 Achilleis (trilogy) English pronunciation in IPA current
- 07:3607:36, 29 May 2024 diff hist +39 Achilleid pronunciation current
27 May 2024
- 02:2202:22, 27 May 2024 diff hist +63 American alligator →History and taxonomy: misleading; the word "alligator" is from the 16th century, long predating the genus name current
26 May 2024
- 08:5908:59, 26 May 2024 diff hist +217 Hyphenated American specifically current
- 08:3608:36, 26 May 2024 diff hist +97 Old Stock Americans No edit summary
- 08:2208:22, 26 May 2024 diff hist +2 m Old Stock Americans copyedit
- 08:2008:20, 26 May 2024 diff hist +328 Old Stock Americans some clarifications; and there really needs to be information on the modern day
24 May 2024
- 23:4223:42, 24 May 2024 diff hist +16 Canvey Island →Tudor divisions: medial s current
- 19:4119:41, 24 May 2024 diff hist +2 Donald Trump Restored revision 1225453450 by QuicoleJR (talk): The NPR article cited confirms my version, not the version before; I'm very confused at your statement Tags: Twinkle Undo Reverted
- 08:4508:45, 24 May 2024 diff hist +1 Donald Trump →Social media: actual spelling in tweet Tag: Reverted
- 08:3908:39, 24 May 2024 diff hist +53 Donald Trump →False or misleading statements: link
16 May 2024
- 05:1005:10, 16 May 2024 diff hist −3 Worm's-eye view picture not accurate
12 May 2024
- 16:1116:11, 12 May 2024 diff hist +78 Laurentius Abstemius explaining 'abstemious', standardizing format current
7 May 2024
- 00:0900:09, 7 May 2024 diff hist +301 Rafah →Etymology: corrected ancient Hebrew
23 April 2024
- 08:1508:15, 23 April 2024 diff hist +3 m Petrarch added missing 'di'
- 07:5607:56, 23 April 2024 diff hist +271 Topit cleaning up a bit current
7 April 2024
- 05:5005:50, 7 April 2024 diff hist −28 Garden cress incorrect etymology current
5 April 2024
- 20:5820:58, 5 April 2024 diff hist +1,113 Petrarch "Francesco di Petracco", with "di"; "Francesco Petrarca" misleading, since it is his modern Italian name, not his birth name; Francis Petrarch is genuinely used, as in works by Scaglione, Cervigni, Boswell, Rearden, etc. etc., and has been since at least the 16th (in Thomas Lanquet) and 17th centuries (in numerous works); I also expanded translated works
- 20:1120:11, 5 April 2024 diff hist +16 Hephaestus pronunciation differentiation
- 19:2619:26, 5 April 2024 diff hist +7 m Herb clarifying current
- 19:2519:25, 5 April 2024 diff hist +2 Herb more accurate characterization
26 January 2024
- 23:5923:59, 26 January 2024 diff hist +12 Mene (disambiguation) →Other uses
- 23:5723:57, 26 January 2024 diff hist −2,057 Mene (unit) merged into mina (unit); the article was copied mostly word for word, and there is no meaningful distinction current Tag: New redirect
- 23:5723:57, 26 January 2024 diff hist +1,146 Mina (unit) merged mene (unit) here; there is no meaningful distinction, and that article was mostly word for word the same as this; I also brought in the image and its caption from the Spanish Wikipedia
24 January 2024
- 13:0213:02, 24 January 2024 diff hist +12 Orphne corrected pronunciation and Greek diacritic (see Liddell, Scott, Jones for instance)
15 January 2024
- 19:2419:24, 15 January 2024 diff hist −4 Suits (American TV series) →Reception: unnecessary alteration
13 January 2024
- 04:1104:11, 13 January 2024 diff hist +479 Charlamagne tha God as pronounced by Lenard McKelvey himself
22 December 2023
- 00:4300:43, 22 December 2023 diff hist +117 Talk:American Civil War widows who survived into the 21st century →Last Revolutionary War Widow: added signature
- 00:4300:43, 22 December 2023 diff hist +117 Talk:Maudie Hopkins →Last Revolutionary War Widow: added signature (as well as on move Talk page) current
20 December 2023
- 21:0621:06, 20 December 2023 diff hist 0 m Joan of Kent corrected bolding and capitalization
19 November 2023
- 05:2705:27, 19 November 2023 diff hist −3,055 User talk:The Man in Question No edit summary
- 04:1804:18, 19 November 2023 diff hist +2 m Władysław Umiński →Life: copyedit
2 November 2023
- 01:4901:49, 2 November 2023 diff hist −19 Gina Gershon A misprinted name on a birth certificate is not what someone is "born as"; people are born as whatever their parents named them
1 November 2023
- 07:2007:20, 1 November 2023 diff hist +33 Peace Arch →Description: added explanation of second inscription
21 October 2023
- 18:3018:30, 21 October 2023 diff hist +81 House of Mouse hatnote
13 October 2023
- 22:1122:11, 13 October 2023 diff hist +14 Eva Green →Early life: standard terminology; better phrasing
26 September 2023
- 22:1022:10, 26 September 2023 diff hist +883 List of Star Wars characters corrected timing of Hati's apprenticeship; added note on two names, with citation
23 September 2023
17 September 2023
- 22:3222:32, 17 September 2023 diff hist +11 Riku Onda in keeping with other articles of authors who use pen names
13 September 2023
- 19:1319:13, 13 September 2023 diff hist +45 Space opera not 'no relation'
3 September 2023
- 00:5900:59, 3 September 2023 diff hist −2 Solvang, California No edit summary
12 August 2023
- 02:2802:28, 12 August 2023 diff hist +5 Megascolia procer measurement conversions
11 August 2023
- 22:0822:08, 11 August 2023 diff hist +60 Wasp →Diversity: measurement conversion
- 18:4418:44, 11 August 2023 diff hist +565 Indian Creek, Florida latest news, with citation; and some more info from same source
7 August 2023
- 07:5107:51, 7 August 2023 diff hist +23 N Sea of Urumiah ←Redirected page to Lake Urmia current Tag: New redirect
- 07:5007:50, 7 August 2023 diff hist +43 Lake Urmia →Names and etymologies: Greek form
6 August 2023
- 21:4521:45, 6 August 2023 diff hist +138 Macbeth, King of Scotland cleaned up treatment of name
2 August 2023
- 16:1216:12, 2 August 2023 diff hist +18 Golda Meir it must be modern Israel (see Athaliah, Deborah); it is not redundancy when each case is different