User contributions for 24.90.203.188

14 September 2017

• 16:2916:29, 14 September 2017 diff hist −12‎ Edith Windsor ‎ →‎United States v. Windsor: In final sentence, simplified "... arguments in the case from March 2013 and subsequently issued ..." (moving up the final five words, and adding that it's an affirmance).
• 16:2216:22, 14 September 2017 diff hist −19‎ Edith Windsor ‎ →‎United States v. Windsor: In graf 3 sentence 2, simplified the redundant "A subsequent 2012 ruling by Judge Barbara S. Jones ruled that ..."

31 August 2017

• 00:3900:39, 31 August 2017 diff hist +10‎ Bürgenstock ‎ In 1swt sentence, corrected "in the middle of" the lake to "partway along the shore of" the lake. (It's 1/4-1/3 of the way from the north end to the south end, on the western (wilder) shore.) It is not in the lake!

16 August 2017

• 18:4518:45, 16 August 2017 diff hist +3‎ White Rose ‎ →‎The German Youth Movement and the Hitler Youth: In last graf, re-worded "he and other Ulm Hitler Youth members" to "he and other Hitler Youth members in Ulm" (to clarify that Ulm was their city)

29 July 2017

• 01:5601:56, 29 July 2017 diff hist +52‎ Aaron Collins (singer) ‎ →‎Biography: Made "Rodney King riots" a live link to that section of his main article

28 July 2017

• 19:0619:06, 28 July 2017 diff hist +14‎ The Last Pogo ‎ Added date of the event (per Wikipedia main article on Teenage Head, etc)
• 18:3718:37, 28 July 2017 diff hist 0‎ Heatwave (festival) ‎ →‎History: fixed link to Bill Graham's article
• 18:3618:36, 28 July 2017 diff hist +27‎ Heatwave (festival) ‎ →‎History: Made Bill Graham's name a live link to his main article
• 18:3318:33, 28 July 2017 diff hist +254‎ Heatwave (festival) ‎ →‎History: Divided one graf into three; in portion on the recordings, added a sentence as to Wolfgang's rights now, w/footnoted link.
• 18:1818:18, 28 July 2017 diff hist +1‎ Heatwave (festival) ‎ →‎Groups: In "order of appearance," fixed spelling of band The Rumour

25 June 2017

• 02:3802:38, 25 June 2017 diff hist 0‎ Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant ‎ →‎Public opposition: Re: 1977 arrests of 1,414 Clams: changed "they" to "most" (refused bail). [I was in the majority, but we loved and supported those who had needs to post bail.]
• 02:3302:33, 25 June 2017 diff hist +128‎ Randy Rhoads ‎ Resolved Mlpearc Phone [former editor?]'s deletion of the sentence as unsubstantiated by adding footnote to its basis (which was arithmetic).

8 June 2017

• 16:5316:53, 8 June 2017 diff hist +216‎ Lago Bianco ‎ Added its elevation; added what's notable about the train.

23 May 2017

• 22:0722:07, 23 May 2017 diff hist +25‎ Randy Rhoads ‎ →‎Early life: Added why the 1971 revelation was so precocious (Randy was not quite 14½. ).
• 04:1804:18, 23 May 2017 diff hist +1‎ Bill Perkins (politician) ‎ →‎New York City Council: clarified which seat Dickens won
• 04:1204:12, 23 May 2017 diff hist −3‎ Bill Perkins (politician) ‎ →‎New York City Council: fixed spelling "forego" (precede) to "forgo" (cede).
• 01:0801:08, 23 May 2017 diff hist +152‎ Seneca Falls Convention ‎ →‎Quaker influence: Re-worded phrases implying that Quakers had treated women and men separately, etc.; even in the cited source "the faith" clearly means "the religion," not its beliefs.
• 00:4600:46, 23 May 2017 diff hist 0‎ Seneca Falls Convention ‎ →‎Announcement: Changed the third word from "service" to "worship," since a Quaker religious service was (and is) never called "service" but always "meeting" or "meeting for worship." (Service is a tenet of Quakerism, but it's serving human needs.)
• 00:2600:26, 23 May 2017 diff hist +21‎ Seneca Falls Convention ‎ In intro section, added "for non-Quaker women" to phrase about Mott on oratory being rare in that era (women's equality was a tenet since the 1660s, including equal education of girls)

15 May 2017

• 01:2601:26, 15 May 2017 diff hist +10‎ Moog Modular V ‎ →‎1970s: Re Emerson Lake & Palmer's "Lucky Man," added its year (remarkably early!) and "in" the Emerson solo.

11 May 2017

• 00:3300:33, 11 May 2017 diff hist +16‎ Sessions (surname) ‎ added "and Congressman" to the appropriate one of the "American Politician"s

27 April 2017

• 03:2703:27, 27 April 2017 diff hist +6‎ May Day ‎ →‎Hawaii: re-worded "Hawaiian senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka" to clarify that he was not a state senator
• 03:1603:16, 27 April 2017 diff hist +14‎ Nufenen Pass ‎ Clarified that it was "open to traffic" earlier - but not by motorized vehicles. (Who knows what the Romans dragged over the pass ...)

25 April 2017

• 20:2220:22, 25 April 2017 diff hist 0‎ Nervión ‎ →‎History and economy: Made a comma into a semicolon after the first phrase of "The estuary divided ..."

22 April 2017

• 23:1423:14, 22 April 2017 diff hist +6‎ Clavioline ‎ →‎Recordings: Fixed punctuation consistency at end of each item (Yes for sentences, No for phrases); made noncapitalization of clavioline consistent.
• 23:1023:10, 22 April 2017 diff hist −6‎ Clavioline ‎ →‎Recordings: Moved John Lennon's playing on 1967 song into chronological order. Made periods (or not) at end of each item consistent.

30 March 2017

• 17:2717:27, 30 March 2017 diff hist +123‎ Steven Van Zandt ‎ →‎Solo artist: Added to 2016 Disciples of Soul reunion that material was recorded and put on radio
• 17:1417:14, 30 March 2017 diff hist +85‎ Steven Van Zandt ‎ →‎Lilyhammer: Added sentence to mention Lillehammer
• 17:1217:12, 30 March 2017 diff hist −4‎ Steven Van Zandt ‎ In Infobox, deleted brackets (link to separate article) for "Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul," since no such separate article exists

24 March 2017

• 18:2318:23, 24 March 2017 diff hist +25‎ Six Degrees of Separation (play) ‎ →‎Production history: Added name of 2017 star (since she's such a big one)

19 March 2017

• 04:5304:53, 19 March 2017 diff hist +114‎ Frank Zappa ‎ →‎Early 1960s: Studio Z: Tweaked sentences re Steve Allen show to add that it was TV, and to reflect that Allen and his crew joined in inventing instruments and sounds; added YouTube video ref to footnote.

17 March 2017

• 17:3117:31, 17 March 2017 diff hist −1‎ Battle of Peleliu ‎ →‎Japanese: changed a comma to "and" between the two sizes of Japanese mortars deployed; deleted "and" before "backed by" (since it was the field guns that were backed up).

12 March 2017

• 04:5604:56, 12 March 2017 diff hist −31‎ Al Jarreau ‎ →‎Personal life: Simplified first three sentences into two, and then in next sentence added a comma between clauses.

4 March 2017

• 02:3702:37, 4 March 2017 diff hist +6‎ Cleve Jones ‎ Added year 2009 to photo caption
• 02:2802:28, 4 March 2017 diff hist +6‎ Cleve Jones ‎ Added year to photo caption (at Oscars)

2 March 2017

• 19:4519:45, 2 March 2017 diff hist +124‎ Joe Dallesandro ‎ →‎In popular culture: Clarified that a whole verse of Lou Reed was about Joe; his nickname was not merely mentioned. Clarified that the Stones' album needed a photo "to use for the fly" because the fly was an incorporated metal zipper.

10 February 2017

• 00:5300:53, 10 February 2017 diff hist +11‎ Red Summer ‎ →‎Context: In 2nd graf, replaced "replaced the anti-German sentiment of the war years" with "followed on the anti-German sentiment arising in the war years" - since anti-German sentiment still grew or remained strong 1918-1925.

4 February 2017

• 23:0323:03, 4 February 2017 diff hist 0‎ Whitman College ‎ →‎Alma mater: Fixed spelling of "o're" in last stanza of hymn

3 February 2017

• 21:5621:56, 3 February 2017 diff hist +2‎ Cafe Wha? ‎ Changed "is" to "was" uncle of DLRoth (see obit re 2014 death, existing footnote 1); changed "the Wha?" to "Cafe Wha?" aftert he first comma in the last graf (because there was never a time when it was called "the Wha?" ... perhaps (rarely) "the Cafe"

2 February 2017

• 21:5321:53, 2 February 2017 diff hist 0‎ Bob Nystrom ‎ →‎Later years: In three places, pluralized "Islanders" when used in the possessive.

20 January 2017

• 05:5005:50, 20 January 2017 diff hist +7‎ Clarence Birdseye ‎ →‎Early life: fixed access date in citation to newly added text
• 05:4705:47, 20 January 2017 diff hist +306‎ Clarence Birdseye ‎ →‎Early life: Corrected dates and connection to Amherst College, with citation

3 December 2016

• 06:2506:25, 3 December 2016 diff hist +19‎ Sister Rosetta Tharpe ‎ →‎Recording career: made "at the apollo" into live link to Apollo Theatre's main article

29 November 2016

• 04:1704:17, 29 November 2016 diff hist +4‎ Teenage Head (band) ‎ →‎History: Made "
• 04:1504:15, 29 November 2016 diff hist −2‎ The Last Pogo ‎ Made "punksters" into "punkers," since that's what they were invariably called at the time (and "-sters" implies poseur punks)
• 04:1204:12, 29 November 2016 diff hist +55‎ Marky Ramone ‎ →‎Musical career: Cleaned up word order, commas, etc in several places; made several names into live links to their main articles
• 03:5803:58, 29 November 2016 diff hist +1‎ Marky Ramone ‎ →‎Business ventures: spelled "Hilfiger" to fix a typo in its second occurrence

14 November 2016

• 03:0003:00, 14 November 2016 diff hist +1‎ Leon Russell ‎ →‎1990s: Started 3rd graf with capital letter. Spelled "Russel" correctly in 4th graf.
• 02:1902:19, 14 November 2016 diff hist −2‎ Long John Baldry ‎ →‎Blues bands of the 1960s: changed "Gyre and Gymble" to "Gyre & Gimble" - purveyours of caffeine (gyre-gimble.co.uk)
• 02:1402:14, 14 November 2016 diff hist 0‎ Long John Baldry ‎ →‎Early life: changed 'nee to née