User contributions for Thuvan Dihn

10 December 2021

• 04:4404:44, 10 December 2021 diff hist −11 m Finch →Systematics and taxonomy
• 04:4304:43, 10 December 2021 diff hist −3 m Finch →Systematics and taxonomy

6 December 2021

• 20:2120:21, 6 December 2021 diff hist +231 Beforeigners Season 2 did not start streaming in the US on 5 December 2021. The show's Facebook page provides 23 December as the date for US viewers.
• 03:1803:18, 6 December 2021 diff hist +19 Shakespearean tragedy I changed "several hundred years" to "almost three centuries." "Several" is too vague. It might suggest a much longer interval than the 280 years that elapsed between WS's death (1616) and Boas's book (1896).

4 October 2021

• 04:2404:24, 4 October 2021 diff hist +6 Ish Kabibble →Career: Rearranged the sentences in the first paragraph of this section to follow a coherent chronological sequence (with appropriate changes to ensure continuity).

15 September 2021

• 21:3921:39, 15 September 2021 diff hist +7 Suede Original text defined "suede" as leather with a "sueded" finish -- a tautology. I replaced the descriptor with "fuzzy" and "napped." Both adjectives are typically used in dictionary definitions of suede (e.g., Merriam-Webster).

27 August 2021

• 02:3402:34, 27 August 2021 diff hist +34 Summanus →Summanus and Mount Summano: Basic copy edit - original text had a lot of problems indicating lack of familiarity with the English language. No content was altered.

24 August 2021

• 02:5002:50, 24 August 2021 diff hist +6 Persuasion Edited second paragraph. Altered the phrasing of the 1st sentence (originally nonsensical: "used to persuade a large audience using for the purposes of the individual or group"); fixed the 2nd sentence, which was a run-on, and added punctuation to the 4th sentence.

24 May 2021

• 05:0005:00, 24 May 2021 diff hist 0 Livius Andronicus →Dates: Original text said "expiate the gods." This phrasing makes no sense, since the verb "expiate" means "atone for." In fact, the maidens were performing an act of expiation to APPEASE the gods. Hence this revision.

10 May 2021

• 00:3400:34, 10 May 2021 diff hist +9 Magonids →Nature of Magonid rule: Copy edit -- punctuation, consistent capitalization, avoidance of run-on sentences.

9 May 2021

• 05:5205:52, 9 May 2021 diff hist +25 The Wheel of Time →Tarmon Gai'don: Original phrasing was garbled and opaque -- "a 202-page single titular chapter." This edit clarifies the sense in plain English.

15 April 2021

• 22:3322:33, 15 April 2021 diff hist +95 Fiorucci Basic copy edit through the second paragraph of Heyday; added links to named Wikipedia pages; normalized dates to match British style. Most dates were already that way, but some were American style.

5 February 2021

• 02:5702:57, 5 February 2021 diff hist +1 Ramesh Ponnuru →Journalism: "Provocatively"

1 February 2021

• 04:2604:26, 1 February 2021 diff hist +125 Cleisthenes of Sicyon Copy edit; clarified tribal names with more precise data from the text of Herodotus; clarified the section about his descendants.
• 03:5403:54, 1 February 2021 diff hist +4 Cleisthenes Deleted "their king," because Hippias was emphatically not a king; Wikipedia page on Athenian kingship notes the tradition that the monarchy ended around 1000 BC.

28 December 2020

• 04:1904:19, 28 December 2020 diff hist −9 King Crimson The word "formations" had a link that just led back to the present page. Since the link was useless, I removed it. And because "formations" is an odd word for this context, I changed it to the more informative "changes in personnel."

23 November 2020

• 03:0303:03, 23 November 2020 diff hist −18 m Fishing for Fishies →Background: Copy edit. Lots of extra words in original.
• 02:1002:10, 23 November 2020 diff hist +260 King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard discography Added consistent punctuation, revised sentence about releases from 2013 to 2016, and mentioned the live albums from 2020 -- since the existing paragraph seemed to be about "albums," it makes sense to note their live albums too.

18 November 2020

• 08:1008:10, 18 November 2020 diff hist +2 Polygyny in India →Christian Polygamy: Original text was self-contradictory. Ziona, born 3 years after the sect was founded, was obviously not its founder; nor is/was he eternally 66 years old -- hence citation of his birth year; linked page does not indicate whether he is still alive in November 2020 -- hence addition "as of 2011.".

12 November 2020

• 23:2023:20, 12 November 2020 diff hist +106 Diana Damrau →Career: Copy edit. Previous text was apparently written by someone with an imperfect grasp of the English language.

30 October 2020

• 09:5009:50, 30 October 2020 diff hist +104 Pazzi →History of the family: Copy edit; added punctuation and articles as needed to conform with standard guidelines. Tag: Reverted
• 09:3209:32, 30 October 2020 diff hist +65 Pazzi →History of the family: Copy edit; fixed some run-on sentences, added an article, and added subjects to naked verbs. (Sorry, I don't know how to fix the citation problems.) Tag: Reverted
• 09:1809:18, 30 October 2020 diff hist −7 Cosimo de' Medici →Fictional depictions: Added dates for the sequel series.
• 09:1509:15, 30 October 2020 diff hist +100 Cosimo de' Medici →Fictional depictions: Copy edit; made the paragraph on the 2016 series parallel to the 1973 series and turned the original garbled text into two grammatical sentences.

28 October 2020

• 05:5205:52, 28 October 2020 diff hist +317 Rinaldo degli Albizzi Copy edit; also revised confusing sentence about "priors" and added the citation for Machiavelli's History of Florence, Chapter 4, as a reference for the role of Contugi and the nature of the Priors (who were not actually monastic priors).

16 September 2020

• 02:5302:53, 16 September 2020 diff hist −74 The Goonies →Legacy: Copy edit.

11 September 2020

• 02:4402:44, 11 September 2020 diff hist −4 Mater Matuta Copy edit.

4 September 2020

• 19:5519:55, 4 September 2020 diff hist +2 Guillain–Barré syndrome →History: Basic copy edit; the most significant change was my revision of this phrasing ("its non-inferiority compared to plasma exchange was demonstrated in studies in the early 1990s"), which any competent human copy editor or grammar app would flag as defective.
• 01:5001:50, 4 September 2020 diff hist −49 Barefoot in the Park (film) Basic copy edit of the introductory paragraph and the first part of the synopsis. Possessive pronouns in the English language are not spelled with apostrophes. Writers are advised to avoid constant repetition of words - in this case "apartment."

31 August 2020

• 21:5521:55, 31 August 2020 diff hist +28 m Laura Loomer →Views: Simple copy edit; clarified instances of "this" with no obvious antecedent; added Tlaib's first name and created a link to Wikipedia article about her.

12 August 2020

• 22:1622:16, 12 August 2020 diff hist −18 Olympic winners of the Archaic period Copy edit

7 August 2020

• 04:3004:30, 7 August 2020 diff hist −1 Caecuban wine Revised link for Caietas; previous link led to the page on Aeneas' nurse, who according to Virgil gave her name to the place. This link leads to the page on Gaeta, the modern Italian version of Caieta/Caietas.
• 04:2604:26, 7 August 2020 diff hist −11 Caecuban wine Amyclae was located between Terracina and Caietas -- in other words, east of Terracina -- whereas the Pomptine Marshes lay west of Terracina. The passage quoted from Strabo's text is clear: he places the ager Caecubus east of Terracina, adjacent to the Plain of Fundi (Italian Piana di Fondi -- see Italian-language Wikipedia).

31 July 2020

• 03:1703:17, 31 July 2020 diff hist −53 Motya Charioteer →Description: Change "long, very chiton" to "very long chiton." Changed "an" to "a" before "stratigraphic" and "terminus," removed "the" before "Classical sculpture." Various other basic copy edits.

18 July 2020

• 01:2001:20, 18 July 2020 diff hist −6 Angelica Schuyler Church →Life in Europe: Replaced "would + verb stem" with the simple past tense to narrate continuous events in the past. Changed "Now" to "As," since she had been "the wife" of Church for several years by 1785.

15 July 2020

• 00:1300:13, 15 July 2020 diff hist +28 Deutsches Reichsbräu →History: Basic copy edit.

13 July 2020

• 23:3223:32, 13 July 2020 diff hist +33 Guy Madison →The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok: Copy edit.
• 23:2823:28, 13 July 2020 diff hist +34 Guy Madison →RKO: Copy edit -- in English we say "starring role," not "star role."
• 23:1923:19, 13 July 2020 diff hist +11 Henry Willson →In popular culture: "Revisionist" was an inaccurate characterization. I enjoyed the miniseries, but it's a total fantasy -- and it's important not to mislead readers into thinking it has any basis in fact. Hence "counterfactual re-imagining."

29 June 2020

• 03:0903:09, 29 June 2020 diff hist +207 Celtic calendar Revised garbled statement in first paragraph and added a reference to its apparent source; added article "a" to the last sentence in the third paragraph: "a considerable degree."

28 June 2020

• 02:5202:52, 28 June 2020 diff hist −77 Ancient Greek calendars →The Antikythera mechanism calendar: As the cited sources confirm, the Antikythera mechanism does not present a unique calendar of its own; instead, it presents the Corinthian calendar. So I revised the heading for this section to match the format established by all the other headings on this page.

27 June 2020

• 20:4020:40, 27 June 2020 diff hist −66 The Phoenix and the Carpet →Characters: Copy edit to enhance clarity, remove redundancy, improve internal consistency, and correct a few obvious errors (e.g., "to towards," "tower/cave").
• 20:0820:08, 27 June 2020 diff hist +142 The Phoenix and the Carpet →Plot summary: Copy edit of first two paragraphs in this section.

16 June 2020

• 06:4006:40, 16 June 2020 diff hist −12 I've Got a Secret →Standard rounds: Copy edit.
• 06:3706:37, 16 June 2020 diff hist +13 I've Got a Secret →Standard rounds: In formal writing, for habitual actions in the past, use the simple past tense and not the conditional with "would." It's a very simple rule.
• 06:3106:31, 16 June 2020 diff hist +3 I've Got a Secret Fixed formatting problem in first paragraph; did some basic copy editing.
• 06:2006:20, 16 June 2020 diff hist +5 Arlene Dahl →1980s–present: Copy edit.
• 06:1906:19, 16 June 2020 diff hist +36 Arlene Dahl →1970s: Basic copy edit.
• 06:1606:16, 16 June 2020 diff hist −6 Arlene Dahl →1960s: Copy edit. Noun stacks are universally deprecated, yet they are distressingly common in Wikipedia articles about movies, TV shows, and actors. Similarly deprecated is a succession of one-sentence paragraphs.
• 06:0906:09, 16 June 2020 diff hist +3 m Arlene Dahl →Adventure films: Copy edit.