21:0321:03, 15 March 2018diffhist−14,219
User talk:AnnaGoFast
←Replaced content with 'To whom it may concern: I did not make those edits to those recent talk pages; I didn't even see these messages until now. Someone was using my computer and...'Tag: Replaced
00:2000:20, 5 March 2018diffhist−306
Contemporary worship music
Too vague. When? Which bands? How often are they "as high as 1/2 on the Billboard"? Do you mean a band once made 1st in 2010, and another made 2nd in 2012? Is there consistently a group on Billboard? And just "Cosmopolitan" is not a sufficient citation.Tag: Visual edit
4 March 2018
23:4323:43, 4 March 2018diffhist−169
Mass surveillance
If a "police state" were facilitated by the adoption of smart city technology, It is unlikely that other cities would simply abandon the idea to avoid similar results, especially since the authorities are the ones running things. Overly simplified idea.Tag: Visual edit
23:3923:39, 4 March 2018diffhist−439
Mass surveillance
"The future has arrived and your government is spying on you"? Completely inappropriate tone, is biased language, AND sounds like it was copy-pasted directly from an online article somewhere.Tag: Visual edit
02:3702:37, 4 March 2018diffhist+924
Brown Bess
A "bayonet lug that can be used to aim the weapon" is also called "a front sight", and "effective range" does not mean ACCURATE range. A musket ball is LETHAL to 175yds. This doesn't mean a man can hit another man at 175, or even 100.Tag: Visual edit
02:1602:16, 4 March 2018diffhist−65
Brown Bess
The OED reference to browning doesn't refer to the sentence about varnishing, it refers to the sentence about about "russeting" the musket. Moved to appropriate places. And why does the last explanation "most closely hit the mark"? Sounds plagiarized.Tag: Visual edit
01:2801:28, 1 March 2018diffhist+49
Neoconservatism
Loaded language; seems to be suggesting that "Strauss never said that, as it says right here". What it actually says is that there is a handful of authors, a minority, who claim that they've "discovered his real meaning" and that it contradicts neocons.Tag: Visual edit
06:4306:43, 28 February 2018diffhist+142
GM Roto Hydramatic transmission
Just because it's inside the transmission doesn't mean it's not a torque convertor. A fluid coupling with a stator that modifies the torque to a useful level for automotive use at lower RPMs is a torque convertor, by definition. It's not a TYPICAL one.Tag: Visual edit
05:5805:58, 28 February 2018diffhist+245
Pontiac Catalina
Most readers don't know what "stroked 3.75" means (and it was stroked TO 3.75. Important difference. I tried to clean up the hp ratings bit, but I really can't figure out what it was even trying to say, so I basically guessed. There's also too much jargonTag: Visual edit
07:5007:50, 27 February 2018diffhist+455
M10 tank destroyer
Makes it sound like the "plan" was to just roll up and attack the enemy tanks, while using agility and speed to avoid being hit. The idea is to attack the enemy from ambush/flank, and use speed to withdraw or relocate if fired on effectively.Tag: Visual edit
07:4307:43, 27 February 2018diffhist+33
M115 howitzer
MOST large guns use the Welin breech. What is the point of pointing out "like the British BL 8in howitzer of WWI" unless you're trying to suggest the US was somehow belatedly copying Britain? That's what it seems like it's suggesting anyway.Tag: Visual edit
07:1807:18, 27 February 2018diffhist+89
FAB-5000
A bomb is either a GP bomb OR a demolition bomb. It cannot be both. It is either thin-skinned (i.e. a demolition bomb) OR it has medium thickness to provide some fragmentation, i.e.GP. It cannot be both.Tag: Visual edit
07:0107:01, 27 February 2018diffhist+34
General-purpose bomb
Writing it that way suggests that "caliber" is actually a term used by anyone to describe various classes of bomb. I've never heard that, and cannot find any use of the term at all. It is LIKE the system of calibers. Italics suggests a technical term.Tag: Visual edit
06:5306:53, 27 February 2018diffhist+242
Caliber
The caliber of a gun only roughly denotes the barrel dimensions; it is not exact. A shell fired from a gun cannot travel at a rate of 1,800mph the entire distance, and a gun cannot fire both 1900 and 2700 lb shells at the same velocity.Tag: Visual edit
09:3309:33, 23 February 2018diffhist+281
Bulldozer
A tracked loader is not "a modified bulldozer", it is a different attachment that can also be used with a crawler tractor. It may be that there are tractors that were designed with bulldozing in mind, and later fitted wit loaders, but there is a differencTag: Visual edit
09:2009:20, 23 February 2018diffhist+549
Bulldozer
Actually, a bulldozer is the blade attachment only. It just happens to usually come on a crawler tractor. We call truck/plow units "snow plows" too, but strictly it refers to the tool only.Tag: Visual edit
01:2101:21, 21 February 2018diffhist+59
Boeing 747-8
I don't know if describing a longeron as "a part" is exactly how I'd do it. Makes it sound like some component that can be bolted in or removed. A spar is a wing part, but that's not the term I'd use in description.Tag: Visual edit
23:4123:41, 19 February 2018diffhist+848
Petlyakov Pe-8
Why are the only two images in this article among the worst images of the Pe-8 on the internet? Can't even tell what it looks like. There is at least one better one on Wikipedia, and probably others.Tag: Visual edit: Switched
06:4306:43, 19 February 2018diffhist+601
Sherman Firefly
Why are two of the three examples of the Firefly in action involve it taking Panthers in the flank from a static position? A regular Sherman could do the same thing from that same position. The advantage of the 17lber is that it could pen FRONTAL armor.Tag: Visual edit
21:0321:03, 15 March 2018diffhist−14,219
User talk:AnnaGoFast
←Replaced content with 'To whom it may concern: I did not make those edits to those recent talk pages; I didn't even see these messages until now. Someone was using my computer and...'Tag: Replaced
00:2000:20, 5 March 2018diffhist−306
Contemporary worship music
Too vague. When? Which bands? How often are they "as high as 1/2 on the Billboard"? Do you mean a band once made 1st in 2010, and another made 2nd in 2012? Is there consistently a group on Billboard? And just "Cosmopolitan" is not a sufficient citation.Tag: Visual edit
4 March 2018
23:4323:43, 4 March 2018diffhist−169
Mass surveillance
If a "police state" were facilitated by the adoption of smart city technology, It is unlikely that other cities would simply abandon the idea to avoid similar results, especially since the authorities are the ones running things. Overly simplified idea.Tag: Visual edit
23:3923:39, 4 March 2018diffhist−439
Mass surveillance
"The future has arrived and your government is spying on you"? Completely inappropriate tone, is biased language, AND sounds like it was copy-pasted directly from an online article somewhere.Tag: Visual edit
02:3702:37, 4 March 2018diffhist+924
Brown Bess
A "bayonet lug that can be used to aim the weapon" is also called "a front sight", and "effective range" does not mean ACCURATE range. A musket ball is LETHAL to 175yds. This doesn't mean a man can hit another man at 175, or even 100.Tag: Visual edit
02:1602:16, 4 March 2018diffhist−65
Brown Bess
The OED reference to browning doesn't refer to the sentence about varnishing, it refers to the sentence about about "russeting" the musket. Moved to appropriate places. And why does the last explanation "most closely hit the mark"? Sounds plagiarized.Tag: Visual edit
01:2801:28, 1 March 2018diffhist+49
Neoconservatism
Loaded language; seems to be suggesting that "Strauss never said that, as it says right here". What it actually says is that there is a handful of authors, a minority, who claim that they've "discovered his real meaning" and that it contradicts neocons.Tag: Visual edit
06:4306:43, 28 February 2018diffhist+142
GM Roto Hydramatic transmission
Just because it's inside the transmission doesn't mean it's not a torque convertor. A fluid coupling with a stator that modifies the torque to a useful level for automotive use at lower RPMs is a torque convertor, by definition. It's not a TYPICAL one.Tag: Visual edit
05:5805:58, 28 February 2018diffhist+245
Pontiac Catalina
Most readers don't know what "stroked 3.75" means (and it was stroked TO 3.75. Important difference. I tried to clean up the hp ratings bit, but I really can't figure out what it was even trying to say, so I basically guessed. There's also too much jargonTag: Visual edit
07:5007:50, 27 February 2018diffhist+455
M10 tank destroyer
Makes it sound like the "plan" was to just roll up and attack the enemy tanks, while using agility and speed to avoid being hit. The idea is to attack the enemy from ambush/flank, and use speed to withdraw or relocate if fired on effectively.Tag: Visual edit
07:4307:43, 27 February 2018diffhist+33
M115 howitzer
MOST large guns use the Welin breech. What is the point of pointing out "like the British BL 8in howitzer of WWI" unless you're trying to suggest the US was somehow belatedly copying Britain? That's what it seems like it's suggesting anyway.Tag: Visual edit
07:1807:18, 27 February 2018diffhist+89
FAB-5000
A bomb is either a GP bomb OR a demolition bomb. It cannot be both. It is either thin-skinned (i.e. a demolition bomb) OR it has medium thickness to provide some fragmentation, i.e.GP. It cannot be both.Tag: Visual edit
07:0107:01, 27 February 2018diffhist+34
General-purpose bomb
Writing it that way suggests that "caliber" is actually a term used by anyone to describe various classes of bomb. I've never heard that, and cannot find any use of the term at all. It is LIKE the system of calibers. Italics suggests a technical term.Tag: Visual edit
06:5306:53, 27 February 2018diffhist+242
Caliber
The caliber of a gun only roughly denotes the barrel dimensions; it is not exact. A shell fired from a gun cannot travel at a rate of 1,800mph the entire distance, and a gun cannot fire both 1900 and 2700 lb shells at the same velocity.Tag: Visual edit
09:3309:33, 23 February 2018diffhist+281
Bulldozer
A tracked loader is not "a modified bulldozer", it is a different attachment that can also be used with a crawler tractor. It may be that there are tractors that were designed with bulldozing in mind, and later fitted wit loaders, but there is a differencTag: Visual edit
09:2009:20, 23 February 2018diffhist+549
Bulldozer
Actually, a bulldozer is the blade attachment only. It just happens to usually come on a crawler tractor. We call truck/plow units "snow plows" too, but strictly it refers to the tool only.Tag: Visual edit
01:2101:21, 21 February 2018diffhist+59
Boeing 747-8
I don't know if describing a longeron as "a part" is exactly how I'd do it. Makes it sound like some component that can be bolted in or removed. A spar is a wing part, but that's not the term I'd use in description.Tag: Visual edit
23:4123:41, 19 February 2018diffhist+848
Petlyakov Pe-8
Why are the only two images in this article among the worst images of the Pe-8 on the internet? Can't even tell what it looks like. There is at least one better one on Wikipedia, and probably others.Tag: Visual edit: Switched
06:4306:43, 19 February 2018diffhist+601
Sherman Firefly
Why are two of the three examples of the Firefly in action involve it taking Panthers in the flank from a static position? A regular Sherman could do the same thing from that same position. The advantage of the 17lber is that it could pen FRONTAL armor.Tag: Visual edit