23:5523:55, 4 July 2022diffhist+220
Homecoming Saga
Edited first major section to be less “in-universe” in style. But only first pass — so mainly just changes in grammer & tense. Will revisit whole article once I’ve reread the series ... one of these days! ~~~~Tag: Visual edit
00:4700:47, 28 March 2019diffhist−672
Air brake (road vehicle)
Sentences previously in ths section were either moved to new “Disadvantages” section or flatly deleted, since nothing in this section was particularly relevant to air brakes (was more just about commercial trucking in general, thus not needed herein especially once the unsupported statements flagged with “nc” were fixed (ie, removed).Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
00:3300:33, 28 March 2019diffhist+1,752
Air brake (road vehicle)
→Advantages: Added section on “Disadvantages” to balance out existing “Advantages” section.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
23:5323:53, 27 March 2019diffhist+55
Air brake (road vehicle)
→Driving technique and operator licensing: Again, removed /revised another cn flagged after not finding any good evidence to support original statement. Revised to discuss ABS introduction (with cite) & also remved ref to “dynamiting” as my research showed the term was not widely used in the industry (well, U.S. truckers mostly don’t use the term, seems like only used in British Columbia?) Plus, I did giba technical explanation of the term (see https://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingind...Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
23:3223:32, 27 March 2019diffhist+65
Air brake (road vehicle)
→Driving technique and operator licensing: Addressed Citation Needed flag. Removed “cn” & deleted original statement. Revised thusly: After research, could not find evidence that “most countries” required a specific driver’s license “endorsement” to drive vehicles with air brakes. Rather, it seems it’s more common that they’re included as part of a specific licensing type. E.g., in EU there are more subtypes of licenses, rather than just 1-2 types to which endorsements are then added (pos...Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
23:5523:55, 4 July 2022diffhist+220
Homecoming Saga
Edited first major section to be less “in-universe” in style. But only first pass — so mainly just changes in grammer & tense. Will revisit whole article once I’ve reread the series ... one of these days! ~~~~Tag: Visual edit
00:4700:47, 28 March 2019diffhist−672
Air brake (road vehicle)
Sentences previously in ths section were either moved to new “Disadvantages” section or flatly deleted, since nothing in this section was particularly relevant to air brakes (was more just about commercial trucking in general, thus not needed herein especially once the unsupported statements flagged with “nc” were fixed (ie, removed).Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
00:3300:33, 28 March 2019diffhist+1,752
Air brake (road vehicle)
→Advantages: Added section on “Disadvantages” to balance out existing “Advantages” section.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
23:5323:53, 27 March 2019diffhist+55
Air brake (road vehicle)
→Driving technique and operator licensing: Again, removed /revised another cn flagged after not finding any good evidence to support original statement. Revised to discuss ABS introduction (with cite) & also remved ref to “dynamiting” as my research showed the term was not widely used in the industry (well, U.S. truckers mostly don’t use the term, seems like only used in British Columbia?) Plus, I did giba technical explanation of the term (see https://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingind...Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
23:3223:32, 27 March 2019diffhist+65
Air brake (road vehicle)
→Driving technique and operator licensing: Addressed Citation Needed flag. Removed “cn” & deleted original statement. Revised thusly: After research, could not find evidence that “most countries” required a specific driver’s license “endorsement” to drive vehicles with air brakes. Rather, it seems it’s more common that they’re included as part of a specific licensing type. E.g., in EU there are more subtypes of licenses, rather than just 1-2 types to which endorsements are then added (pos...Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit