A user with 220 edits. Account created on 6 January 2007.
5 October 2017
- 22:02 22:02, 5 October 2017 diff hist −3 USS Phoenix (CL-46) Changed the wrong term 'military exclusion area' to 'total exclusion zone', which is what the area in question was called. The TEZ applied to all ships, not just military shipping, which were declared potential targets. All Argentine ships were targets.
5 September 2017
- 16:52 16:52, 5 September 2017 diff hist −1 m Royal Institution Removed an erroneous '1' that I had put in by accident when inserting a previous edit around the director's resignation. Sorry but I am unable to discern how to put in references.
- 16:49 16:49, 5 September 2017 diff hist +140 Royal Institution Added the news of the director's resignation and link.
5 October 2016
- 09:53 09:53, 5 October 2016 diff hist +51 Fraser Stoddart Added details of 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
5 August 2016
- 12:05 12:05, 5 August 2016 diff hist +87 Franz Sacher Added link from a website from Vienna, Austria regarding the invention of the cake. Please note I am not sure how to format the page so that the link is smooth.
2 July 2016
- 21:06 21:06, 2 July 2016 diff hist +92 John Quinton Undid revision 711973140 by 95.144.188.99 ( talk) Reason: To resolve uncertainty as to the status of the two awards.
1 June 2016
- 22:28 22:28, 1 June 2016 diff hist +255 Fernando Matthei Removed outdated text that is inaccurate, the publication of the book mentioned clearly indicates Chilean assistance to the UK, and the text previously in place was inaccurate.
3 May 2016
- 12:18 12:18, 3 May 2016 diff hist +17 List of mid-air collisions and incidents in the United Kingdom d Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 12:17 12:17, 3 May 2016 diff hist +226 List of mid-air collisions and incidents in the United Kingdom Added detail on the crash of 13th August 1951, including the link to the Wikipedia page of John Quinton GD, DFC. and corrected the number of fatalities from two to eight. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
29 April 2016
- 20:31 20:31, 29 April 2016 diff hist +4 m Ted Thorn (RAF officer) Corrected spelling of 'Royal Air Force' and bracketed to add link.
- 20:20 20:20, 29 April 2016 diff hist 0 m Ted Thorn (RAF officer) Removed typo in 'Warrant Officer" it had no gap and an additional 'o', and thereby restored link.
12 February 2016
- 19:13 19:13, 12 February 2016 diff hist −4 Society of Graphical and Allied Trades →General Secretaries: Duff link, previous edit removing the Wikipedia internal link to a different person is correct.
- 19:12 19:12, 12 February 2016 diff hist +4 Society of Graphical and Allied Trades Undid revision 704650564 by 86.159.201.162 ( talk)
30 December 2015
- 16:40 16:40, 30 December 2015 diff hist +125 Maximum takeoff weight Added detail on the effect of airfield altitude upon an aircraft's ability to take off as lift generated by air as well as power output of the engine, as can air temperature (and density)
23 December 2015
- 18:29 18:29, 23 December 2015 diff hist +63 Distinguished Service Medal (United Kingdom) Added detail to make clear that the precedence of the medal was established between medals that did not exist when the DSM was established, as per the details.
24 November 2015
- 09:08 09:08, 24 November 2015 diff hist +88 Goadby Added photograph of the church in question.
20 November 2015
- 18:40 18:40, 20 November 2015 diff hist 0 m John Quinton Changed 'In' to 'in' (i.e. typo) as the 'In' had started the sentence pre-edit and I did not notice that it remained capitalised.
- 18:39 18:39, 20 November 2015 diff hist +72 John Quinton Clarified that the George Cross is equal in status to the Victoria Cross, but in order of wear as a medal, it comes after it, being newer. The previous wording might have indicated that the George Cross is in some way lesser than the Victoria Cross.
29 September 2015
- 20:51 20:51, 29 September 2015 diff hist +312 Wortley, South Yorkshire Added a reference to the village being the birthplace of Ian McKay VC (as attested to by his wiki page) as a notable person under that heading.
28 September 2015
- 12:37 12:37, 28 September 2015 diff hist +2 m Lake Michigan–Huron Changed the reference to Lake Superior being 'larger than both' to the more accurate 'larger than either'.
16 September 2015
- 17:38 17:38, 16 September 2015 diff hist +28 m HMS Warspite (03) The subject of the portrait is of the Captain after promotion to Rear Admiral, as his sleeve insignia indicates. It would otherwise be inaccurately captioned as to rank.
13 September 2015
- 14:48 14:48, 13 September 2015 diff hist +38 Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom) Clarification. Mr Corbyn was elected to lead the Labour Party, by virtue of which he became the Leader of the Opposition. The implication of the previous wording was that he was elected as leader of the opposition, which is not accurate. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
13 August 2015
- 18:28 18:28, 13 August 2015 diff hist −1 German battleship Bismarck The word 'consorts' appears where it should say 'escorts'. I therefore amended it, an obvious error.
12 August 2015
- 18:04 18:04, 12 August 2015 diff hist +20 HMS Avenger (F185) Reference to the casualties as 'British' is inaccurate, they were Falkland Islanders and at the time not British citizens under the terms of the British Nationality Act 1981.
31 May 2015
- 10:14 10:14, 31 May 2015 diff hist +264 Governor of Gibraltar Added reference to the resignation
28 May 2015
- 17:07 17:07, 28 May 2015 diff hist +118 Leopoldo Galtieri Added words to ensure clarity, in that Galtieri as President of the Junta (the capacity in which he held power) remained head of the Army, and a link.
- 17:00 17:00, 28 May 2015 diff hist −56 Leopoldo Galtieri There is a reference to deregulatory and free trade policies but nothing to back up the assertion that such policies were in fact pursued. The more neutral term 'economic' is therefore appropriate.
8 May 2015
- 16:44 16:44, 8 May 2015 diff hist +65 Gavin Robinson Added wording to make clear that the poll in question was the 2015 UK General Election as the wording did not make that abundantly clear.
2 February 2015
- 23:06 23:06, 2 February 2015 diff hist +101 No. 604 Squadron RAF Added a reference to John Quinton GC, DFC, a former member of the squadron. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
1 February 2015
- 22:06 22:06, 1 February 2015 diff hist +145 Brockley Added a further notable person to the page, Flt Lt John Quinton GC, DFC, who was born in Brockley. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
20 November 2014
- 20:05 20:05, 20 November 2014 diff hist +254 Bristol Blenheim →Survivors: Added the news that on 20th November 2014 the restored Blenheim flew for the first time.
19 November 2014
- 22:08 22:08, 19 November 2014 diff hist +221 Leeming, North Yorkshire Added a reference to the burial place of John Quinton GC, and linked to his Wikipedia entry. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
3 April 2014
- 07:42 07:42, 3 April 2014 diff hist +4 m Eric Brown (pilot) Added post-nominal 'RN' as he was a Royal Navy Captain, as the article states,rather than an Army, Captain, RN is customary to denote the higher rank.
25 March 2014
- 06:53 06:53, 25 March 2014 diff hist +17 Rafael Trujillo Added a reference to Trujillo's rule overlapping with that of Fidel Castro in Cuba, as Castro replaced Batista.
5 November 2013
- 21:42 21:42, 5 November 2013 diff hist +18 m Leopoldo Galtieri Query whether the assertion that there were deregulatory and free trade policies.
12 August 2013
- 10:37 10:37, 12 August 2013 diff hist 0 m Woodward Amended the entry for Sandy Woodward to reflect his death on 4th August 2013.
17 July 2013
- 21:11 21:11, 17 July 2013 diff hist +263 m Morten Harket Added link to verify support of Stoke City.
3 June 2013
- 19:36 19:36, 3 June 2013 diff hist +12 m Armilla patrol Added internal lonks to srticles on the RN, RNZN and FI.
11 April 2013
- 20:05 20:05, 11 April 2013 diff hist −1 m Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer) Two typos removed: spelling of 'Chingford, and 'again' for 'gain'.
22 February 2013
- 08:19 08:19, 22 February 2013 diff hist +50 m Christ's Hospital Added detail that Sir Barnes Wallis was a former pupil of Christ's Hospital, see his Wikipedia entry, plus personal knowledge.
19 February 2013
- 22:38 22:38, 19 February 2013 diff hist +19 m Peter Squire Changed an 'it' to 'the Atlantic Conveyor' to remove ambiguity as to which ship was sunk.
5 February 2013
- 22:37 22:37, 5 February 2013 diff hist −1 m Black Knight (Monty Python) Changed 'never' to 'ever' to remove a clashing negative, the Black Knight refused 'ever' to give up is what happenend.
27 January 2013
- 17:19 17:19, 27 January 2013 diff hist −10 m Frinton-on-Sea Corrected final rank of Group Capt. Gatward and target of strafing, as per Wikipedia entry of his bio.
- 10:47 10:47, 27 January 2013 diff hist +4 m Frinton-on-Sea Insert internal Wiki link to subject's entry.
- 10:43 10:43, 27 January 2013 diff hist +9 m Frinton-on-Sea Added full name of Wing Cdr Gatward
26 January 2013
- 22:20 22:20, 26 January 2013 diff hist +348 Frinton-on-Sea Added a notable resident Wing Cdr Ken Gatward DSO, DFC* and details of his most famous mission and link.
22 November 2012
- 13:52 13:52, 22 November 2012 diff hist −2 m Worth Matravers The sentence was outdated due to the retirement of Lord Phillips from the Supreme Court of the UK on 30.09.12 (see his bio).
12 September 2012
- 14:01 14:01, 12 September 2012 diff hist −246 Fernando Matthei Removed two sentences of comment on a matter which are unsubstantiated and irrelevant. The action of post-junta governments and the motive for aiding the UK are as stated in the documentary.
14 February 2012
- 12:57 12:57, 14 February 2012 diff hist +558 Compromise agreement I have added a reference to the statutes that regulate compromise agreements, and I have also amended it as it is possible to have any form of consideration for a compromise agreement, not just a financial settlement. Also expanded on 'advisers'.
10 October 2011
- 14:44 14:44, 10 October 2011 diff hist +1,587 User talk:Quatschman No edit summary
A user with 220 edits. Account created on 6 January 2007.
5 October 2017
- 22:02 22:02, 5 October 2017 diff hist −3 USS Phoenix (CL-46) Changed the wrong term 'military exclusion area' to 'total exclusion zone', which is what the area in question was called. The TEZ applied to all ships, not just military shipping, which were declared potential targets. All Argentine ships were targets.
5 September 2017
- 16:52 16:52, 5 September 2017 diff hist −1 m Royal Institution Removed an erroneous '1' that I had put in by accident when inserting a previous edit around the director's resignation. Sorry but I am unable to discern how to put in references.
- 16:49 16:49, 5 September 2017 diff hist +140 Royal Institution Added the news of the director's resignation and link.
5 October 2016
- 09:53 09:53, 5 October 2016 diff hist +51 Fraser Stoddart Added details of 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
5 August 2016
- 12:05 12:05, 5 August 2016 diff hist +87 Franz Sacher Added link from a website from Vienna, Austria regarding the invention of the cake. Please note I am not sure how to format the page so that the link is smooth.
2 July 2016
- 21:06 21:06, 2 July 2016 diff hist +92 John Quinton Undid revision 711973140 by 95.144.188.99 ( talk) Reason: To resolve uncertainty as to the status of the two awards.
1 June 2016
- 22:28 22:28, 1 June 2016 diff hist +255 Fernando Matthei Removed outdated text that is inaccurate, the publication of the book mentioned clearly indicates Chilean assistance to the UK, and the text previously in place was inaccurate.
3 May 2016
- 12:18 12:18, 3 May 2016 diff hist +17 List of mid-air collisions and incidents in the United Kingdom d Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 12:17 12:17, 3 May 2016 diff hist +226 List of mid-air collisions and incidents in the United Kingdom Added detail on the crash of 13th August 1951, including the link to the Wikipedia page of John Quinton GD, DFC. and corrected the number of fatalities from two to eight. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
29 April 2016
- 20:31 20:31, 29 April 2016 diff hist +4 m Ted Thorn (RAF officer) Corrected spelling of 'Royal Air Force' and bracketed to add link.
- 20:20 20:20, 29 April 2016 diff hist 0 m Ted Thorn (RAF officer) Removed typo in 'Warrant Officer" it had no gap and an additional 'o', and thereby restored link.
12 February 2016
- 19:13 19:13, 12 February 2016 diff hist −4 Society of Graphical and Allied Trades →General Secretaries: Duff link, previous edit removing the Wikipedia internal link to a different person is correct.
- 19:12 19:12, 12 February 2016 diff hist +4 Society of Graphical and Allied Trades Undid revision 704650564 by 86.159.201.162 ( talk)
30 December 2015
- 16:40 16:40, 30 December 2015 diff hist +125 Maximum takeoff weight Added detail on the effect of airfield altitude upon an aircraft's ability to take off as lift generated by air as well as power output of the engine, as can air temperature (and density)
23 December 2015
- 18:29 18:29, 23 December 2015 diff hist +63 Distinguished Service Medal (United Kingdom) Added detail to make clear that the precedence of the medal was established between medals that did not exist when the DSM was established, as per the details.
24 November 2015
- 09:08 09:08, 24 November 2015 diff hist +88 Goadby Added photograph of the church in question.
20 November 2015
- 18:40 18:40, 20 November 2015 diff hist 0 m John Quinton Changed 'In' to 'in' (i.e. typo) as the 'In' had started the sentence pre-edit and I did not notice that it remained capitalised.
- 18:39 18:39, 20 November 2015 diff hist +72 John Quinton Clarified that the George Cross is equal in status to the Victoria Cross, but in order of wear as a medal, it comes after it, being newer. The previous wording might have indicated that the George Cross is in some way lesser than the Victoria Cross.
29 September 2015
- 20:51 20:51, 29 September 2015 diff hist +312 Wortley, South Yorkshire Added a reference to the village being the birthplace of Ian McKay VC (as attested to by his wiki page) as a notable person under that heading.
28 September 2015
- 12:37 12:37, 28 September 2015 diff hist +2 m Lake Michigan–Huron Changed the reference to Lake Superior being 'larger than both' to the more accurate 'larger than either'.
16 September 2015
- 17:38 17:38, 16 September 2015 diff hist +28 m HMS Warspite (03) The subject of the portrait is of the Captain after promotion to Rear Admiral, as his sleeve insignia indicates. It would otherwise be inaccurately captioned as to rank.
13 September 2015
- 14:48 14:48, 13 September 2015 diff hist +38 Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom) Clarification. Mr Corbyn was elected to lead the Labour Party, by virtue of which he became the Leader of the Opposition. The implication of the previous wording was that he was elected as leader of the opposition, which is not accurate. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
13 August 2015
- 18:28 18:28, 13 August 2015 diff hist −1 German battleship Bismarck The word 'consorts' appears where it should say 'escorts'. I therefore amended it, an obvious error.
12 August 2015
- 18:04 18:04, 12 August 2015 diff hist +20 HMS Avenger (F185) Reference to the casualties as 'British' is inaccurate, they were Falkland Islanders and at the time not British citizens under the terms of the British Nationality Act 1981.
31 May 2015
- 10:14 10:14, 31 May 2015 diff hist +264 Governor of Gibraltar Added reference to the resignation
28 May 2015
- 17:07 17:07, 28 May 2015 diff hist +118 Leopoldo Galtieri Added words to ensure clarity, in that Galtieri as President of the Junta (the capacity in which he held power) remained head of the Army, and a link.
- 17:00 17:00, 28 May 2015 diff hist −56 Leopoldo Galtieri There is a reference to deregulatory and free trade policies but nothing to back up the assertion that such policies were in fact pursued. The more neutral term 'economic' is therefore appropriate.
8 May 2015
- 16:44 16:44, 8 May 2015 diff hist +65 Gavin Robinson Added wording to make clear that the poll in question was the 2015 UK General Election as the wording did not make that abundantly clear.
2 February 2015
- 23:06 23:06, 2 February 2015 diff hist +101 No. 604 Squadron RAF Added a reference to John Quinton GC, DFC, a former member of the squadron. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
1 February 2015
- 22:06 22:06, 1 February 2015 diff hist +145 Brockley Added a further notable person to the page, Flt Lt John Quinton GC, DFC, who was born in Brockley. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
20 November 2014
- 20:05 20:05, 20 November 2014 diff hist +254 Bristol Blenheim →Survivors: Added the news that on 20th November 2014 the restored Blenheim flew for the first time.
19 November 2014
- 22:08 22:08, 19 November 2014 diff hist +221 Leeming, North Yorkshire Added a reference to the burial place of John Quinton GC, and linked to his Wikipedia entry. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
3 April 2014
- 07:42 07:42, 3 April 2014 diff hist +4 m Eric Brown (pilot) Added post-nominal 'RN' as he was a Royal Navy Captain, as the article states,rather than an Army, Captain, RN is customary to denote the higher rank.
25 March 2014
- 06:53 06:53, 25 March 2014 diff hist +17 Rafael Trujillo Added a reference to Trujillo's rule overlapping with that of Fidel Castro in Cuba, as Castro replaced Batista.
5 November 2013
- 21:42 21:42, 5 November 2013 diff hist +18 m Leopoldo Galtieri Query whether the assertion that there were deregulatory and free trade policies.
12 August 2013
- 10:37 10:37, 12 August 2013 diff hist 0 m Woodward Amended the entry for Sandy Woodward to reflect his death on 4th August 2013.
17 July 2013
- 21:11 21:11, 17 July 2013 diff hist +263 m Morten Harket Added link to verify support of Stoke City.
3 June 2013
- 19:36 19:36, 3 June 2013 diff hist +12 m Armilla patrol Added internal lonks to srticles on the RN, RNZN and FI.
11 April 2013
- 20:05 20:05, 11 April 2013 diff hist −1 m Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer) Two typos removed: spelling of 'Chingford, and 'again' for 'gain'.
22 February 2013
- 08:19 08:19, 22 February 2013 diff hist +50 m Christ's Hospital Added detail that Sir Barnes Wallis was a former pupil of Christ's Hospital, see his Wikipedia entry, plus personal knowledge.
19 February 2013
- 22:38 22:38, 19 February 2013 diff hist +19 m Peter Squire Changed an 'it' to 'the Atlantic Conveyor' to remove ambiguity as to which ship was sunk.
5 February 2013
- 22:37 22:37, 5 February 2013 diff hist −1 m Black Knight (Monty Python) Changed 'never' to 'ever' to remove a clashing negative, the Black Knight refused 'ever' to give up is what happenend.
27 January 2013
- 17:19 17:19, 27 January 2013 diff hist −10 m Frinton-on-Sea Corrected final rank of Group Capt. Gatward and target of strafing, as per Wikipedia entry of his bio.
- 10:47 10:47, 27 January 2013 diff hist +4 m Frinton-on-Sea Insert internal Wiki link to subject's entry.
- 10:43 10:43, 27 January 2013 diff hist +9 m Frinton-on-Sea Added full name of Wing Cdr Gatward
26 January 2013
- 22:20 22:20, 26 January 2013 diff hist +348 Frinton-on-Sea Added a notable resident Wing Cdr Ken Gatward DSO, DFC* and details of his most famous mission and link.
22 November 2012
- 13:52 13:52, 22 November 2012 diff hist −2 m Worth Matravers The sentence was outdated due to the retirement of Lord Phillips from the Supreme Court of the UK on 30.09.12 (see his bio).
12 September 2012
- 14:01 14:01, 12 September 2012 diff hist −246 Fernando Matthei Removed two sentences of comment on a matter which are unsubstantiated and irrelevant. The action of post-junta governments and the motive for aiding the UK are as stated in the documentary.
14 February 2012
- 12:57 12:57, 14 February 2012 diff hist +558 Compromise agreement I have added a reference to the statutes that regulate compromise agreements, and I have also amended it as it is possible to have any form of consideration for a compromise agreement, not just a financial settlement. Also expanded on 'advisers'.
10 October 2011
- 14:44 14:44, 10 October 2011 diff hist +1,587 User talk:Quatschman No edit summary