16:2616:26, 19 June 2020diffhist+5
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Catch-22 (miniseries)
→Starring: Correcting Geo Clooney's ranks: He begins episode 1 wearing a gold oak leaf (major) not a single bar (lieutenant) and by the end of the last episode, he is wearing a single star (brig. gen.)
16:3216:32, 12 February 2015diffhist−180
Assassin's Apprentice
→Plot summary: Deleted erroneous definition of "Fitz" as "bastard," which is without citation. FitzChivalry simply means son of Chivalry. See, e.g., book 2, Royal Assassin, chapter 24, Kindle location 8095 ("FitzChivalry, son of Prince Chivalry."
17:0017:00, 12 July 2014diffhist−87
Ripper Street
Reduced the number of "slang" terms for gay men from almost 20% of the list to 9% of the list. The remaining terms fell out of use a century ago.
04:0304:03, 11 April 2014diffhist−9
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Vikings season 2
→Plot: Deleted "ruthless" before King Egbert, since nothing in the show suggests this yet. Arguably, Egbert was no more ruthless than his contemporaries.
21 March 2014
20:3720:37, 21 March 2014diffhist−2
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Murrieta, California
→History: Corrected identification as Spaniard to Basque, since he was from near Bilbao in Pais Vasco and was a sheep farmer, the primary traditional occupation of Basques in the Western US.
18:5618:56, 20 November 2013diffhist+2
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John F. Dryden
Changed "president" to "founder" as an historically more accurate term, since he is famous for having founded the Prudential, not being its third president.
21:5721:57, 3 July 2013diffhist−24
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Henry III of France
Copy-editting: Spelled out authors' first names, replaced "homosexual" once with "same-sex," and restructured a few sentence for better clarity (at least to me).Tag: Visual edit
15:0915:09, 11 January 2013diffhist−10
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Chuck Hagel
Corrected name of country by deleting "Socialist," because the SFRY had already ended with the breakup of Yugoslavia. Serbia and Montenegro constituted itself as the FRY.
14:2914:29, 8 May 2012diffhist−12
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Heteronormativity
Deleted claim that term was invented in 1991; term appears in feminist, sociological, and anthropological writing from at least the 1970s.
16:2616:26, 19 June 2020diffhist+5
m
Catch-22 (miniseries)
→Starring: Correcting Geo Clooney's ranks: He begins episode 1 wearing a gold oak leaf (major) not a single bar (lieutenant) and by the end of the last episode, he is wearing a single star (brig. gen.)
16:3216:32, 12 February 2015diffhist−180
Assassin's Apprentice
→Plot summary: Deleted erroneous definition of "Fitz" as "bastard," which is without citation. FitzChivalry simply means son of Chivalry. See, e.g., book 2, Royal Assassin, chapter 24, Kindle location 8095 ("FitzChivalry, son of Prince Chivalry."
17:0017:00, 12 July 2014diffhist−87
Ripper Street
Reduced the number of "slang" terms for gay men from almost 20% of the list to 9% of the list. The remaining terms fell out of use a century ago.
04:0304:03, 11 April 2014diffhist−9
m
Vikings season 2
→Plot: Deleted "ruthless" before King Egbert, since nothing in the show suggests this yet. Arguably, Egbert was no more ruthless than his contemporaries.
21 March 2014
20:3720:37, 21 March 2014diffhist−2
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Murrieta, California
→History: Corrected identification as Spaniard to Basque, since he was from near Bilbao in Pais Vasco and was a sheep farmer, the primary traditional occupation of Basques in the Western US.
18:5618:56, 20 November 2013diffhist+2
m
John F. Dryden
Changed "president" to "founder" as an historically more accurate term, since he is famous for having founded the Prudential, not being its third president.
21:5721:57, 3 July 2013diffhist−24
m
Henry III of France
Copy-editting: Spelled out authors' first names, replaced "homosexual" once with "same-sex," and restructured a few sentence for better clarity (at least to me).Tag: Visual edit
15:0915:09, 11 January 2013diffhist−10
m
Chuck Hagel
Corrected name of country by deleting "Socialist," because the SFRY had already ended with the breakup of Yugoslavia. Serbia and Montenegro constituted itself as the FRY.
14:2914:29, 8 May 2012diffhist−12
m
Heteronormativity
Deleted claim that term was invented in 1991; term appears in feminist, sociological, and anthropological writing from at least the 1970s.