27 September 2018

• 11:54 11:54, 27 September 2018 diff hist +199‎ Clarence Reginald Dalby ‎ →‎History: Did he actually dislike his first forename?

29 August 2018

• 08:35 08:35, 29 August 2018 diff hist 0‎ Headhunting ‎ →‎Melanesia: The noun ‘practice’ is always spelt ‘-ice’. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

12 July 2018

• 08:24 08:24, 12 July 2018 diff hist −14‎ FIFA World Cup ‎ →‎Previous international competitions: A tournament is not edited. ‘Turn’ means ‘change’. It makes no sense to apply it to a named century. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

31 May 2018

• 15:58 15:58, 31 May 2018 diff hist −59‎ Tom Molineaux ‎ Simplified specification of full name. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

19 April 2018

• 09:17 09:17, 19 April 2018 diff hist +9‎ Bunty ‎ No such thing as a “comics magazine”. (Unless it were a magazine about comics!) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

16 April 2018

• 03:56 03:56, 16 April 2018 diff hist +14‎ Tarzan ‎ →‎Literature: As previous, with some punctuation corrections. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 03:49 03:49, 16 April 2018 diff hist −27‎ Tarzan ‎ In Britain (John Clayton’s home), only kings and queens get numbers after their names. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 03:14 03:14, 16 April 2018 diff hist −20‎ Larry Adler ‎ The first line should give the full name – not some sort of mishmash. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

4 April 2018

• 00:49 00:49, 4 April 2018 diff hist 0‎ Ordeal by Innocence (TV series) ‎ →‎Episodes: Spelling of Gwenda. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 00:40 00:40, 4 April 2018 diff hist −17‎ Ordeal by Innocence ‎ →‎Ordeal by Innocence (1985): Tidied up some of the text partly taken from marketing material for the CD release of the “lost” soundtrack. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 00:34 00:34, 4 April 2018 diff hist −3‎ Ordeal by Innocence ‎ Removed superfluous “and”. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

24 February 2018

• 23:58 23:58, 24 February 2018 diff hist −8‎ Annie Nightingale ‎ Not helpful to shoehorn a familiar name into the full name. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

21 January 2018

• 12:48 12:48, 21 January 2018 diff hist −5‎ Blue Peter badge ‎ →‎Badges for sale: Grammar. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

30 October 2017

• 10:54 10:54, 30 October 2017 diff hist −5‎ Ed Welch ‎ It’s unhelpful to shoehorn a shortened form of a name back into the full name. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

22 August 2017

• 06:50 06:50, 22 August 2017 diff hist −64‎ Yersinia pestis ‎ There’s nothing colloquial about plague. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

21 August 2017

• 16:16 16:16, 21 August 2017 diff hist −7‎ Jodie Whittaker ‎ Improved wording. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

9 July 2017

• 11:39 11:39, 9 July 2017 diff hist −8‎ Chris Jarvis (presenter) ‎ Unnecessary and unhelpful to shoehorn short form of forename into full name. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

21 June 2017

• 22:56 22:56, 21 June 2017 diff hist −15‎ Erma Franklin ‎ Is there evidence that the cover version is better known? It certainly isn’t in the UK. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

5 December 2016

• 02:53 02:53, 5 December 2016 diff hist −18‎ Tom Hollander ‎ It is quite unnecessary to shoehorn the familiar form into the space reserved for the full name. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

17 October 2016

• 15:02 15:02, 17 October 2016 diff hist −24‎ Dulé Hill ‎ There’s no suggestion that his full name has been changed. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

3 October 2016

• 23:47 23:47, 3 October 2016 diff hist −38‎ Colin Cowdrey ‎ Deleted five words of needless waffle. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

23 September 2016

• 00:31 00:31, 23 September 2016 diff hist −25‎ Gang of Four (disambiguation) ‎ →‎In politics outside China: Actually, don’t need two levels for UK at all. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 00:27 00:27, 23 September 2016 diff hist +1‎ Gang of Four (disambiguation) ‎ →‎In politics outside China: UK bullet point hierarchy Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

19 September 2016

• 17:16 17:16, 19 September 2016 diff hist −17‎ Tri-state area ‎ Amended ungrammatical and verbose text. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

15 September 2016

• 09:13 09:13, 15 September 2016 diff hist −15‎ Mechanical advantage ‎ →‎Ideal mechanical advantage: Sorted out confusion of load and effort. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

14 September 2016

• 15:54 15:54, 14 September 2016 diff hist −1‎ Darlin' (Poacher song) ‎ →‎Frankie Miller version: The hash sign (“#”) has no numerical (or, indeed, ponderal) significance in a British context.

5 September 2016

• 21:08 21:08, 5 September 2016 diff hist −20‎ Marie Osmond ‎ As far as I can see her full name is (and always has been) Olive Marie Osmond. It is ridiculous to say "born Olive Marie Osmond" if she has not changed her name.

3 September 2016

• 08:25 08:25, 3 September 2016 diff hist −20‎ Marie Osmond ‎ There’s no suggestion that Marie ever changed her name.

10 July 2016

• 06:24 06:24, 10 July 2016 diff hist −5‎ Surrey Hills (TV series) ‎ If no filming took place, there can’t have been any post-production.

24 February 2016

• 15:41 15:41, 24 February 2016 diff hist −18‎ Tit (bird) ‎ →‎Distribution and habitat: “Titmouse” is just another word for a tit. They are not restricted to North America. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 15:38 15:38, 24 February 2016 diff hist +13‎ Tit (bird) ‎ The word “titmouse” is synonymous with “tit”. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

28 January 2016

• 01:43 01:43, 28 January 2016 diff hist −18‎ Ape ‎ Intro: Spelling and excessive bold

26 January 2016

• 00:41 00:41, 26 January 2016 diff hist +30‎ Pipkins ‎ →‎Origins: Linked ''Hickory House''

25 December 2015

• 04:01 04:01, 25 December 2015 diff hist −2‎ A Visit from St. Nicholas ‎ →‎Literary history: “Merry Christmas” dates back to 1565. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

16 December 2015

• 05:00 05:00, 16 December 2015 diff hist −6‎ Tim Peake ‎ Short form of first forename should not be inserted into “full name” at all, and certainly not after second forename. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

13 December 2015

• 06:08 06:08, 13 December 2015 diff hist +44‎ The Kast Off Kinks ‎ →‎Former members: Dalton still playing with KOKs in December 2015. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 06:03 06:03, 13 December 2015 diff hist −36‎ John Dalton (musician) ‎ →‎Biography: Still playing with Kast Off Kinks in December 2015. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

10 December 2015

• 04:44 04:44, 10 December 2015 diff hist +16‎ K. Christopher Beard ‎ Correct binomial nomenclature Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

9 December 2015

• 13:54 13:54, 9 December 2015 diff hist +85‎ Barry McGuire ‎ →‎Early life: Three Wheels on My Wagon Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

7 December 2015

• 12:58 12:58, 7 December 2015 diff hist +67‎ Shelley (name) ‎ →‎Fictional characters: Shelley (TV series) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 12:55 12:55, 7 December 2015 diff hist +15‎ Shelley (name) ‎ Layout Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

19 November 2015

• 12:26 12:26, 19 November 2015 diff hist −8‎ Myth of the flat Earth ‎ Removed “[sic]” from a perfectly acceptable – if somewhat old-fashioned – use of ‘extraordinary’ as an adverb within a quotation. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

23 October 2015

• 18:46 18:46, 23 October 2015 diff hist 0‎ Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1953) ‎ →‎England: Confusion of “defeat by” with “loss to” and/or “away to”.

22 October 2015

• 07:37 07:37, 22 October 2015 diff hist +4‎ Daucus carota ‎ Europe’s not in southwest Asia.

8 October 2015

• 09:27 09:27, 8 October 2015 diff hist −1‎ Gathering of Israel ‎ →‎Prophets' promise: No such word as “prophesizing"

2 October 2015

• 11:02 11:02, 2 October 2015 diff hist −35‎ Richard Alpert (Lost) ‎ →‎Character biography: Rectifying excessive verbosity. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

8 September 2015

• 15:50 15:50, 8 September 2015 diff hist −4‎ Three Wheels on My Wagon ‎ It’s just BBC radio – not THE BBC radio. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

7 September 2015

• 20:37 20:37, 7 September 2015 diff hist +1‎ Gordon Welchman ‎ Restored bold inadvertently lost in ODNB (not DNG) change.
• 20:28 20:28, 7 September 2015 diff hist −3‎ Gordon Welchman ‎ Removed brackets copied in error from DNG entry heading.

31 August 2015

• 15:24 15:24, 31 August 2015 diff hist +42‎ Fifth Beatle ‎ →‎Other references to "Fifth Beatle": Jimmy Tarbuck was at primary school with John Lennon.