A user with 403 edits. Account created on 6 October 2006.
21 April 2024
- 08:22 08:22, 21 April 2024 diff hist −6 m Division bell == In the United Kingdom == §, ¶ five, first sentence, inserted parenthetic clarification of 2 Hertz: "(i.e., twice per second)".
7 April 2024
- 06:40 06:40, 7 April 2024 diff hist +2 m Early Slavs In ===Symbols=== §, third paragraph, fifth sentence, corrected mis-spelling of "six pettled" (sic) to "six-petalled".
27 January 2024
- 04:44 04:44, 27 January 2024 diff hist +1 m Jimmy Crespo In ==Aerosmith years==, third-to-last sentence, changed "referenced" (sic) to the correct "referred to".
20 December 2023
- 03:51 03:51, 20 December 2023 diff hist +2 m Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956 album) In the initial description, second paragraph, added hyphen to "rereleased" (sic), and supplied a comma.
20 November 2023
- 09:23 09:23, 20 November 2023 diff hist 0 m Geotextile →Glacial retreat: Corrected last word "affective" (sic) to "effective".
31 October 2023
- 02:56 02:56, 31 October 2023 diff hist +1 m Alan Murphy →Legacy: Last sentence, changed "referenced" (sic) to "referred to", since "reference" is a noun, not a verb.
29 October 2023
- 08:12 08:12, 29 October 2023 diff hist +1 m Steve Smith (drummer) →Early life: In the third sentence, added missing space between "back" and "yard". I don't know where it got started, but there is no such single word in English as "backyard" (sic); for that matter, there is no "backseat" (sic), either.
21 September 2023
- 07:21 07:21, 21 September 2023 diff hist 0 m Bison latifrons In the ==Description== §, last sentence, changed word order to correct surfer boy/Valley girl-style phraseology: "... largest ruminants ever." (sic). Ever what?
18 July 2023
- 22:07 22:07, 18 July 2023 diff hist −3 m Lampropeltis getula In ==Habitat==, last ¶, changed "commence" to "engage", and re-arranged the sentence for clarity..
28 May 2023
- 22:26 22:26, 28 May 2023 diff hist −6 m Adrian Legg In ==Style== §, last ¶, last sentence, corrected inverted subject/object relationship ("also endorses Neunaber Audio"), since the artist endorses the product(s); the manufacturer (endorsee) sponsors the artist (endorser).
- 07:54 07:54, 28 May 2023 diff hist 0 m Dolby Atmos In Technology §, second ¶, second sentence, changed "amount" (sic) to "number". (As an aside, this whole article is obviously Dolby marketing...)
22 May 2023
- 07:33 07:33, 22 May 2023 diff hist +1 m The Next Step (Kurt Rosenwinkel album) In the main description, sixth sentence, added sorely-needed hyphen to "rerecorder" (sic). That is a superb example of why hyphens can't be abandoned across-the-board just because some lazy twerp of a type-setter decided they were un-necessary. (See?)
14 May 2023
- 07:06 07:06, 14 May 2023 diff hist +3 m Weathering steel In ==History== §, last line, changed "weather" (sic) to "weathering".
6 March 2023
- 06:55 06:55, 6 March 2023 diff hist −49 m Robin Trower Corrected errors in string gauges given in ==Equipment== §, simplifying text thereby.
19 February 2023
- 03:03 03:03, 19 February 2023 diff hist +2 m Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow In ==Release== §, first sentence, added missing hyphen to "reissue" (sic), and "remastered" (sic) in the second sentence, mainly for consistency with other such forms as written in this article.
- 02:58 02:58, 19 February 2023 diff hist +3 m Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow *Correction: In ==Release== §, first sentence, added "the" and made "reissues" singular for grammatical correctness and consistency with the first clause.
- 02:49 02:49, 19 February 2023 diff hist +6 Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow In ==Release== §, first sentence, added "was" to statement.
6 February 2023
- 10:46 10:46, 6 February 2023 diff hist 0 m Here Without You (The Byrds song) Replaced an erroneous period with a comma in the second sentence in the Lyrics and music §.
6 January 2023
- 06:52 06:52, 6 January 2023 diff hist +1 m The Great Gig in the Sky →Clare Torry's vocals: 2nd ¶, 2nd sentence, corrected "was" (sic) to "were", as is proper.
20 December 2022
- 04:25 04:25, 20 December 2022 diff hist +2 m Notre-Dame fire In ==Firefighting== §, first sentence, changed "worked" to "strove" for greater meaning and color; in ==Investigation== §, third ¶, first sentence, changed "welding" to "soldering", since that is the appropriate term for heat-joining lead.
- 01:21 01:21, 20 December 2022 diff hist −3 m Method of loci In the ==Contemporary usage== section, last paragraph, last two sentences, changed "leverage" (sic) to "utilize" and "employ", respectively, since "leverage" is not a verb, but a mis-applied noun adopted as jargon by the financial world, but even more important, because the result is clearer and more readily understandable than with "leverage".
19 December 2022
- 05:00 05:00, 19 December 2022 diff hist +1 m Eddie Money In ==Early life== section, last sentence, changed "referencing" (sic) to "referring to", since the former is not correct English, but a computer-jargonized misuse of the noun "reference" as a verb.
17 December 2022
- 05:02 05:02, 17 December 2022 diff hist +1 m Eric Gale In Early life and career section, second paragraph, last sentence, changed "commit to" (sic) to "pursue" because the latter better conveys the attitude and course-of-action involved in such a decision, and the former is trite and grammatically incomplete (commit what to a musical career?).
15 November 2022
- 09:59 09:59, 15 November 2022 diff hist +14 m Lobopodia Oops! I mis-read the last sentence in ==Representative taxa== and published the wrong corrections. The colon can remain, with "reveal" being replaced with "it was revealed that".
- 09:53 09:53, 15 November 2022 diff hist 0 m Lobopodia In =Representative taxa== section, fifth/last sentence, corrected colon to comma, corrected "inprint" (sic) to "imprint".
31 August 2022
- 08:54 08:54, 31 August 2022 diff hist +1 m That '70s Show In "Young cast" section, third sentence, corrected "referenced" (sic) to "referred to", since the former is not a verb.
30 June 2022
- 09:01 09:01, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5 m Nippon Budokan In introductory ¶, 3rd sentence, changed "iconic" to "outstanding", since the former adjective is hyper-trite, and therefore, next to meaningless.
31 May 2022
- 00:51 00:51, 31 May 2022 diff hist +10 m Tárogató Under ==History== > ===Early use===, last ¶, changed "an iconic instrument" to "representative", and changed "loud" to "overpowering", for greater clarity and specificity; in ===Modern usage===3rd sentence, added "or oboe" for clarity, and in the 7th sentence, changed "suggested" (a trite term vastly overused in scientific literature, to the near-total exclusion of all synonyms) to "commented". (The same can be said for "iconic", which has infected contemporary usage to a nauseating degree.)
28 May 2022
- 00:29 00:29, 28 May 2022 diff hist −3 m Pussy Cats In ==Recording and development== §, emended second sentence for clarity and flow, and changed "this" (sic) to "that" and "the" for clarity; in ==Release==, changed "referenced" (sic) to "referred to" and added commas for grammatical correctness; changed "had" to "got" and "charting a peak of 60" to "peaking at #60". .
2 May 2022
- 04:31 04:31, 2 May 2022 diff hist −2 m Paul Gonsalves In Biography §, third ¶, first sentence, emended "a few days" to "ten days" (<ref>http://www.paulgonsalves.com/bio.html</ref>).
15 April 2022
- 01:37 01:37, 15 April 2022 diff hist −5 m Ritchie Blackmore In the introductory §, second ¶, third sentence, changed "transitioning" (sic) to "shifting", because "transition" is not a verb.
13 April 2022
- 04:41 04:41, 13 April 2022 diff hist +46 m Jon Metzger In the Biography §, second ¶, last sentence, edited "Piedmont" (sic), since that is the central region of the state, not a town or city; also, in the Discography > As leader §, second title, corrected mis-spelling of "Out Of The Darl" (sic) to "Out Of The Dark". current
1 March 2022
- 06:25 06:25, 1 March 2022 diff hist −1 Don Preston (guitarist) In the 1980s-1990s §, second ¶, corrected "review" (sic) to "revue".
7 February 2022
- 00:42 00:42, 7 February 2022 diff hist +1 m The cake is a lie In ==Origin== section, last sentence, corrected "referenced" (sic) to "referred to", since, once again, "reference" is not a verb.
20 January 2022
- 06:33 06:33, 20 January 2022 diff hist +9 m Waddy Wachtel In ==Legal problem== section, third paragraph, appended "division" to "juvenile sex crimes".
- 06:28 06:28, 20 January 2022 diff hist −1 m Waddy Wachtel In ==Legal problem==, third paragraph, inserted missing hyphen between "computer" and "stored".
18 January 2022
- 21:26 21:26, 18 January 2022 diff hist +4 m The Horse In ==Background==, third paragraph, first sentence, edited to correct grammar and to improve syntax.
28 December 2021
- 03:28 03:28, 28 December 2021 diff hist +6 m Stanley Clarke In ==Music career==, second paragraph, changed " a merge" (sic) to "having merged", for grammatically obvious reasons.
9 December 2021
- 22:18 22:18, 9 December 2021 diff hist +1 m Paul Dean (guitarist) My last edit needed emending...
- 22:15 22:15, 9 December 2021 diff hist +8 m Paul Dean (guitarist) In Biography section, revised first sentence/paragraph for clarity and flow.
1 December 2021
- 10:14 10:14, 1 December 2021 diff hist 0 m Dickie Peterson In Biography section, fourth paragraph, last sentence, corrected spelling of Jerry (sic) to Jerre.
- 10:10 10:10, 1 December 2021 diff hist 0 m Dickie Peterson In Biography section, second paragraph, fourth sentence, corrected "him (sic) living" to "his living".
24 November 2021
- 05:52 05:52, 24 November 2021 diff hist +5 m Patsy Conroy Gang In "Mattan robbery" section, last paragraph, second sentence, inserted "were" where omitted between "who" and "wrongly".
- 01:43 01:43, 24 November 2021 diff hist +5 m Conium maculatum In Taxonomy section, second paragraph, corrected "references" (sic) to "in reference to", again, because "reference" is a noun, not a verb. In Names and similar plants section, changed "confused" to "mistaken".
- 01:33 01:33, 24 November 2021 diff hist 0 m Conium maculatum In Taxonomy section, first sentence, corrected "references" (sic) to "refers to", since "reference" is not a verb, but a noun, as well as changing the word order for clarity..
18 November 2021
- 02:10 02:10, 18 November 2021 diff hist −1 m Emmerdale In "2000–2011: Continued success and more episodes" section, last sentence, changed "reference" (sic) to "refer to", since reference is a noun, not a verb, despite present-day, trendy misuse as such.
25 October 2021
- 05:29 05:29, 25 October 2021 diff hist +11 m Doug Pinnick In Equipment section, corrected reversed subject/object roles regarding endorsements; Edited same section for clarity and style.
14 October 2021
- 18:51 18:51, 14 October 2021 diff hist +21 m John O'Dreams Added Éilís Kennedy to the list of recorded renditions.
25 August 2021
- 05:06 05:06, 25 August 2021 diff hist −1 m Link Wray In "Legacy" section, second paragraph, changed "references" (sic) to "refers to", since "reference" is a noun, not a verb.
7 August 2021
- 18:26 18:26, 7 August 2021 diff hist −5 m Hemudu culture In "Sociopolitical organization" section, changed "transitioned" (sic) to "shifted", since transition is a noun, not a verb; also changed "this" to "that", since the time referred to is in the distant past.
A user with 403 edits. Account created on 6 October 2006.
21 April 2024
- 08:22 08:22, 21 April 2024 diff hist −6 m Division bell == In the United Kingdom == §, ¶ five, first sentence, inserted parenthetic clarification of 2 Hertz: "(i.e., twice per second)".
7 April 2024
- 06:40 06:40, 7 April 2024 diff hist +2 m Early Slavs In ===Symbols=== §, third paragraph, fifth sentence, corrected mis-spelling of "six pettled" (sic) to "six-petalled".
27 January 2024
- 04:44 04:44, 27 January 2024 diff hist +1 m Jimmy Crespo In ==Aerosmith years==, third-to-last sentence, changed "referenced" (sic) to the correct "referred to".
20 December 2023
- 03:51 03:51, 20 December 2023 diff hist +2 m Jimmy Smith at the Organ (1956 album) In the initial description, second paragraph, added hyphen to "rereleased" (sic), and supplied a comma.
20 November 2023
- 09:23 09:23, 20 November 2023 diff hist 0 m Geotextile →Glacial retreat: Corrected last word "affective" (sic) to "effective".
31 October 2023
- 02:56 02:56, 31 October 2023 diff hist +1 m Alan Murphy →Legacy: Last sentence, changed "referenced" (sic) to "referred to", since "reference" is a noun, not a verb.
29 October 2023
- 08:12 08:12, 29 October 2023 diff hist +1 m Steve Smith (drummer) →Early life: In the third sentence, added missing space between "back" and "yard". I don't know where it got started, but there is no such single word in English as "backyard" (sic); for that matter, there is no "backseat" (sic), either.
21 September 2023
- 07:21 07:21, 21 September 2023 diff hist 0 m Bison latifrons In the ==Description== §, last sentence, changed word order to correct surfer boy/Valley girl-style phraseology: "... largest ruminants ever." (sic). Ever what?
18 July 2023
- 22:07 22:07, 18 July 2023 diff hist −3 m Lampropeltis getula In ==Habitat==, last ¶, changed "commence" to "engage", and re-arranged the sentence for clarity..
28 May 2023
- 22:26 22:26, 28 May 2023 diff hist −6 m Adrian Legg In ==Style== §, last ¶, last sentence, corrected inverted subject/object relationship ("also endorses Neunaber Audio"), since the artist endorses the product(s); the manufacturer (endorsee) sponsors the artist (endorser).
- 07:54 07:54, 28 May 2023 diff hist 0 m Dolby Atmos In Technology §, second ¶, second sentence, changed "amount" (sic) to "number". (As an aside, this whole article is obviously Dolby marketing...)
22 May 2023
- 07:33 07:33, 22 May 2023 diff hist +1 m The Next Step (Kurt Rosenwinkel album) In the main description, sixth sentence, added sorely-needed hyphen to "rerecorder" (sic). That is a superb example of why hyphens can't be abandoned across-the-board just because some lazy twerp of a type-setter decided they were un-necessary. (See?)
14 May 2023
- 07:06 07:06, 14 May 2023 diff hist +3 m Weathering steel In ==History== §, last line, changed "weather" (sic) to "weathering".
6 March 2023
- 06:55 06:55, 6 March 2023 diff hist −49 m Robin Trower Corrected errors in string gauges given in ==Equipment== §, simplifying text thereby.
19 February 2023
- 03:03 03:03, 19 February 2023 diff hist +2 m Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow In ==Release== §, first sentence, added missing hyphen to "reissue" (sic), and "remastered" (sic) in the second sentence, mainly for consistency with other such forms as written in this article.
- 02:58 02:58, 19 February 2023 diff hist +3 m Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow *Correction: In ==Release== §, first sentence, added "the" and made "reissues" singular for grammatical correctness and consistency with the first clause.
- 02:49 02:49, 19 February 2023 diff hist +6 Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow In ==Release== §, first sentence, added "was" to statement.
6 February 2023
- 10:46 10:46, 6 February 2023 diff hist 0 m Here Without You (The Byrds song) Replaced an erroneous period with a comma in the second sentence in the Lyrics and music §.
6 January 2023
- 06:52 06:52, 6 January 2023 diff hist +1 m The Great Gig in the Sky →Clare Torry's vocals: 2nd ¶, 2nd sentence, corrected "was" (sic) to "were", as is proper.
20 December 2022
- 04:25 04:25, 20 December 2022 diff hist +2 m Notre-Dame fire In ==Firefighting== §, first sentence, changed "worked" to "strove" for greater meaning and color; in ==Investigation== §, third ¶, first sentence, changed "welding" to "soldering", since that is the appropriate term for heat-joining lead.
- 01:21 01:21, 20 December 2022 diff hist −3 m Method of loci In the ==Contemporary usage== section, last paragraph, last two sentences, changed "leverage" (sic) to "utilize" and "employ", respectively, since "leverage" is not a verb, but a mis-applied noun adopted as jargon by the financial world, but even more important, because the result is clearer and more readily understandable than with "leverage".
19 December 2022
- 05:00 05:00, 19 December 2022 diff hist +1 m Eddie Money In ==Early life== section, last sentence, changed "referencing" (sic) to "referring to", since the former is not correct English, but a computer-jargonized misuse of the noun "reference" as a verb.
17 December 2022
- 05:02 05:02, 17 December 2022 diff hist +1 m Eric Gale In Early life and career section, second paragraph, last sentence, changed "commit to" (sic) to "pursue" because the latter better conveys the attitude and course-of-action involved in such a decision, and the former is trite and grammatically incomplete (commit what to a musical career?).
15 November 2022
- 09:59 09:59, 15 November 2022 diff hist +14 m Lobopodia Oops! I mis-read the last sentence in ==Representative taxa== and published the wrong corrections. The colon can remain, with "reveal" being replaced with "it was revealed that".
- 09:53 09:53, 15 November 2022 diff hist 0 m Lobopodia In =Representative taxa== section, fifth/last sentence, corrected colon to comma, corrected "inprint" (sic) to "imprint".
31 August 2022
- 08:54 08:54, 31 August 2022 diff hist +1 m That '70s Show In "Young cast" section, third sentence, corrected "referenced" (sic) to "referred to", since the former is not a verb.
30 June 2022
- 09:01 09:01, 30 June 2022 diff hist +5 m Nippon Budokan In introductory ¶, 3rd sentence, changed "iconic" to "outstanding", since the former adjective is hyper-trite, and therefore, next to meaningless.
31 May 2022
- 00:51 00:51, 31 May 2022 diff hist +10 m Tárogató Under ==History== > ===Early use===, last ¶, changed "an iconic instrument" to "representative", and changed "loud" to "overpowering", for greater clarity and specificity; in ===Modern usage===3rd sentence, added "or oboe" for clarity, and in the 7th sentence, changed "suggested" (a trite term vastly overused in scientific literature, to the near-total exclusion of all synonyms) to "commented". (The same can be said for "iconic", which has infected contemporary usage to a nauseating degree.)
28 May 2022
- 00:29 00:29, 28 May 2022 diff hist −3 m Pussy Cats In ==Recording and development== §, emended second sentence for clarity and flow, and changed "this" (sic) to "that" and "the" for clarity; in ==Release==, changed "referenced" (sic) to "referred to" and added commas for grammatical correctness; changed "had" to "got" and "charting a peak of 60" to "peaking at #60". .
2 May 2022
- 04:31 04:31, 2 May 2022 diff hist −2 m Paul Gonsalves In Biography §, third ¶, first sentence, emended "a few days" to "ten days" (<ref>http://www.paulgonsalves.com/bio.html</ref>).
15 April 2022
- 01:37 01:37, 15 April 2022 diff hist −5 m Ritchie Blackmore In the introductory §, second ¶, third sentence, changed "transitioning" (sic) to "shifting", because "transition" is not a verb.
13 April 2022
- 04:41 04:41, 13 April 2022 diff hist +46 m Jon Metzger In the Biography §, second ¶, last sentence, edited "Piedmont" (sic), since that is the central region of the state, not a town or city; also, in the Discography > As leader §, second title, corrected mis-spelling of "Out Of The Darl" (sic) to "Out Of The Dark". current
1 March 2022
- 06:25 06:25, 1 March 2022 diff hist −1 Don Preston (guitarist) In the 1980s-1990s §, second ¶, corrected "review" (sic) to "revue".
7 February 2022
- 00:42 00:42, 7 February 2022 diff hist +1 m The cake is a lie In ==Origin== section, last sentence, corrected "referenced" (sic) to "referred to", since, once again, "reference" is not a verb.
20 January 2022
- 06:33 06:33, 20 January 2022 diff hist +9 m Waddy Wachtel In ==Legal problem== section, third paragraph, appended "division" to "juvenile sex crimes".
- 06:28 06:28, 20 January 2022 diff hist −1 m Waddy Wachtel In ==Legal problem==, third paragraph, inserted missing hyphen between "computer" and "stored".
18 January 2022
- 21:26 21:26, 18 January 2022 diff hist +4 m The Horse In ==Background==, third paragraph, first sentence, edited to correct grammar and to improve syntax.
28 December 2021
- 03:28 03:28, 28 December 2021 diff hist +6 m Stanley Clarke In ==Music career==, second paragraph, changed " a merge" (sic) to "having merged", for grammatically obvious reasons.
9 December 2021
- 22:18 22:18, 9 December 2021 diff hist +1 m Paul Dean (guitarist) My last edit needed emending...
- 22:15 22:15, 9 December 2021 diff hist +8 m Paul Dean (guitarist) In Biography section, revised first sentence/paragraph for clarity and flow.
1 December 2021
- 10:14 10:14, 1 December 2021 diff hist 0 m Dickie Peterson In Biography section, fourth paragraph, last sentence, corrected spelling of Jerry (sic) to Jerre.
- 10:10 10:10, 1 December 2021 diff hist 0 m Dickie Peterson In Biography section, second paragraph, fourth sentence, corrected "him (sic) living" to "his living".
24 November 2021
- 05:52 05:52, 24 November 2021 diff hist +5 m Patsy Conroy Gang In "Mattan robbery" section, last paragraph, second sentence, inserted "were" where omitted between "who" and "wrongly".
- 01:43 01:43, 24 November 2021 diff hist +5 m Conium maculatum In Taxonomy section, second paragraph, corrected "references" (sic) to "in reference to", again, because "reference" is a noun, not a verb. In Names and similar plants section, changed "confused" to "mistaken".
- 01:33 01:33, 24 November 2021 diff hist 0 m Conium maculatum In Taxonomy section, first sentence, corrected "references" (sic) to "refers to", since "reference" is not a verb, but a noun, as well as changing the word order for clarity..
18 November 2021
- 02:10 02:10, 18 November 2021 diff hist −1 m Emmerdale In "2000–2011: Continued success and more episodes" section, last sentence, changed "reference" (sic) to "refer to", since reference is a noun, not a verb, despite present-day, trendy misuse as such.
25 October 2021
- 05:29 05:29, 25 October 2021 diff hist +11 m Doug Pinnick In Equipment section, corrected reversed subject/object roles regarding endorsements; Edited same section for clarity and style.
14 October 2021
- 18:51 18:51, 14 October 2021 diff hist +21 m John O'Dreams Added Éilís Kennedy to the list of recorded renditions.
25 August 2021
- 05:06 05:06, 25 August 2021 diff hist −1 m Link Wray In "Legacy" section, second paragraph, changed "references" (sic) to "refers to", since "reference" is a noun, not a verb.
7 August 2021
- 18:26 18:26, 7 August 2021 diff hist −5 m Hemudu culture In "Sociopolitical organization" section, changed "transitioned" (sic) to "shifted", since transition is a noun, not a verb; also changed "this" to "that", since the time referred to is in the distant past.