17:4017:40, 29 March 2024diffhist+230
Silencer (firearms)
→History: I should probably just delete this. A patent is a primary source, and the inventor's claims that his weird box thing could be adapted are speculative and not objective. Find a good secondary source that says this.
21:0921:09, 21 March 2024diffhist+529
Islabikes
update tense, closure dates, rm linkspam, editorializing, rm uncredited copy-paste of direct quote.
17 October 2023
04:4604:46, 17 October 2023diffhist−64
White Hills (band)
So much fan love. Needs an objective editorial tone. If you want superlatives you need to directly cite in text quotes from reputable criticsTags: Mobile editMobile web editAdvanced mobile edit
23:5123:51, 20 September 2023diffhist−27
Cooling tower
Web page formatting doesn’t guarantee where an image will appear without significant forced formatting. If you want the body text to refer to a specific image you need to put a hard break above it, but really, don’t.Tags: Mobile editMobile web editAdvanced mobile edit
17:0417:04, 30 March 2023diffhist+1
Indian agent
clarify what the 1793 law was. "History" is another vague section title that doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know
16:5116:51, 30 March 2023diffhist+27
Indian agent
→Background: section titles like "background" convey zero information. Why even waste page space with words that say nothing? Be better off with no section header at all and just a paragraph following the intro. Or use a title that matches the content of the section, because that's something the reader doesn't know.
23:4323:43, 25 March 2023diffhist−1
Roller derby
→Overview: everything in this section is about the origins and development of roller derby, leaving out everything else. It should be called "history"Tag: Reverted
21 March 2023
17:5717:57, 21 March 2023diffhist+543
Roller derby
using scrimmage this way isn't wrong but it's confusing because there are the other kind of scrimmages in derby. The whole sentence is confusing; role of penalty box is important.
17:0017:00, 21 March 2023diffhist−36
Roller derby
As with
Basketball and
American football, it's more important to lead with how many are on the track at a time, not the total size of the roster. Different leagues have different roster sizes, but 5 on the track is basically the norm.
20:0120:01, 27 January 2023diffhist−95
.300 AAC Blackout
→History: 5.56×45mm NATO finds joy in nothing, I’m afraid. The M4 and M16 are atrocious hosts. It’s especially awkward to use this odd metaphor in the same sentence as “a host of cartridges”. It’s not necessary to be this wordy or this flowery. Just say it.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
04:2204:22, 3 November 2022diffhist−68
Mortynight Run
See
WP:SAID. All these euphemisms for “said” are just editors slipping in their opinions. Also “analyzed that..” isn’t even wrong. Analyzed requires a direct object.Tags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit
03:4203:42, 24 October 2022diffhist+17
PGM-19 Jupiter
Who claims they were obsolete? If they were so worthless and vulnerable, why were they an effective bargaining chip with the Soviets? Why did they consider them such a threat if they were easily destroyed? Sounds like post hoc analysis, not historical fact.Tags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit
22 August 2022
17:2217:22, 22 August 2022diffhist+58
Roots blower
Huffer is 60s/70s US slang for any supercharger, not specifically Roots. See https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ford_351_Cleveland_Engines/L84p6iDqf6EC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=huffer+supercharger&pg=PA105 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Driver/ZBkRpkvlB7cC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=huffer+supercharger&pg=PA13
17:4017:40, 29 March 2024diffhist+230
Silencer (firearms)
→History: I should probably just delete this. A patent is a primary source, and the inventor's claims that his weird box thing could be adapted are speculative and not objective. Find a good secondary source that says this.
21:0921:09, 21 March 2024diffhist+529
Islabikes
update tense, closure dates, rm linkspam, editorializing, rm uncredited copy-paste of direct quote.
17 October 2023
04:4604:46, 17 October 2023diffhist−64
White Hills (band)
So much fan love. Needs an objective editorial tone. If you want superlatives you need to directly cite in text quotes from reputable criticsTags: Mobile editMobile web editAdvanced mobile edit
23:5123:51, 20 September 2023diffhist−27
Cooling tower
Web page formatting doesn’t guarantee where an image will appear without significant forced formatting. If you want the body text to refer to a specific image you need to put a hard break above it, but really, don’t.Tags: Mobile editMobile web editAdvanced mobile edit
17:0417:04, 30 March 2023diffhist+1
Indian agent
clarify what the 1793 law was. "History" is another vague section title that doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know
16:5116:51, 30 March 2023diffhist+27
Indian agent
→Background: section titles like "background" convey zero information. Why even waste page space with words that say nothing? Be better off with no section header at all and just a paragraph following the intro. Or use a title that matches the content of the section, because that's something the reader doesn't know.
23:4323:43, 25 March 2023diffhist−1
Roller derby
→Overview: everything in this section is about the origins and development of roller derby, leaving out everything else. It should be called "history"Tag: Reverted
21 March 2023
17:5717:57, 21 March 2023diffhist+543
Roller derby
using scrimmage this way isn't wrong but it's confusing because there are the other kind of scrimmages in derby. The whole sentence is confusing; role of penalty box is important.
17:0017:00, 21 March 2023diffhist−36
Roller derby
As with
Basketball and
American football, it's more important to lead with how many are on the track at a time, not the total size of the roster. Different leagues have different roster sizes, but 5 on the track is basically the norm.
20:0120:01, 27 January 2023diffhist−95
.300 AAC Blackout
→History: 5.56×45mm NATO finds joy in nothing, I’m afraid. The M4 and M16 are atrocious hosts. It’s especially awkward to use this odd metaphor in the same sentence as “a host of cartridges”. It’s not necessary to be this wordy or this flowery. Just say it.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
04:2204:22, 3 November 2022diffhist−68
Mortynight Run
See
WP:SAID. All these euphemisms for “said” are just editors slipping in their opinions. Also “analyzed that..” isn’t even wrong. Analyzed requires a direct object.Tags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit
03:4203:42, 24 October 2022diffhist+17
PGM-19 Jupiter
Who claims they were obsolete? If they were so worthless and vulnerable, why were they an effective bargaining chip with the Soviets? Why did they consider them such a threat if they were easily destroyed? Sounds like post hoc analysis, not historical fact.Tags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit
22 August 2022
17:2217:22, 22 August 2022diffhist+58
Roots blower
Huffer is 60s/70s US slang for any supercharger, not specifically Roots. See https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ford_351_Cleveland_Engines/L84p6iDqf6EC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=huffer+supercharger&pg=PA105 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Driver/ZBkRpkvlB7cC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=huffer+supercharger&pg=PA13