User contributions for Gfox88
A user with 941 edits. Account created on 15 October 2006.
29 February 2016
- 21:4021:40, 29 February 2016 diff hist +1 m Turnbuckle →Construction: Added space
26 February 2016
- 20:3620:36, 26 February 2016 diff hist −4 m GBU-57A/B MOP Made significant figures in converted units more closely match source units. Used default {{convert}} settings.
- 20:3120:31, 26 February 2016 diff hist −4 m Strategic bomber →The Cold War and its aftermath: Replaced "utilizing" with "using". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_copyediting#Style
23 February 2016
- 21:4321:43, 23 February 2016 diff hist −9 m Attack helicopter →In action: Replaced "aforementioned" with "these" to improve readability.
22 January 2016
- 18:2718:27, 22 January 2016 diff hist +7 m Table tennis Added the word "bounce" where it was clearly left out in intro
15 January 2016
- 17:3817:38, 15 January 2016 diff hist 0 m US Airways Flight 1549 →Aircraft: Rearranged words to remove awkward wording
28 December 2015
- 15:5215:52, 28 December 2015 diff hist −4 m FICON project →FICON testing: Replaced "uilize" with "use". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_copyediting#Style
- 15:3415:34, 28 December 2015 diff hist −8 m Assisted take-off Replaced "uilize" with "use". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_copyediting#Style
15 December 2015
- 20:0520:05, 15 December 2015 diff hist −4 m Salton Sea →In popular culture
- 20:0020:00, 15 December 2015 diff hist −4 m Sahara Sea →20th century
- 19:5519:55, 15 December 2015 diff hist −4 m Qattara Depression Project →Ball period
- 19:5519:55, 15 December 2015 diff hist −4 m Penstock →Hydroelectric systems and dams
14 December 2015
- 20:2220:22, 14 December 2015 diff hist −4 m Crampons →Attachment: Replaced "utilise" with "use". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_copyediting#Style
3 November 2015
- 14:0814:08, 3 November 2015 diff hist −15 m Bureaucracy →Ludwig von Mises: Replaced "bureaucracy should be the target of universal opprobrium" with "bureaucracy should be universally opposed" to make it more clear and easy to read.
2 November 2015
- 15:0815:08, 2 November 2015 diff hist +4 m Explosive forming →Various approaches: Replaced "Concomitant" with "Accompanying" to make it easier to read.
30 October 2015
- 23:5823:58, 30 October 2015 diff hist −4 m Triple modular redundancy →Chronometers: Replaced "utilize" with "use". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_copyediting#Style
29 October 2015
- 21:3321:33, 29 October 2015 diff hist 0 m Reed–Solomon error correction →Decoder: Corrected misspelling in Matlab code
- 21:3221:32, 29 October 2015 diff hist +77 m Reed–Solomon error correction →Matlab Example: Added spaced to Matlab code to create consistent spacing in function calls
20 October 2015
- 21:4021:40, 20 October 2015 diff hist −4 m Bedouin Removed link to "Honor Codes" as that page is about academic honor codes.
16 October 2015
- 21:2121:21, 16 October 2015 diff hist +4 m RS-25 Added space before "°C" and "°F"
- 21:2021:20, 16 October 2015 diff hist −48 m RS-25 Made significant figures align better for °C and °F. Source gives temperature as "around 6000°F."
14 October 2015
- 17:4617:46, 14 October 2015 diff hist +2 m Base rate fallacy →Findings in psychology: Replaced "underutilized". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_copyediting#Style
17 September 2015
- 19:2819:28, 17 September 2015 diff hist −4 m Stirling radioisotope generator →ASRG: Replaced "utilise" with "use". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_copyediting#Style
- 18:2718:27, 17 September 2015 diff hist −2 m Depth charge →History: Removed extra "]"
16 September 2015
- 21:0221:02, 16 September 2015 diff hist +1 m Mecca crane collapse →Compensation for victims: Added comma to dollar figure
- 20:4520:45, 16 September 2015 diff hist −8 m Aerial crane →Companies utilizing aerial cranes: Replaced "utilized" with "used"
15 September 2015
- 14:4414:44, 15 September 2015 diff hist +2 m Janney coupler →Janney/MCB/ARA/AAR/APTA Coupler: Added space after colons
11 September 2015
- 15:3015:30, 11 September 2015 diff hist +732 Nickel titanium →Limitations: Added more citations
3 September 2015
- 20:4320:43, 3 September 2015 diff hist −8 m Fractional distillation Replaced "utilized" with "used". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_copyediting#Style
- 19:3519:35, 3 September 2015 diff hist −4 m Helium →Hazards: Replaced "utilized" with "used". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_copyediting#Style
2 September 2015
- 23:2223:22, 2 September 2015 diff hist −36 m Battle of Britain →Fighter formations: Eliminated redundancy of giving an approximate distance in yards and metres. Used to say "183 metres (200 yards)," which has 3 significant figures for metres and 1 for yards.
31 August 2015
- 20:0220:02, 31 August 2015 diff hist −5 m Troy Polamalu →Hair: Removed typo. Changed "after Polamalu's retirement.ad a In August 2010, P&G paid" to "after Polamalu's retirement. In August 2010, P&G paid".
- 18:3818:38, 31 August 2015 diff hist 0 m Combat loading Corrected typo. Changed "br" to "be".
20 August 2015
- 15:1015:10, 20 August 2015 diff hist +2 m Guided bus →Optical guidance: Added precision to "5 cm" conversion. Previously it read "5 cm (1.97 in)" which has 1 significant figure for the "cm" and 3 for the "in."
- 15:0615:06, 20 August 2015 diff hist −12 Guided bus →Optical guidance: Replaced "trajectory" with "path" because "trajectory" is a technical word that is more difficult for those not already familiar with the field.
28 May 2015
- 20:4920:49, 28 May 2015 diff hist +1 m Information leakage →Risk vectors: Added space between words
25 March 2015
- 17:4717:47, 25 March 2015 diff hist +1 m Helicopter flight controls Added 1 space to correct typo.
25 April 2012
- 20:1520:15, 25 April 2012 diff hist +1 m Hydraulic fluid →Specifications
30 January 2012
- 18:0618:06, 30 January 2012 diff hist −12 m Battle of Britain →Fighter formations: Eliminated the redundancy of giving an approximate distance in both meters and yards
7 October 2010
- 22:2922:29, 7 October 2010 diff hist 0 m Nickel titanium →Hot Topics
- 22:2822:28, 7 October 2010 diff hist +733 Nickel titanium →Hot Topics: Added several sentences on welding Nitinol
6 October 2010
- 16:1016:10, 6 October 2010 diff hist +111 Stress (mechanics) Added the imperial units for stress in the introduction
5 October 2010
- 23:3323:33, 5 October 2010 diff hist +260 m Nickel titanium →How it works
23 October 2009
- 19:2919:29, 23 October 2009 diff hist +769 Tailstock Added some more general information
11 December 2008
- 04:1404:14, 11 December 2008 diff hist +241 Bicycle →Dynamics: added short angular momentum discussion
21 October 2008
- 18:3418:34, 21 October 2008 diff hist +19 Paraboloid →Applications
- 02:3102:31, 21 October 2008 diff hist +335 Paraboloid Added a section for physical applications of paraboloids
6 June 2007
- 16:2716:27, 6 June 2007 diff hist +334 Ansel Adams →Career
4 June 2007
- 04:4304:43, 4 June 2007 diff hist +3 Aerial refueling →Boom and receptacle (The Boeing "Flying Boom")
