User contributions for FloweringOctopus
A user with 223 edits. Account created on 31 December 2021.
28 July 2024
- 14:5314:53, 28 July 2024 diff hist +305 Talk:List of off-label promotion pharmaceutical settlements →Add "USA" to title: new section current Tag: New topic
- 12:5212:52, 28 July 2024 diff hist +181 Talk:Bihar school meal poisoning incident →What was the headmistress convicted of?: new section current Tag: New topic
26 July 2024
- 16:4416:44, 26 July 2024 diff hist +10 Gonorrhea Changed "be treated" to "offered treatment;" doctors are no longer permitted to forcibly treat people! current
22 July 2024
- 06:5006:50, 22 July 2024 diff hist −62 Taser safety issues →Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP - 18 June 2008 report: removed unclear and probably irrelevant qualification
- 06:4506:45, 22 July 2024 diff hist +8 Taser safety issues →2011
19 July 2024
- 09:5509:55, 19 July 2024 diff hist +3 Marie Walewska →Walewska and Napoleon: replaced pious with discreet because that seems to be what is actually meant! current
17 July 2024
- 19:3819:38, 17 July 2024 diff hist +3,725 Talk:Marozi →Attempt to tidy article up - and a couple of requests for further improvement: Reply current Tag: Reply
- 15:1515:15, 17 July 2024 diff hist −5 Liver fluke →Biology: corrected grammar and (hopefully!) improved style. current
- 12:3412:34, 17 July 2024 diff hist +15 Marmalade →In popular culture: rewritten to remove "weapon" from the description of poisoned orange marmalade! current
- 08:1608:16, 17 July 2024 diff hist −20 Himalayan salt →Uses: Replaced "no scientific foundation" with "some scientific evidence refuting," for clarity. (No scientific foundation often means "no-one has investigated this properly yet," evidence to the contrary is a different thing). Tag: Reverted
14 July 2024
- 14:4014:40, 14 July 2024 diff hist +244 Retinitis pigmentosa →Signs and symptoms: added places and UK legal definition from the article on visual impairment
- 14:3514:35, 14 July 2024 diff hist +1 m Retinitis pigmentosa →Signs and symptoms: added missing bracket
13 July 2024
- 06:2106:21, 13 July 2024 diff hist +858 Talk:Aleutian cackling goose →Extinct or recovering - which is it?: Reply current Tag: Reply
- 06:1306:13, 13 July 2024 diff hist +60 Aleutian cackling goose →Taxonomy: added some terms for clarity (see talk page) and changed some terms to (hopefully) improve style current
12 July 2024
- 17:0717:07, 12 July 2024 diff hist +2 m Clostridium botulinum →Growth conditions and prevention: corrected error in last edit; apologies!
- 17:0617:06, 12 July 2024 diff hist +15 Clostridium botulinum →Growth conditions and prevention: added who does not recommend it
11 July 2024
- 15:2615:26, 11 July 2024 diff hist +10 Nap →Potential health risks current
- 15:2515:25, 11 July 2024 diff hist +179 Nap →Potential health risks: Clarified lack of demonstration of any causal relationship (see discussion esp. paragraphs five and two in reference)
- 06:2006:20, 11 July 2024 diff hist +111 Sleep →Sleep health: altered for clarity (where? USA), and to be correctly represent the apparent conclusion of the article involved (which seems to say that race - in context: natural hereditary - is not the issue).
9 July 2024
- 11:3111:31, 9 July 2024 diff hist +757 Talk:Dasani →Advertising? Delete?: Reply current Tag: Reply
- 10:4810:48, 9 July 2024 diff hist +3 Wise Men of Chelm Altered "dumb" to "foolish" for clarity (they are lacking sense, not unable to speak!).
8 July 2024
- 14:0014:00, 8 July 2024 diff hist +17 W. Eugene Smith →Notable photographs and photo-essays: added name because it is known and seems more dignified
5 July 2024
- 13:1413:14, 5 July 2024 diff hist +709 Talk:Retting →Inconsistency...: new section current Tag: New topic
- 11:0811:08, 5 July 2024 diff hist +757 Talk:Cotton gin →Unintelligible sentence in intro?: new section Tag: New topic
26 June 2024
- 18:4318:43, 26 June 2024 diff hist −31 Tiger attack →In captivity: rewritten item for list consistency (starts with date) and more streamlined language
- 18:3318:33, 26 June 2024 diff hist +542 Talk:Squid Game: The Challenge →If it's British...: Reply Tag: Reply
- 11:2511:25, 26 June 2024 diff hist −38 Pig →On animal welfare: primarily: corrected grammar of list
- 11:0111:01, 26 June 2024 diff hist +376 Talk:Squid Game: The Challenge →If it's British...: new section Tag: New topic
- 06:3706:37, 26 June 2024 diff hist +1 US Airways Flight 1549 →Accident: added comma introducing direct speech
- 06:3506:35, 26 June 2024 diff hist 0 US Airways Flight 1549 →Takeoff and bird strike: moved punctuation inside speech marks; changed colon for comma
- 06:3106:31, 26 June 2024 diff hist +3 San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks →First attack: Placed information about the consequences of the tiger bite in separate sentence for better reading clarity
25 June 2024
- 15:5615:56, 25 June 2024 diff hist +33 Trial of George Zimmerman →Black Lives Matter: changed some to a mention of the stated reference (in line with "who?")!
- 12:0112:01, 25 June 2024 diff hist +2,065 Wikipedia talk:Principle of Some Astonishment →Puzzlement examples: Reply Tag: Reply
- 09:3709:37, 25 June 2024 diff hist +2 US Airways Flight 1549 →Crew awards and honors: changed "survivors" to "injured" for clarity as there were no fatalities
24 June 2024
- 10:5910:59, 24 June 2024 diff hist −20 Wikipedia talk:Principle of Some Astonishment →Visually impaired and picture captions - something to bear in mind
- 10:5410:54, 24 June 2024 diff hist +2,057 Wikipedia talk:Principle of Some Astonishment →Visually impaired and picture captions - something to bear in mind: Reply Tag: Reply
- 10:1010:10, 24 June 2024 diff hist +1,169 Wikipedia talk:Principle of Some Astonishment →Found a classic example.: Reply Tag: Reply
23 June 2024
- 18:3018:30, 23 June 2024 diff hist +1,756 Wikipedia talk:Principle of Some Astonishment →Visually impaired and picture captions - something to bear in mind: new section Tag: New topic
- 17:3017:30, 23 June 2024 diff hist +5 Bed →Types: changed cot to camp bed for consistency, as camp bed is the primary term used, with cot in brackets
- 17:2817:28, 23 June 2024 diff hist +21 Bed →Types: added "American English" qualification - unclear if this use of cot should include any other convention (e.g. Australian English). In UK English a cot is a tiny bed with rails solely for the use of babies!
- 16:5416:54, 23 June 2024 diff hist +40 Bed →Ancient India: Corrected grammar and updated archaic language; added place qualification (which may not be precisely correct)
- 16:5316:53, 23 June 2024 diff hist +585 Talk:Bed →no mention of sex?: Reply current Tag: Reply
- 12:4512:45, 23 June 2024 diff hist +2,140 Wikipedia talk:Principle of Some Astonishment →Found a classic example.: Reply Tag: Reply
- 11:2211:22, 23 June 2024 diff hist +1,212 Talk:Karla Homolka →I couldn't work out who said what...: new section current Tag: New topic
- 07:1107:11, 23 June 2024 diff hist −7 Magellan expedition →Sodomy trial and failed mutiny: altered "homosexuality" to "sodomy" because that seems to be what is actually meant ("homosexuality" describes a person's being typically sexually attracted to the same sex even in the presence of available members of the opposite sex; "sodomy" is a particular sexual act).
22 June 2024
- 19:0719:07, 22 June 2024 diff hist +879 Talk:Secretary →USA centric and is the detailed married-woman stuff relevant?: new section current Tag: New topic
16 June 2024
- 11:0511:05, 16 June 2024 diff hist +11 Subtherapeutic antibiotic use in swine →European ban and legislation in the United States: added "of the USA" for clarity current
- 11:0011:00, 16 June 2024 diff hist +42 Pig →On animal welfare: clarified place and circumstance with regard to floor space requirements
- 08:5608:56, 16 June 2024 diff hist 0 Great storm of 1987 →United Kingdom: corrected error in adding previous edit - apologies.
- 08:5408:54, 16 June 2024 diff hist +2 Great storm of 1987 →United Kingdom: altered list wording and punctuation for clarity ("Hyde Park, London and Scotney Castle," at the end of a list separated by commas suggests the latter two are linked or that London is an independent location in the list, rather than being the identifying location of Hyde Park).
