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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). current
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 current
- 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).
- 07:2307:23, 16 June 2024 diff hist +1,124 Talk:Climate of the United Kingdom →Clean up: Reply current Tag: Reply
15 June 2024
- 10:4610:46, 15 June 2024 diff hist +17 Bagot goat →History: added "United Kingdom's" for clarity Tag: Reverted
- 10:4510:45, 15 June 2024 diff hist +17 Bagot goat Added "United Kingdom's" for clarity Tag: Reverted
5 June 2024
- 11:2411:24, 5 June 2024 diff hist +32 Cat behavior →Sleeping patterns: altered statement that didn't make sense, in accord with what can be seen in a quick look at the reference - see talk
- 11:2311:23, 5 June 2024 diff hist +1,278 Talk:Cat behavior →Daytime and nighttime sleep and activity patterns: new section current Tag: New topic
- 08:0808:08, 5 June 2024 diff hist −34 Ocicat →Breed recognition: Altered the language slightly (e.g. changes of tense and removal of contractions) for better clarity and style
30 May 2024
- 18:2318:23, 30 May 2024 diff hist +11 Body piercing materials →Minimum standards for jewelry for initial piercings: added "in the USA" for clarity current
- 18:0318:03, 30 May 2024 diff hist +4 Body piercing →Piercing tools: added "USA" for clarity
23 May 2024
- 20:5920:59, 23 May 2024 diff hist −12 Human hair color →Hair coloring: Rewritten slightly with the aim of improving clarity and removing the implication that grey hair must automatically be dyed!
- 20:0520:05, 23 May 2024 diff hist +304 Talk:Aizawa →Surname, but written second?: new section current Tag: New topic
20 May 2024
- 13:4113:41, 20 May 2024 diff hist −6 Russian Mennonites →World War I: Rewritten sentence to avoid implied value judgement (the judgement that something is a military success is important, the judgement that it is a spiritual failure is not!).
- 07:4007:40, 20 May 2024 diff hist +1,195 Talk:Trap-lining →Reference 20 and males passing over females in preference for foraging?: new section current Tag: New topic
19 May 2024
- 15:0115:01, 19 May 2024 diff hist +3,182 Talk:Snowbelt →Article is still USA-centric: new section current Tag: New topic
13 May 2024
- 18:2318:23, 13 May 2024 diff hist +1,883 Talk:Russian braid →English slightly unclear: new section current Tag: New topic
11 May 2024
- 09:3509:35, 11 May 2024 diff hist +831 Talk:Holland Tunnel fire →Number of deaths inconsistent: new section current Tag: New topic
9 May 2024
- 18:1418:14, 9 May 2024 diff hist +1,795 Talk:2022 United Kingdom heatwaves →Immediate meteorological causes do not seem to be properly covered?: new section current Tag: New topic