User contributions for Jameslwoodward

25 December 2008

• 02:1002:10, 25 December 2008 diff hist +177 Erector Set edited advertising claim in the last sentence of the first paragraph.
• 02:0302:03, 25 December 2008 diff hist +9 m BankBoston corrected name to "The First National Bank of Boston" in two places

19 December 2008

• 16:4316:43, 19 December 2008 diff hist −19 Reversing Falls removed reference to tidal bore; this is not a bore, simply the effect of the rising tide of 25' or so.

14 December 2008

• 13:1613:16, 14 December 2008 diff hist +17 User:Jameslwoodward No edit summary
• 13:1513:15, 14 December 2008 diff hist −250 User:Jameslwoodward No edit summary
• 13:1213:12, 14 December 2008 diff hist +391 Talk:Feghoot →Doesn't Feghoot imply an SF story?

11 December 2008

• 13:2113:21, 11 December 2008 diff hist +4 m A Ship of the Line →Plot summary: added link to HMS Sutherland, at which it is clear that this "Sutherland" is fictional.
• 13:1613:16, 11 December 2008 diff hist +8 m C. S. Forester added links to Ship of the LIne and Flying Colours

4 December 2008

• 19:5119:51, 4 December 2008 diff hist −22 m Steam locomotive Corrected cite to White, J in Bells and Whistles section
• 19:2919:29, 4 December 2008 diff hist −56 Steam locomotive →Bells and whistles: Clarified information on automatic bell ringers, with cite.

29 November 2008

• 18:4518:45, 29 November 2008 diff hist +984 User talk:Russeasby →Circumnavigation: Cape Aghulas or Cape of Good Hope?
• 17:0717:07, 29 November 2008 diff hist +1,290 N User:Jameslwoodward Created page
• 15:2015:20, 29 November 2008 diff hist −7 m Hal Roth reset book list in wikipedia style
• 14:5414:54, 29 November 2008 diff hist +1 m Thomas J. Watson Jr. →Philanthropy: changed "Rockland" to "Owl's Head", which is the correct location of the museum
• 14:4614:46, 29 November 2008 diff hist +10 m Thomas J. Watson Jr. →Columbia University's Watson House: added pipe to cite for Watson House and eliminated back to back name
• 14:4214:42, 29 November 2008 diff hist +56 Thomas J. Watson Jr. →Retirement: added CCA Blue Water Medal
• 14:3714:37, 29 November 2008 diff hist +211 Talk:Hal Roth added names of other Blue Water Medal awardees with Wikipedia pages
• 14:2214:22, 29 November 2008 diff hist +30 Hal Roth removed proposed deletion for lack of notability
• 13:3913:39, 29 November 2008 diff hist +1,518 N Talk:Hal Roth Created page
• 13:2213:22, 29 November 2008 diff hist +1,008 Hal Roth substantial expanded article, including Blue Water Medal and list of books.
• 12:2612:26, 29 November 2008 diff hist +10 Cruising (maritime) →History: added Electa and Irving Johnson; changed & to "and" per wiki style guide, other minor edits
• 11:5211:52, 29 November 2008 diff hist −17 Circumnavigation →Nautical: changed "Cape of Good Hope" to "Cape Aghulas", removed distracting and inconsistent links.
• 11:3111:31, 29 November 2008 diff hist +183 Circumnavigation →Maritime: added"Since several of the survivors had been born in the Far East ...."
• 11:2411:24, 29 November 2008 diff hist −22 Circumnavigation →Nautical: removed "in the same direction" from "crosses every meridian"
• 11:2011:20, 29 November 2008 diff hist −7 m Circumnavigation →Nautical: fixed broken link to http://sailspeedrecords.com/content/view/55/4/
• 11:0811:08, 29 November 2008 diff hist +184 Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service added photo of Lamlash

28 November 2008

• 22:5722:57, 28 November 2008 diff hist +2,563 Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service →Tenders: added the Aberdovey and Clovelly classes of 79' fleet tenders

20 November 2008

• 16:0616:06, 20 November 2008 diff hist +229 Sailboat →Hulls: Added Sayula II example.
• 15:4415:44, 20 November 2008 diff hist −2 m Nautor's Swan →Swan production history: "Flushed Deck" >> "Flush Deck"
• 15:2515:25, 20 November 2008 diff hist +7 m Sailing →Sailing upwind: added "modern" to second sentence
• 15:2115:21, 20 November 2008 diff hist +479 Sailboat →Hulls: modified overreaching statements about the advantages of multi
• 14:5114:51, 20 November 2008 diff hist +11 m Big Boy "a steam locomotive" >> "a class of steam locomotives"

17 November 2008

• 17:2417:24, 17 November 2008 diff hist +23 m Anne Rogers Clark clarified second paragraph to show that cites were for Westminster, not all shows
• 16:2516:25, 17 November 2008 diff hist +219 Iris printer modifed first paragraph to correctly describe process

14 November 2008

• 15:1215:12, 14 November 2008 diff hist +8 m Zane Grey →Dentistry and marriage: added Arthur Woodward's middle name
• 15:1115:11, 14 November 2008 diff hist +8 m Zane Grey Estate added Arthur Woodward's middle name.
• 14:5914:59, 14 November 2008 diff hist −4 m Zane Grey →Dentistry and marriage: removed link to Arthur Smith Woodward. The subject is Arthur Herbert Woodward, my grandfather

13 November 2008

• 02:2902:29, 13 November 2008 diff hist −6 m USS Niblack "would become" > "became"

10 November 2008

• 16:2516:25, 10 November 2008 diff hist −13 m Jean Bart →Legacy: changed target of Navy reference to "French Navy" in place of "naval service"
• 16:1916:19, 10 November 2008 diff hist −27 m Jean Bart →Legacy: minor imporvements to diction
• 16:1716:17, 10 November 2008 diff hist −18 m Jean Bart →Marriage and children: minor changes in diction

24 October 2008

• 14:2014:20, 24 October 2008 diff hist +38 m Moffat Tunnel →References: Changed location cite to {coords} and added "East Portal" as the whole tunnel is obviously not at the cited location.
• 11:5011:50, 24 October 2008 diff hist −20 Alaska Railroad →Routes and Tourism: deleted "through switchbacks" from the 3rd para. There are no switchbacks on ARR. [They are used used only in extremely difficult terrain -- see "zig zag (railway)"]

15 March 2008

• 14:1314:13, 15 March 2008 diff hist +2 m Rack railway →Marsh: corrected spelling of Sylvester (it was Sylveter)

14 March 2008

• 15:3315:33, 14 March 2008 diff hist +1,339 Talk:Casa Loma →From Toronto

3 March 2008

• 17:3217:32, 3 March 2008 diff hist +61 Oscar Peterson discography Added * 1957 ''Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House'' as shown on personnel list on subject disc

20 February 2008

• 23:5123:51, 20 February 2008 diff hist +502 Talk:Four Corners Monument No edit summary

24 December 2006

• 12:0012:00, 24 December 2006 diff hist +5 m Japanese battleship Yamato →Construction
• 11:5911:59, 24 December 2006 diff hist +305 Japanese battleship Yamato →Construction: Correct the assumption that the USN would not have built a ship too wide for Panama.
• 11:4211:42, 24 December 2006 diff hist +2 m Japanese battleship Yamato →Unique design features: Changed "girth" to "breadth" since "girth" is not a synonym for "beam".