User contributions for Cincybones

15 November 2022

• 08:0208:02, 15 November 2022 diff hist +5 2022 Istanbul bombing →Investigation: Added "this" after "Following" because 'following' should refer to a concrete object. My correction is a weak one, stylistically, and the sentence should be revised.

10 June 2019

• 01:0401:04, 10 June 2019 diff hist −1 United States Secretary of Education Changed "current, and 111th, Secretary of Education is" to "current, and 11th"

31 January 2019

• 19:4519:45, 31 January 2019 diff hist +14 m World economy Increased specificity of opening statement by indicating our species' activities are referred to, counter to the tendency to confuse humanity with "the world." ~~~~

17 October 2017

• 00:5000:50, 17 October 2017 diff hist +9 Ziziphus spina-christi "from whom Jesus thorn crown been made." The tree in question is not a person, linguistically speaking; the possessive is appropriate for "Jesus' crown;" and the "been made" is not the correct past tense. I also linked "Crown of Thorns."
• 00:3800:38, 17 October 2017 diff hist −9 m Ziziphus spina-christi →Cultural and religious references: "By local beliefs it is believed to be ...." is clumsy, repeating two forms of the same word

28 August 2017

• 00:3200:32, 28 August 2017 diff hist −17 Demographics of the United Kingdom →History: Changed 'the child mortality of children decreased dramatically' to 'child mortality decreased dramatically.' Just neatening up on the edit I made minutes ago.
• 00:2800:28, 28 August 2017 diff hist 0 Demographics of the United Kingdom →History: Changed 'the life expectancy of children increased dramatically' to 'the child mortality of children decreased dramatically. The life expectancy of children is not what is being described.
• 00:2100:21, 28 August 2017 diff hist 0 Demographics of the United Kingdom →History: changed 'Londonium' to 'Londinium'

16 August 2017

• 22:0322:03, 16 August 2017 diff hist +454 Wikipedia:Teahouse →How do I suggest a heading for a portal page?: new section

13 March 2017

• 23:1823:18, 13 March 2017 diff hist +10 m Amniote "The amniotic egg represents a critical divergence within the vertebrates, one enabled to reproduce," changed to "enabling amniotes to reproduce." A divergence can not reproduce.

25 February 2017

• 05:1605:16, 25 February 2017 diff hist +13 Florence Foster Jenkins →Vocal career: Replaced "diction" with "pronunciation," since she did not exercise her own diction in singing lyrics written by others; I made a guess at authorial intent.

31 October 2016

• 04:5004:50, 31 October 2016 diff hist −10 U.S. Peace Council →Allegations of Soviet involvment: Removed repeated "held" and unnecessary "were" for clarity

7 April 2016

• 03:0703:07, 7 April 2016 diff hist −7 Coventry (short story) No edit summary
• 03:0603:06, 7 April 2016 diff hist +79 m Coventry (short story) Added citation to make clear that the title is based on a British idiomatic expression.

27 February 2016

• 05:1205:12, 27 February 2016 diff hist 0 Mary of Guise →Duchess of Longueville: Correctly closed parenthesis in "from her ''bon mari et ami'' (her good husband and friend) Louis, which" ... "Louis" had been improperly contained therein.

24 January 2016

• 19:0719:07, 24 January 2016 diff hist +1 Primus Hall →Early life
• 19:0419:04, 24 January 2016 diff hist +278 Primus Hall →Early life

30 June 2015

• 15:4715:47, 30 June 2015 diff hist +469 Talk:Brandon Teena →Film based on documentary film or book?: new section

4 June 2015

• 17:0017:00, 4 June 2015 diff hist −4 Australopithecus deyiremeda →Discovery: "and the some teeth have thicker" removed superfluous article "the"

17 May 2015

• 17:5817:58, 17 May 2015 diff hist +1 m Opisthokont →History: 'Early phylogenies placed "them" near the plants' was unclear, so I changed "them" to "fungi."

1 May 2014

• 02:4402:44, 1 May 2014 diff hist −3 m Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild Orthodox Judaism is not a denomination, but rather a collection of denominations and individuals, and one of four major traditions in Judaism.

3 July 2013

• 05:1905:19, 3 July 2013 diff hist −73 m Nimbus cloud "Additionally, nimbus clouds can be characterized by their great height" Cumulonimbus are known by their great height up to 50K' Stratonimbus rarely exceeds 15K'; both are nimbus clouds. Nimbus with no prefix can refer to even lower precipitating clouds Tag: Visual edit

27 October 2009

• 00:5200:52, 27 October 2009 diff hist +1 William Blake →Development of Blake's Views