User contributions for Dieter.Meinertzhagen
A user with 5,025 edits. Account created on 1 January 2021.
28 May 2024
- 21:0021:00, 28 May 2024 diff hist −1 Training Institute Royal Brunei Armed Forces Undid revision 1225405261 by Naturallylove (talk) Remove wikilink from "forerunner" to Forerunner Saga because in the content of this article, "forerunner" refers to the predecessor of the Training Institute Royal Brunei Armed Forces and the wikilink refers to a trilogy of science fiction novels. current Tag: Undo
- 20:3620:36, 28 May 2024 diff hist +1 USRC James Madison →American aftermath: Typo: As noted throughout the article, USRC James Madison's captain was named Brooks not Brook. current
- 20:3320:33, 28 May 2024 diff hist 0 USRC James Madison →Revenue cutter: Move wikilink for master to first occurrence of term.
- 20:1920:19, 28 May 2024 diff hist +29 USRC James Madison →Revenue cutter: Wikilink "HMS Barbadoes"
- 20:1320:13, 28 May 2024 diff hist +2 USRC James Madison →Revenue cutter: Remove unintended implication that the "Wade" was sailing from Nassau.
- 20:1020:10, 28 May 2024 diff hist +71 USRC James Madison →Revenue cutter: (1) Lower-case common noun "First mate" in middle of sentence. (2) Make sentence less telegraphic and easier to parse: ft "...the ''Wade'', Johnson, master, and another vessel, Pindar, master, from Nassau...." -> "...the ''Wade'', whose master was named Johnson, and also a second vessel from Nassau whose master was named Pindar..." (3) Wikilnk master. so non-nautical readers know it is synonymous with "ship's captain" in this case.
27 May 2024
- 17:4417:44, 27 May 2024 diff hist +8 Black slug Per the "Invasive species" section, the black slug is an invasive species in Alaska; modify lead paragraph accordingly. current
26 May 2024
- 21:5821:58, 26 May 2024 diff hist 0 m David Drake →Biography: Typo: "On 2019, he announced..." -> "In 2019, he announced..." current
- 20:5420:54, 26 May 2024 diff hist +1 m USCGC Roanoke Island (1) Typo: ft: "when it became [disable]"-> "when it became [disabled]" (2) ft "Sentinel-class" -> "Sentinel class" for consistency within article. current
- 18:1618:16, 26 May 2024 diff hist +67 USCGC Anacapa →Decommissioning: Add name of the successor cutter of "Anacapa" in Petersburg. current
- 18:0418:04, 26 May 2024 diff hist +18 USCGC Anacapa →Petersburg: (1) Change verb from present to past tense because "Anacapa" is decommissioned. (2) Add metric-unit length of "Ryou-Un Maru" to existing length in feet. Spell out rather than abbreviate "feet" for consistency with rest of article.
- 03:2903:29, 26 May 2024 diff hist +1 Stanisław Burhardt-Bukacki Add space between rank and name. current
- 03:2703:27, 26 May 2024 diff hist −1 m Stanisław Burhardt-Bukacki Remove spurious whitespace from year: ft "19 42" -> "1942"
- 03:2403:24, 26 May 2024 diff hist 0 Western betrayal →Beginning of World War II, 1939: MOS:JOBTITLE: the name of the military rank is capitalized when it appears in front of the person's name. I capitalized the rank "general" in the quotation because it appears to be a translation of a Polish-language source and I am assuming the lower-case "general" is a translation error by a Wikipedia editor unfamiliar with MOS:JOBTITLE. current
25 May 2024
- 20:4720:47, 25 May 2024 diff hist +2 SLNS Vijayabahu (P627) →Sri Lanka Navy: (1) MOS:DATEUNIFY: change date format to "Month day, year" like rest of article. (2) Clarify sentence by moving the most important object of the verb closest to the verb current
- 20:4220:42, 25 May 2024 diff hist +28 SLNS Vijayabahu (P627) →Sri Lanka Navy: WP:SHIPNAME: italicize ship name "Lu Peng Yuan Yu"
- 20:4020:40, 25 May 2024 diff hist +5 SLNS Vijayabahu (P627) →Sri Lanka Navy: Clarify sentence by separating out its different phrases from each other.
- 20:3420:34, 25 May 2024 diff hist −16 SLNS Vijayabahu (P627) →Sri Lanka Navy: (1) The proper noun "USCG Station Seattle" isn't preceded by an article. (2) Add "convert" template to format voyage distance with commas, per MOS:DIGITS. (3) The "long sea voyage" happened at the same time as "sailing to her new home", so we use a present participle ("covering") not a past participle ("had covered")..
- 20:0720:07, 25 May 2024 diff hist +24 SLNS Vijayabahu (P627) →Sri Lanka Navy: (1) "decommission" is a verb, but we need instead the corresponding noun "decommissioning" in this place in the sentence. (3) WP:SHIPNAME: italicize ship name "Sherman". (3) Need an infinitive verb after verb "was able": ft "...was able recover..." -> "...was able to recover..."
- 20:0020:00, 25 May 2024 diff hist −4 SLNS Vijayabahu (P627) →Sri Lanka Navy: (1) "she" doesn't take an article. (2) Correct comma splice: ft "...she was deployed to the location of the Lu Peng Yuan Yu sinking with a team of divers to attempt a rescue[, the] operation didn't detect survivors..." -> "...she was deployed to the location of the Lu Peng Yuan Yu sinking with a team of divers to attempt a rescue[. The] operation didn't detect survivors..."
- 19:5619:56, 25 May 2024 diff hist +1 SLNS Vijayabahu (P627) →Sri Lanka Navy: (1) Replace neuter pronouns with feminine pronouns to refer to "Vijayabahu" because the ship has been referred to as "she" throughout the article. (2) Correct preposition: ft "her new home [to] Sri Lanka" -> "her new home [in] Sri Lanka" (3) Correct comma splice: ft "...transiting the Pacific and Indian Oceans[,] the ship finally arrived in Colombo..." -> "...transiting the Pacific and Indian Oceans[. T]he ship finally arrived in Colombo]]..."
- 19:2719:27, 25 May 2024 diff hist +86 The Golden Gate (Seth novel) →Plot summary: John Brown does not know that the advertisement has been placed by Janet Hayakawa until she tells him. current
- 19:0719:07, 25 May 2024 diff hist +4 The Day of the Jackal (film) →Plot: Add missing word: ft '"Lundquist" is wanted for murder of Madame de Montpellier' -> '"Lundquist" is wanted for [the] murder of Madame de Montpellier' current
- 18:5918:59, 25 May 2024 diff hist −1 Mikoyan MiG-29 →Poland: (1) Title should precede, not follow, name: ft "Boris Pistorius German Defence Minister" -> "German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius" (2) For a single completed event in the past ("announced"), use simple past tense not imperfect (3) the approval preceded the announcement, so use past perfect ("had approved") current
- 03:4003:40, 25 May 2024 diff hist −5 Joe Chester Grammar: ft "His albums have been won acclaim" -> "His albums have won acclaim" current
- 01:5701:57, 25 May 2024 diff hist −1 USCGC Anacapa →Decommissioning: Typo: ft: Anancapa -> Anacapa
24 May 2024
- 07:4907:49, 24 May 2024 diff hist +4 Joe Chester →LUCIA: MOS:MAJORWORK: italicize novel name "Ulysses"
- 07:4607:46, 24 May 2024 diff hist +8 Joe Chester →Jupiter's Wife: MOS:WEBITALICS: italicize names of internet magazines "Benzine Magazine" and "Magic Revue Pop Moderne"
- 07:4207:42, 24 May 2024 diff hist 0 Joe Chester →Jupiter's Wife: Un-capitalize common noun "Rock and Roll"
- 07:2407:24, 24 May 2024 diff hist +8 Joe Chester →A Murder Of Crows: MOS:MAJORWORK: italicize television series "Other Voices" and radio program "Pet Sounds"
- 07:1407:14, 24 May 2024 diff hist +4 Joe Chester →Ten Speed Racer: MOS:MAJORWORK: italicize radio show name "Pet Sounds"
- 07:1207:12, 24 May 2024 diff hist +3 Joe Chester →Ten Speed Racer: There was only one EP: "Girls & Magazines"
- 06:1806:18, 24 May 2024 diff hist +10 Joe Chester →Jupiter's Wife: (1) Irish Mirror -> Irish Daily Mirror for consistency with rest of article.(2) MOS:MAJORWORK: Italicize newspaper name "Irish Daily Mirror"
- 06:1506:15, 24 May 2024 diff hist −19 Joe Chester Move wikilink for "Irish Daily Mirror" to first occurrence of name.
- 06:0906:09, 24 May 2024 diff hist +4 Joe Chester MOS:MAJORWORK: italicize newspaper name "Irish Daily Mirror" (not, I think, "The Irish Daily Mirror")
- 05:3705:37, 24 May 2024 diff hist +23 Joe Chester →The Easter Vigil: MOS:MAJORWORK: italicize newspaper name "Irish Daily Mirror"
- 05:3305:33, 24 May 2024 diff hist +4 Joe Chester →She Darks Me: MOS:MAJORWORK: italicize newspaper name "The Irish Times".
- 05:2605:26, 24 May 2024 diff hist +4 Joe Chester →LUCIA: MOS:MAJORWORK: italicize newspaper name "Irish Times".
- 05:2405:24, 24 May 2024 diff hist +20 Joe Chester →LUCIA: MOS:MAJORWORK: italicize newspaper names.
- 05:1805:18, 24 May 2024 diff hist +1 Joe Chester →Jupiter's Wife: MOS:POSS: form the singular possessive by adding " 's "
- 05:1605:16, 24 May 2024 diff hist +1 Joe Chester →1990 - 2000: MOS:POSS: form the singular possessive by adding " 's ".
- 05:1405:14, 24 May 2024 diff hist +11 Joe Chester (1) Make clear that "James" is not the last name of some unidentified person but rather James Joyce: ft "James' daughter" -> "James Joyce's daughter" (2) MOS:MAJORWORK: italicize novel name "Ulysses"
- 05:0505:05, 24 May 2024 diff hist −1 Joe Chester →1990 - 2000: My mistake: "The Sound of Bells" is not an album but a name that Chester recorded under. Un-italicize it.
- 04:5904:59, 24 May 2024 diff hist +4 Joe Chester →Ten Speed Racer: MOS:MAJORWORK: italicize album name "10SR"
- 04:5804:58, 24 May 2024 diff hist +2 Joe Chester →1990 - 2000: ft "Tenspeedracer" -> "Ten Speed Racer" for consistency with rest of article.
- 04:5104:51, 24 May 2024 diff hist −6 Joe Chester →LUCIA: MOS:BOLD: there is no need to boldface Joseph Chester's name.
- 04:5004:50, 24 May 2024 diff hist −16 Joe Chester →LUCIA: MOS:PEACOCK: ft "a very special show" -> "a solo performance".
- 04:4004:40, 24 May 2024 diff hist +1 Joe Chester Manual undo of "Revision as of 16:22, 6 March 2024" by editor Naturallylove: we need an adjective here ("celebrated") to describe the noun "scene". We can't use a verb ("celebrate") in the adjective's place.
- 04:3104:31, 24 May 2024 diff hist +4 Joe Chester →LUCIA: MOS:MAJORWORK: italicize album name "Carolan/Cage".
- 04:2904:29, 24 May 2024 diff hist +4 Joe Chester →The Waterboys: MOS:MAJORWORK: italicize newspaper name "The Daily Telegraph".
