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4 June 2024

3 June 2024

  • 07:4907:49, 3 June 2024 diff hist +57 Great fire of HamburgLink work incl. removing link on 1892 to a cholera pandemic that predated the fire; ill to 3 articles instead. Stray cap at start left over from article move (I disagree with move but what can you do); missing period. Detemplated Illustrated London News ref to match, corrected its date. Rearranged 2 images to get all but 1 on right, minimise trapping text. Commonscat to inline. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 07:2807:28, 3 June 2024 diff hist +26 m Hamburg City Hall→‎History: Linked to Great fire of Hamburg. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 03:2303:23, 3 June 2024 diff hist +1,773 A pata da gazelaAdded article by María Tai Wolff, recast plot using that source, re-sectioned. (Identified the fable, not explicit in the article.) Removed stub templates. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 01:0801:08, 3 June 2024 diff hist +1,601 A pata da gazelaRe-expanded with sources as best I can after machine-translated text was noted at the unnameable site. (Shout-out to academia.edu.) Added a trans. of title from one of the sources, but there is no published Eng. ed. Preceding & following novels in infobox (had to use a pipe to get italics(?!)), but O tronco do ipê has been redirected to author. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.

2 June 2024

1 June 2024

  • 22:4622:46, 1 June 2024 diff hist +81 George Sitwell→‎Other activities: 3-lang ILL for Castle of Montegufoni, linked to comune, Montespertoli. (Deserves its own article here; I've removed a 6-item gallery from Osbert Sitwell.) This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 22:4022:40, 1 June 2024 diff hist +107 Osbert Sitwell2-lang ill for Castle of Montegufoni; Montegufoni is part of Montespertoli. Removed castle gallery. Death ref fails verification; replaced, but can't see page #s. Horner entirely in Personal life; ref turned out to be review of Ziegler bio, wh. we should use a lot but I can only see snippets. Wasn't mentioned; listed as further reading (article isn't based hugely on Rat Week & also uses Pearson's Façades, so removed struct w/ sep. Sources). This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 20:4320:43, 1 June 2024 diff hist 0 Maidwell HallI was in the wrong century ... This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 01:0501:05, 1 June 2024 diff hist +1,431 Mark T. SmithCombined all 4 refs to 1 sect. of website, added 3rd-party refs: Taco Bell and Olympics, year of PT Cruisers project, ref'd HS. Removed birthdate; only year referenceable. Largely replaced Influences & style section, added Personal life w/ wife. Replaced ext. links w/ official website, also added to infobox. Google shows Solomon listing as gestural painter; can't find citable version, and bio there is from his website or here; reduced that content. Cat.This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current

31 May 2024

  • 22:5622:56, 31 May 2024 diff hist +27 N Mark Smith (artist)Redirected to Mark T. Smith. This edit facilitating navigation is not an endorsement of the WMF. current Tags: New redirect Uncategorized redirect
  • 21:5721:57, 31 May 2024 diff hist −9 OveroAttempted to replace link to Lethal white syndrome from "frame overo" w/ link to section; not always fatal, and lethal white syndrome is mentioned w/ link in a following para. Parallelism on the 2 other patterns. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 11:3711:37, 31 May 2024 diff hist +864 Lord of MilanFixed refs, replaced self-published book, replaced biog dict. w/ another at same site. English fixes throughout. Flag (which is what brought me here.) This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 09:5309:53, 31 May 2024 diff hist −791 Parc des Buttes Chaumontce, tweaks, ill for Silhouette Festival, a few more informational links. Moved refs out of intro. Removed partly repetitive 2nd list of trees except for the giant sequoia. Left sp., tho it and usage seem a bit mid-Atlantic. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 00:1600:16, 31 May 2024 diff hist +294 Samuel KummerTweaks throughout, checking some sources for details, a bit more explanation / linking (incl. specifying Lutheran Church for Bezirkskantor job). Re-org'd with distinct sections on career stages and separate Recordings; Early life includes education, Personal life includes death. Explained Würzburg w/ 2024 summer teaching position, using de.wiki source. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.

30 May 2024

  • 20:4920:49, 30 May 2024 diff hist +347 Samuel KummerFixed bad translation "literature play" on his teaching position in Dresden. Cited source didn't mention (article created by LouisAlain, whose sourcing needs checking); used archived version of de.wiki source, now dead, wh. as I expected has "organ repertoire"; it also mentions liturgical organ music as one of his fields but in text has improvisation instead - I listed all 3. Didn't check anything else. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 04:3204:32, 30 May 2024 diff hist +17 Molar pregnancyUndid revision 1223244608 by 2601:5CF:200:F380:CEA3:A317:DF20:4363 (talk) - unexplained deletions. This edit maintaining the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current Tag: Undo

29 May 2024

  • 20:2020:20, 29 May 2024 diff hist +565 Le CinqReinstated para on Jay Rayner review, which continues to be mentioned in English-language food reviewing; removed by a Paris IP in 2019 (but still used to ref chef of the year, lol). Tweaked caption. This edit maintaining the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 04:0704:07, 29 May 2024 diff hist +26 N The Slanted DoorThe restaurant probably merits an article. For now, redirecting to Charles Phan. This edit facilitating search is not an endorsement of the WMF. current Tags: New redirect Uncategorized redirect
  • 03:0303:03, 29 May 2024 diff hist −2 Lake EstanciaFixed a comma splice; moved "during the Holocene" in the intro after checking relevant section, to make it clearer that the apparent conflict between "before" and "ago" is not an error. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.

28 May 2024

27 May 2024

26 May 2024

25 May 2024

  • 20:1320:13, 25 May 2024 diff hist +257 Vadstena bracteateThe other bracteate is (now?) called the Mariedamm bracteate; added its runic signum, ref'd to Rundata/Runic Text Database. Added IK numbers for both (orig. linked image irrecoverable). Replaced See also ext. link to Commons bracteate cat w/ Ext. link to cat on this bracteate and its Rundata/Runic Text Database page. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 09:0509:05, 25 May 2024 diff hist +256 Enrico BanducciRef'd Clown Alley and Enrico's (omitting that the latter has gone out of business - they all have). Didn't move sentence out of intro, tho that's not the best place for it. US dates. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 03:0403:04, 25 May 2024 diff hist +2,702 Henry ChungRecast with more use of NYT obit, SFGate obit (and Craig Claiborne review, which was uncredited). Added restaurateur to infobox; really known for restaurant, not as a diplomat. 1 citation needed, Yuan Longping commented out; AGF Chinese ref for high school name. Chinese names as in NYT. Added MacKenzie Chung Fegan. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current

24 May 2024

  • 23:1923:19, 24 May 2024 diff hist −201 MV Aurora (1955)Reverted change of refs in one section to templated format, and unnecessary quote marks on named refs. Both changes fall under MOS:VAR, former under WP:CITEVAR. Article has a consistent citation style (with no missing info). This edit maintaining the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. Tag: Manual revert
  • 02:5902:59, 24 May 2024 diff hist +213 MV Aurora (1955)Added Chron on sinking and 2023 sale. Detemplated the 2 TV sources on sinking to match. Coast Guard leakage concern into text. We're using "she". This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.

23 May 2024

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20 May 2024

  • 12:1612:16, 20 May 2024 diff hist −749 Sierra Pacific IndustriesReordering with tweakage throughout, added a source for 1949 not 1950. More in infobox. Fuller intro. US dates. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of teh WMF.
  • 09:2509:25, 20 May 2024 diff hist +307 Nora (name)Replaced fanciful explanation of "bloody Nora" (cherry-picked from readers' submissions) with 2 alternative explanations, 2 refs. (The book cited in the one from Bustle doesn't appear to include the item, so used a different Oxford book.) This edit fixing something noted at the unnameable site is not an endorsement of the WMF.

19 May 2024

18 May 2024

  • 21:3321:33, 18 May 2024 diff hist +564 User talk:Yngvadottir→‎A cup of coffee for you!: Thanks for the implied compliment, but I'll just try not to muck it up too badly :-) This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 13:0113:01, 18 May 2024 diff hist +3,157 Sierra Pacific IndustriesAdded a para on increased wildfire risk, moving praise from CalFire to there, and in para on land acquisitions added Fibreboard as an example and named Seneca for the expansion into Oregon. Separate para for clearcutting sentence; needs to be more on this, esp. w/ pull quote. Added pic w/ Red Ammerson, shrank spotted owl. Did my best w/ sfn format. This edit, hopefully not too bad of a muck-up of this future FA, is not an endorsement of the WMF. Tag: harv-error
  • 11:0111:01, 18 May 2024 diff hist +94 Hofheim, HesseSome tweaks to English, esp. in captions & translation from Merian's atlas, fixed link to Rhein-Main Arena, got the town sections away from the population table but unable to left-justify it. Wikisource templates don't work interwiki, so used both in ref for the translated excerpt, Commonscat to inline. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 02:4402:44, 18 May 2024 diff hist +104 Prajwal RevannaAdded refs to BBC article, removed "sex offender" from 1st sentence per BLP. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.

17 May 2024

  • 09:4609:46, 17 May 2024 diff hist +967 Quince (restaurant)Updated: tasting menu no longer the only option. Reordering in intro / opening section, split Awards into 3 paras & added 2018 100 best, ref work incl. missing authors and dates, publications / websites not as publishers, one archive URL, named ref defined only once. US dates. (Searched in vain for a pic.) This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.

16 May 2024

  • 23:3723:37, 16 May 2024 diff hist +19 m SS Tilawasp, informational marine salvage link in intro. Left claim S. Africa was original owner of silver; changes of polity in the meantime. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 12:0312:03, 16 May 2024 diff hist +3,750 SeaxnēatRewrote with more refs and a broader treatment of the suggested identifications, removing the partial implementation of list-defined refs since this topic involves several works with different editions and some with translations. (Separated the "in German" in refs for clarity.) Chaney doesn't clearly espouse an identification (note that the index misstates his mention of Baldr; Baldæg occurs in the Anglian genealogies.) This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 09:2509:25, 16 May 2024 diff hist +219 Red LobsterAdded ABC News on closures and impending bankruptcy filing; we already had WSJ. Added to end of intro, removing HQ move and opening of support center, no need to flag these in intro. A little shortening (sources are echoed rather closely), updated # of closed restaurants. US dates. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 08:5808:58, 16 May 2024 diff hist +3,411 Talk:Sierra Pacific Industries→‎Some links for ya: Added grouped and dated links from SF Chron as promised at the unnameable site. (This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.)

15 May 2024

  • 22:3122:31, 15 May 2024 diff hist +786 Patrick SüskindMore use of both Deutsche Welle and Focus to ref things incl. DOB. Removed school, unsourced. Tweaks, incl. removing the "during" for years. ILL for brother, who has since died. Used 2 ext. links as refs, added BBC Big Read from de, added National Library listing to ext. links. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia and per BLP is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 10:4510:45, 15 May 2024 diff hist −925 Jean MillLargely rewrote, tightening (one bit of info was repeated), fixing some grammar errors. TICA newsletter at better URL as ref. Found a ref for death. Birth year for daughter fails verification. Commented out 2nd husband, 3rd husband's death, no sources found. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 02:4402:44, 15 May 2024 diff hist +66 ZioAdded Grimm's Zio = Tīwaz. This edit is not an endorsement for the WMF. current

14 May 2024

13 May 2024

  • 07:2907:29, 13 May 2024 diff hist +1,778 Martins BeachRewrote intro, removing "best known for". Separate section on legal conflict. Updated—SFGate, Murky News refs—more use of some existing refs incl. LAT (templated to match), 2014 SFGate (brought out of Ext. links). Piped Commonscat—titles no longer match—identified other ext. link. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current

12 May 2024

11 May 2024

9 May 2024

  • 22:5722:57, 9 May 2024 diff hist +8 m SS TilawaSigh, fixed link. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 21:1521:15, 9 May 2024 diff hist +19 SS TilawaMoved the 2nd ext. link to the section, covered link. Flipped refs order. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 10:3510:35, 9 May 2024 diff hist +984 Coldren Opera HouseRewrote in more logical order, using Oscar Wilde site that was linked inline, Eggers book, otherwise new sources, primarily Marty Boller's heritage site. Removed refs template. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 03:2603:26, 9 May 2024 diff hist +3,186 SS TilawaUpdated plus a bit about the ship, additional refs primarily Guardian but also other sources on court case, Wrecksite on ship; image there may be usable, site may also have wreck coords. Ext. link to website on ship. Built year cat, Tyne cat, company cat. Displaytitle. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.

6 May 2024

  • 20:5620:56, 6 May 2024 diff hist +256 Haakon VII LandAdded Northern Norway to 1st sentence for internationalisation (mentioned at the unnameable site; not everyone knows where Spitsbergen is). More info from SNL, hopefully using correct template for the French. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 10:5910:59, 6 May 2024 diff hist +6,074 East Coast Surfing ChampionshipsTightened, more hist using added refs plus those listed at end, added BMX & freestyle motocross. Removed Beach Bum Classic - same sponsor but found no sources associating w/ ECSC or ref'ing 2007 start. Updated winners, ref'd all, correcting 2018 (may now be others that should be linked). +2 more pics, corrected caption year. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current

5 May 2024

  • 22:4622:46, 5 May 2024 diff hist 0 Los Feliz Murder MansionChanging redirect target to Los Feliz, Los Angeles. The "murder mansion" is not the LaBianca house but 2475 Glendower Place, see https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/no-one-wants-live-in-california-mansion-19429677.php, https://www.vice.com/en/article/4w388d/a-nighttime-visit-to-the-los-feliz-murder-mansion-121, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-feb-06-me-mansion6-story.html. In lieu of deletion nom; house may be worth a short para. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current Tag: Redirect target changed
  • 21:5521:55, 5 May 2024 diff hist +41 Heike HeubachReinstated separate sections for Personal life at end (thanks for spotting I'd left the duplicate, but positioning at start is inappropriate) and Career; her political career has barely started, she has years of prior professional work. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 03:2903:29, 5 May 2024 diff hist +3,296 User talk:Moondragon21New section arising from Heike Heubach, which turns out to have issues to which your attention was drawn in 2022. I'm glad we now have an article on her, but it required a lot of fixing, it's a BLP, and I am quite concerned. (This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.)
  • 02:5302:53, 5 May 2024 diff hist +47 Talk:Heike HeubachTranslated page template for full attribution. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 01:5601:56, 5 May 2024 diff hist +214 Heike HeubachFound the middle-ear infection in SZ, added climate crisis focus. Changed access-date for AP. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 01:1101:11, 5 May 2024 diff hist −3,163 Heike HeubachRemoved CT News & SFGate after finding via Wayback; both identical to Independent (AP); Union-Trib also obv. same, AP's own cite added to ref. Resectioned, extensively rewrote more accurately esp. mangled, unsourced education (flagged at the unnameable site; used official bio). referencing fixes, removed flat-out wrong ref at end. cn for childhood illness. Full descr of refs only 1st time; tagged de rather than en. 1st deaf member into intro. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.

4 May 2024

  • 11:4911:49, 4 May 2024 diff hist +22 Stepping Hill HospitalReverted well intentioned changes: 2 separate ceilings (in the 2 departments), other slight inaccuracies. 2 missing article authors. DABbed [[critical care] to critical care medicine—popu-up warning of a DAB link failed to appear. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 11:0011:00, 4 May 2024 diff hist −854 Robert KirbyRe-removed "Francis": fails verification. Full name at start (see Independent obit). Tweaks throughout, removed double listing of 2 main refs as ext. links, piped misspelling of birthplace. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 08:2008:20, 4 May 2024 diff hist 0 BarsanuphiusReplaced Tatulli painting w/ perspective-corrected version. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current

3 May 2024

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1 May 2024

30 April 2024

  • 23:2123:21, 30 April 2024 diff hist +3,656 Freudenberg GroupAdded refs and material on internationalization and acquisitions from Horchler article. Restored original Die Zeit statement on size as step twd 2022 reported size. Resolved overlap between history and organization/philosophy on company leadership. De-redlinked Stiftung since no ILL target. US spellings. More to add from Scholtyseck and elsewhere on postwar acquisitions and 21st-century spin-offs, as well as legal de-Nazification process. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.

28 April 2024

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23 April 2024

  • 10:0110:01, 23 April 2024 diff hist +205 Talk:San Pedro Mountains mummy→‎Cuts: Thanking for self-revert and noting I've made some further changes. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 09:5909:59, 23 April 2024 diff hist +771 San Pedro Mountains mummyEmbiggened image, restored caption. Wove in Cowboy State Daily source (noted at WikiProject Archaeology), wh. adds another scientific examination and has Granby, not Syracuse. Added the Egyptian parallel, also in Gazette source. Corrected year of Adolfi's offer, my error. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.

22 April 2024

21 April 2024

  • 23:5923:59, 21 April 2024 diff hist +1,157 Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard→‎Proposal 2: Project Space Ban: Reluctant support as the best option to give the editor a last chance, but the topic ban will need to be very clearly explained to them. Response to User:Matrix pointing out deleted article edits. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 22:4422:44, 21 April 2024 diff hist +335 Talk:San Pedro Mountains mummy→‎Cuts: new section
  • 22:1022:10, 21 April 2024 diff hist +498 The Simpsons RideReverted removal of clause ref'd to Google search (flagged at the unnameable site), which left a hanging comma - reworded with best source I can see (apparently duration is speculation; later article on same site https://www.thestreet.com/travel/universal-studios-simpsons-land-could-close-move-to-disney-world), tweaked incl. shortening link text on Disney acquisition. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 21:3121:31, 21 April 2024 diff hist +95 San Pedro Mountains mummyModified intro on 2nd mummy ("Chiquita") - Gill never says she is also lost. Moved reservoir mention to reduce load on sentence about finding. Moved up Wyoming History Society ref to that sentence, added note to ref that they support 1934 date, moved a ref to them to not support a quote. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 12:4212:42, 21 April 2024 diff hist −3,265 San Pedro Mountains mummyReverted to before expansion by User:Jison2334 in April 2022 (Chiquita was already mentioned but not named; style flagged at the unnameable site). Rewrote, sectioned, added sources, converted to footnotes some listed under refs. (Removed Readers Digest pic ref.) Removed See alsos linked in text and to named person. Removed ufology & cryptozoology from intro - no evidence in sources found. Removed weasel and more cites tags. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.

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18 April 2024

  • 09:5509:55, 18 April 2024 diff hist +291 Saude, Iowa→‎History: Added notable residents: Norman Borlaug, w/ ref. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 09:4809:48, 18 April 2024 diff hist +2 Cresco, IowaModified Norman Borlaugh listing: born in Saude, Iowa, but high school in Cresco. Better ref. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 09:4309:43, 18 April 2024 diff hist −2 Norman BorlaugChanged birthplace in infobox to match text after checking: farm was in Saude, Iowa. Linked in text. Tweaks incl. combining paras on schooling. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 09:2409:24, 18 April 2024 diff hist +126 Tunitas CreekReplaced NOAA ext. link, which hasn't worked since 2013, w/ county parks page (tho not yet open). Used archived version of NOAA page as ref. Removed early account of plans for beach in section on creek course. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
  • 01:5901:59, 18 April 2024 diff hist +2,100 Hermosa, South DakotaExpanded from South Dakota Magazine article noted at the unnameable site. Left out claim that drive in's screens are largest in the world. Pic of former school, later Masonic Lodge, into infobox; apparently on NRHP (didn't note in caption that it's now a museum). Tweaked the slabs of census summary. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.

17 April 2024

16 April 2024

  • 17:5617:56, 16 April 2024 diff hist +116 Michaela Community School→‎Policies: Added details on policies from BBC article on prayer ban being upheld, plus reinstating background that it was instated in response to prayers in the yard. Tweaks incl. that High Court was upholding a ruling on appeal. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.
  • 08:2008:20, 16 April 2024 diff hist +218 Fidget toyThe Galton ref was a wonderful read, but it doesn't support the point, indeed makes no mention of handling things. Atlas Obscura supports the point; additional source. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current

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