User contributions for TypoBoy
A user with 7,192 edits. Account created on 16 September 2007.
16 August 2024
- 20:3920:39, 16 August 2024 diff hist −3 Jack Ruby →Early life and career: There's no point calling it "Dallas, Texas" after we've called it "Dallas" several times. Linking to the Dallas article (which, of course, names the state) just in case anybody is confuised current
13 August 2024
- 21:0521:05, 13 August 2024 diff hist −8 m Schwalbe Tires fix run-on sentence current
9 August 2024
- 18:0218:02, 9 August 2024 diff hist +2 Javelin throw →Rules and competitions: copy edit -- we were saying "the tip first strikes the ground with its tip"
31 July 2024
- 19:5419:54, 31 July 2024 diff hist +3 Operation Sea Orbit edit photo caption: fix misspelling of "Bainbridge"; change "Task Force ONE" to "Task Force One", to be consistent with other occurrences in the page; rephrase for flow current
- 02:4502:45, 31 July 2024 diff hist +3 m Fantome (schooner) →Loss current
- 02:4202:42, 31 July 2024 diff hist −84 Fantome (schooner) copy edit lede to put the 1927 part before the 1969 part
23 July 2024
- 23:1923:19, 23 July 2024 diff hist +4 Andrew Jackson →Early life and education: add missing conjunction (to join the three verbs Jackson "learned to" do, namely "read",
- 00:2000:20, 23 July 2024 diff hist −13 m Pennsbury Manor No edit summary current
- 00:1800:18, 23 July 2024 diff hist +4 m Lillehammer affair change "a Moroccan waiter and brother of the French musician Chico Bouchikhi" to "a Moroccan waiter and the brother of the French musician Chico Bouchikhi". "Brother" needs its own article; otherwise we're calling him "a Moroccan brother of the French musician Chico Bouchikhi", which is ridiculous. current
19 July 2024
- 00:2400:24, 19 July 2024 diff hist −1 Paul Philippe Cret Cret was not a Philadelphian. He was Lyonnais. But he lived and worked in Philadelphia, so he was a Philadelphia architect.
15 July 2024
- 03:1703:17, 15 July 2024 diff hist +3 m Gangnam Style →Background and release: add missing conjunction to join the two things that "people are", namely "trendy" and "hip"
14 July 2024
- 19:2619:26, 14 July 2024 diff hist +3 George Sylvester Viereck →Early life: rephrase to make it clear that the phrases "in 1870" and "eight years later" do not refer to the same events. wikilink The Importance of Being Earnest current
6 July 2024
- 03:4603:46, 6 July 2024 diff hist +10 Diamond Jim Brady →Personal life: fix dangling modifier (it is the hospital, not the department of urology, that is now known as NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital) current
4 July 2024
- 14:4114:41, 4 July 2024 diff hist −2 Elio Chacón →'¡La tengo!': remove unwanted commas. We aren't trying to say that Yo La Tengo are the ONLY band. So we need "Yo La Tengo" to modify "band", rather than being in apposition. Also, edited graf 2 of the section to use Chacón's name rather than a pronoun for the first mention of the paragraph current
1 July 2024
- 00:5800:58, 1 July 2024 diff hist +11 Watershed (broadcasting) →Chile: consistent usage: "watershed" means the beginning (not the whole) of the adult-programming period
29 June 2024
- 16:3716:37, 29 June 2024 diff hist −13 Atlantic (yacht) It seems clear that the text "(yacht designer)" was not meant to be displayed, in this sentence that already says that Hoyt designed the yacht, but rather as disambiguation in the title of a future article about Hoyt. But how many Frederick Maxfield Hoyts are there? [None, so far, on Wikipedia.] I made the undisambiguated name a link, which a future editor may wish to undo. But, either way, we don't need to explain that the yacht was designed by a yacht designer. current
28 June 2024
- 19:2219:22, 28 June 2024 diff hist −10 Addison Hutton →Architectural Works (partial listing): It is not necessary to explain that Addison Hutton was an architect in the context of this article about Hutton current
26 June 2024
- 18:4518:45, 26 June 2024 diff hist −5 Pamela Smart →Early life: Use simple past to describe events of the subject's college years in the section about her college years. Past perfect is for events that took place before the time being discussed.
- 18:3318:33, 26 June 2024 diff hist −1 m Oaks Cloister →Restoration (2002–2012): remove unwanted comma current
- 18:3318:33, 26 June 2024 diff hist 0 m Oaks Cloister →Restoration (2002–2012): remove unwanted comma; add missing comma
- 18:3118:31, 26 June 2024 diff hist −134 Oaks Cloister copy-edit lede; correct spelling of "capitol"; correct comma usage; correct coordinates (we were off by more than a mile!)
- 18:1918:19, 26 June 2024 diff hist 0 Oaks Cloister →State Historical marker (2005): Spell "capitol" correctly, and abbreviate Pennsylvania "Pa.", both as on the marker. (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0289004,-75.1854371,3a,15y,346.12h,83.43t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s7Q2iyZXVGKQnlau-H4xXmA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D7Q2iyZXVGKQnlau-H4xXmA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D342.9089%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu).
25 June 2024
- 03:1103:11, 25 June 2024 diff hist +1 m Gödel's Loophole →Background: add missing comma
20 June 2024
- 22:2122:21, 20 June 2024 diff hist +4 Battle of Stalingrad →Background: It's either "Case Blue" or "Fall Blau". We were stuck halfway saying "Case Blau", which sounds like a kind of blue cheese
19 June 2024
- 20:4320:43, 19 June 2024 diff hist −35 Quintipartite Deed →Keith Line: Removing the clause "which created the two territories". It is not necessary to include this aside explaining what the Quintipartite Deed was, in the context of this article about the Quintipartite Deed. current
15 June 2024
- 00:5600:56, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Yokohama City University →Alumni: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun. current
- 00:5500:55, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Shinoda "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun. current
- 00:5400:54, 15 June 2024 diff hist −1 Genju no Seiza →Humans: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:5300:53, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 List of My Bride is a Mermaid episodes →Episode list: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun. current
- 00:5200:52, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Take-Down – Missions in Korea →Plot: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:5100:51, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Hiroyuki Jo "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:5100:51, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Me & My Brothers →Other characters: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun. current
- 00:5000:50, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 HoneyComing →Supporting characters: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun. current
- 00:5000:50, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Masaya Nakamura (businessman) →Acquisition of Atari Japan: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:4900:49, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Auto Race (Japanese sport) "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun. current
- 00:4700:47, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 List of One Piece characters "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:4500:45, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 List of Alex Rider characters →Nikolei Drevin: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:4400:44, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Shoichi Arai "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun. current
- 00:4300:43, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 GoGo Tomago →Fictional character biography: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:4100:41, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Chocolate (2008 film) →Plot: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:4000:40, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 List of Hayate the Combat Butler episodes →Hayate the Combat Butler (2007–2008): "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun. current
- 00:3900:39, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 List of Bokurano characters "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun. current
- 00:3800:38, 15 June 2024 diff hist −11 Tekkonkinkreet →Plot: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:3600:36, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Jirō Asada →Career: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:3500:35, 15 June 2024 diff hist +10 Sex & Fury →Plot: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:3300:33, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 A Stranger of Mine →Plot: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:3300:33, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 List of Predator (franchise) characters →Hanzo: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:3300:33, 15 June 2024 diff hist −14 My-HiME Destiny "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun. current
- 00:3200:32, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 X-Men (film series) →The Wolverine (2013): "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:3100:31, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Timeline of Japanese history →Reiwa period (Since 2019): "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:3100:31, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Happy! (sports manga) →Characters: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun. current
- 00:3000:30, 15 June 2024 diff hist +6 List of Zombie-Loan characters →Otsu Sawatari: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun. current
- 00:3000:30, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Shinjuku Incident "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:2800:28, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Gangs in the United States →Organized crime gangs: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
- 00:2600:26, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Black Tiger (professional wrestling) →Origins: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun. current
- 00:2500:25, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 Return of the Street Fighter →Premise: "Yakuza" is not capitalized, because it is a common noun.
13 June 2024
- 03:4003:40, 13 June 2024 diff hist 0 m Michael Swango copy edit
- 03:3203:32, 13 June 2024 diff hist −1 m 2018 Berlin antisemitic attack →Incident: no comma between, a preposition and its object
12 June 2024
- 17:3817:38, 12 June 2024 diff hist 0 Rosal, Sutherland →Town: change "ring dyke" to "ring dike". The former sounds like somebody you would buy jewelry from. Tag: Reverted
- 17:0717:07, 12 June 2024 diff hist −20 m Garrett Stubbs →Early and personal life: Change "his younger brother C.J." to "C.J." because we called C.J. "his younger brother" in the last graf, and because there's no occurrence of "Garrett" in this graf for "his" to refer to, and the subject of the preceeding sentence is "both Stubbs brothers".
8 June 2024
- 00:3900:39, 8 June 2024 diff hist −4 Aviation call signs →Military: A tactical call aign can indicate the mission of the flight, or an aircraft's position in a formation, or both. The conjunction we want is "or".
- 00:3600:36, 8 June 2024 diff hist +405 Nicole Aunapu Mann →Military career: Explain provenance of nickname / call sign Duke, with citation
2 June 2024
- 16:5916:59, 2 June 2024 diff hist −2 Attack on Pearl Harbor →Military planning: Remove scare quotes around "Hull note", to be consistent with the rest of the article
1 June 2024
- 15:2415:24, 1 June 2024 diff hist −27 Displacement →Engineering: Mariners measure displacement under various standard conditions, but it's always simply the ship's weight, the number you would see if you could put the ship on an enormous scale current
27 May 2024
- 17:2417:24, 27 May 2024 diff hist −40 Clearview, Philadelphia When we say "east of Cobbs Creek", we're talking about the creek, not the neighborhood of Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia current
23 May 2024
- 22:4522:45, 23 May 2024 diff hist +4 David Raymond →Early life: add missing conjunction (to join the two objects of "making")
22 May 2024
- 00:2800:28, 22 May 2024 diff hist −20 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple Undid revision 1224875891 by 141.155.7.246 (talk) reverting good-faith edit. The temple is in the downtown area, vaguely defined, but not in Center City, whose northern boundary is Vine Street. See the Center City, Philadelphia article. current Tag: Undo
20 May 2024
- 02:4202:42, 20 May 2024 diff hist −62 Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Philadelphia) →History: copy edit
17 May 2024
- 03:2003:20, 17 May 2024 diff hist −2 Drainage system (geomorphology) Undid revision 1223447005 by 119.252.195.0 (talk) Undo change to section header, which made it inconsistent with all other uses of the term current Tag: Undo
- 03:1803:18, 17 May 2024 diff hist +10 Battle of Big Black River Bridge break up run-on sentence; remove redundant naming of the state in which Vicksburg is located
16 May 2024
- 03:2803:28, 16 May 2024 diff hist 0 m Tinian Naval Base →Early works: changing "leads from the scoop shovel" to "loads from the scoop shovel"
- 03:1903:19, 16 May 2024 diff hist 0 m Frederick Kimble →Between the wars: typo fix. For I am. . . TYPO BOY!!!
15 May 2024
- 17:4617:46, 15 May 2024 diff hist −26 Displacement (ship) Undid revision 1223931505 by 2A02:587:9847:E800:D86F:7497:EC25:ADB1 (talk) Undoing good-faith edit to keep the lede sentence straightforward. See talk page discussion Tag: Undo
- 00:4500:45, 15 May 2024 diff hist −113 UPS Airlines Flight 1354 →Accident: We've already named the airport, runway, and approach type.
- 00:4300:43, 15 May 2024 diff hist −3 Instrument approach →Non-precision approaches and systems: Non-precision systems provide neither altitude nor glide path information. There is no call here for "and/or". current
- 00:0600:06, 15 May 2024 diff hist −111 Casio SK-1 →External links: dropping casiosk1.com, which is (now) a spam site
12 May 2024
- 16:2516:25, 12 May 2024 diff hist +145 Comcast Technology Center wording of height superlatives; see talk page discussion
10 May 2024
- 15:3015:30, 10 May 2024 diff hist +1 m Jake Virtue →Biography: add missing comma
7 May 2024
- 00:4900:49, 7 May 2024 diff hist −10 Rōnin copy edit
- 00:4900:49, 7 May 2024 diff hist +1 Rōnin No edit summary
- 00:4800:48, 7 May 2024 diff hist +1 Rōnin No edit summary
1 May 2024
- 18:4018:40, 1 May 2024 diff hist −19 La Salute è in voi Fix dangling modifier (it is the book's title, not the "anonymous authors", that translates to "Health Is in You!" or "Salvation Is within You!")
- 02:1902:19, 1 May 2024 diff hist −1 m Press Your Luck scandal →Fallout: typo fix. For I am. . . TYPO BOY!!!
24 April 2024
- 18:1918:19, 24 April 2024 diff hist −9 Underscores (musician) →Early life: Change "San Francisco, California" to "San Francisco" for better readability. People mostly know what state San Francisco is in. Those who don't (if such there be) can check the info box or the (now) linked San Francisco article. It doesn't have a lot to do with Underscores. Tag: Reverted
12 April 2024
- 18:5318:53, 12 April 2024 diff hist +579 Talk:Depleted uranium →Density of depleted uranium: new section Tag: New topic
- 18:4018:40, 12 April 2024 diff hist +12 USS Oklahoma (BB-37) →Final voyage: fix dangling modifier -- it was USS Oklahoma, not "a delegation of nearly 500 Oklahomans led by Governor Roy J. Turner", that was "due to arrive on Memorial day"
- 16:1216:12, 12 April 2024 diff hist +18 List of Philadelphia placename etymologies →Streets: wikilink Mulberry
- 01:3401:34, 12 April 2024 diff hist −19 Mount Trashmore Park add missing commma; copy-edit photo caption current
10 April 2024
- 16:0216:02, 10 April 2024 diff hist +1 m Logan's Run →Plot: add missing article (Francis is "another Sandman" but is not "another friend of Logan" [because by "another" we mean "other than Logan"])
5 April 2024
- 17:1917:19, 5 April 2024 diff hist +1 Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II →A-X program: add missing comma
- 16:4916:49, 5 April 2024 diff hist −28 List of tallest buildings →Tallest buildings in the world
- 13:5013:50, 5 April 2024 diff hist −23 Breaking wheel →Punishment: We already gave the German term in a previous picture caption.
4 April 2024
- 02:5902:59, 4 April 2024 diff hist +398 List of tallest buildings →Tallest buildings in the world: Comcast Technology Center, at 1,121 feet, is taller than One Shenzhen Bay Tower 7, which we're listing
3 April 2024
- 15:3015:30, 3 April 2024 diff hist −2 Nautical mile "Such" has no antecedent here. (It's positioned as though it refers to "equator', but it's meaningless to speak of "such an equator"; there's only one equator.) We just mean "so that".
30 March 2024
- 02:0502:05, 30 March 2024 diff hist +856 Talk:Piano tuning →"Trichord"?: Reply current Tag: Reply
27 March 2024
- 21:2921:29, 27 March 2024 diff hist +175 Talk:Blue force tracking →Capitalization: new section current Tag: New topic
- 21:2421:24, 27 March 2024 diff hist +3 Jack Black →Early life and education: add missing conjunction (to join the objects of "worked on")
- 16:4516:45, 27 March 2024 diff hist −2 m Women Airforce Service Pilots →Legacy: remove unwanted comma. We want a comma between two nouns in apposition (e.g. "Another WASP, Florence Shutsy-Reynolds, began a social media campaign"), but not here between a noun used as a modifier and the noun it modifies.
- 16:4016:40, 27 March 2024 diff hist −1 m Women Airforce Service Pilots →Legacy: drop unwanted comma
23 March 2024
- 02:3902:39, 23 March 2024 diff hist +1 m Overbrook School for the Blind add missing comma (second of the pair setting off "Pennsylvania")
