User contributions for Mandsford

28 December 2024

• 15:3515:35, 28 December 2024 diff hist +74 Battle of Morvedre →The battle: links to es:Wikipedia pages current
• 15:3215:32, 28 December 2024 diff hist +75 Battle of Morvedre →The battle: update of Google translation
• 00:3000:30, 28 December 2024 diff hist +533 1410 "* Antipope John XXIII is elected." is not at all a "date unknown", editor didn't look very far.

27 December 2024

• 22:5422:54, 27 December 2024 diff hist +10 Douglas MacArthur →Army's youngest major general: " However, he encountered southern prejudice because he was the son of a Union Army officer, and requested to be relieved." "Requesting to be relieved" wasn't a reason why he "encountered southern prejudice". Sometime, splitting a sentence works better.
• 21:0921:09, 27 December 2024 diff hist +197 May 1937 →May 28, 1937 (Friday): add Great Terror roundup, Louis Doedel and William Dornan current
• 20:5520:55, 27 December 2024 diff hist +3,253 May 1937 →May 28, 1937 (Friday)
• 16:1316:13, 27 December 2024 diff hist +979 May 1937 →May 27, 1937 (Thursday)
• 15:5415:54, 27 December 2024 diff hist −24 Golden Gate Bridge Get to the point sooner, brilliant writer... current
• 15:4615:46, 27 December 2024 diff hist +362 Capital punishment in the United States →Execution attendance: last public execution was May 21, 1937, not May 27
• 15:3815:38, 27 December 2024 diff hist +4,146 May 1937 →May 26, 1937 (Wednesday): add radar, Battle of the Overpass
• 15:0015:00, 27 December 2024 diff hist +15 Battle of the Overpass "was preceded by" > "had been preceded by"-- the previous incident had been five years earlier; fixing red link on Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company, unlikely that an article will ever be written about it. current
• 01:3601:36, 27 December 2024 diff hist +3,508 May 1925 →May 1, 1925 (Friday): al-Baqi destruction is sourced to April 21, 1925
• 00:0200:02, 27 December 2024 diff hist +477 May 1925 →May 11, 1925 (Monday)

26 December 2024

• 23:5523:55, 26 December 2024 diff hist +195 May 1925 →May 21, 1925 (Thursday): add E S S
• 23:1723:17, 26 December 2024 diff hist +1,866 May 1925 →May 31, 1925 (Sunday)
• 20:1120:11, 26 December 2024 diff hist +1,860 May 1937 →May 26, 1937 (Wednesday)
• 19:4119:41, 26 December 2024 diff hist +26 Chicago in the 1930s →1936–1937: Making some sense of "Republic Steel clash four days later.", putting in link to Little Steel strike sooner. current
• 19:3119:31, 26 December 2024 diff hist +1 m May 1937 →May 11, 1937 (Tuesday)
• 18:4518:45, 26 December 2024 diff hist +180 1840 add images, change red links current
• 18:3318:33, 26 December 2024 diff hist +220 1839 add Chinese destruction of opium current
• 18:2518:25, 26 December 2024 diff hist +163 1830 add Indian removal illustration
• 18:2018:20, 26 December 2024 diff hist +355 1830 →April–June: rephrasing of Indian Removal Act-- passed by Congress earlier, signed into law on May 28.
• 18:1218:12, 26 December 2024 diff hist +82 1838 add illustration current
• 17:5617:56, 26 December 2024 diff hist +68 1836 add illustration of the battle of the Alamo, rather than of the building current
• 17:4417:44, 26 December 2024 diff hist +11 1836 →Events: refref
• 17:4117:41, 26 December 2024 diff hist +756 1863 →January–March: add first Medals of Honor in the U.S. current
• 17:3917:39, 26 December 2024 diff hist −153 Great Locomotive Chase →Bibliography: Pages are mentioned in footnotes, but not in a bibliography, which can be considered a cite to all the pages of the book. current
• 17:2717:27, 26 December 2024 diff hist +3 1411 →January–March: fxi tpyos current
• 17:2617:26, 26 December 2024 diff hist −1 m 1411 →January–March: a star burns out
• 17:2317:23, 26 December 2024 diff hist +382 Timeline of the telephone →1920 to 1969: add 1960 inauguration of first touch-tone service in U.S., starting with Findlay, Ohio. current
• 17:1917:19, 26 December 2024 diff hist +925 Push-button telephone add information and cites to source- instead of Greensburg or Carnegie, the town of Findlay, Ohio was the first to get touch-tone. current
• 01:1201:12, 26 December 2024 diff hist +156 1411 add illustration

25 December 2024

• 23:2823:28, 25 December 2024 diff hist +1,791 1411 →October–December: add Burgundy capture of Paris and Riot Act
• 21:2921:29, 25 December 2024 diff hist +4,271 1411 →January–December: add England and Austria and Greece and Naples Tag: Disambiguation links added
• 17:5217:52, 25 December 2024 diff hist +3,763 1411 →January–December: add Ahmedabad, Sigismund, etc
• 17:4417:44, 25 December 2024 diff hist 0 List of oldest universities in continuous operation →Founded as universities before 1500: 28 February 1411/12 was in 1412 on most calendars, but the new year did not begin on the English calendar until March 25, 1412., and was referred to as "1411" on the old calendar. current
• 17:2817:28, 25 December 2024 diff hist +11 m Ahmad Shah I →Foundation of Ahmedabad: revision of cite of Gazeteer, add refref
• 17:2417:24, 25 December 2024 diff hist +147 History of Ahmedabad →Foundation current
• 15:4015:40, 25 December 2024 diff hist +520 1410 →April–June: add death of Rupert, King of the Germans
• 15:1515:15, 25 December 2024 diff hist +17 Muzaffar Shah I Badly written in any language. "but he regained the throne shortly after, when he died." The first "he" refers to Muzaffar Shah, the second "he" refers to Muzaffar's son Tatar Khan, who died "shortly after" overthrowing Muzzafar. current
• 14:5814:58, 25 December 2024 diff hist +113 Muhammad Shah I Badly written in any language-- "he", "him" and "his" refer to a variety of people, and the writer alternates between "Tatar Shah" and "Muhammad Shah", and between "Zafar Shah" and "Muzaffar Shah". Not just lost in translation, lost before translation..
• 04:4004:40, 25 December 2024 diff hist +142 May 1925 births and deaths Tag: Disambiguation links added
• 04:1104:11, 25 December 2024 diff hist +50 April 1925 move illustration
• 04:0804:08, 25 December 2024 diff hist +1,656 April 1925 →April 1, 1925 (Wednesday): finish editing of April 1925
• 03:4503:45, 25 December 2024 diff hist +3,735 1410 →July–December
• 03:4103:41, 25 December 2024 diff hist +8 Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War →References: the publisher is not "Paris", but th publisher is located in Paris. current
• 03:2203:22, 25 December 2024 diff hist +26 Battle of Koronowo →References: add publisher current

24 December 2024

• 18:5018:50, 24 December 2024 diff hist +54 1410 move lead illustration
• 18:0518:05, 24 December 2024 diff hist +462 April 1925 →April 10, 1925 (Friday): add cites, detail
• 17:5217:52, 24 December 2024 diff hist +2,971 April 1925 →April 11, 1925 (Saturday): add Roosevelt expedition, detail on Scottish Cup