User contributions for Tineykitty

15 April 2017

• 16:1116:11, 15 April 2017 diff hist −243‎ China ‎ →‎Potentially jarring behaviours: Adjusted and summarised the queuing (or rather, no queuing) section. Tag: Visual edit
• 16:0616:06, 15 April 2017 diff hist −164‎ China ‎ →‎By taxi: Removed unhelpful sentence about using translation services which "can be found on the internet". This is already covered elsewhere. Tag: Visual edit
• 16:0216:02, 15 April 2017 diff hist −267‎ China ‎ →‎Cope: Removed unnecessary information about how long it takes for a pair of jeans to dry, or separating colours from whites. Tag: Visual edit
• 15:5915:59, 15 April 2017 diff hist −379‎ China ‎ →‎By taxi: Removing repeated information re taxi drivers smoking, the "put of your seatbelt" universal advice. Also removed sentence about the quality of conversations with taxi drivers. This is a worldwide phenomenon, and not exclusive to China. Tag: Visual edit
• 15:3115:31, 15 April 2017 diff hist −162‎ London ‎ →‎Major hospitals: List of hospitals with actual A&Es is out of date. Removed hospitals who have downgraded to urgent care centres and added St George's Hospitals. Tag: Visual edit
• 15:1115:11, 15 April 2017 diff hist +121‎ m User talk:Pashley ‎No edit summary
• 14:5314:53, 15 April 2017 diff hist 0‎ m China ‎ →‎Potentially jarring behaviours Tag: Visual edit
• 14:5114:51, 15 April 2017 diff hist +73‎ China ‎ →‎Potentially jarring behaviours: Added comparison to first paragraph, and edited final sentence to focus on key message Tags: possible vandalism Visual edit
• 14:4814:48, 15 April 2017 diff hist −322‎ China ‎ →‎Potentially jarring behaviours: Edited final sentence to the key message only. Tag: Visual edit
• 14:4514:45, 15 April 2017 diff hist +159‎ China ‎ →‎Potentially jarring behaviours: Prefacing this with an emboldened statement. Tag: Visual edit
• 14:3914:39, 15 April 2017 diff hist −117‎ China ‎ →‎Lucky numbers: Irrelevant information. Tag: Visual edit
• 14:3414:34, 15 April 2017 diff hist +23‎ m China ‎ →‎Karst scenery: Added links Tag: Visual edit
• 14:2714:27, 15 April 2017 diff hist +128‎ Shilin ‎ →‎By bus: Lots of unnecessary detail about buses, also distances walked are all wrong and written by people who don't walk (it's not 8km or 3km. The distance from the visitor's centre to the entrance = 1.8km. Downhill.) Expanding the "do" section. Tag: Visual edit
• 14:0114:01, 15 April 2017 diff hist +3‎ m China ‎ →‎Smog: typo Tag: Visual edit
• 13:5713:57, 15 April 2017 diff hist −267‎ China ‎ →‎Credit cards: Condensing and removing patronizing section on how to sign a receipt. Removed unnecessary information on what type of printers receipts are printed on. Tag: Visual edit
• 13:5413:54, 15 April 2017 diff hist −1,134‎ China ‎ →‎Banking: Moved section on ATM to ATM section. Removed mildly Captain Obvious bit about foreign bank charges. Removed bit about opening a bank account for longer stays as this is already covered. Tag: Visual edit
• 13:4913:49, 15 April 2017 diff hist +291‎ China ‎ →‎Banking: The only reliable ATM which works with international cards is ICBC. Also adding information re Cash recycling machines, which are deposit and withdrawal machines next to ATMs. Tag: Visual edit
• 13:3813:38, 15 April 2017 diff hist −423‎ China ‎ →‎By taxi: If you're not staying in a high end hotel then this advice is unhelpful. Photographing the licence plate etc and threatening to report to authorities is only effective if you're a local. Edited out as neither advice is helpful. Tag: Visual edit
• 13:3513:35, 15 April 2017 diff hist −50‎ China ‎ →‎By subway: Metal detectors, handheld and arch were being used in Kunming, Xi'an and Chengdu. Taking out sentence as it's a generalisation. Tag: Visual edit
• 13:3013:30, 15 April 2017 diff hist −163‎ Chengdu ‎ →‎Stay safe: Too much detail. Condensed information, added link to the excellent article, Driving in China. Tag: Visual edit
• 13:2613:26, 15 April 2017 diff hist +513‎ Chengdu ‎ →‎Cooked food: Sichuan food isn't hot, but the locals may try to protect you from the spicy version. Added phrases in Mandarin if you want to eat the food with the training wheels taken off and want to travel headfirst into the flavour rush hour Tag: Visual edit
• 13:0913:09, 15 April 2017 diff hist +170‎ Chengdu ‎ →‎Do: Updating locations with links to openstreetmap and lat/long because maps are still the most useful way of finding your way around. Tag: Visual edit
• 13:0213:02, 15 April 2017 diff hist −182‎ Chengdu ‎ →‎By motorized pedi-cab: How a pedi-cab was powered, currently or pre 2005 is irrelevant. Tag: Visual edit
• 13:0113:01, 15 April 2017 diff hist −146‎ Chengdu ‎ →‎By bus: Giving the actual name of the app to use. Also taking out reference to how Google Maps is helpful; as Google services are banned, this will not be availiable to most people. Tag: Visual edit
• 12:5612:56, 15 April 2017 diff hist −500‎ Chengdu ‎ →‎Get around: Rush hour in cities worldwide are all "hellish" not just in Chengdu. Simplified metro section; too much Captain Obvious on how to use metro gates. Tag: Visual edit
• 12:5012:50, 15 April 2017 diff hist −196‎ Chengdu ‎ →‎By air: Too much focus on OMG SCAMS again. No actionable advice on how to avoid getting into a fake taxi. Edited to give general advice and reminder to use common sense. Tag: Visual edit
• 12:4512:45, 15 April 2017 diff hist −112‎ Xi'an ‎ →‎By car: Removing unnecessary sentence. We have a perfectly good article on Driving in China. Linking to that instead. Tag: Visual edit
• 12:3912:39, 15 April 2017 diff hist +69‎ Xi'an ‎ →‎Budget: Added another link to openstreetmap to guide where streets are. Tag: Visual edit
• 12:3512:35, 15 April 2017 diff hist −304‎ Xi'an ‎ →‎"Conventional" trains: Taking out the OMG SCAMS element on leaving the train station which detracts from the article Tag: Visual edit
• 12:3312:33, 15 April 2017 diff hist −164‎ Xi'an ‎ →‎By plane Tag: Visual edit
• 12:2112:21, 15 April 2017 diff hist +163‎ Xi'an ‎ →‎Eat: Added lat/long to the budget eating section because using a map is helpful when directions are vague. Tag: Visual edit
• 12:0712:07, 15 April 2017 diff hist −208‎ Xi'an ‎ →‎Eat: Taking out recommendations for restaurants which have no addresses, or vague guidance of what the sign looks like (this isn't the same as directions). This isn't helpful when you're hungry and it's late. Tag: Visual edit
• 11:5711:57, 15 April 2017 diff hist −88‎ Xi'an ‎ →‎By bike: Taking out bike thefts as buying a second-hand cycle for a two-week stay is in unlikely scenario. Also bike thefts are a common problem worldwide, not just Xi'an. Tag: Visual edit
• 11:5411:54, 15 April 2017 diff hist −824‎ Xi'an ‎ →‎By taxi: Taken out unnecessary section on getting a taxi to the Terracotta Warriors. The scam and variants described is already described under the page, "Common Scams". Tag: Visual edit
• 11:3511:35, 15 April 2017 diff hist −87‎ China ‎ →‎Smog: A bit of levity regarding smog. Also a reminder that if people are concerned they should speak with a medical professional. Tag: Visual edit
• 11:2611:26, 15 April 2017 diff hist −343‎ China ‎ →‎Drink: Nonsensical information about limiting your exposure to water! Edited so that readers don't have problems with dehydration when abroad. It is safe to drink after boiling. Tag: Visual edit
• 11:1911:19, 15 April 2017 diff hist −519‎ China ‎ →‎Broken Vase Scam: removed. If it's not used often on tourists, then this is unnecessary information. Tag: Visual edit
• 11:0911:09, 15 April 2017 diff hist +398‎ China ‎ →‎Scams: Actionable advice re scams. Also added the "formula for success" for a tasty time! Tag: Visual edit
• 10:3010:30, 15 April 2017 diff hist −989‎ China ‎ →‎By bus: Getting a ticket wasn't hard. It was easy. Also taking the expectation that people in China would be fluent in English out of the section. Tag: Visual edit
• 10:1710:17, 15 April 2017 diff hist −3‎ m China ‎ →‎By bus: typo Tag: Visual edit
• 10:1610:16, 15 April 2017 diff hist −959‎ China ‎ →‎By bus: Added aMaps. Also, looks like someone had a poor experience on a bus! Edited entry to reflect that in China, the primary language is Chinese, and not English. Also toned down the EVERYTHING IS CRAP tone the section had. Tag: Visual edit
• 10:0510:05, 15 April 2017 diff hist −41‎ m China ‎ →‎Train tickets: Edited for clarity Tag: Visual edit
• 10:0410:04, 15 April 2017 diff hist +729‎ China ‎ →‎Train tickets: Only listing a website which can only accept domestic cards and is only in Chinese isn't helpful to the traveller. Found CTrip helpful as it did most of the legwork in payment/registration for you. Also accepts international bank cards Tag: Visual edit
• 09:5209:52, 15 April 2017 diff hist −270‎ China ‎ →‎By plane: The problem with using international bank cards to buy tickets is that you can't. This is one way (the only way I found) to get train/plane tickets whilst out in China with my bank card. The app (not so much the website) was very helpful. Tag: Visual edit
• 09:3909:39, 15 April 2017 diff hist −3,174‎ China ‎ Section too long. Already covered in "common scams". Previous version screams the impression if you are in China you will get scammed by anyone who looks at you. Putting "reported" incidents of "this one guy didn't pay their bill" is pure scaremongering. Tag: Visual edit

14 April 2017

• 14:0414:04, 14 April 2017 diff hist −283‎ London/Wimbledon ‎ →‎Sleep: Removed a hotel which closed. Tag: Visual edit
• 14:0314:03, 14 April 2017 diff hist −286‎ London/Wimbledon ‎ →‎Drink: removed a pub which closed. Tag: Visual edit
• 14:0214:02, 14 April 2017 diff hist −287‎ London/Wimbledon ‎ →‎Eat: removed a pizza place sited in Wembley, not wimbledon. Tag: Visual edit
• 13:5913:59, 14 April 2017 diff hist −326‎ London/Wimbledon ‎ →‎Wimbledon: The stadium is being demolished and redeveloped. There are no plans to restart greyhound racing and stockcar racing afterward. Entry updated to reflect changes. Tag: Visual edit
• 13:5213:52, 14 April 2017 diff hist +4‎ China ‎ →‎Terrorism: Added internal link to Xi'an Tag: Visual edit