User contributions for 178.16.199.124

16 May 2024

• 18:5618:56, 16 May 2024 diff hist +5‎ Rifling ‎ →‎Manufacture: I changed the tense of a sentence to harmonize with the rest of the section. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

23 April 2024

• 11:2111:21, 23 April 2024 diff hist 0‎ The woman question ‎ →‎1600s to 1700s: Word changed to better conform to the usual English idiom. current

21 April 2024

• 11:0911:09, 21 April 2024 diff hist +3‎ İsmet İnönü ‎ →‎Foreign policy: Missing word supplied.

4 February 2024

• 23:4423:44, 4 February 2024 diff hist +9‎ Wormwood Scrubs ‎ →‎History: Slight rewrite to improve the style and clarity.

28 January 2024

• 11:2911:29, 28 January 2024 diff hist 0‎ Joseph Lister ‎ →‎First reception of antisepsis: Typo

16 December 2023

• 01:0801:08, 16 December 2023 diff hist −1‎ Abel Meeropol ‎ Typo

30 August 2023

• 23:0523:05, 30 August 2023 diff hist −1‎ Submachine gun ‎ →‎World War II: 'Gun' changed from plural to singular, to accord with the usual English usage.

7 August 2023

• 18:2318:23, 7 August 2023 diff hist −5‎ Hydrogen fuel ‎ →‎Drawbacks: Syntax corrected.

26 July 2023

• 22:1922:19, 26 July 2023 diff hist +4‎ Lanchester submachine gun ‎ →‎Operation: Missing definite article supplied.

23 July 2023

• 00:0500:05, 23 July 2023 diff hist −3‎ Nagant M1895 ‎ →‎Technical characteristics: Again.
• 00:0400:04, 23 July 2023 diff hist −1‎ Nagant M1895 ‎ →‎Technical characteristics: Had another quick fiddle, with similar intent.

22 July 2023

• 23:5923:59, 22 July 2023 diff hist +7‎ Nagant M1895 ‎ →‎Technical characteristics: I've done a bit of rewriting with hopes of improving the prose a bit, which was awkwardly repetitive.

6 July 2023

• 23:5423:54, 6 July 2023 diff hist +4‎ Machine gun ‎ →‎Interwar era and World War II: Apparent technical error fuixw

14 May 2023

• 23:5023:50, 14 May 2023 diff hist −3‎ Machine gun ‎ →‎Design: Sentence slightly modified to avoid repetition of a term in the previous sentence.

2 May 2023

• 02:2102:21, 2 May 2023 diff hist −5‎ Fighter aircraft ‎ →‎Technological innovations: Sentence slightly modified to improve style. Tag: Reverted

1 May 2023

• 02:0102:01, 1 May 2023 diff hist +8‎ Heroic drama ‎ →‎Dryden in 1670: Links added; and the orthography of Venice Preserv'd corrected.

30 April 2023

• 00:3100:31, 30 April 2023 diff hist +4‎ Blowback (firearms) ‎ →‎Gas-delayed: Own screw-up fixed. :)
• 00:3000:30, 30 April 2023 diff hist +16‎ Blowback (firearms) ‎ →‎Gas-delayed: Sentence mildly rewritten to improve the style.

10 January 2023

• 15:5615:56, 10 January 2023 diff hist +5‎ Liang Tingnan ‎ →‎Theatre and poetry: Word added to improve the grammar of the sentence.

22 December 2022

• 21:5421:54, 22 December 2022 diff hist +1‎ .303 British ‎ →‎Headstamps and colour-coding: Typo. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

26 October 2022

• 09:5309:53, 26 October 2022 diff hist −6‎ Ida B. Wells ‎ →‎Speaking tours in Britain: I corrected the quotation; referring back to the Guardian article by David Lynch, I found that the adjective 'nasty' is not repeated.

25 October 2022

• 18:0718:07, 25 October 2022 diff hist +16‎ Sydney Domville Rowland ‎ →‎Career: Sentence reworked to improve style cogency and grammar.

17 October 2022

• 16:5116:51, 17 October 2022 diff hist +1‎ Thuggee ‎ →‎In popular culture: Typo fixed.

4 October 2022

• 15:4315:43, 4 October 2022 diff hist 0‎ Doxing ‎ Typo fixed.

8 September 2022

• 14:5114:51, 8 September 2022 diff hist +2‎ Peter Sellers ‎ →‎Early post-war career and The Goon Show (1946–1955): Full stop added.

2 September 2022

• 14:5914:59, 2 September 2022 diff hist +3‎ Mine shell ‎ →‎Effect, construction and use: Word added to correct syntax.

15 August 2022

• 10:2810:28, 15 August 2022 diff hist −2‎ Stabbing of Salman Rushdie ‎ →‎Accused: Word changed to better fit vernacular usage.

27 July 2022

• 18:4418:44, 27 July 2022 diff hist −1‎ Joseph Wheeler (shipbuilder) ‎ Typo

6 July 2022

• 22:0322:03, 6 July 2022 diff hist +9‎ Princes in the Tower ‎ →‎Richard III: Sentence rewritten to improve the sense and the style.

1 July 2022

• 22:0322:03, 1 July 2022 diff hist +1‎ Paul Schmitt P.S.3 ‎ →‎Operational history: Another typo falls to me.
• 21:5521:55, 1 July 2022 diff hist +1‎ Supermarine Type 322 ‎ →‎Design and development: Typo neutralized.

25 June 2022

• 21:5421:54, 25 June 2022 diff hist −1‎ Hawker Hurricane ‎ →‎Prototype and trials: Typo.

24 June 2022

• 12:4112:41, 24 June 2022 diff hist +1‎ Oerlikon 20 mm cannon ‎ →‎Description: Tense of the first sentence changed to the present, in accord with the rest of the description.

23 June 2022

• 18:1518:15, 23 June 2022 diff hist +22‎ Oerlikon 20 mm cannon ‎ →‎Description: Slight rewrite to enhance clarity. Tag: Reverted
• 18:0818:08, 23 June 2022 diff hist +157‎ Oerlikon 20 mm cannon ‎ →‎Description: An explanatory illustration added. Tag: Reverted

21 June 2022

• 22:4622:46, 21 June 2022 diff hist +8‎ Oerlikon 20 mm cannon ‎ →‎Description: Previous reference improved.
• 22:3922:39, 21 June 2022 diff hist +64‎ Oerlikon 20 mm cannon ‎ →‎Description: Another reference added.

11 May 2022

• 08:5808:58, 11 May 2022 diff hist +5‎ Tijuana bible ‎ →‎Cultural references Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 08:4908:49, 11 May 2022 diff hist +1‎ Tijuana bible ‎ →‎Cultural references: Missing word supplied and syntax corrected. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

23 April 2022

• 16:1116:11, 23 April 2022 diff hist −3‎ List of military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War ‎ →‎Future Military Aid: One sentence clarified. A word changed to its synonym in another to enhance style.

9 April 2022

• 21:3421:34, 9 April 2022 diff hist +1‎ Eimear McGeown ‎ Missing nothing added.

23 March 2022

• 20:4120:41, 23 March 2022 diff hist −3‎ Greyfriars ‎ Fixed typo. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

27 January 2022

• 10:3610:36, 27 January 2022 diff hist 0‎ History of the Jews in the Roman Empire ‎ →‎Jews in Rome: I changed a word to improve the English. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

13 January 2022

• 18:4018:40, 13 January 2022 diff hist +27‎ Compressor ‎ →‎Scroll compressors: Grammar revised and style clarified.

12 January 2022

• 18:5618:56, 12 January 2022 diff hist −15‎ James De Lancey (loyalist) ‎ →‎Nova Scotia: Sentence rewritten to improve the English.

18 November 2021

• 13:1713:17, 18 November 2021 diff hist −1‎ Tattoo ‎ →‎Europe: Grammar improved.

28 September 2021

• 20:4720:47, 28 September 2021 diff hist −11‎ Submachine gun ‎ →‎World War II: Typo fixed ~ accidental repetition removed.

20 September 2021

• 17:4117:41, 20 September 2021 diff hist +1‎ History of the Republic of Turkey ‎ →‎Foreign policy: Apparent typo rectified. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

8 August 2021

• 12:3312:33, 8 August 2021 diff hist +6‎ Vickers machine gun ‎ →‎Operating mechanism: Sentence rewritten to boost ( as it were ) clarity. Tag: Reverted
• 09:4309:43, 8 August 2021 diff hist +16‎ M1919 Browning machine gun ‎ →‎Flygplanskulspruta m/22: Syntax improved. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit