User contributions for SocJan

2 July 2024

• 05:2805:28, 2 July 2024 diff hist −3 m Rod Blagojevich corruption charges →Obama's involvement: removed "he" as unnecessary, and also potentially confusing (via the convention that a pronoun's antecedent is usually the closest plausible preceding noun)

9 January 2024

• 23:2623:26, 9 January 2024 diff hist 16 m The Third Man →Plot: minor punctuation and phrasing improvements

26 April 2023

• 02:3602:36, 26 April 2023 diff hist 21 m Typhoid fever →Definition and evidence of transmission
• 02:3402:34, 26 April 2023 diff hist 0 m Typhoid fever →Definition and evidence of transmission

15 April 2023

• 06:2306:23, 15 April 2023 diff hist −759 Kenneth C. Griffin →Arts: This entry is redundant with an entry under "education", as is the reference.

21 March 2023

• 08:5508:55, 21 March 2023 diff hist 18 m Personhood →United States: removed conjunction; separated clauses into two sentences. Clarified sequence of events, removing suggestion of causation between the two clauses.

18 March 2023

• 23:3723:37, 18 March 2023 diff hist 167 Elisabeth Mann Borgese →Research and other non-fiction: info taken from a copy of the book itself

13 October 2022

• 20:5120:51, 13 October 2022 diff hist −57 Household income in the United States →External links: fixed broken link

19 September 2022

• 19:3219:32, 19 September 2022 diff hist 1 m Science and the Catholic Church supplied missing comma

16 September 2022

• 16:4116:41, 16 September 2022 diff hist 0 m Bradford, Pennsylvania →Demographics

29 November 2021

• 06:1806:18, 29 November 2021 diff hist 1 m Measles →Treatment: fixed lack of agreement between subject and verb

31 August 2021

• 06:1606:16, 31 August 2021 diff hist 13 m Friedrich Nietzsche →Mental illness and death (1889–1900): touched up grammar

1 August 2021

• 01:1001:10, 1 August 2021 diff hist 4 m Max Levchin →Early life and education: addec "and" to avoid ambiguity.

9 July 2021

• 20:5620:56, 9 July 2021 diff hist 1 m Fire Island →Historical modifications: grammar -- fixed singular verb following plural subject

17 January 2021

• 11:4811:48, 17 January 2021 diff hist −1 m Michael Yon grammar -- agreement of subject with verb

29 November 2020

• 01:0301:03, 29 November 2020 diff hist 1 m Marty Peretz →Personal life: fixed obvious typo

20 May 2020

• 01:0001:00, 20 May 2020 diff hist 4 m Oswald Avery →Debate over the pathogen in the 1918 influenza epidemic: missing "not" replaced

18 March 2020

• 07:3207:32, 18 March 2020 diff hist 3 m Histoplasmosis →History: fixed misplaced "only"; minor sentence rewrite

7 March 2020

• 03:2303:23, 7 March 2020 diff hist 0 m Christianity in China position of "only"
• 03:1303:13, 7 March 2020 diff hist −2 m Christianity in China which changed to who: grammar

2 February 2020

• 18:3618:36, 2 February 2020 diff hist 0 H. G. Wells →Dramatic: typo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
• 18:3218:32, 2 February 2020 diff hist −3 H. G. Wells →Literary papers: fixed typo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

3 December 2019

• 10:3210:32, 3 December 2019 diff hist −2 Thomas Brackett Reed →Rules: Changed "they" to "he", in reference to "a member" , thus improving agreement in number between pronoun and antecedent and also improving historical accuracy -- with regard to gender (since all Congressmen were male in those days) and number (since no suggestion of multiple personality syndrome has been identified, so "a [male] member" need not and ought not to be referred to as "they"). Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

25 November 2019

• 22:5822:58, 25 November 2019 diff hist 0 m Atmosphere of Mars fixed obvious typo "old" to "odd"

17 November 2019

• 04:4704:47, 17 November 2019 diff hist 1 John Patrick Shanley →Early life: fixed grammar Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

27 September 2019

• 07:5707:57, 27 September 2019 diff hist −6 Stuart B. Levy →Biography: Typo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

25 September 2019

• 08:2208:22, 25 September 2019 diff hist 0 m History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in the United States →20th century: changed "spurned" to "spurred" -- obvious typo

31 May 2019

• 09:0409:04, 31 May 2019 diff hist 0 m Gell-Mann amnesia effect tiny grammar change (to dispel possible impression of multiple-personality syndrome)

28 April 2019

• 08:0808:08, 28 April 2019 diff hist −14 m State of Play (film) →Music: changed inappropriate present tenses to past tense

18 October 2018

• 08:2408:24, 18 October 2018 diff hist −7 m Electoral fraud in the United States →Reporting and investigation: removal of redundant word

13 May 2018

• 08:2208:22, 13 May 2018 diff hist −10 m Appetite →Regulation: deleted two inappropriate words apparently left by mistake in previous edit

7 May 2018

• 07:0907:09, 7 May 2018 diff hist −19 m David Pines Verbs and dates adjusted to reflect his death

19 March 2018

• 06:5306:53, 19 March 2018 diff hist −4 m Uranium One →Congressional investigation: grammar (deleted "has" from "has described")

15 March 2018

• 11:4111:41, 15 March 2018 diff hist −1 m John Archibald Wheeler →Hydrogen bomb: diction: uninterested instead of disinterested

2 February 2018

• 22:4722:47, 2 February 2018 diff hist 4 m Charlie Brooker →Print: punctuation, for clarity

20 January 2018

• 19:5519:55, 20 January 2018 diff hist 11 m Jordan Peterson →Of Bill C-16

10 January 2018

• 08:1908:19, 10 January 2018 diff hist 1 m Seismic anisotropy →History of the recognition of anisotropy

18 December 2017

• 01:0301:03, 18 December 2017 diff hist 277 John Hammergren →Biography: Added account of McKesson investigation by US Drug Enforcement Administration, noting Hammergren's compensation during this period.

22 May 2017

• 05:0105:01, 22 May 2017 diff hist 2 m Hemianopsia →Results: corrected apparent typos; added comma

3 May 2017

• 04:4704:47, 3 May 2017 diff hist 0 m Store of value →Money: spelling; punctuation

24 February 2017

• 06:0606:06, 24 February 2017 diff hist 153 Anthony Goicolea →Work: added ref to Guy Davenport's 2002 Georgie Review article "The Illuminations of Bernard Faucon and Anthony Goicolea"

21 February 2017

• 19:0419:04, 21 February 2017 diff hist 1 m Fifth column →In popular culture

3 February 2017

• 19:0819:08, 3 February 2017 diff hist 0 Sean McMeekin →Prizes Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

29 January 2017

• 08:0108:01, 29 January 2017 diff hist 0 m Emmett Till moved "in 1943" to improve style and clarity

14 January 2017

• 18:1918:19, 14 January 2017 diff hist −2 Brideshead Revisited (film) →Production: Fixed awkward clause. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

28 December 2016

• 14:2414:24, 28 December 2016 diff hist 7 Virginia Zeani →Teaching: Grammar. Minor edit (restructured sentence to correct misplaced modifier). Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

17 December 2016

• 07:3407:34, 17 December 2016 diff hist 5 m Amos Yee →Appeal against conviction and sentence
• 07:3307:33, 17 December 2016 diff hist 5 m Amos Yee →Protests against treatment of Yee
• 07:3207:32, 17 December 2016 diff hist 17 m Amos Yee →Sentencing, remand and hospitalization
• 07:3107:31, 17 December 2016 diff hist 6 m Amos Yee →Molestation allegations against Law