User contributions for William Longland

22 April 2020

• 23:1123:11, 22 April 2020 diff hist 152 Patrick Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond Changed (or tried to change) the hyperlinks to Sir James Craig in order to link to the correct Wikipedia article. The previous links referred to the wrong James Craig.

26 March 2020

• 14:0114:01, 26 March 2020 diff hist 18 Jack Longland →Life and career: I added "and two daughters" to the tally of Jack Longland's children.

28 May 2019

• 14:5014:50, 28 May 2019 diff hist 1,025 Talk:Müllheim →External links modified
• 14:4314:43, 28 May 2019 diff hist 904 N User:William Longland/sandbox A mistaken excision that I made should be restored. Can someone else - an 'expert' - please do it for me? current

3 March 2019

• 16:1916:19, 3 March 2019 diff hist −29 Alex Poots In the info box, I removed a stray extra s from Poots' name, and deleted the obviously nonsensical years of birth for his children ("2020" and "2050").

18 February 2018

• 20:0120:01, 18 February 2018 diff hist 0 m Marie-Nicole Lemieux →Biography: "Elizabeh" corrected to "Elisabeth", twice.

15 December 2017

• 22:1422:14, 15 December 2017 diff hist 18 Germans in the United Kingdom →German British influence: The reference to Handel and the baroque era in music was amended so that the mention of the 17th century was changed to "the first half of the 18th century", when the greater part of Handel's music was written.

14 July 2017

• 13:3813:38, 14 July 2017 diff hist 9 Derek Bourgeois →Career: Corrected the incorrect reference to Vaughan Williams as one-time Director of Music of St Paul's Girls' School, and substituted Herbert Howells (with hyperlink).

20 November 2016

• 15:5415:54, 20 November 2016 diff hist −4 m Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner →Family and inheritance: "The", at the beginning of the final paragraph, has been deleted, as it isn't customary to use the definite article before titles except in very formal writing or speech.
• 15:4915:49, 20 November 2016 diff hist −76 Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner →Early life: Removed the following: "I read Diplomatic History from 1898 to 1904. It was not very helpful." because the dates quoted refer to a period before Tennant was born.

22 October 2016

• 19:1819:18, 22 October 2016 diff hist 49 m Cecilia Malmström →European Commissioner for Home Affairs, 2010–2014: Editorial changes to improve and sometimes clarify the English (including punctuation).
• 18:3718:37, 22 October 2016 diff hist 61 m Cecilia Malmström →Political career: A few small improvements of English style
• 18:2618:26, 22 October 2016 diff hist 59 m Cecilia Malmström →Early life: The English needed adjustment, in the interests of a more natural, idiomatic and flowing style.

30 August 2016

• 19:1619:16, 30 August 2016 diff hist −2 m Graves' disease →Notable cases: Removal of (belittling?) indefinite article "a" after Maggie Smith's name, in token of her (justified) celebrity

26 August 2016

• 23:4823:48, 26 August 2016 diff hist −4 m St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles →Anthony Ashley-Cooper: Sentence starting "Much of Ashley-Cooper's ..." recast to correct grammar ("owing to" instead of "due to") and make it more idiomatic. In following para. ("On 25 April 1650 ...") deletion of "the" before "Lady Frances".
• 23:3323:33, 26 August 2016 diff hist 7 m St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles →Anthony Ashley-Cooper: "Sir Norton" (2nd reference to Sir Daniel Norton) amended to "Sir Daniel Norton" ('Sir surname' is always incorrect when referring to a knight or baronet).

20 August 2016

• 00:3100:31, 20 August 2016 diff hist 880 User talk:William Longland No edit summary current
• 00:0600:06, 20 August 2016 diff hist −37 m William Herschel →Work with his sister Caroline: 'For her work as William's assistance' corrected to 'For her work as William's assistant', and the repetition of that phrase at the end of the same sentence has been removed.
• 00:0000:00, 20 August 2016 diff hist 1 m William Herschel →Early life and musical activities: a oboist amdended to an oboist

9 April 2016

• 06:0806:08, 9 April 2016 diff hist 1 Anthony Montague Browne →Private life: Fixed typo. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

4 April 2016

• 10:2510:25, 4 April 2016 diff hist 48 Schwanengesang →Content: Emendations to the English titles of the songs Frühlingssehnsucht and Aufenthalt; further clarification of the Atlas title, and change to the standard term for referring to the type of pigeon that carries messages, in Taubenpost.

22 November 2015

• 20:3820:38, 22 November 2015 diff hist −1 m Roy Dommett →Early life and family: typo correction: 'became'

16 November 2015

• 15:2315:23, 16 November 2015 diff hist −60 John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute →External links: link with the 'Converts from Anglicanism' list removed, because in the article it is stated that Bute was never a member of the C of E
• 15:1215:12, 16 November 2015 diff hist −2 Frederick Oakeley →Works: Correction of the title of Oakeley's contribution to Cardinal Manning's [ed.] Essays: 'Roman Catholic' changed to 'non-Catholic'
• 14:4914:49, 16 November 2015 diff hist 1 m Thomas John Capel →Mgr Capel in America: semicolon inserted after ' "a divinis" '
• 14:4714:47, 16 November 2015 diff hist −10 Thomas John Capel →Mgr Capel's Defence in Rome: In the sentence beginning 'In the letter the Archbishop' 'they' and 'their' and associated verbs have been replaced by 'he' and 'his' and singular verb, because the reference is to 'a priest' and then to his bishop.
• 14:3914:39, 16 November 2015 diff hist 1 m Thomas John Capel →Mgr Capel's Defence in Rome: insertion of semicolon between 'Rome' and 'this gave him'
• 14:3714:37, 16 November 2015 diff hist 4 m Thomas John Capel →Kensington Confession Case: insertion of 'and' between 'the confessional' and 'in April'
• 14:3414:34, 16 November 2015 diff hist 1 m Thomas John Capel →Diocesan Investigation: 'you dictation' changed to 'your dictation'
• 14:3214:32, 16 November 2015 diff hist −17 Thomas John Capel →The Apostle to the Genteel: amendment of sentence referring to Bute, who in the separate article about him is stated never to have been an Anglican

19 October 2015

• 11:2511:25, 19 October 2015 diff hist −4 Jeremy Heywood →Career: The reference to James Bowler was amended to remove the hyperlink, which referred to a different James Bowler.

1 October 2015

• 12:3312:33, 1 October 2015 diff hist −9 Clear Creek Abbey →Abbey Community: Removed the accidental repetition of "February" in the first line.

16 September 2015

• 16:1416:14, 16 September 2015 diff hist −28 Leonard Huxley (writer) →Family: The entry relating to Huxley's daughter previously read: "Their daughter, Margaret Arnold Huxley, was born in 1899 and died on 11 October 1981". This was clearly nonsense, and the date of death was deleted.

9 September 2015

• 12:4412:44, 9 September 2015 diff hist −274 Richard Taunton Sixth Form College →Grammar school: A sentence about 3 deaths by lightning strike had scant relevance to the rest of the article and has been deleted.

27 June 2015

• 20:1020:10, 27 June 2015 diff hist 4 m Lucy M. Boston Inserted link to Christopher Hogwood's Wikipedia article
• 19:5519:55, 27 June 2015 diff hist 1 m Inglenook Fellowe amended to Fellowes

26 June 2015

• 17:5017:50, 26 June 2015 diff hist −5 James Wilson (Archdeacon of Manchester) Isle of Man link provided. 'England' deleted after 'Isle of Man': the Isle of Man is not part of England.
• 17:2417:24, 26 June 2015 diff hist −8 m Henry Percy Gordon 'Peterhouse College' was corrected to 'Peterhouse'.

7 June 2015

• 10:3710:37, 7 June 2015 diff hist 0 m Anmer Hall →Occupants: Line 3: "Amner" corrected to "Anmer"

6 June 2015

• 17:1517:15, 6 June 2015 diff hist 0 m Galen →Published works: In the final line, correction of the spelling of the French word 'médecine'

29 May 2015

• 14:4214:42, 29 May 2015 diff hist 0 m Diana Reader Harris →Early life: 'Frances Holland' amended to 'Francis Holland'. The eponymous founder was a (male) clergyman.

28 May 2015

• 10:4510:45, 28 May 2015 diff hist −2 m Ken Adam →England: Removal of redundant square brackets round 'London' (in reference to St Paul's School)
• 10:3910:39, 28 May 2015 diff hist −25 m Ken Adam Removal of 2 references to Barnes after 'St Paul's School', which was not then located in Barnes, but in the Hammersmith Road.

6 April 2015

• 15:2315:23, 6 April 2015 diff hist 6 m Edward James →Writings: Tweaking the references to Poulenc's 'Sécheresses'

9 March 2015

• 23:0523:05, 9 March 2015 diff hist 7 Stephen O'Brien No edit summary

6 March 2015

• 20:3820:38, 6 March 2015 diff hist −1 m Posh (play) →Premiere: Corrected the spelling of George Osborne's surname

6 February 2015

• 22:3522:35, 6 February 2015 diff hist −13 m Ken Livingstone No edit summary

2 February 2015

• 21:5321:53, 2 February 2015 diff hist 0 m Karl Silberbauer →The Hearing: In the final sentence of the article, I amended "Inskektor" to "Inspektor".

29 January 2015

• 13:1113:11, 29 January 2015 diff hist 0 m Clapham College →Comprehensive school from 1975-89: "twindled" corrected to "dwindled"

5 December 2014

• 14:3414:34, 5 December 2014 diff hist 2 m Patricia Routledge →Theatre: Correction of 'Edith' to 'Eleanor' [Roosevelt]