User contributions for DonaldMWright

16 September 2024

• 07:2207:22, 16 September 2024 diff hist +53 David Murgia Added the 2021 movie, Tom Medina.

5 August 2024

• 07:1207:12, 5 August 2024 diff hist −4 m Don't Ever Open That Door A few grammatical touch-ups current

6 July 2024

• 09:5409:54, 6 July 2024 diff hist +89 m Dover Beach Corrected the date of publication of Aickman's short story "The View" (first published in 1951).

5 July 2024

• 14:4914:49, 5 July 2024 diff hist +3 m Biagio Rebecca Minor grammatical correction.

30 June 2024

• 09:1709:17, 30 June 2024 diff hist 0 m Devil's Partner A few incredibly minor punctuation touch-ups.
• 09:1209:12, 30 June 2024 diff hist +1 m Devil's Partner Corrected "lays" to "lies."

27 June 2024

• 15:0415:04, 27 June 2024 diff hist +38 m Op. 46 Added Kabalevsky Sonata No. 3, although without a link since at present there is no Wikipedia article about it

15 June 2024

• 09:5609:56, 15 June 2024 diff hist 0 m Christa Wolf Changed one misspelling; didn't check for anything else ...

1 June 2024

• 01:1601:16, 1 June 2024 diff hist −2 m Measuring the World One minor correction of tense.

18 March 2024

• 07:3507:35, 18 March 2024 diff hist +26 m The Spanish Gardener (novel) Corrected Stockholm to Halversholm—the port where Brande is posted at the end of the novel.
• 07:0607:06, 18 March 2024 diff hist +556 m The Spanish Gardener (novel) Finessed a few plot points, e.g., Magdelena is not Garcia's wife, and added a few others, having just finished reading the novel.

10 January 2024

• 07:5207:52, 10 January 2024 diff hist +98 m Elizabeth Rider Added a 2023 appearance in the Sister Boniface Mysteries

26 December 2023

• 02:0202:02, 26 December 2023 diff hist +3 m Uwe Timm Corrected a few more minor infelicities.
• 01:5901:59, 26 December 2023 diff hist −96 m Uwe Timm Corrected a number of infelicities that came from an attempt to translate German into English (e.g., using past perfect, such as "has been called," where we use imperfect "was called").

23 December 2023

• 10:3810:38, 23 December 2023 diff hist +1 m Canne al vento Corrected the past participle of "rise": it's "risen," not "rose."

10 December 2023

• 06:5706:57, 10 December 2023 diff hist +4 m Kerwin Mathews Corrected a link and a few spellings.

7 November 2023

• 11:0611:06, 7 November 2023 diff hist +26 m Daniel Kehlmann Added his latest novel, Lichtspiel.

1 November 2023

• 13:3813:38, 1 November 2023 diff hist −1 m Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44 (Chopin) Changed the spelling of Beauveau to the correct Beauvau (as can be seen on the first edition, subsequent editions, modern editions, etc.)
• 03:0203:02, 1 November 2023 diff hist 0 m La Belle Dame sans Merci Made one minor spelling correction.

18 October 2023

• 09:0109:01, 18 October 2023 diff hist 0 m Nicole Stéphane Made a further correction to a sentence in the second paragraph.
• 08:5608:56, 18 October 2023 diff hist −110 m Nicole Stéphane Corrected a number of grammatical errors and infelicitous redundancies esp. in the second, but also third, paragraph.

14 October 2023

• 06:3706:37, 14 October 2023 diff hist +70 m What Dreams May Come Added a short story of the same name by Walter de la Mare current
• 04:4704:47, 14 October 2023 diff hist +7 m Terézia Mora The article had previously failed to translate the German word "band" as "Volume," so I did so; and corrected another infelicity of language.

12 October 2023

• 04:0404:04, 12 October 2023 diff hist +3 m The Night Digger minor grammatical correction (of an adjective where an adverb was required)

11 September 2023

• 07:4107:41, 11 September 2023 diff hist −26 m Martin Eden (2019 film) A few minor grammatical touch-ups primarily in the first paragraph, e.g., changed "a illiterate" [sic] to "an illiterate"!

21 August 2023

• 10:4810:48, 21 August 2023 diff hist +22 m Alexis de Castillon The first sentence had a "dangling modifier" that unintentionally implied that Castillon's parents were born into an old aristocratic family ("Born ... into an old aristocratic family ..., his parents [sic] ..." I fixed it. There is still some awkwardness; the article reads like a translation by someone who didn't know English very well. It could stand a bit more repair.

15 July 2023

• 14:3214:32, 15 July 2023 diff hist +13 m Rachilde Many little corrections to French capitalization, ligatures, accents, and a few spellings

22 June 2023

• 23:4423:44, 22 June 2023 diff hist 0 m Friedrich Gernsheim Corrected several capitalizations of German terms

23 April 2023

• 08:3108:31, 23 April 2023 diff hist 0 m The Road to Oxiana Correct one very minor item of punctuation in a quotation from The Road to Oxiana (from the Oxford UP edition): a period rather than a colon.

2 March 2023

• 11:5811:58, 2 March 2023 diff hist +271 m Martha Goldstein Added a parenthetical reference to the death of her husband, Prof. Allen A. Goldstein, with citation

27 February 2023

• 14:0614:06, 27 February 2023 diff hist +1,548 Talk:Talbot Mundy →Several discrepancies: when he converted to Christian Science, acquired US citizenship, and went to Jerusalem: new section Tag: New topic

25 February 2023

• 03:3203:32, 25 February 2023 diff hist 0 m Clemens Arvay Corrected titles by putting them in italics rather than quotation marks; removed a few minor redundancies; and made a few minor grammatical changes to remove what appeared to be an awkwardness in translation.

24 January 2023

• 11:2211:22, 24 January 2023 diff hist +3 m Piano Sonata No. 14 (Mozart) Changed Therese to Theresia

10 December 2022

• 07:2007:20, 10 December 2022 diff hist +5 m Sentimental Tommy very minor grammatical touch-up in a few spots

17 November 2022

• 03:2703:27, 17 November 2022 diff hist +58 Thomas Hürlimann Added his latest book, Der rote Diamant

10 November 2022

• 10:2910:29, 10 November 2022 diff hist +65 m Mechtild Borrmann Added her latest novel, Feldpost, to the list of novels
• 10:1810:18, 10 November 2022 diff hist −45 m Mechtild Borrmann Changed a few capitalizations and normalized some punctuation; corrected the link to Borrmann's website, which was broken

28 July 2022

• 11:1711:17, 28 July 2022 diff hist +118 Nicholas Audsley Added his 2022 appearance in Father Brown

27 July 2022

• 08:3508:35, 27 July 2022 diff hist +2 m A. J. Ayer Minor correction of a subject-verb mismatch

22 July 2022

• 07:3107:31, 22 July 2022 diff hist −1 m A. E. W. Mason Corrected the mention of his "20 novels" to "30 novels" (their names are listed in the linked article of his works).

11 July 2022

• 08:1408:14, 11 July 2022 diff hist +211 m The Velvet Vampire Made a few spelling and grammatical corrections; also added a remark about the name of the gallery where the couple meet the vampire Diana—the Stoker!

6 July 2022

• 04:2504:25, 6 July 2022 diff hist −1 m Russell Thorndike Minor grammatical correction: a body "lay" in the street—not "laid"! (Corpses don't bear their young!)

27 November 2021

• 13:3613:36, 27 November 2021 diff hist 0 m Royal Doulton According to Royal Dalton's website, they received the royal warrant in 1901 and permission to change the name accordingly. Changed date from 1902 to 1901 in first paragraph, thus agreeing with the later paragraph that states that Edward VII awarded the warrant in 1901.

15 November 2021

• 16:3216:32, 15 November 2021 diff hist +30 m Sven Regener Added his newest novel to the list of works—his first novel in 8 years. Also corrected the listing of Magical Mystery, which had the year of publication in italics.

13 November 2021

• 13:1613:16, 13 November 2021 diff hist +9 m What Every Woman Knows (play) The text claimed an American "talkie film" had been produced in 1921. Of course, there were no talkies that early. Corrected to call the 1921 version a silent film.

19 September 2021

• 11:0811:08, 19 September 2021 diff hist −108 m Helga Schubert The English (clearly a translation) was awkward and quite unidiomatic in many places. (For example, there is no way that the title "Blickwinkel" would become "Eye Angle" (!) in English, but rather "Point of View.") I did my best to touch up the English, consulting the German where needed. More could be done.
• 10:3310:33, 19 September 2021 diff hist +845 Talk:Helga Schubert →somewhat awkward translation: new section

4 September 2021

• 12:3612:36, 4 September 2021 diff hist 0 m Methuen Publishing E. V. Lucas died in 1938, not 1928, as can be seen in the Wikipedia article about him: that article cites the Times' obituary article of June 27, 1938 about his death.

25 August 2021

• 02:5302:53, 25 August 2021 diff hist −4 m Jacques Robert (writer) Corrected the year of the film "Les Dents longues."

1 August 2021

• 16:2216:22, 1 August 2021 diff hist +406 Night Watch (1973 film) Added the detail that Ellen discovered that she and John actually owned the house, seemingly unbeknownst to her, and that he had attempted to get her to sign financial documents before her departure.