User contributions for DavidA

7 March 2009

• 22:5622:56, 7 March 2009 diff hist −39 m Islanded in a Stream of Stars cleaning up some grammar, correcting spelling of "Baltar"

6 March 2009

• 22:5122:51, 6 March 2009 diff hist −79 m Betsy Bobbin Paragraph 3, sentence 2, is called "weasel words" and they're not necessary to make sense.

4 June 2008

• 23:2023:20, 4 June 2008 diff hist 0 m Rom the Space Knight →Earthfall: the correct term for the Devil Dogs (used only on the cover of Rom #6) is Hellhounds

23 February 2008

• 00:1200:12, 23 February 2008 diff hist +5 m Aerodrom, Kragujevac changed "primar school" to "primary school"

29 June 2007

• 23:3223:32, 29 June 2007 diff hist −62 m Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (American game show) changing tense in first paragraph to reflect what had happened and erasing numerous "2007"s to help paragraph flow

6 June 2007

• 22:5022:50, 6 June 2007 diff hist +28 m Captain Boomerang →Suicide Squad: grammar check and linked "New Orleans"
• 22:4822:48, 6 June 2007 diff hist +8 m Captain Boomerang →Suicide Squad: I gather "abo" is a derogatory term for a black-skinned person, so it should be clear that Bronze Tiger IS black-skinned.

5 June 2007

• 19:3719:37, 5 June 2007 diff hist −87 m The Wizard of Oz Removed last sentence which amounted to a self-endorsement of the film . . . unencyclopedic.

16 May 2007

• 23:0923:09, 16 May 2007 diff hist −4 m Gumption trap Seven links are probably enough to merit the removal of the orphan tag, don't you think?

16 April 2007

• 22:0622:06, 16 April 2007 diff hist −9 m Southern Victory →1861–1862: An Independent South: Paragraph 1, sentence 1 reads "In our reality,"

22 March 2007

• 18:1518:15, 22 March 2007 diff hist +5 m Settling Accounts: The Grapple activating link for "Fourth Geneva Convention"

19 February 2007

• 18:1818:18, 19 February 2007 diff hist +8 m Settling Accounts: The Grapple →Plot summary: I corrected several obvious spelling and grammar errors, but I think the whole passage needs trimming!

25 January 2007

• 21:3721:37, 25 January 2007 diff hist −3 m Barack Obama →Personal life: removed "is" from "is was"

30 December 2006

• 23:3623:36, 30 December 2006 diff hist +18 m Superman (1978 film) →Act I: added phrase to show Krypton exploded three years before Kal-el's rocket arrived

29 December 2006

• 23:0523:05, 29 December 2006 diff hist +7 m Hulk →Powers and abilities: fixing some grammar in sentences two and three
• 00:5600:56, 29 December 2006 diff hist −5 m Armageddon 2001 →Response and last-minute changes: improved grammar of paragraph 2, sentence 3 by erasing second "were"

12 December 2006

• 23:1323:13, 12 December 2006 diff hist −6 m Doctor Strange →Doctor Strange as supporting character: I know the issue is Micronauts #35, but I do not remember the date -- sorry!

7 October 2006

• 18:4518:45, 7 October 2006 diff hist +6 m Charlie and the Chocolate Factory made "Willy" into "Willy Wonka" to eliminate ambiguity
• 18:4418:44, 7 October 2006 diff hist −34 m Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The first sentence should either be"generally considered his best work" or "his best-known work"; I attempted to eliminate ambiguity here.

27 September 2006

• 22:2622:26, 27 September 2006 diff hist 0 m Codename: Kids Next Door →Kids Next Door Organization: two grammar edits

27 July 2006

• 21:1721:17, 27 July 2006 diff hist +803 N Mad Amos Works for me!
• 21:0721:07, 27 July 2006 diff hist +4 m Alan Dean Foster →Story collections: preparing to add this entry

21 July 2006

• 22:2822:28, 21 July 2006 diff hist −1 m King Arthur →Literature: changed "point of views" to "points of view" for Bradley's work

18 July 2006

• 17:1417:14, 18 July 2006 diff hist +177 m File talk:David Barkley.jpg putting in my two cents
• 17:0917:09, 18 July 2006 diff hist −68 m Eric Schopler →Early life: removed sentence "It isn't surprising, then . . . "

1 July 2006

• 19:4319:43, 1 July 2006 diff hist +1 m Life During Wartime (novel) Oops . . . forgot to space "science fantasy" and "novel".
• 19:4219:42, 1 July 2006 diff hist +3,230 N Life During Wartime (novel) I just finished this book myself, and added one or two ideas of mine.

21 June 2006

• 22:0922:09, 21 June 2006 diff hist +24 m List of science-fiction authors →T: adding Charles R. Tanner, author of the Tumithak stories from the 1930s

17 June 2006

• 17:5617:56, 17 June 2006 diff hist +1 m Settling Accounts: Return Engagement correcting several typos

10 June 2006

• 20:0620:06, 10 June 2006 diff hist +14 m Madame Masque →Powers and abilities: Obviously, Madame Masque would be a markswoman.
• 20:0520:05, 10 June 2006 diff hist −8 m Madame Masque →History: correcting some grammar
• 20:0020:00, 10 June 2006 diff hist +7 m Madame Masque reworded opening sentence for grammar
• 17:3417:34, 10 June 2006 diff hist −519 m Micronauts (comics) →Characters: did grammar work and wikified somewhat
• 17:0017:00, 10 June 2006 diff hist −261 m Micronauts (comics) →Publishing History: reworded this for wikipedic effectiveness and tense

8 June 2006

• 22:2922:29, 8 June 2006 diff hist −12 m Blackstar (TV series) Mara only needs one descriptor; I chose "enchantress"
• 22:2622:26, 8 June 2006 diff hist +1 m Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle correcting "Tazan" in the opening monologue

6 June 2006

• 19:2419:24, 6 June 2006 diff hist −24 m Dilbert making first paragraph more encyclopedic

31 May 2006

• 23:2423:24, 31 May 2006 diff hist −10 m Alexander Luthor Jr. →"I'm you. Only better.": correcting tense on "teleport"
• 23:2323:23, 31 May 2006 diff hist +3 m Alexander Luthor Jr. →Countdown to Infinite Crisis: "the Psycho-Pirate TO place Eclipso's Black Diamond"

30 May 2006

• 22:2922:29, 30 May 2006 diff hist +57 m Settling Accounts: The Grapple adding "2006 books" category

27 May 2006

• 22:3222:32, 27 May 2006 diff hist −5 m Freebooter (comics) →History: making last sentence of first paragraph agree and correcting some typos

25 May 2006

• 22:5522:55, 25 May 2006 diff hist −6 m Darth Vader →Transformation into Vader: first sentence needed rephrasing

24 May 2006

• 17:3917:39, 24 May 2006 diff hist +5 m Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy →Popular culture: typos

15 May 2006

• 21:1221:12, 15 May 2006 diff hist +53 m The Prisoner correcting tense and some punctuation errors
• 16:3816:38, 15 May 2006 diff hist +261 m Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to George W. Bush wikifying article

11 May 2006

• 22:0222:02, 11 May 2006 diff hist +4 m When HARLIE Was One adding links and punctuation
• 22:0122:01, 11 May 2006 diff hist +122 m When HARLIE Was One H.A.R.L.I.E. is an acronym, not an abbreviation

10 May 2006

• 18:2218:22, 10 May 2006 diff hist +520 N Peter Heather I'm reading "The Fall of the Roman Empire" now; the text is based on the jacket blurb.

8 May 2006

• 22:1922:19, 8 May 2006 diff hist 0 m Manners →References: Truss is this author's last name, not her first

6 May 2006

• 23:2723:27, 6 May 2006 diff hist +44 m Super Mario Bros. It is presumptive that some readers won't know "bros." is an abbreviation for "brothers"?