Wikipedia contributions by Markdery
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- IG FarbenEdited 5/17/2026, 7:38:52 PM
Revised description of German People's Party as "liberal nationalist," which is confusing to contemporary readers, who will read "liberal" as *politically* liberal rather than "liberal" in the economic sense (anti-regulatory, pro-laissez faire, etc.).
- Of the Surface of ThingsEdited 4/27/2026, 5:53:59 PM
ID'd reference. Editors must identify sources, following encyclopedia style, rather than mentioning them only by last name and without citing the source in question ("Buttel understands the poem...").
- Christian BaleEdited 4/26/2026, 9:27:14 PM
/* The Dark Knight trilogy completion and acclaim (2009–2012) */ Fixed grammatical atrocity ("affirming to have made amends").
- Elizabeth BishopEdited 4/20/2026, 8:43:35 PM
/* Teaching career */ Irony of ironies, the passage on Bishop's irritation with her students' solecistic speech and writing is--wait for it--riddled with solecisms: "She has been quoted in saying," "She was heard to not believe," etc. Fixed various syntactical trainwrecks and instances of nonstandard usage.
- Fernando PessoaEdited 3/2/2026, 2:37:29 AM
Most style manuals stipulate the use of an en dash *without* spaces before and after for birth and death dates.
- James HerriotEdited 2/15/2026, 1:53:14 PM
/* Achieving success */ Rewritten to eliminate ungrammatical use of "with."
- James HerriotEdited 2/15/2026, 1:50:52 PM
/* Career as an author */ Eliminated run-on sentence by deleting semicolon, breaking it into two sentences.
- The MurderEdited 1/30/2026, 2:21:05 PM
/* Movements */ Replaced colloquial "switch around" with the more common (at least, in the musicological context) "shift."
- The 50th LawEdited 1/29/2026, 3:49:00 AM
/* Reception */ Rewritten to eliminate "The book was met with positive reviews," which 1. is ungrammatical to the point of semi-literacy, and 2. sounds suspiciously like promotional puff.
- Pig intelligenceEdited 1/28/2026, 3:24:19 PM
/* Social intelligence */ Rewritten to eliminate ungrammatical constructions and nonidiomatic usage.
- Confessions (Augustine)Edited 1/28/2026, 2:49:51 PM
Rewritten for clarity, accuracy (i.e., first autobiography written in the West as opposed to first "Western autobiography").
- Stephen MillerEdited 1/20/2026, 8:28:05 PM
/* University (2003–2007) */ Revised for reasons of style.
- The Sun Also RisesEdited 1/16/2026, 1:51:13 AM
/* Reception */ Punctuation fix; edited for smoother flow.
- Nervous GenderEdited 1/6/2026, 2:39:38 AM
"the groups' habit of provoking the audience, obscene material and harsh erotics": What are "erotics"? Rewritten to eliminate this weird solecism.
- Dave PelzerEdited 1/3/2026, 2:03:39 AM
Changed syntactically mangled entence ("with accusations of several events being fabricated coming from both family members and journalists") to the more grammatical "family members and journalists have accused Pelzer of fabricating several events in the book."
- The Garden of Forking PathsEdited 12/13/2025, 4:08:11 PM
/* In modern culture */ Revised to eliminate awkward, ungrammatical syntax; non-idiomatic usage; and passive voice.
- El Norte (Monterrey)Edited 12/9/2025, 10:04:54 PM
/* History */ Reworded for clarity, concision, correct idiomatic usage.
- Białystok Ghetto uprisingEdited 11/21/2025, 2:38:00 AM
- Edward GoreyEdited 11/20/2025, 1:03:17 AM
/* Personal life */ Supplied missing word ("was") from the sentence reading "...Gorey's remark ''"I suppose I'm gay"'' omitted ..."
- Charles PhiliponEdited 11/15/2025, 8:10:25 PM
/* Conviction */ Deleted this sentence because it's incoherent, a syntactical trainwreck: "He was transferred to the prison Sainte-Pelagie, and home health Dr. Pinel, where the regime is more favorable."
- Fareed ZakariaEdited 11/14/2025, 5:57:00 PM
/* Personal life */ Fixed "fostered a love of cooking"--the verb requires an object--by replacing the verb with one that made more sense, in context.
- Virginia GiuffreEdited 10/31/2025, 2:09:36 AM
/* Personal life, health and death */ Fixed grammatically mangled sentence: "Giuffre alleged having to have been savagely raped..."
- Edward GoreyEdited 10/27/2025, 12:58:44 AM
/* Personal life */ NOTE: There seems to be a low-grade Wiki war on this page between those who want to claim Gorey as asexual and those who take his remark "I'm suppose I'm gay" as confirmation of his homosexuality. Regardless, citing "I suppose I'm gay" as supporting evidence for the claim that Gorey was asexual ("where some critics proclaim he essentially stated his asexuality") is bafflingly counterintuitive.
- Edward GoreyEdited 10/27/2025, 12:51:39 AM
/* Personal life */ Removed needless "rather" ("His exact words were rather: 'Well, I'm...,'" etc.
- Mark WigleyEdited 10/27/2025, 12:32:17 AM
/* Career */ Removed this misleading reference ("and only Hadid and Koolhaas to Constructivism") because the Derridean notion of "deconstruction" has nothing to do with Constructivism, the early twentieth-century art movement associated with Soviet socialism and the Russian avant-garde.
- Zionism from the Standpoint of Its VictimsEdited 10/24/2025, 10:56:43 PM
/* Reception and criticism */
- Zionism from the Standpoint of Its VictimsEdited 10/24/2025, 10:55:31 PM
/* Reception and criticism */ Corrected "evaluation," which is inaccurate; Said's essay is a *critique*--and a sharp one. Also, responses didn't come from within "the academic canon," which is a misuse of that term, but rather from within "academia."
- Mark Crispin MillerEdited 10/16/2025, 3:46:00 AM
- Magnus EnckellEdited 10/11/2025, 7:01:49 PM
Rewritten to eliminate awkward/non-ungrammatical syntax, solecistic use of "officially" to mean "conclusively."
- Bronwen DickeyEdited 9/21/2025, 8:52:32 PM
/* Authorship */ Chose more neutral language to replace the tendentious characterization "so-called vicious animal," which implies that the view in question (that the breeds collectively known as "pit bulls" adequately earn the characterization "vicious," based on documented incidents of dog bites involving serious and even fatal injuries to other animals and even humans) is baseless.
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at NightEdited 9/20/2025, 12:42:06 AM
/* Themes */ Revised for clarity, concision, prose style, grammaticality.
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at NightEdited 9/20/2025, 12:39:54 AM
/* Themes */ "is somewhat of an" is nonstandard grammar and syntactically awkward.
- Whitley StrieberEdited 9/18/2025, 1:07:03 PM
/* Cultural influences */ Edited for prose style, grammaticality.
- The Mind's IEdited 9/17/2025, 5:48:07 PM
/* Reception */ Added Dennett's given name, since it's been awhile since he was mentioned and readers, especially those who skip earlier sections and go straight to this one, may not know, or recall, who "Dennett" is.
- Douglas HofstadterEdited 9/17/2025, 5:38:57 PM
/* Public image */ Added "Yet" to indicate oppositional nature of this statement and the immediately preceding sentence.
- Multistable perceptionEdited 9/17/2025, 5:33:56 PM
/* In popular culture */ Removed incorrect use of nonrestrictive comma.
- O Florida, Venereal SoilEdited 9/7/2025, 3:28:10 PM
Editor introduced Buttel without identifying him or giving his first name. This isn't encyclopedia style; readers cannot be assumed to know who "Buttel" is. Fixed that.
- Atropa bella-donnaEdited 9/4/2025, 6:44:00 PM
/* Poison */ Inserted comma before nonrestrictive clause.
- Prince Vsevolod Ivanovich of RussiaEdited 8/30/2025, 3:00:58 AM
/* The prince and Lady Mary */ grammar fix
- Ernest HemingwayEdited 8/22/2025, 4:21:50 PM
/* Writing style */ Inserted missing word; corrected ungrammatical use of semicolon.
- Eileen (novel)Edited 8/20/2025, 8:07:55 PM
/* Plot */ Rewritten to eliminate awkward sentence structure.
- Fly Like an Eagle (album)Edited 8/19/2025, 6:59:45 PM
Rewritten to eliminate awkward sentence structure, use of the passive voice, British use of "as" to mean "since."
- Gary SnyderEdited 8/12/2025, 9:24:53 PM
/* Kitkitdizze */ Eliminated confusing link to plant Snyder named his property after. Linking to that page adds nothing to a discussion of Synder's property.
- BigfootEdited 8/11/2025, 3:01:32 AM
/* Ape Canyon incident */ Rewritten to eliminate awkward, ungrammatical turn of phrase, "is cemented within."
- Patterson–Gimlin filmEdited 8/11/2025, 2:46:44 AM
Replaced the solecistic "stated" (which simply means "declared") with the more accurate "claimed," since the assertion in question is a controversial one, supported by evidence rejected by skeptics.
- Bart the BearEdited 8/10/2025, 8:06:12 PM
/* Career */ Revised to eliminate syntactical awkwardness ("how well he was trained" v. "how well-trained he was").
- Silver SurferEdited 8/7/2025, 6:10:19 PM
/* Fictional character biography */ Rewritten to eliminate confusing syntax, solecistic use of "imbue" to mean "endow."
- Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a RoomEdited 8/7/2025, 3:34:21 PM
/* Content */ Corrected misspelling: it's "artifacts," not "artefacts."
- Mysteries of WinterthurnEdited 7/31/2025, 1:29:39 AM
/* Reception */ Fixed gender of Kakutani's pronoun (she's a she, not a he) and replaced the inexact "benign" with the more appropriate "charitable."
- Animal Liberation (book)Edited 7/28/2025, 5:19:49 PM
/* Personal background */ Rewritten to avoid solecism ("as to why," an awkward, ungrammatical turn of phrase that should be avoided in encyclopedia entries).
- Saint Cecilia (Stefano Maderno)Edited 7/28/2025, 1:59:54 AM
/* Patron */ Revised for clarity, concision.
- Saint Cecilia (Stefano Maderno)Edited 7/28/2025, 1:54:51 AM
/* Patron */ Added supporting evidence in form of a quote.
- Saint Cecilia (Stefano Maderno)Edited 7/28/2025, 1:45:56 AM
/* Historical context */ Revised for clarity, concision.
- Saint Cecilia (Stefano Maderno)Edited 7/28/2025, 1:31:47 AM
/* Historical context */ Fixed misspelling of Sfondrati's surname.
- Saint Cecilia (Stefano Maderno)Edited 7/28/2025, 1:31:10 AM
/* Patron */ Fixed misspelling of Sfondrati's surname.
- Saint Cecilia (Stefano Maderno)Edited 7/28/2025, 1:28:42 AM
/* Patron */ 1. Corrected misspelling: it's Sfondrati, not Sfondrato. 2. Revised wording to reflect that the saint's purported "incorruptibility" is based on the cardinal's claim, not objectively verifiable scientific evidence. Dubious claims of miraculous "incorruptibility" by vested interests (in this case, religious officials with an interest in promoting the status of properties they own) should not be stated as empirical fact.
- Billy the KidEdited 7/26/2025, 6:16:07 PM
/* Outlaw */ Fixed grammar glitch to avoid confusion over pronoun referent.
- Greg TateEdited 7/25/2025, 6:45:53 PM
/* Writing */ Revised to avoid confusion about pronoun referent.
- Joey RamoneEdited 7/25/2025, 3:18:43 PM
/* Early life */ Eliminated ungrammatical use of colon. Rewrote sentence to eliminate non sequitur ("enjoyed biology at school and began playing the drums").
- Flash of the SpiritEdited 7/19/2025, 2:35:09 PM
Added important fact: record takes its title from Robert Farris Thompson's book of the same name, a landmark work of art history, Africana/Black studies, and cultural anthropology.
