User contributions for 80.229.239.199

24 June 2016

• 06:1606:16, 24 June 2016 diff hist +9‎ Conway polyhedron notation ‎No edit summary

13 April 2016

• 15:0215:02, 13 April 2016 diff hist −260‎ Talk:Theory of descriptions ‎ Clarifying and correcting my point.
• 10:2910:29, 13 April 2016 diff hist +493‎ Talk:Theory of descriptions ‎ Co-Referring Expressions

28 February 2016

• 14:0114:01, 28 February 2016 diff hist 0‎ F. D. Maurice ‎ →‎Early life and education: Fixed a typo: he must have taken his Oxford degree in 1831 rather than 1931!

26 February 2016

• 12:2112:21, 26 February 2016 diff hist −34‎ Jeffrey Archer ‎ →‎Oxford: Archer was not an undergraduate member of BNC, he wasn't taking an undergraduate degree. He was (and remains) a member of Brasenose. Barry Nicholas (when Principal of the Coin the 1980s, took the trouble to write to the times to confirm this.
• 12:1812:18, 26 February 2016 diff hist −1‎ Jeffrey Archer ‎ →‎Oxford: The Beatles did not visit the SCR at Brasenose, they visited the Principal's lodge. Look at the photographs, they were taken in the Principal's sitting room.
• 12:1612:16, 26 February 2016 diff hist −144‎ Jeffrey Archer ‎ →‎Oxford: The persistent alagation that Archer was not a member of Brasenose has been removed once again.
• 12:0512:05, 26 February 2016 diff hist −2‎ Mark Blaug ‎ Fixed grammar.

6 January 2016

• 17:3517:35, 6 January 2016 diff hist −8‎ Harry Cole (journalist) ‎ Corrected poor punctuation in the comment on Harry's punctuation.

8 September 2015

• 22:3322:33, 8 September 2015 diff hist 0‎ Magdalene College, Cambridge ‎ Oriel did not (as was claimed here) begin to admit women in 85, the JCR VOTED to admit women at a MEETING in 85 but the first women did not arrive until Michaelmas 86.

20 June 2015

• 22:4822:48, 20 June 2015 diff hist +140‎ Donald Crowhurst ‎ Undid revision 667245672 by David Edgar (talk) Horse is indeed about Mr Crowhurst, email sent to David Edgar explaining this fact.

16 June 2015

• 16:2716:27, 16 June 2015 diff hist −143‎ Jeffrey Archer ‎ Removed "His website includes references to his Oxford 'Principal', yet omits that he was not a full undergraduate at Oxford." Archer was (and is) a member of Brasenose, it is therefore wholly legitimate for him to refer to 'his principal'.
• 16:1316:13, 16 June 2015 diff hist +140‎ Donald Crowhurst ‎ →‎Other: Renewing mention of the 1994 Stiltskin song about Crowhurst which for some reason was edited out.

18 March 2015

• 15:2615:26, 18 March 2015 diff hist 0‎ Andy Fraser ‎ Altered misleading syntax: Paddington is an area of central London, not vice-versa!

1 March 2015

• 14:3914:39, 1 March 2015 diff hist −8‎ Natalie Dormer ‎ →‎Early life: Clarification: if she did not achieve the requisite grades to get into Cambridge, she must have (by definition) been offered a place at Cambridge.

19 February 2015

• 08:3008:30, 19 February 2015 diff hist −13‎ St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford ‎ →‎19th and 20th centuries: Fixed peculiar senseless sentence.

6 February 2015

• 19:1519:15, 6 February 2015 diff hist +116‎ List of Old Wykehamists ‎ →‎In fiction: Basil Faulty

5 February 2015

• 08:3308:33, 5 February 2015 diff hist −1‎ Gun (band) ‎ Corrected grammatical error.

4 January 2015

• 09:5809:58, 4 January 2015 diff hist +2‎ Chablis wine ‎ Replaced the nauseating semi-literate use of the word "likely" with the correct word "probable".

26 December 2014

• 08:2808:28, 26 December 2014 diff hist −46‎ Murder hole ‎ Removed nonsensical sentence.

3 November 2014

• 23:2223:22, 3 November 2014 diff hist +72‎ Aubrey Nunn ‎ →‎Musical biography

23 October 2014

• 13:4313:43, 23 October 2014 diff hist +12‎ The Colourfield ‎ Converting illiterate drivel into English.

30 August 2014

• 15:0915:09, 30 August 2014 diff hist +17‎ Steve McQueen ‎ clarification on partial deafness.

11 March 2014

• 10:2110:21, 11 March 2014 diff hist −75‎ Knut Wicksell ‎ →‎Biography: Fixed very poor English. Still some work to do here.
• 10:1610:16, 11 March 2014 diff hist +10‎ Knut Wicksell ‎ →‎Biography: removed miss use of the words "but" and "continued". Seems to have been written by a non-native speaker of English.
• 10:1410:14, 11 March 2014 diff hist −21‎ Knut Wicksell ‎ removed redundant sub-clause

23 February 2014

• 11:0711:07, 23 February 2014 diff hist +2‎ Harald Hardrada ‎ →‎Invasion and the Battle of Stamford Bridge: removed semi-literate use of the word "likely" and replaced it with "probably".

10 February 2014

• 19:1219:12, 10 February 2014 diff hist +8‎ Harrying of the North ‎ →‎Background information: Removed semi-literate sentence construction using the word "likely" and replaced it with "may well have been".

31 December 2013

• 11:0711:07, 31 December 2013 diff hist −57‎ Brideshead Revisited ‎ →‎Charles and Sebastian's relationship: Removed reference to, "Charles's adulterous relationship with Julia" because it is utterly without relevance to the phrase under discussion: "our naughtiness [was] high on the catalogue of grave sins".

24 October 2013

• 10:3210:32, 24 October 2013 diff hist −21‎ Moral responsibility ‎ →‎Metaphysical libertarianism: beginning to correct poor English

12 October 2013

• 09:1609:16, 12 October 2013 diff hist +2‎ Nottingham Castle ‎ →‎Medieval history: changed "a" to "the". In the contexts, "a" implies the castle was built on the 14th of October 1067. Which, of course, is incorrect.

11 October 2013

• 19:0019:00, 11 October 2013 diff hist −2‎ Wars of Scottish Independence ‎ Changed "moment" to "time"": a period cannot be a defining moment.

3 October 2013

• 10:0210:02, 3 October 2013 diff hist +26‎ Great Famine of 1315–1317 ‎ →‎Great Famine: Fixed very confused sentence, salt cannot be evaporated, it can be obtained through evaporation.

28 August 2013

• 04:2904:29, 28 August 2013 diff hist −1‎ ABC (band) ‎ Corrected grammar: "are" (being plural) replaced by "is" (the singular). Tag: Visual edit

6 August 2013

• 12:2912:29, 6 August 2013 diff hist +2‎ Attrition (erosion) ‎ changed "upstream" to "downstream" it was probably a simple typo. Tag: Visual edit

13 March 2013

• 17:0817:08, 13 March 2013 diff hist +62‎ Seafloor spreading ‎ →‎Debate and search for mechanism: Removed egregious (but all too common) confusion between motive force ...which we still don't fully understand, and relative crust density.

27 August 2012

• 05:3005:30, 27 August 2012 diff hist −1‎ Dumfries ‎ →‎Medieval period: Correcting language

19 August 2012

• 11:3411:34, 19 August 2012 diff hist 0‎ English Channel ‎ →‎Norsemen and Normans: The Norman Conquest BEGAN with the Battle Hastings, it most certainly did not "culminate" with it.

21 July 2012

• 17:5617:56, 21 July 2012 diff hist +13‎ Osmond Fisher ‎ Removed anachronism. Fisher most certainly did not provide a mechanism for plate tectonics. That theory was nearly a century in the future. Remember at the time of Fisher's work the accepted theory of the Earth was "Contractionism".

17 July 2012

• 05:3205:32, 17 July 2012 diff hist +9‎ Iain Matthews ‎ →‎Matthews Southern Comfort: fixing punctuation

14 June 2012

• 07:5107:51, 14 June 2012 diff hist 0‎ Pantera ‎ →‎Formation and early glam years (1981–1987): fixed punctuation typo

13 January 2012

• 08:3008:30, 13 January 2012 diff hist −1‎ Barter ‎ →‎History: More Grammar
• 08:2808:28, 13 January 2012 diff hist −2‎ Barter ‎ →‎History: Grammar

19 December 2011

• 16:4616:46, 19 December 2011 diff hist +254‎ Turl Street ‎ →‎Miscellaneous: Turl St apocrypha

9 September 2011

• 19:2019:20, 9 September 2011 diff hist +179‎ September 8 ‎ 1066: The Anglo-Saxon Fyrd was sent home on this day.

24 July 2011

• 18:3218:32, 24 July 2011 diff hist +147‎ Amanda Craig ‎ →‎References

22 July 2011

• 19:1019:10, 22 July 2011 diff hist +283‎ Amanda Craig ‎No edit summary
• 14:5914:59, 22 July 2011 diff hist +166‎ Amanda Craig ‎No edit summary

9 June 2011

• 16:1216:12, 9 June 2011 diff hist +11‎ Frank Ramsey (mathematician) ‎ →‎Academic life: improvement on previous edit.
• 16:0516:05, 9 June 2011 diff hist −8‎ Frank Ramsey (mathematician) ‎ →‎Academic life: Removed confused grammar; probably the unintended result of an amalgamation.