User contributions for MinnesotanUser

20 November 2024

• 02:0702:07, 20 November 2024 diff hist −64 Flag of Montana The state itself and its seal are already bluelinked in article body and therefore don't need to be (and shouldn't be) included in a See also, per WP:NOTSEEALSO. current
• 02:0202:02, 20 November 2024 diff hist −66 Flag of Michigan The state itself and its seal (only in info/navbox, admittedly) are bluelinked in above language and therefore don't need to be (and shouldn't be) in a See also, per WP:NOTSEEALSO. current
• 01:5701:57, 20 November 2024 diff hist −164 Flag of Massachusetts The state itself and its seal/coat-of-arms are already bluelinked in article body, and therefore don't need to be (and shouldn't be) linked in See also, per WP:NOTSEEALSO. (the coat-of-arms link and seal link were themselves redundant, mapping to same article!) current
• 01:4501:45, 20 November 2024 diff hist −994 Flag of Maryland Also: bold pruning of images per WP:GALLERY in what is already a bloated, over-bulleted and under-cited trivia section. We get it, Maryland has a unique flag, 3-5 images is plenty to illustrate same. We don't need six-ish different sports images. current
• 01:3601:36, 20 November 2024 diff hist −54 Flag of Maryland Maryland itself and its seal are already bluelinked in article body, therefore they don't need to be (and shouldn't be) included in a See also, per WP:NOTSEEALSO. Color table: for standardized color hex codes, the norm is to use capital letters.
• 01:2701:27, 20 November 2024 diff hist −11 Flag of Maine Also: remove drive-by complaint tag about lead length. As it stood, the lead was not actually too long, but the point of the tag was clearly to point out that boring technical stuff should be treated in article body. Move language into a lower section addressing same. current
• 01:2001:20, 20 November 2024 diff hist −38 Flag of Maine The state's seal (or coat of arms) is already bluelinked right at the very top of article body, and therefore doesn't need to be (and shouldn't be) included in a See also, per WP:NOTSEEALSO.
• 01:1701:17, 20 November 2024 diff hist −80 Flag of Kentucky The state itself and its seal are already bluelinked in article body, and therefore don't need to be (and shouldn't be) linked in a See also, per WP:NOTSEEALSO. If we have a long hoizontal nested image-thing in a tiny article, it may display a bit better if centered and bumped up a bit. current
• 01:1101:11, 20 November 2024 diff hist −41 Flag of Kansas The state seal's article is already bluelinked in article body (with its own section, to boot) and therefore does not need to be (and shouldn't be) linked redundantly in a See also, per WP:NOTSEEALSO. current
• 01:0501:05, 20 November 2024 diff hist −1 Flag of Iowa "conception" was a very poor word choice, suggesting some abstract idea or gestational period. The state was a thing that officially existed (existence) for the 75 years prior to getting a flag. current
• 01:0201:02, 20 November 2024 diff hist −41 Flag of Indiana →See also: The state seal is already mentioned and bluelinked in article body, therefore it doesn't need to be (and shouldn't be) listed in See also, per WP:NOTSEEALSO. current

19 November 2024

• 01:3701:37, 19 November 2024 diff hist −2,077 User talk:MinnesotanUser zero annual Arbcom note. current Tags: Blanking Manual revert

18 November 2024

• 01:4801:48, 18 November 2024 diff hist −64 Flag of Delaware →See also: The state itself and its seal are already bluelinked in the article body, and therefore don't need to be (and shouldn't be) in a See also section, per WP:NOTSEEALSO. current
• 01:4501:45, 18 November 2024 diff hist −22 Flag of Colorado →See also: The state's seal is already bluelinked in article body, and therefore doesn't need to be (and shouldn't be) listed in a See also section, per WP:NOTSEEALSO. current
• 01:4101:41, 18 November 2024 diff hist −42 Flag of Wisconsin →See also: The state's seal is already bluelinked right at the top of the (body of the) article (as "coat of arms"), and therefore doesn't need to be (and shouldn't be) included in a See also section, per WP:NOTSEEALSO. current
• 01:3701:37, 18 November 2024 diff hist −61 Flag of Minnesota →See also: The state's seal is already bluelinked in the body of the article, and therefore doesn't need to be (and shouldn't be) linked in a See also section, per WP:NOTSEEALSO. current
• 01:3501:35, 18 November 2024 diff hist −76 Flag of Utah →See also: The state itself and its seal are already bluelinked in the body of the article, and therefore don't need to be (and shouldn't be) in a See also section per WP:NOTSEEALSO.

16 November 2024

• 04:2004:20, 16 November 2024 diff hist +36 Flag of Minnesota slight re-arrange of geometry/color info, tightening.
• 04:0504:05, 16 November 2024 diff hist +331 Flag of Minnesota A bit more detail on geometry/significance, all deriving from report.
• 03:4603:46, 16 November 2024 diff hist +424 Flag of Minnesota Refine cites a bit, citing the color business. The Commission report is central to current design and needs somewhat more prominent citing closer to top. This slightly duplicates lower cites (with diff. syntax/web links) but not to the point of creating any distraction. Only background diffs.
• 03:2603:26, 16 November 2024 diff hist +38 Flag of Minnesota dabbing on the thing.
• 03:2403:24, 16 November 2024 diff hist +491 Flag of Minnesota It's vital to include basics about the old seal as near the top as possible, after current desc, as the old has been essentially the same for nearly all the article's subject. A bit more on the statute itself. Tag: Disambiguation links added

15 November 2024

• 20:3920:39, 15 November 2024 diff hist +79 Flag of Minnesota Include construction sheet.

13 November 2024

• 04:5504:55, 13 November 2024 diff hist +895 Flag of Minnesota Add color subsection, which could use a cite (the recent report). Also, to complete last comment which I'd cut off: the cats were alpha'd, and the current flag is a tricolor, not a "bicolor". For color-counting in flags, white (and two distinct blues) all count as colors. For example, no one speaks of the Flag of France as a "bicolor" just because white is one of them.
• 04:4904:49, 13 November 2024 diff hist +1 Flag of Minnesota It's a tricolor flag, not a "bicolor". for the purposes

9 October 2024

• 02:2202:22, 9 October 2024 diff hist −589 Talk:United States Declaration of Independence No need to retain a silly exchange when the stuff eventually archives.

30 September 2024

• 03:4603:46, 30 September 2024 diff hist −72 Northern Kentucky Striking the claim that land values "quadrupled overnight": editorializing, grandiose local community boosting, un-specific... current

20 September 2024

• 06:5806:58, 20 September 2024 diff hist −11 The Designers Republic The animal(s) themselves were probably not clients. If someone wants to redirect to a business of the same name... current

23 August 2024

• 17:3417:34, 23 August 2024 diff hist +807 The Killing (film) Rewrite plot, keeping wordcount well under 700. Basic details of the heist are pertinent, and the Marvin/Johnny relationship and the horseshoe detail are also significant. The players have enough complexity that stating some of their names seems appropriate. No need for "sexpot", "inveigles/(inveighs)", and it isn't at all clear that the shooter is a weak link (any more than the others), so his death is not especially "fortuitous".

20 August 2024

• 21:2021:20, 20 August 2024 diff hist +468 Killer's Kiss Rewrite plot. No neet for flowery language like " 'til " and "wheedle", just describe the film's events in plain language. Davey doesn't actually meet up with his manager, the whole point of the middle. The manager's name is unimportant. The villain's name is spelled "Rapallo". The mannequin whse is not abandoned, there was a guy working in there. The (otherwise undeveloped) details about Gloria's family and especially the frequent shots on rooftops have significance, so expand on those.

14 August 2024

• 00:3600:36, 14 August 2024 diff hist −13 List of busiest airports by passenger traffic lead pic caption: just state the fact that Atlanta is the busiest, in plain language. Even if supported by sources, "far and away" still comes off as editorializing/bragging language.

9 August 2024

• 03:1803:18, 9 August 2024 diff hist +153 Mitch Hedberg Adding photo of gravesite and basic info on same.

31 July 2024

• 00:5000:50, 31 July 2024 diff hist −44 Copayment No need for the 3 See also terms when all 3 are named and linked in 1st graph. To complete last comment, "effectively uninsured" was a very poor (and apparently unsourced) way of trying to describe the problem. If you have a policy, you have a policy. If you don't, you don't. What the language was really trying to say is that a high copay defeats the purpose of insurance from the individual point of view, financially speaking. But if someone wants to add back, we can phrase more precisely. current
• 00:4300:43, 31 July 2024 diff hist −106 Copayment Lead, prune final sentence. "Effectively uninsured" is a very poor way

28 July 2024

• 03:3303:33, 28 July 2024 diff hist −1 Maróczy Bind Undo last. Hm, what's "Creak Sicilian"? I've never heard of that. Is there a source using that phrase? current Tag: Undo

27 July 2024

• 03:0403:04, 27 July 2024 diff hist +1 Dogberry The character's allegiance is to some fictionalized version of Messina, whether city-state or otherwise (it doesn't matter). "Verges" is just one of his bumbling buddies. The "affiliation" bit in the fictional character box is meant to point to larger political allegiance, not so much personal relationships. current
• 02:5702:57, 27 July 2024 diff hist 0 Much Ado About Nothing Unfortunately, the annotation on the source artwork is itself incorrect. The blunt "Kill Claudio" line occurs at Ac IV Sc.I, not what the annotation said.

14 July 2024

• 04:3404:34, 14 July 2024 diff hist −63 Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania add template

11 July 2024

• 01:0101:01, 11 July 2024 diff hist −42 Southern Hemisphere Remove "coordinate" argument appearing at top of article (and at bottom of code). It was misleading and unhelpful to identify an entire hemisphere with a single point on it (one arbitrary point in the south Atlantic). One point on the hemisphere is not the same thing as the article's subject—the entire thing. The coordinate template is generally (and best) used for specific places, coordinates representing towns, cities, markers etc.
• 00:5800:58, 11 July 2024 diff hist −42 Northern Hemisphere Remove "coordinate" argument appearing at top of article (and at bottom of code). It was misleading and unhelpful to identify an entire hemisphere with a single point on it (the north pole). One point on the hemisphere is not the same thing as the article's subject—the entire thing. The coordinate template is generally (and best) used for specific places, coordinates representing towns, cities, markers etc.

30 June 2024

• 02:3102:31, 30 June 2024 diff hist −86 Modular arithmetic Although we want to suggest areas for growth via redlinks (to non-existent material etc), in situations like this empty section, it's better to have nothing at all rather than an empty titled section with a "write me" complaint. If someone wants to take a stab later, the deletion is in the history.
• 02:2802:28, 30 June 2024 diff hist −6 m Anti-Irish sentiment "coercive force" was redundant.

20 June 2024

• 01:1001:10, 20 June 2024 diff hist −326 Gaganyaan-4 If it is not yet known who will actually fly the mission, it is better to have no crew table at all, not a "blank" table with empty cells.

10 March 2024

• 09:0809:08, 10 March 2024 diff hist −355 Glove compartment Wholesale elimination of small section without sources. In my part of the world, I've never come across those usages. If others know of ones just deleted, please provide sources. current

9 February 2024

• 08:4308:43, 9 February 2024 diff hist +31 The Backrooms The article's subject and its most popular renderings are really just a new take on the labyrinth and the minotaur. At the same time, this (obvious) connection is not currently mentioned in the article. Making this sort of basic comparison is exactly what the "See also" section is for. See (also!) WP:SEEALSO

31 January 2024

• 03:4603:46, 31 January 2024 diff hist +64 Bibliography of Bobby Fischer Undo last, it created an incomplete sentence. More importantly, have a look at MOS:LEADSENTENCE and MOS:REDUNDANCY on this. It's better to give a grammatically correct sentence that describes the article's subject in a way that isn't clumsy and isn't of the form "This list of (X) is a list of X." Tag: Undo

21 January 2024

• 04:5904:59, 21 January 2024 diff hist −322 Sneeze lead image caption: waaay too much detail. No one cares that the photo was taken in 2009, and "dramatically" was needless editorializing. For health concerns and the rest, let the article text do the telling. Show, don't tell (as far as the image goes).

30 December 2023

• 02:4402:44, 30 December 2023 diff hist +7,849 Maurizio Lazzarato Punching up a section on subject's recent work.

29 November 2023

• 22:1622:16, 29 November 2023 diff hist −2,096 User talk:MinnesotanUser blanking annual arbcom message. Tags: Blanking Manual revert

22 October 2023

• 01:3301:33, 22 October 2023 diff hist −450 User talk:MinnesotanUser Blanking talk. I may reply at the Bourbaki article at some point, but it's a very minor issue. Tags: Blanking Manual revert