User contributions for Markell West

5 February 2024

• 20:3020:30, 5 February 2024 diff hist +1 m History of Georgetown University →Founding: point rather --> point, rather (zero or two commas should go around the "rather" phrase)
• 20:2820:28, 5 February 2024 diff hist −51 m History of Georgetown University four hundred dollars --> $400. four hundred --400. eighty --> 80

28 April 2023

• 19:5719:57, 28 April 2023 diff hist −5 Ron DeSantis I changed "membership in the navy ended" to "U.S. Navy service ended." If he's retired, he's still, sort of, a "member" of the Navy. But that's not really the right jargon.
• 19:5019:50, 28 April 2023 diff hist 0 m Ron DeSantis hyphenated "TV-rating boxes."
• 19:4819:48, 28 April 2023 diff hist 0 m Ron DeSantis Hyphenated adjectival phrases "state government" and "sales tax"
• 19:4619:46, 28 April 2023 diff hist 0 m Ron DeSantis Hyphenated prepositional (and pre-positional!) phrase "above average."
• 19:4419:44, 28 April 2023 diff hist 0 m Ron DeSantis hyphenated "face mask" as an adjective
• 19:4319:43, 28 April 2023 diff hist +1 m Ron DeSantis Added comma before appositive
• 19:4119:41, 28 April 2023 diff hist +3 m Ron DeSantis added subject of a clause

11 March 2023

• 21:2521:25, 11 March 2023 diff hist −1 Lina Medina Despite her motherhood, at 5 years old she's a girl--not a woman! Tag: Reverted

30 January 2023

• 14:3714:37, 30 January 2023 diff hist +40 m History of United States postage rates →Historical rates: Added non-machinable surcharge; if I knew how to add a column I would (can probably figure it out, but would probably make a mess of it!)

16 November 2022

• 19:4819:48, 16 November 2022 diff hist +80 Wikipedia:Requested articles/Social sciences/History →P: added "potato hole" and capitalized european and put periods in US

10 November 2022

• 14:1514:15, 10 November 2022 diff hist +18 m Tom Jones (singer) Changed US to U.S. in several places Tag: Reverted
• 14:1314:13, 10 November 2022 diff hist +6 m Tom Jones (singer) on US charts --> on the U.S. charts Tag: Reverted

23 October 2022

• 17:3217:32, 23 October 2022 diff hist −1 m Word stem removed extraneous comma

13 October 2022

• 14:1814:18, 13 October 2022 diff hist +28 m Edward Snowden added to the things he was called: "He who will not be named." Tag: Reverted

6 October 2022

• 20:5420:54, 6 October 2022 diff hist +1 m Crossing the Rubicon →Julius Caesar: Added serial comma after "consuls."
• 20:4620:46, 6 October 2022 diff hist +2 m Crossing the Rubicon Caesar becoming --> Caesar's becoming--it didn't lead to the existence of Caesar, who was becoming a dictator for life, it led to the becoming of a dictator of Caesar.
• 20:4020:40, 6 October 2022 diff hist −10 m Crossing the Rubicon I removed the "that one is" because the phrase doesn't mean that someone is passing the point of no return, just that it's synonymous.

23 August 2022

• 22:1822:18, 23 August 2022 diff hist −2 m Jeff Daniels →Early life: changed six weeks to 6 weeks
• 22:1822:18, 23 August 2022 diff hist −5 m Jeff Daniels →2010s: changed "fifteen years" to "15 years" (not only my preference but also for consistency)
• 20:2520:25, 23 August 2022 diff hist +2 m Jeff Daniels →2000s: evening devolving-->evening's devolving (possessive of gerund)
• 20:2420:24, 23 August 2022 diff hist +4 m Jeff Daniels →2000s: changed "due to" to "because of" (in adverbial context, not adjectival)

20 August 2022

• 20:2220:22, 20 August 2022 diff hist +1 m Roger & Me Added serial comma.

16 August 2022

• 19:0519:05, 16 August 2022 diff hist +4 m Cyanide →Food additive: Due to --> Because of (in adverbial context)

12 August 2022

• 21:3521:35, 12 August 2022 diff hist +3 m Google's Ideological Echo Chamber →Course of events: while --> comma whereas
• 21:3121:31, 12 August 2022 diff hist +3 m Google's Ideological Echo Chamber →Course of events: changed nocomma while to comma whereas

4 July 2022

• 02:2102:21, 4 July 2022 diff hist −1 m Richard Lederer changed "word play" to "wordplay" in the one place that it wasn't part of a title.

3 July 2022

• 22:5022:50, 3 July 2022 diff hist +4 m Richard Lederer Italicized The Village Voice
• 22:4622:46, 3 July 2022 diff hist −3 m Richard Lederer fifty--> 50
• 22:4622:46, 3 July 2022 diff hist −3 m Richard Lederer →Publications: fifty--> 50
• 22:3922:39, 3 July 2022 diff hist 0 m Richard Lederer →Early life and education: uncapitalized "mitzvah"
• 22:3822:38, 3 July 2022 diff hist 0 m Richard Lederer →Early life and education: uncapitalized Bar in "a bar Mitzvah"

27 June 2022

• 01:4701:47, 27 June 2022 diff hist +1 m Smile →Cultural differences: added second comma in zero-or-two comma situation
• 01:2601:26, 27 June 2022 diff hist +2 m Smile →Cultural differences: men telling --> men's telling (the telling was the issue, not the men) so possessive + gerund

26 June 2022

• 23:5923:59, 26 June 2022 diff hist −3 m Smile →Evolutionary background: and especially --> comma especially
• 23:5823:58, 26 June 2022 diff hist −1 m Smile →Evolutionary background: removed comma after an "or"
• 23:5723:57, 26 June 2022 diff hist +1 m Smile →Evolutionary background: inserted comma before nonrestrictive "who"
• 23:5623:56, 26 June 2022 diff hist +1 m Smile added serial comma between religions and societies
• 23:5423:54, 26 June 2022 diff hist +1 m Smile added serial comma within ", joy or amusement"

18 June 2022

• 15:3215:32, 18 June 2022 diff hist 0 m Donald Trump hyphenated "real estate" when it was being used adjectivally and was not a direct quote/from a title Tag: Reverted
• 15:2915:29, 18 June 2022 diff hist −1 m Standard error removed extraneous comma

26 May 2022

• 13:4213:42, 26 May 2022 diff hist 0 m Michael Cohen (lawyer) hyphenated campaign finance as an adjective except where it's in brackets
• 13:4013:40, 26 May 2022 diff hist 0 m Michael Cohen (lawyer) hyphenated "campaign finance" as an adjective
• 13:3013:30, 26 May 2022 diff hist 0 m Donald Trump →Branding and licensing: hyphenated "consumer-goods companies"
• 13:2913:29, 26 May 2022 diff hist −7 m Donald Trump →Economy: changed 50 percent to 50%
• 13:2813:28, 26 May 2022 diff hist −3 m Donald Trump →Branding and licensing: fifty --> 50
• 13:2613:26, 26 May 2022 diff hist +4 m Donald Trump →Atlantic City casinos: and completed --> and was completed
• 12:3212:32, 26 May 2022 diff hist 0 Donald Trump →Business career: hyphenated "property tax abatement
• 12:2712:27, 26 May 2022 diff hist −4 m Donald Trump →Wealth: twenty years --> 20 years