User contributions for CAVincent
A user with 4,589 edits. Account created on 28 October 2007.
22 May 2024
- 05:5205:52, 22 May 2024 diff hist −1,142 Talk:The Wedding Present remove old bot notice current
21 May 2024
- 07:0407:04, 21 May 2024 diff hist −43 Steve Albini discography oops, fixing - + one more
- 07:0007:00, 21 May 2024 diff hist −192 Steve Albini discography →Big Black, 1982–87: removing other dubiously claimed Big Black releases
- 06:5606:56, 21 May 2024 diff hist −49 Steve Albini discography →Big Black, 1982–87: extremely dubious pre-Lungs inclusion
- 04:4404:44, 21 May 2024 diff hist −172 Maggie Haberman still unsourced current Tag: Manual revert
- 04:0404:04, 21 May 2024 diff hist −146 Maggie Haberman Undid revision 1224897436 by 47.208.100.158 (talk) something like that would very definitely need to be sourced Tag: Undo
20 May 2024
- 20:0020:00, 20 May 2024 diff hist −12 American (word) Undid revision 1224806430 by 24.230.161.142 (talk) the claim is still made Tags: Undo Reverted
- 11:5011:50, 20 May 2024 diff hist −1,296 Talk:Meg Ryan →External links modified: deleting bot stuff current
- 11:4911:49, 20 May 2024 diff hist −1,015 Talk:Meg Ryan →External links modified: deleting bot stuff
- 11:4811:48, 20 May 2024 diff hist −1,065 Talk:Meg Ryan →External links modified: deleting bot stuff
19 May 2024
- 21:1321:13, 19 May 2024 diff hist −182 Modern English no, English is not a native language in India, etc.
- 21:0321:03, 19 May 2024 diff hist +13 Modern English reverting possibly good faith edit by Mr. Information1409 on Jan. 24
- 15:2115:21, 19 May 2024 diff hist −7 Quiche →Varieties: "cheese cheese" -> just one cheese current
- 06:2106:21, 19 May 2024 diff hist −20 m Meg Ryan no
- 05:4405:44, 19 May 2024 diff hist +3 Cracker (term) Undid revision 1224523897 by CorrectingCorrector (talk) yeah, user with 6 edits current Tag: Undo
18 May 2024
- 05:3805:38, 18 May 2024 diff hist −138 Big Black rolling back to last version by Morganfitzp; the only reference to a self-titled live album (from 1983!) that I could find is from discogs (obv. not a reliable source) wherein 4 people claim to have a copy and none have ever been sold; I call BS - at best this is something that Steve Albini listed in a Ruthless Records catalog and mailed out a few cassettes in the early-mid 80s current Tag: Manual revert
- 05:3105:31, 18 May 2024 diff hist +1,304 Talk:Steve Albini discography →Misguided effort: new section Tag: New topic
- 05:1205:12, 18 May 2024 diff hist −4 Steve Albini discography →As an audio engineer: also entirely unrelated wikilink
- 05:0705:07, 18 May 2024 diff hist −4 Steve Albini discography →2000s: wikilinks to something entirely unrelated
17 May 2024
- 11:0611:06, 17 May 2024 diff hist +13 Gringo altering lead per talk discussion current
- 10:2810:28, 17 May 2024 diff hist −17 Yankee revert overlinking and, I guess, conceivably good faith confusion of New Zealand with Zealand Tag: Manual revert
- 05:1205:12, 17 May 2024 diff hist −36 Mexican–American War Undid revision 1224033449 by HugoTCYT (talk) Republic of Texas had ceased to exist by the time the war broke out; not a belligerent current Tag: Undo
- 04:2504:25, 17 May 2024 diff hist +1,384 Talk:Gringo →Intro: Reply ... proposing alternative for lead Tag: Reply
16 May 2024
- 04:5304:53, 16 May 2024 diff hist −1 New Order (band) Undid revision 1224023155 by 2600:1700:65A0:7330:D60:EE24:7FD0:FFD4 (talk) a discussion of this was started on the talk page; please participate if you'd like this change Tag: Undo
- 04:4904:49, 16 May 2024 diff hist −30 Gringo Undid revision 1224008933 by Torimem (talk) that doesn't really clarify, and Brazilian usage is addressed below Tag: Undo
- 04:4004:40, 16 May 2024 diff hist 0 Mad Max Undid revision 1224081459 by EmersonLacerda21 (talk) source says 87% Tag: Undo
- 04:3904:39, 16 May 2024 diff hist −77 Mad Max Undid revision 1223987742 by 200.68.178.30 (talk) revert vandalism Tag: Undo
15 May 2024
- 09:3309:33, 15 May 2024 diff hist +622 Talk:White people →Semi-protected edit request on 14 May 2024: Reply Tag: Reply
- 01:0401:04, 15 May 2024 diff hist +4 Greil Marcus →Bibliography: thanks for the change to Psychotic Reactions; I noticed that the publication year given here was also wildly wrong, and wikilinked to our article on the book current
- 00:2600:26, 15 May 2024 diff hist +117 Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors →Today's FA: Reply Tags: Reverted Reply
- 00:2100:21, 15 May 2024 diff hist +465 Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors →Tomorrow's FA: Reply Tags: Reverted Reply
13 May 2024
- 23:0123:01, 13 May 2024 diff hist +2 Gerald Ford tweaking this sentence in the lead; this seems clearer
- 22:3222:32, 13 May 2024 diff hist +354 Talk:Slate (magazine) adding auto archiving to clear out a bunch of really old stuff
- 22:2622:26, 13 May 2024 diff hist +354 Talk:New Order (band) adding auto archiving to clear out a bunch of really old stuff
- 22:2522:25, 13 May 2024 diff hist −3,162 Talk:New Order (band) removing old bot notices
- 21:2821:28, 13 May 2024 diff hist −1 Columbia (personification) Undid revision 1223516318 by 2600:1702:5EE0:C750:997E:6550:2A87:CF84 (talk) this sentence should probably be re-written, but that change made it worse Tag: Undo
- 21:2421:24, 13 May 2024 diff hist −178 English-only movement clean up lead current
- 21:1321:13, 13 May 2024 diff hist −78 Shellac (band) →Legacy: non-notable band
- 20:5920:59, 13 May 2024 diff hist −257 Latino rolling back to last by Leschnei; addition of red link for a term that isn't used in English current Tag: Manual revert
- 10:5010:50, 13 May 2024 diff hist +354 Talk:Elizabeth Vargas adding archiving, there's some really old stuff here
- 10:4710:47, 13 May 2024 diff hist −403 Talk:Elizabeth Vargas not about improving article
11 May 2024
- 21:2921:29, 11 May 2024 diff hist −157 Talk:English alphabet Undid revision 1223388945 by 82.69.77.243 (talk) yes, anyone can edit wikipedia current Tag: Undo
- 17:3417:34, 11 May 2024 diff hist +73 Siouxsie and the Banshees Undid revision 1223352589 by TooManyFingers (talk) better to have the full name if there is any pronunciation guide at all Tag: Undo
- 06:5906:59, 11 May 2024 diff hist −29 Big Black →Singles: removing wikilink for a single - redirect just goes to this article
- 04:2704:27, 11 May 2024 diff hist −9 American reverting recent addition - it's exceedingly rare in English to call people American who aren't of the United States; if we do include it, this should be something like "someone or something of..." instead of "someone, something of..." current Tag: Manual revert
- 04:1004:10, 11 May 2024 diff hist +72 English-speaking world Undid revision 1223091959 by 208.98.222.69 (talk) not improvements current Tag: Undo
- 03:2603:26, 11 May 2024 diff hist −2,305 Talk:Honky removing old bot notices current
- 03:0903:09, 11 May 2024 diff hist −261 Green River (band) Undid revision 1222914582 by 47.54.225.135 (talk) not an improvement; even accepting a difference between drums and percussion, it's all just Alex Vincent current Tag: Undo
- 03:0103:01, 11 May 2024 diff hist +432 Talk:New Order (band) →Electro rock?: Reply Tag: Reply
- 02:4702:47, 11 May 2024 diff hist −77 I Melt with You Undid revision 1222934281 by Nielsoncaetanosalmeron (talk) non-notable current Tag: Undo
10 May 2024
- 09:1809:18, 10 May 2024 diff hist +2 Steve Albini I've no idea if earlier edits are valid, but FFS don't use just a numeral 2 in a sentence when it should be spelled out (GD heathen)
9 May 2024
- 10:4510:45, 9 May 2024 diff hist −685 Steve Albini Undid revision 1223004558 by Blz 2049 (talk) questionable value to the article, even beyond the question of free usage (do we really need a picture of teenage Albini to explain who he was?) Tags: Undo Reverted
- 06:3906:39, 9 May 2024 diff hist +4 Steve Albini "realized" changed back to "realised" in one spot - this is a direct quote from the cite; clarifying a passage
- 06:3606:36, 9 May 2024 diff hist +5 Steve Albini ce on the list of artists he produced, but this list seems WAAAY too long and could benefit from removing less notable ones (I have to assume some of these are dubious at even meeting WP notability criteria)
- 06:3406:34, 9 May 2024 diff hist −15 Steve Albini 2) nothing in the cite about a band called Stations, 2) CE in the Rapeman section,
- 06:2906:29, 9 May 2024 diff hist +2 Steve Albini 1) changing "albums" to "records" in two spots - these aren't the same thing (a 7" single or 12" EP are records, but not albums), and the citations refer to records rather than albums
8 May 2024
- 06:1206:12, 8 May 2024 diff hist −15 Cocteau Twins tweaking that change; Fraser is well known for lyrics that don't make much sense, but "largely" is overstating it a bit - thanks for the addition!
7 May 2024
- 04:0904:09, 7 May 2024 diff hist +1 History of autism no changes but a random space mark, just noting my amusement and happiness that this article has a lengthy edit summary about punctuation (and yes, I've been diagnosed on the spectrum as well)
- 00:1700:17, 7 May 2024 diff hist +465 Talk:Low-Life →"The album was preceded by the release of the full-length version of "The Perfect Kiss" as a single": new section current Tag: New topic
- 00:0300:03, 7 May 2024 diff hist −14 The Perfect Kiss the sentence was factually correct but perhaps not worded clearly; is this a little more clear? (basically, early New Order had a long run of issuing non-LP singles, so this being issued in conjunction with Low-Life set it a bit apart) current
6 May 2024
- 05:5405:54, 6 May 2024 diff hist −281 Grunge that reference specifically *contrasts* "Creep" to grunge, which means that it is not grunge Tag: Manual revert
5 May 2024
- 14:3914:39, 5 May 2024 diff hist −49 Grunge Undid revision 1222351005 by 120.188.75.24 (talk) still not a grunge song Tags: Undo Reverted
- 14:2414:24, 5 May 2024 diff hist −49 Grunge no; "Creep" is not a grunge song Tags: Manual revert Reverted
- 14:1614:16, 5 May 2024 diff hist −34 Billy Bragg Undid revision 1222337600 by Sheldon Murray (talk) Not an improvement current Tag: Undo
- 06:2706:27, 5 May 2024 diff hist −12 Kurt Cobain Undid revision 1222293408 by Keystone18 (talk) "grunge rock" isn't a thing; "grunge" is fine
- 06:2206:22, 5 May 2024 diff hist −232 Nirvana (band) rolling back to the April 23, 2024 page; maybe those are good faith edits, but dang Tag: Manual revert
- 02:3602:36, 5 May 2024 diff hist +216 Talk:Christian punk →"Positive Punk" redirect: new section current Tag: New topic
- 02:3102:31, 5 May 2024 diff hist −1 Ich Bin Ein Auslander German use of an umlaut, not necessarily "correct" in English usage current
4 May 2024
- 22:3022:30, 4 May 2024 diff hist +91 White people Undid revision 1222251700 by Encyclopédisme (talk) it's fine; citations not required in article leads if sourcing is in the main body, and I think this is adequately covered Tag: Undo
3 May 2024
- 08:2008:20, 3 May 2024 diff hist +319 Talk:Cracker (term) →Slur?: Reply current Tag: Reply
- 05:0505:05, 3 May 2024 diff hist −14 Music of Washington (state) Undid revision 1221835371 by Syringe Tiger (talk) in this context, not necessary to say that White Christmas is a song current Tag: Undo
- 04:5804:58, 3 May 2024 diff hist −1,199 Guns, Germs, and Steel poorly written, and placing the criticism in wikivoice Tag: Manual revert
- 04:2304:23, 3 May 2024 diff hist −20 Grunge Undid revision 1221871046 by 186.155.133.100 (talk) unsourced genre Tag: Undo
- 03:3203:32, 3 May 2024 diff hist −360 John Lydon →Religious views: I don't know what "By 1984 he had identified as a Catholic" is supposed to mean, and I'm not going to listen to a long video to find out; YouTube isn't a reliable source anyhow, and there is no indication where that interview originated
- 03:2703:27, 3 May 2024 diff hist −31 John Lydon →Religious views: removing "By the time Lydon had formed Public Image Ltd," as that single was released a very long time after PIL formed (I suppose this line may have originally referred to the song "Religion", but if memory serves that song pre-dated PIL)
- 03:1503:15, 3 May 2024 diff hist −9 John Lydon Undid revision 1221910898 by 51.6.6.215 (talk) He also holds US citizenship and IIRC Irish as well; I'd also direct you to WP:NPA Tag: Undo
- 03:0803:08, 3 May 2024 diff hist +12 John Oliver Undid revision 1221971951 by Graham11 (talk) see British-American - it means something different than "British and American"; see also MOS:NATIONALITY, in particular the examples of Schwarzenegger and Lorre Tags: Undo Reverted
2 May 2024
- 05:1405:14, 2 May 2024 diff hist −9 John Lydon Undid revision 1221691138 by 51.6.6.215 (talk) Lydon's nationality is considerably more complicated than saying English in the opening sentence and leaving it at that Tags: Undo Reverted
- 05:1205:12, 2 May 2024 diff hist −47 Yankee Hoosier is neither an ethnicity nor nationality; no particular reason to include it in "See also" Tag: Manual revert
- 05:0805:08, 2 May 2024 diff hist −233 The Go-Go's WP band/musician articles typically just have studio albums, with other albums in the discography article current
- 05:0305:03, 2 May 2024 diff hist −1 White people Undid revision 1221798657 by CPT78999 (talk) a search for "white" goes to White, no need for this Tags: Undo Disambiguation links added
- 05:0005:00, 2 May 2024 diff hist +3 Cracker (term) Undid revision 1221803172 by TemLord (talk) There was a late 2020 RfC (now in Talk Archive 2) with consensus for "racial epithet" in the opening sentence; again, I'm open to discussion on word choice, but setting it back to that consensus absent said discussion Tags: Undo Reverted
- 04:4004:40, 2 May 2024 diff hist +608 Talk:College rock →Can we fix "tens of thousands of kilowatts"?: Reply current Tag: Reply
- 04:2704:27, 2 May 2024 diff hist −446 College rock →Characteristics: this is claim by Ian Svenonius, not by The New Republic, and is a contentious opinion by someone I'd assume to have an agenda current
- 04:2404:24, 2 May 2024 diff hist +243 College rock →History: (moving ref name)
- 04:2004:20, 2 May 2024 diff hist −106 College rock →History: Ian Svenonius is a musician and writer, and the TNR article is an excerpt from a book of his - he was never a regular writer for The New Republic; also, removing a clearly false statement in a quote from him per talk comment - no US college station ever had anything like tens of thousands of kilowatts (according to Campus_radio#United_States, the largest topped out at 100 kilowatts)
30 April 2024
- 21:3421:34, 30 April 2024 diff hist +23 Kathleen Hanna →In popular culture: wikilinking the Go-Go's documentary film
- 06:2406:24, 30 April 2024 diff hist −1,257 List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity Undid revision 1221478251 by Pusf.smbd (talk) Tags: Undo Reverted
- 04:1204:12, 30 April 2024 diff hist −119 Inaccessible Island →In popular culture: non-notable
29 April 2024
- 05:3805:38, 29 April 2024 diff hist −61 Music of Washington (state) Undid revision 1221300784 by 2601:603:382:BC70:49F0:8C1A:B488:9E4C (talk) non-notable Tag: Undo
28 April 2024
- 23:1323:13, 28 April 2024 diff hist +263 Talk:Scarlett Johansson →Reads like a PR statement: Reply Tag: Reply
- 07:1707:17, 28 April 2024 diff hist −44 Lara Trump removing minor children's names; these don't belong on WP
27 April 2024
- 07:5407:54, 27 April 2024 diff hist −70 Mexican–American War Undid revision 1221005458 by Janitoalevic (talk) an "almost war" in 19th century South America is not related to an actual war in 19th North America with entirely different participants and causes Tag: Undo
- 06:0806:08, 27 April 2024 diff hist −378 Old World rolling back to the April3, 2024 version; POV issues stemming from April 6 edits Tag: Manual revert
- 06:0506:05, 27 April 2024 diff hist −363 New World rolling back to the March 26, 2024 version; POV issues stemming from April 6 edits Tag: Manual revert
- 05:4605:46, 27 April 2024 diff hist −70 Mexican–American War Undid revision 1220881640 by Janitoalevic (talk) no apparent reason for adding to "See also" Tags: Undo Reverted
25 April 2024
- 04:4804:48, 25 April 2024 diff hist −22 I Melt with You Undid revision 1220662882 by Septembertank (talk) not supported by that citation Tag: Undo
24 April 2024
- 06:5006:50, 24 April 2024 diff hist +157 Smells Like Teen Spirit Undid revision 1220376036 by 2001:8003:4848:A601:7D32:5BD2:3178:8ED6 (talk) Tag: Undo
- 06:4206:42, 24 April 2024 diff hist −1 Talk:Mexican–American War Undid revision 1220387214 by 68.33.139.210 (talk) test edit? Tag: Undo
- 06:3206:32, 24 April 2024 diff hist −84 List of musicians from Seattle Undid revision 1220486335 by 24.217.240.63 (talk) doesn't meet criteria for inclusion current Tag: Undo
- 06:2506:25, 24 April 2024 diff hist −46 John Oliver →See also: removing this See also New Yorkers in journalism - Oliver is dubiously a New Yorker, not in journalism, and even if he was a New Yorker in journalism, the link would add nothing of value to this article
21 April 2024
- 19:0119:01, 21 April 2024 diff hist −31 Mudhoney Undid revision 1219941922 by Aku Ahoniemi (talk) dubious and unsourced current Tag: Undo
- 18:3418:34, 21 April 2024 diff hist −25 English-speaking world rv to last by Remsense; no evidence of English being an official language of Taiwan Tag: Manual revert
- 18:1718:17, 21 April 2024 diff hist +445 Talk:General American English →Living down to the invidious stereotype: Reply Tag: Reply
- 17:3117:31, 21 April 2024 diff hist −2 Cracker →People: tweaking Cracker (term); Georgia cracker and Florida cracker should also be changed here current
20 April 2024
- 15:3815:38, 20 April 2024 diff hist −43 Sinking of the Moskva Undid revision 1219904222 by 223.19.222.194 (talk) that's not "more neutral"; the cause of sinking is known and there's no reason to give equal weight to Russian claims current Tag: Undo
- 10:2210:22, 20 April 2024 diff hist 0 John Lydon minor CE, quote marks
- 10:2010:20, 20 April 2024 diff hist −17 John Lydon just take nationality out of the first sentence
- 10:1710:17, 20 April 2024 diff hist −30 Gringo Undid revision 1219805992 by 2600:1004:A121:DD52:8CA0:6C25:348:D23D (talk) not an improvement; this is said in the following sentence Tag: Undo
- 10:1310:13, 20 April 2024 diff hist +234 Talk:Cracker →Move to Cracker (disambiguation): Reply current Tag: Reply
- 09:5609:56, 20 April 2024 diff hist −69 White people Undid revision 1219849228 by PuppyMonkey (talk) likely good faith edit, but misguided Tag: Undo
19 April 2024
- 21:4621:46, 19 April 2024 diff hist +2 Hyphenated American →Hyphenated Americanism, 1890–1920: copyediting that last addition - I'm assuming "supporters" was intended rather than "supports" current
- 20:4420:44, 19 April 2024 diff hist +323 Talk:Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory →Image of Anders Breivik: yep, keep the image
- 04:2704:27, 19 April 2024 diff hist +243 Talk:Americas →"largely replaced the indigenous population": Reply Tag: Reply
- 04:2304:23, 19 April 2024 diff hist +24 Americas tweaking the lead - see recent talk comment
- 03:3103:31, 19 April 2024 diff hist −187 List of ethnic slurs →C: 1) the phrase "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" wasn't merely popularized by the Simpsons, it originated with the show (specifically the episode linked to here); 2) I'm not aware of any significant usage of the term outside the US (the ref here specifically documents US usage); 3) this explanation of the term is pure OR
18 April 2024
- 04:3104:31, 18 April 2024 diff hist +6 American (word) 2 of 2 edits; changing "modern English" to "contemporary English" in the lead to avoid confusion with Modern English
- 04:2904:29, 18 April 2024 diff hist −12 American (word) the argument that "American" should apply to more than just the US is one that continues to be made, as a glance at the talk page or edit history will show! (To be clear, I use the term as it is commonly used in English; I just don't think the lead should state that the only objections occurred in the past.)
16 April 2024
- 05:1105:11, 16 April 2024 diff hist +500 Demonyms for the United States Undid revision 1218919854 by 24.44.255.233 (talk) sourced Tag: Undo
- 04:5904:59, 16 April 2024 diff hist +97 Pig War (1859) Undid revision 1219110462 by 100.42.164.170 (talk) test edits? Tag: Undo
- 04:5704:57, 16 April 2024 diff hist −600 Rock Lobster Undid revision 1219123884 by Bull3tM0nk3y (talk) Nothing connecting the card to the song (per disambiguation, this is not the only use of the phrase "rock lobster") Tag: Undo
- 04:4804:48, 16 April 2024 diff hist +1,060 Talk:Ye College Inn →Article Name: new section current Tag: New topic
- 03:3103:31, 16 April 2024 diff hist +20 Rapeman revert to last by Herbert-kavan; "Roland" was routinely credited as a member of Big Black, seems worth calling "him" by name here Tag: Manual revert
- 03:2403:24, 16 April 2024 diff hist −18 The Clash →Changing style and US breakthrough: 1979–1982: ah, I see Ira Robbins just goes to a disambiguation page; Trouser Press is already wikilinked in that sentence, so better to just remove the second wikilink instead of making it an Easter egg
14 April 2024
- 17:3217:32, 14 April 2024 diff hist 0 Steve Albini lower-casing "the" in "the Jesus Lizard"
- 17:2917:29, 14 April 2024 diff hist +12 Demonyms for the United States Undid revision 1218916933 by 24.44.255.233 (talk) rv good faith edit; I'd say this is a legit wikilink and use of italics Tag: Undo
13 April 2024
- 20:5720:57, 13 April 2024 diff hist −38 English pewter Undid revision 1218722710 by Amin The Bass (talk) current Tag: Undo
- 06:5006:50, 13 April 2024 diff hist +7 m Fallout (franchise) →Vaults: sentences don't begin with numerals
- 05:0705:07, 13 April 2024 diff hist −162 New Order (band) wtf? rolling back to last version by Mark and inwardly digest ; please stop this Tag: Manual revert
- 05:0205:02, 13 April 2024 diff hist +373 Talk:Kurt Cobain →the picture: Reply Tag: Reply