User contributions for ThoughtIdRetired
A user with 8,374 edits. Account created on 28 May 2013.
8 May 2024
- 08:2708:27, 8 May 2024 diff hist +365 Talk:HMS Endeavour →a problem...: addl. current
7 May 2024
- 17:1717:17, 7 May 2024 diff hist −39 Sutherland Undid revision 1222731113 by 50.238.26.115 (talk) unreferenced and unexplained current Tag: Undo
- 12:5112:51, 7 May 2024 diff hist 0 m HMS Endeavour typos
- 12:4612:46, 7 May 2024 diff hist +15 HMS Endeavour →References: getting cite encyclopedia to work
- 12:3512:35, 7 May 2024 diff hist −60 HMS Endeavour sfn template substitutions
- 12:0812:08, 7 May 2024 diff hist −89 HMS Endeavour some sfn templates substituted per talk page
6 May 2024
- 20:1820:18, 6 May 2024 diff hist +11 English breakfast tea Undid revision 1222589675 by Hyaciiinth (talk) You might be right, but if so this needs to be fully explained on the talk page. That explanation should be based on appropriate references. current Tag: Undo
- 20:1320:13, 6 May 2024 diff hist +1,679 Talk:HMS Endeavour →a problem...: new section Tag: New topic
- 09:5409:54, 6 May 2024 diff hist −12 HMS Endeavour Nothing in the main text of the article suggests that the repairs were in any way "rudimentary". The fact that further repairs were needed in Batavia appears to be a function of the amount of damage received.
- 08:0608:06, 6 May 2024 diff hist −11 Sea Venture Undid revision 1222434681 by Steveprutz (talk) This link is inappropriate. The word "barke"/"bark" had a different meaning at that time. The names of types of ships based on their rig rather than their use or hull form is more a 19th century thing. current Tag: Undo
5 May 2024
- 18:4018:40, 5 May 2024 diff hist +344 Talk:HMS Endeavour →Improving readability: partly implemented.
- 18:3418:34, 5 May 2024 diff hist −266 HMS Endeavour The first of the changes to improve readability raised on the talk page on 29 Apr titled "Improving readability".
- 18:0818:08, 5 May 2024 diff hist +201 Talk:James Cook →Proposed change to final lead sentence: change made to article
- 18:0618:06, 5 May 2024 diff hist +76 James Cook Making the change discussed on the talk page with the conclusion reached 8th April current
- 11:2611:26, 5 May 2024 diff hist +93 Spanish Armada →England and the Netherlands: RS needed
- 09:1309:13, 5 May 2024 diff hist +12 Clipper (disambiguation) Undid revision 1222319452 by Clarityfiend (talk) Yes, I have amended the article (which is in pretty terrible shape and needs more work). Those edits are supported by the sources, which I am familiar with and are at my side now. Maritime terminology can be a nightmare of ambiguity, (see preface to Greenhill's The Merchant Schooners for this) but these changes seem to pick out the best interpretation. Tag: Undo
- 09:0809:08, 5 May 2024 diff hist +116 Clipper breadth of definition mentioned in first part of lead current
- 09:0409:04, 5 May 2024 diff hist +129 Clipper →Origin and usage of "clipper": more from the source to clarify the origin of the Baltimore clipper usage
- 08:5908:59, 5 May 2024 diff hist +297 Talk:Galleon →Article could use a cleanup: deficiencies of Spanish wikipedia article referred to current
- 08:2608:26, 5 May 2024 diff hist +240 Galleon →The oldest English drawings: dead link and possible OR
- 08:1708:17, 5 May 2024 diff hist +39 Galleon →Distinguishing features: citations needed (section)
- 08:1708:17, 5 May 2024 diff hist +39 Galleon →Construction: citations need (section0
- 08:0708:07, 5 May 2024 diff hist +12 Clipper (disambiguation) Undid revision 1222299567 by Clarityfiend (talk) the previous version is more factually correct. Here is not the place to go into all the technicalities of when Baltimore Clippers actually got that name, but it is now applied to some ships that were built in the 18th century. As the shortest of summaries, we need to give a clue here that "19th century" is not absolute. Tags: Undo Reverted
4 May 2024
- 20:0420:04, 4 May 2024 diff hist 0 Strategic bombing No, this is the correct word. Compare the links from the two versions.
3 May 2024
- 19:0919:09, 3 May 2024 diff hist +520 User talk:Voice of Clam →Vasa (ship): new section current Tag: New topic
- 19:0219:02, 3 May 2024 diff hist −7 Vasa (ship) →Ship structure: surely a better way of handling the deficiency pointed out by the previous edit – show the dates of loss of all the wrecks in this comparison. For Mary Rose, there is the link to the article for more information. The point being made in the main source, which the article attempts to follow, is that there is precious little surviving material from the rigging of ships of this 152 year period of history and most of it is from Vasa. current
2 May 2024
- 08:5208:52, 2 May 2024 diff hist +11 Paula Vennells →Post Office scandal: surely the hiring of Second Sight was not just down to Vennells - the evidence we hear from the enquiry is to the contrary and the contract would have been with the Post Office. This is just poor journalistic language.
- 07:1807:18, 2 May 2024 diff hist +18 Caravel Undid revision 1221823708 by 118.208.117.221 (talk) Link is appropriate Tag: Undo
- 07:1407:14, 2 May 2024 diff hist −9 Brest, France No edit summary Tag: Manual revert
30 April 2024
- 21:5021:50, 30 April 2024 diff hist +1,012 Crofting going back to a revised version of the original text with the addition of references. The failing of both versions preceding this one is that it implies that crofts existed in the same location as the communal farms. This is most emphatically not the case.
- 19:5919:59, 30 April 2024 diff hist +2 Sea Venture info box to match article. The cost field is unreferenced, so has been deleted.
- 19:5319:53, 30 April 2024 diff hist 0 Sea Venture WP:SHE4SHIPS
- 07:4107:41, 30 April 2024 diff hist +116 Patrick Sellar some changes to lead which hopefully justify removal of tag. Placing a more obvious link to the Highland clearances in the first para directs a reader to that article at an early stage. current
29 April 2024
- 22:5522:55, 29 April 2024 diff hist −200 Sea Venture →Construction: the Aldeburgh/newly built ship theory is pretty much debunked. See ref
- 22:3222:32, 29 April 2024 diff hist 0 m Sea Venture tweak
- 22:3122:31, 29 April 2024 diff hist −169 Sea Venture There is evidence that the ship was not purpose built for this voyage. "Single timbered" is not mentioned by Adams in his detailed analysis of the hull construction: we have floating futtocks and possibly a gap between the ends of the first and third futtocks, but no mention of "single timbered". "Marooning" is a deliberate act of leaving someone on an isolated island and not an appropriate word for shipwreck survivors.
- 22:1022:10, 29 April 2024 diff hist +435 Talk:Sea Venture →Some odd content being added: Bermuda cedar: unreferenced, off topic and dubious as a major constructional material for the pinnaces.
- 22:0422:04, 29 April 2024 diff hist +224 Sea Venture →Deliverance and Patience: cn
- 21:5921:59, 29 April 2024 diff hist +22 m Sea Venture →Maiden voyage, the storm, and loss in Bermuda: typos and a ref
- 21:5221:52, 29 April 2024 diff hist +290 Sea Venture →Maiden voyage, the storm, and loss in Bermuda: note on strange phenomenon of rapid calm after a similar hurricane. Longboats are a type of Ship's boat{{snd}}there would normally only be one, but other types would be carried.
- 21:4621:46, 29 April 2024 diff hist +464 Sea Venture →Maiden voyage, the storm, and loss in Bermuda: content from Adams
- 21:4221:42, 29 April 2024 diff hist +1,032 Talk:Sea Venture →Some odd content being added: new section Tag: New topic
- 19:0119:01, 29 April 2024 diff hist +11 m Talk:HMS Endeavour →Improving readability: 2 extra words for clarity
- 19:0019:00, 29 April 2024 diff hist +1,986 Talk:HMS Endeavour →Improving readability: new section Tag: New topic
- 08:2008:20, 29 April 2024 diff hist −1 HMS Endeavour In this sort of context, the plural of "cannon" is "cannon". See, for instance, Winfield and Rodger for this usage.
27 April 2024
- 20:3120:31, 27 April 2024 diff hist −7,604 Muncaster Castle reverting back to the last version before the involvement of a sock Tag: Manual revert
- 08:1208:12, 27 April 2024 diff hist +438 Wikipedia:Teahouse →Muncaster Castle: new section Tag: New topic
- 07:2807:28, 27 April 2024 diff hist −6,091 Muncaster Castle reverted as referenced material was deleted and some unreferenced material added Tags: Manual revert Reverted
- 07:2707:27, 27 April 2024 diff hist +672 User talk:IIlIlIl →Muncaster castle: new section Tag: New topic
- 07:1107:11, 27 April 2024 diff hist −214 Patrick Sellar →Further Reading: further reading should not include works cited as references in the article
26 April 2024
- 21:4921:49, 26 April 2024 diff hist −21 Age of Discovery Undid revision 1220878005 by Nathe wat879 (talk) the reverted version introduced ambiguity. Tag: Undo
- 21:4421:44, 26 April 2024 diff hist −6 Bombing of Dresden The "but" creates a greater connection between this sentence and the one preceding it than is justified by sources. The sources do not connect the two points, so an editor doing this is WP:SYNTH. current
- 21:3521:35, 26 April 2024 diff hist −1 Rowing Undid revision 1220936687 by Zlukeeramo (talk) not a fix current Tag: Undo
24 April 2024
- 18:1018:10, 24 April 2024 diff hist −98 Bombing of Dresden Undid revision 1220545713 by HELPINGLEMMINGS (talk) unhelpful, unreferenced, already discussed elsewhere in the article. Tag: Undo
- 07:4107:41, 24 April 2024 diff hist −1 Triangular trade Undid revision 1220498043 by Cr35699 (talk) Obfuscating the subject with a "correct" word does it no favours. This was an act of purchase; whether that was immoral or, in later years, illegal is not relevant. current Tag: Undo
20 April 2024
- 18:1818:18, 20 April 2024 diff hist +334 Talk:Ancient maritime history →Primary source regarding ancient Luzon sea crossing: answer current
- 07:4207:42, 20 April 2024 diff hist +1 Galley Undid revision 1219830924 by 2002:620D:3AF:0:5114:944A:95F5:D54 (talk) Past tense is more appropriate Tag: Undo
19 April 2024
- 07:2807:28, 19 April 2024 diff hist −14 Austronesian vessels Undid revision 1219689768 by 182.4.70.1 (talk) no such target for link Tag: Undo
15 April 2024
- 20:4220:42, 15 April 2024 diff hist −45 Studding sail Undid revision 1219064269 by WP Ludicer (talk) See talk page current Tag: Undo
- 20:4120:41, 15 April 2024 diff hist +2,849 Talk:Studding sail →Abbreviated form of "studding sail" within the article: new section current Tag: New topic
14 April 2024
- 21:4021:40, 14 April 2024 diff hist −1 m Talk:Paula Vennells →Role as COO of Post Office Limited: word repetition
- 21:3921:39, 14 April 2024 diff hist +752 Talk:Paula Vennells →Role as COO of Post Office Limited: something of a source, but not definitive.
- 20:4420:44, 14 April 2024 diff hist +964 Talk:Paula Vennells →Role as COO of Post Office Limited: Reply Tag: Reply
- 20:1220:12, 14 April 2024 diff hist +877 Talk:Paula Vennells →Role as COO of Post Office Limited: new section Tag: New topic
- 20:0720:07, 14 April 2024 diff hist +571 Paula Vennells →Post Office scandal: it is misleading of the article not to mention Vennells' role at POL prior to being CEO. As COO she had operational oversight of Horizon.
- 13:0413:04, 14 April 2024 diff hist −181 Batavia (1628 ship) If Van Duivenvoorde's detailed analysis of the ship does not mention any metrics for the rig, I think we can be pretty sure that this is unknown.
- 13:0113:01, 14 April 2024 diff hist −67 Batavia (1628 ship) Green (1989) states that the displacement is "about 600 tonnes", which is clearly substantially different from this figure. It has been tagged "citation needed" for some while, so with a contradictory source, the most sensible thing seems to be to delete it.
13 April 2024
- 19:4619:46, 13 April 2024 diff hist +32 Batavia (1628 ship) →Wreck: clarification
- 19:0019:00, 13 April 2024 diff hist +18 Batavia (1628 ship) correction: the complement figure of 341 is passengers and crew
- 09:0709:07, 13 April 2024 diff hist +535 Batavia (1628 ship) →Specie and jewels: silverware
- 08:4108:41, 13 April 2024 diff hist +21 Batavia (1628 ship) →Treasure: changing the terminology to a more encyclopaedic choice of words.
- 08:3708:37, 13 April 2024 diff hist +265 Batavia (1628 ship) →Wreck: additional explanation of the problems created by the surf. Date correction
12 April 2024
- 11:4111:41, 12 April 2024 diff hist +316 Wallabi Group most southerly established coral reef in Indian Ocean current
