User contributions for Yngvadottir
A user with 50,271 edits. Account created on 2 July 2008.
25 August 2024
- 22:2122:21, 25 August 2024 diff hist +1,338 User talk:Yngvadottir/DYKs +1 co-credit (tho my role was small and early in the development of the article and I wish I'd seen the nomination to remove my name from it.) This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 11:5211:52, 25 August 2024 diff hist +2,390 Talk:Edith Wilson →Left-over copyvio: new section
- 11:2011:20, 25 August 2024 diff hist +14 Edith Wilson Modified 3 passages that had been left as copyvios from 2003 creation of the article as an attributed derivative of the whitehouse.gov bio (now credited to the 2009 version of Allida Black's book). One was entire para. Added refs to current version, will post on talk page. Other tweaks. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 04:0804:08, 25 August 2024 diff hist +397 Dena Thompson →In popular culture: Forthcoming Sky docu; Telegraph ref might also be useful elsewhere in article. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
24 August 2024
- 03:4903:49, 24 August 2024 diff hist +8 Kermit Oliver Gave Hermès its accent and link. Unbolded dash, "whether" for "if". Tweaked piping on MFA. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 00:4200:42, 24 August 2024 diff hist +44 N Kaspar (cat) Das that the story is told as a flashback from some modern sculpture, but Kaspar deserves a redirect to his hotel. This edit facilitating navigation is not an endorsement of the WMF. current Tags: New redirect Uncategorized redirect
23 August 2024
- 09:2709:27, 23 August 2024 diff hist −594 List of education ministers of Andhra Pradesh Replaced "burification" w/ "bifurcation", which I believe was the intended word. Removed material from original Home Minister article incl. blank name for before June 2014; did Kiran Kumar Reddy hold this position too?. Other tweaks. Fixed screaming template by removing non-author, other ref work. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 09:0209:02, 23 August 2024 diff hist −139 List of home ministers of Andhra Pradesh Replaced "burification" w/ "bifurcation", which I believe was the intended word. Combined paras, other tweaks incl. link work. Fixed screaming template by removing non-author, newspaper credited as author in another ref to correct position. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 04:0304:03, 23 August 2024 diff hist −28 List of finance ministers of Andhra Pradesh Replaced "burification" w/ "bifurcation", which I believe was the intended word. Replaced Education at start w/ Finance. Other tweaks. Fixed screaming template by removing non-author. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 03:0403:04, 23 August 2024 diff hist +168 User talk:Guy Macon →Periodic imploring: The man's right. Hope you're doing well, Guy. (This edit to a valued colleague is not an endorsement of the WMF.) current
22 August 2024
- 11:5111:51, 22 August 2024 diff hist −4,401 Tina Peters (politician) Began tightening up article, consolidating the 3 ethics charges and material on Kinsley, reducing proseline effect somewhat. Ran out of time to complete. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.
- 00:1700:17, 22 August 2024 diff hist +388 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hannah Clover Restore redirect, lacks independent coverage to demonstrate notability, award is not sufficiently notable to bypass requirement. Also BLPREQUESTDELETE, as others have stated. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF but also not a disparagement of the subject, a recipient of their most important recognition of the community.
21 August 2024
- 00:0800:08, 21 August 2024 diff hist +903 Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents →POV-pushing by User:Hystricidae21: Moved reflist under Hystricidae21's text, Un assiolo's summary in response looks good. Now that the editor has engaged, suggesting they choose one or more article talk pages to propose a revised version of their additions with better sourcing. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
20 August 2024
- 02:2602:26, 20 August 2024 diff hist +280 User talk:EEng →Speaking of irony: Gentlemen, ladies, and others whether human or extraterrestrial ... (This naive suggestion is not an endorsement of the WMF.)
19 August 2024
- 23:0923:09, 19 August 2024 diff hist +727 Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents →POV-pushing by User:Hystricidae21: Suggest instead an indef partial block from mainspace (User:Hystricidae21 has no talk space edits). This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
- 10:1910:19, 19 August 2024 diff hist +39 Wrexie Leonard Further fixes, incl. hiring year and my error over death place, pointed out at the unnameable site. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 08:5608:56, 19 August 2024 diff hist −8 m Wrexie Leonard →Biography: Fix. Not an endorsement of the WMF.
- 08:2008:20, 19 August 2024 diff hist +1,079 Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard →Brides of the Islamic State: Not sure how far List of Guantanamo Bay detainees is comparable; will leave to wiser heads. Re-ping, omitted spaces in user name. (This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.)
- 04:2904:29, 19 August 2024 diff hist +200 Wrexie Leonard Corrected captions after a post at the unnameable site. Lowell Obs has full version of infobox pic, dating it c. 1900: https://collectionslowellobservatory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/women-in-astronomy/item/62. Added theirr page as ref for added info on her being fired, death place. 2nd caption was mangled. Sp. spelling, ill. Other tweaks. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.
- 02:3702:37, 19 August 2024 diff hist +454 Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard →Brides of the Islamic State: new section
- 02:3102:31, 19 August 2024 diff hist −68,949 Brides of the Islamic State (After edit conflict w/ User:JustStepSideways) Attempting a complete list violates WP:NOTPUBLICFIGURE. Added Bethnal Green trio to text w/ refs, removed tables, replacing with list of those with articles, removed table of nationality stats (unref'd, appears to be OR based on the lists). Removed quotes from cited refs, moved cites into text, commented out all unused refs from former list-defined refs section. Will post at WP:BLPN. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 00:3800:38, 19 August 2024 diff hist +1,932 Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents →POV-pushing by User:Hystricidae21: Bumping this one; maybe a list drawn from examples already cited here will make it clearer that there is a problem with User:Hystricidae21's edits. User:Slatersteven, User:JPxG, courtesy pings. Asking User:Hystricidae21 for their side, too. This edit by a non-admin is not an endorsement of the WMF.
18 August 2024
- 23:0223:02, 18 August 2024 diff hist +231 N Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Patrick M. McCarthy Creating talk page to note that the article is now at Patrick M. McCarthy (lawyer). This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 22:4422:44, 18 August 2024 diff hist +230 Talk:Sport in Vatican City →Compare the section in Vatican City: new section current
17 August 2024
- 21:3921:39, 17 August 2024 diff hist +790 Elizabeth Swaney Updated w/ ambitions for powerlifting in 2028 Summer Olympics, SF Chronicle, used source at some other points. More use of Guardian profile, combined refs, plus add'l source for Am. Ninja Warrior - just qualifiers. Moved most of Personal life into new Early life and education, some rewriting incl. parents' names, Personal -> Personal and professional. US in short descr. also. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.
- 10:2510:25, 17 August 2024 diff hist +1 m Ngare Ndare Forest Fixed my mess. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 04:4404:44, 17 August 2024 diff hist +84 Signia by Hilton San Jose Replaced Fairmont cat w/ Hilton cat; moved Swig Co ref out of lead to account of their developing it, archive URL. Tweak while still avoiding source wording, "consolidated". This edit further updating the article is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
16 August 2024
- 22:5822:58, 16 August 2024 diff hist +966 Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents →EEng: Also concur with Viriditas, overreaction to use of "ass" - however, since the OP is not unique in taking all use of "dirty words" as hostile, I also agree EEng should keep this one for disputes where he's uninvolved. This edit per WP:DEFUSE is not an endorsement of the WMF.
- 21:4621:46, 16 August 2024 diff hist +728 Signia by Hilton San Jose Moved Emporis, Structurae refs to text, inserting architects there, used Skyscraper to ref height in infobox. Removed names of restaurants. Commonscat has moved to current name. Ref for orig. opening and developer. Moved entrance image down.This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.
- 12:5312:53, 16 August 2024 diff hist +2,854 Signia by Hilton San Jose Updated URL, rewrote intro and much of body text for clarity and to add sale of annex and its now being SJSU dorm. Commented out some outdated stats in infobox; unsure about current number of rooms. Ref work, additional refs, one w/ 2 sales. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.
- 11:2011:20, 16 August 2024 diff hist +39 N Fairmont Hotel (San Jose) Redirecting to Signia by Hilton San Jose in parallel with Fairmont San Jose; equally valid search term for the former hotel. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current Tags: New redirect Uncategorized redirect
- 11:1711:17, 16 August 2024 diff hist +39 N Spartan Village on the Paseo Redirecting to Signia by Hilton San Jose; San Jose State U student residence in one of the 2 towers of the former Fairmont Hotel. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current Tags: New redirect Uncategorized redirect
- 08:4308:43, 16 August 2024 diff hist +126 Talk:Memorial Hall (Harvard University) →Rfc on use of "imposing": Yes, my first choice is to follow the sources and call the building imposing in the intro. (This edit following up in response to a query is not an endorsement of the WMF.)
- 02:5702:57, 16 August 2024 diff hist +1,164 Talk:Memorial Hall (Harvard University) →Rfc on use of "imposing": 1st choice: Support "imposing". 2nd choice in view of the word being used more broadly and emotionally in popular usage: Reword to "Designed to be imposing" in the intro. (This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.)
15 August 2024
- 08:1908:19, 15 August 2024 diff hist +532 Faux, Dordogne Added name change to Faux-en-Périgord from January 2025, reasons. Commonscat to inline as ext. link. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF.
- 05:1305:13, 15 August 2024 diff hist +675 Emerald High School Flipped order of 2 refs. Added ref for controversy over "aerouant" that shook loose when I searched for something to link it to (appears to be the Breton word for "dragon"); should prob. be in a separate notes section but since there's only one ... This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 05:0705:07, 15 August 2024 diff hist +66 Valley High School →California: Added Valley High School (Dublin, California) above Valley Christian School, also in Dublin. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
14 August 2024
- 23:5523:55, 14 August 2024 diff hist −97 Battle of Rani Sarai Cats for conflict year, Maratha Confederacy battles, Bengal Subah. Header case, less florid language in final section, some other copyediting incl. in refs. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 12:1212:12, 14 August 2024 diff hist +1,628 User talk:Yngvadottir Re: to 3 colleagues, the response to Belbury being the one I'd been composing :-) My main concern in crafting my disclaimers is WP:POLEMIC, and linking to a polemic in user space would surely violate that. (This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.)
- 10:5110:51, 14 August 2024 diff hist +218 Dublin Unified School District Updated w/ opening of Emerald High School; ref for 1st day on new campus (and sentence about 7 new schools this century!) to replace under construction report from board website. Checked list of schools, up to date. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 10:3710:37, 14 August 2024 diff hist +26 Template:Dublin, California Added Emerald High School (formerly a redirect to school district). This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 10:3610:36, 14 August 2024 diff hist +8,798 Emerald High School School opened in 2023 as scheduled, campus opened August 13; expanding to article. There's also Emerald High School (South Carolina), redlinked at Greenwood, South Carolina; nothing to point a hatnote to. This edit intended to improve the encyclopedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. Tag: Removed redirect
- 02:5102:51, 14 August 2024 diff hist +225 Spring Branch, Houston Name, historic designation, 2nd ref for Hillendahl Cemetery. Should prob. be in text not caption ... This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 02:3602:36, 14 August 2024 diff hist −100 Sheila Jackson Lee →Personal life: Unbolded and shortened captions on Biden & Harris photos. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
13 August 2024
- 11:4411:44, 13 August 2024 diff hist +167 User talk:Yuri koval →Speedy deletion nomination of Zhytniy Market: It wasn't deleted, and I just expanded it. Thank you for creating it. (This edit to a colleague who I hope will resume editing is not an endorsement of the WMF.) current
- 11:4211:42, 13 August 2024 diff hist +3,944 Zhytniy Market Expanded w/ info on the current modernist market building, added cats, Commonscat, address, pic of interior and of outdoor market in late 19th-century. This edit intended to improve the encyclopaedia is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
- 08:3808:38, 13 August 2024 diff hist −2,158 Yannis Kotsiras Replaced text added by IP in May 2021 w/ short account of career based on a 2017 profile. Left discography expansion but removed platinum & gold claims & some other details, used source's transliteration & translations. Removed Twitter, Sources -> Ext. links, reinstating Kratisinow.gr. Delinked Pinelopi Delta: article is on the person. This edit somewhat improving a BLP highlighted at the unnameable site is not an endorsement of the WMF. current
12 August 2024
- 09:4409:44, 12 August 2024 diff hist −122 Graham Thorpe →Personal life: Reverted edit by User:Samananda; source already there. Combined age sentence w/ rewritten death sentence to forestall this happening again. Changed section header to Personal life and death. This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
- 08:4808:48, 12 August 2024 diff hist +325 Graham Thorpe →Personal life: Ref for suicide (also reveals that yes, 2022 illness was caused by an earlier attempt, but left that out). PA Media via The Guardian. This edit per WP:V is not an endorsement of the WMF.
11 August 2024
- 23:1823:18, 11 August 2024 diff hist +311 User talk:ScottishFinnishRadish →Thank you: new section
