User contributions for AlanBarrett
A user with 1,359 edits. Account created on 18 July 2004.
24 November 2021
- 15:4215:42, 24 November 2021 diff hist 0 Talk:Salvia aurea →Move Salvia africana-lutea to Salvia aurea: fix typo in my own comment
22 November 2021
- 14:1114:11, 22 November 2021 diff hist +1,291 Talk:Salvia aurea →Move Salvia africana-lutea to Salvia aurea: new section
- 13:3813:38, 22 November 2021 diff hist +23 Salvia aurea →External links: plantzafrica.com moved to pza.sanbi.org
2 August 2021
- 20:0820:08, 2 August 2021 diff hist −1 m Theophilus Shepstone fix pasto
- 20:0720:07, 2 August 2021 diff hist +517 Theophilus Shepstone Add quote= text to a reference, supporting the claim that the nickname Somtseu was probably given in childhood
- 19:3919:39, 2 August 2021 diff hist +43 Theophilus Shepstone The cited reference shows that the nickname Somtseu was already in use before the elephant incident, and claims that it is more likely that the nickname was given in childhood.
- 19:2919:29, 2 August 2021 diff hist +516 Theophilus Shepstone publications.epress.monash.edu and doi:10.2104/os080002 seem to be dead, but I found a copy of the reference at Murdoch University Research Repository. The page linked here includes a link to a PDF, and both are archived.
24 March 2021
- 11:1711:17, 24 March 2021 diff hist −88 Kenilworth, Johannesburg Kenilworth Johannesburg postal code is 2190 for streets; no postal code for boxes. Codes 7708 and 7745 are for Kenilworth Cape Town.
13 September 2020
- 17:1217:12, 13 September 2020 diff hist +18 m Durban beach-front bombing add South Africa to location in lede
- 16:2716:27, 13 September 2020 diff hist +728 Durban beach-front bombing The ''Why Not Bar'' and ''Magoo's Bar'' were two different bars attached to the same hotel.
18 January 2020
- 16:5916:59, 18 January 2020 diff hist +158 Wikipedia talk:Link rot →Unhelpful page: I added more detailed instructions.
- 16:5816:58, 18 January 2020 diff hist +638 Wikipedia:Link rot →Repairing a dead link: Add more detailed instructions, following a complaint on the talk page
- 16:2616:26, 18 January 2020 diff hist +1,429 Wikipedia talk:Link rot →Should the archive details of live links be added to pages?: I think so, but maybe render with less emphasis
- 15:3515:35, 18 January 2020 diff hist +136 Bermeja Add {{Location map}}
- 14:5714:57, 18 January 2020 diff hist 0 m Bermeja revert whitespace changes from previous
- 13:2813:28, 18 January 2020 diff hist +895 Bermeja Add archive links; mark dead links for which I can't find working archives
- 13:1913:19, 18 January 2020 diff hist +1 m Wikipedia:Link rot →Memento: link to https page, not http
- 11:2911:29, 18 January 2020 diff hist +10 m Wikipedia:Catalogue of CSS classes →IDs: under ''coordinates'' link to original discussion on the ''Archive 6'' sub-page of the relevant talk page, not directly on the talk page
- 10:5610:56, 18 January 2020 diff hist +111 Template talk:Coord →Coordinates not displayed on mobile page: sign previous
- 08:2108:21, 18 January 2020 diff hist +41 m Talk:Goatse.cx Add archivelink parameter to the {{Round in circles}} template invocation
- 07:2307:23, 18 January 2020 diff hist +355 Template talk:Coord →Coordinates not displayed on mobile page: new section
1 September 2016
- 07:3407:34, 1 September 2016 diff hist +1 m Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016 Fix typo Annual -> Annular Tag: Visual edit
13 August 2014
- 08:0708:07, 13 August 2014 diff hist +7 Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Obama only proposed expansion, he didn't actually implement it on 17 June 2014. Also remove stray white space in URL.
1 March 2014
- 14:0214:02, 1 March 2014 diff hist +685 Magic Roundabout (Swindon) →The roundabout: Rephrase, remove "citation needed", add a reference to http://www.roundabout.net/DIBcounterflow.html
6 October 2013
- 11:4711:47, 6 October 2013 diff hist +1,023 Logical block addressing Add table of CHS values for LBA-Assisted translation
25 April 2013
- 14:3814:38, 25 April 2013 diff hist +37 Democratic Party (South Africa) rewrite hatnotes using {{About}} and {{For}} templates. Also swap the order.
- 14:3314:33, 25 April 2013 diff hist +147 Democratic Party (South Africa, 1973) Add {{About}} hatnote referring to Democratic Party (South Africa)
22 February 2013
- 11:5211:52, 22 February 2013 diff hist −1 Kuiper belt Undid revision 539630995 by Serendipodous (talk). The US pronunciation rhymes with "viper" but the UK pronunciation does not.
- 10:4510:45, 22 February 2013 diff hist +35 Kuiper belt Add UK pronunciation, from https://oxforddictionaries.com/pronounce/english/Kuiper+belt
18 October 2012
- 13:1813:18, 18 October 2012 diff hist +93 Year 2038 problem →Solutions: clarify wording of NetBSD reference. (disclosure: I am a NetBSD developer)
26 September 2012
- 15:3415:34, 26 September 2012 diff hist +24 m Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund Say that this organisation is in the United States
1 October 2011
- 11:0911:09, 1 October 2011 diff hist +16 Par →In computing: give a better summary for Par (command)
23 February 2011
- 17:2417:24, 23 February 2011 diff hist −195 Portal:Current events/2011 February 22 Undid revision 415524507 by 208.39.164.129 (talk)
20 February 2011
- 10:0410:04, 20 February 2011 diff hist +32 Ratel + {{R from alternative language}}
- 09:4109:41, 20 February 2011 diff hist +47 Ratel IFV →Combat History: change red link Armed Struggle to piped link Armed Struggle
10 February 2011
- 06:1906:19, 10 February 2011 diff hist +1 m SSH File Transfer Protocol add comma
- 06:1806:18, 10 February 2011 diff hist +1 SSH File Transfer Protocol It's often called SFTP, so move "or '''SFTP'''" outside the "sometimes called..." parentheses
5 February 2011
- 08:1008:10, 5 February 2011 diff hist +38 Compact of Free Association →2003 renewal: Expand unexplained acronym in image caption: TTPI -> Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
30 January 2011
- 12:0012:00, 30 January 2011 diff hist +12 m NUL →In computers: make the most relevant links bold
- 11:5611:56, 30 January 2011 diff hist +1 m Null character close parenthesis
- 11:5311:53, 30 January 2011 diff hist +545 Null character Say that the abbreviation is '''NUL''' and give references. Link to control character. Say "many character sets" and link to a few more.
- 11:3111:31, 30 January 2011 diff hist +172 Control character →In ASCII: add abbreviations. these match the abbreviations already present in a table
- 10:4610:46, 30 January 2011 diff hist +153 NUL →In computers: "NUL" is not only an ASCII abbreviation; it's also used in many other character sets. Also copy edit.
- 10:3710:37, 30 January 2011 diff hist +6 NUL →In computers: Link to NUL:
4 November 2010
- 06:3306:33, 4 November 2010 diff hist −16 List of two-dimensional geometric shapes →Generally composed of straight line segments: remove duplicate rhombus; one is enough
- 06:3106:31, 4 November 2010 diff hist +13 List of two-dimensional geometric shapes →Generally composed of straight line segments: add english "trapezium" as alternative for american "trapezoid". The trapezoid article already uses both terms.
17 February 2010
- 08:0108:01, 17 February 2010 diff hist +625 N User talk:Imcommunication Caution: Using Wikipedia for advertising or promotion on Portal:Current events/2010 February 17. (TW)
- 07:4407:44, 17 February 2010 diff hist −701 Portal:Current events/2010 February 17 Undid revision 344572447 by Imcommunication (talk) (advertising spam)
25 January 2010
- 11:5011:50, 25 January 2010 diff hist +576 User talk:Timothyandrewelliott Warning: Introducing deliberate factual errors. (TW) current
- 11:3911:39, 25 January 2010 diff hist +953 N User talk:Timothyandrewelliott General note: Introducing factual errors on Hoverboard. (TW)
