User contributions for 188.203.49.105

25 February 2015

• 17:3217:32, 25 February 2015 diff hist +1,047‎ Talk:Praline (nut confection) ‎ Comment on misleading links to other languages in while 'praline' means something different.

18 February 2015

• 16:1116:11, 18 February 2015 diff hist 0‎ Botulinum toxin ‎ incorrect spelling 'susceptabilities' corrected to 'susceptibilities'
• 15:5815:58, 18 February 2015 diff hist +1,156‎ Talk:Alessandro Volta ‎ attention drawn to misleading English on the main page - I can't edit it myself, as there doesn't seem to be an Edit function

16 February 2015

• 16:3416:34, 16 February 2015 diff hist +3‎ Talk:Panini (sandwich) ‎ corrected a couple of minor errors in my previous post
• 16:1816:18, 16 February 2015 diff hist +3,268‎ Talk:Panini (sandwich) ‎ More comments on the panino/panini debate, including input from Dutch, in which there is a similar problem.

13 February 2015

• 14:1114:11, 13 February 2015 diff hist 0‎ Institut Jaques-Dalcroze (Brussels) ‎ Misspelled heading corrected from 'Eyrhythmics' to 'Eurhythmics'

31 January 2015

• 18:5418:54, 31 January 2015 diff hist −11‎ Talk:Anna and Bernhard Blume ‎No edit summary
• 18:5318:53, 31 January 2015 diff hist +649‎ Talk:Anna and Bernhard Blume ‎ attention drawn to misuse of the word 'gymnasium'

17 January 2015

• 16:1516:15, 17 January 2015 diff hist +257‎ Talk:Jens Riewa ‎ Comment on poor quality of English in this article

9 January 2015

• 18:5218:52, 9 January 2015 diff hist +1,883‎ Talk:Joan Fuster ‎ additional comments on 'País Valencià', and a general Wikipedia comment on a widespread example of incorrect English

8 January 2015

• 17:0017:00, 8 January 2015 diff hist 0‎ LGBT tourism ‎ misspelled 'Rio de Jainero' correct to 'Rio de Janeiro'

3 January 2015

• 16:4216:42, 3 January 2015 diff hist +5‎ Sukarno ‎ Incorrect English 'will remain as the Republic's capital until end of the war in 1949' changed to 'would remain.... until the end....'. The future tense ('will') can never refer to events that are now in the past.~~~~

2 January 2015

• 18:2318:23, 2 January 2015 diff hist +162‎ Talk:Dicționar moldovenesc-românesc ‎ Three dead links reported

27 December 2014

• 16:3516:35, 27 December 2014 diff hist +893‎ Talk:LGBT movements ‎ I've pointed out an inconsistency between this and another Wikipedia article, and an editing error (someone is introduced in detail after he's already been referred to by his surname).

20 December 2014

• 18:3218:32, 20 December 2014 diff hist +1‎ Bob campaign ‎ Incorrect English 'since then believe' corrected to 'have since believed' - this text has obviously been written by a Dutch-speaker!~~~~
• 18:3018:30, 20 December 2014 diff hist +2‎ Bob campaign ‎ incorrect English translation 'Conscious Non-Drunk Driver' (which means that the driver is conscious - the least you would expect!) altered to 'Consciously Non-Drunk Driver' - but the second translation 'Deliberately sober driver' is far better English

3 November 2014

• 16:2316:23, 3 November 2014 diff hist −2‎ Secretary General of NATO ‎ 'Stoltenberg, which took office' is dreadful English - you use 'who', not 'which' for people, so I've changed it

31 October 2014

• 16:2316:23, 31 October 2014 diff hist +366‎ Talk:Ballistic missile submarine ‎ I've drawn attention to a presumably incorrect Russian acronym

11 October 2014

• 15:4015:40, 11 October 2014 diff hist −18‎ Shared space ‎ The quote from 'Fietsberaad' was an almost unreadably bad translation from Dutch (e.g. 'part of the cyclists does not dare demand the right of way'). I've turned it into more readable English, but without checking the Dutch original.

2 October 2014

• 16:3016:30, 2 October 2014 diff hist +211‎ Talk:You Don't Own Me ‎ suggestion that fractured English should be corrected!

27 September 2014

• 17:2717:27, 27 September 2014 diff hist +720‎ Talk:SS Andrea Doria ‎No edit summary

26 September 2014

• 16:4616:46, 26 September 2014 diff hist +328‎ Talk:Joël Dicker ‎ comments on the un-Wikipedia-like style

21 September 2014

• 14:0414:04, 21 September 2014 diff hist +122‎ Talk:Romanian profanity ‎ Forgot to sign my last comment!
• 14:0314:03, 21 September 2014 diff hist +466‎ Talk:Romanian profanity ‎ I've challenged the suggested etymology of the word "fleașcă", which can't possibly be connected with English "flesh"

20 September 2014

• 12:0512:05, 20 September 2014 diff hist +544‎ Talk:Cyclekart ‎ I've commented on the style of the article (too ad-like and too informal to sound reliable)

6 September 2014

• 15:0515:05, 6 September 2014 diff hist +4‎ Talk:T–V distinction ‎No edit summary
• 15:0415:04, 6 September 2014 diff hist −8‎ Talk:T–V distinction ‎ →‎= Usage in the Canary Islands =
• 15:0415:04, 6 September 2014 diff hist +527‎ Talk:T–V distinction ‎ attention drawn to conflicting information on T-V usage in Spanish
• 13:2613:26, 6 September 2014 diff hist +4‎ World Health Organization ‎ incorrect 'seated along the other NGOs' corrected to 'seated alongside the other NGOs'

5 September 2014

• 17:0817:08, 5 September 2014 diff hist +411‎ Talk:Kirsty MacColl ‎ →‎Link to Guillermo González Nova: new section

1 September 2014

• 14:3814:38, 1 September 2014 diff hist +1,154‎ Talk:Bricolage ‎ →‎Definition: I've explained why I think 'tinkering' is a misleading translation of 'bricolage' in this context, and suggested some alternatives

31 August 2014

• 14:2214:22, 31 August 2014 diff hist 0‎ Xavier Bettel ‎ typo in previous edit ('in') corrected to 'In'
• 14:2014:20, 31 August 2014 diff hist −28‎ Xavier Bettel ‎ See comments in 'editing talk' - 'asked for Bettel's hand in marriage' was the wrong phrase here, given Bettel's age and sexual orientation
• 14:1714:17, 31 August 2014 diff hist +927‎ Talk:Xavier Bettel ‎ Incorrect phrase 'asked for Bettel's hand in marriage' corrected to 'proposed to Bettel' - see comments above

26 August 2014

• 17:2817:28, 26 August 2014 diff hist −4‎ Robert Long (singer) ‎ Two misspellings of the name 'Antwerp' (English) as 'Antwerpen' (Dutch) corrected

25 August 2014

• 14:1514:15, 25 August 2014 diff hist +103‎ 1920 Carinthian plebiscite ‎ I've corrected the third poster translation "Be faithful to Carinthia", which was seriously wrong. The first poster translation also includes "go to war" for "ajnrukat", which in fact means "join the army" - not really worth correcting.~~~~

6 August 2014

• 15:0315:03, 6 August 2014 diff hist +695‎ Talk:Taramasalata ‎ Request for a picture of real home-made taramosalata, rather than what still looks to me like the nasty mass-produced version.

6 July 2014

• 15:2415:24, 6 July 2014 diff hist +1‎ Eric Woodburn ‎ Incorrect spelling 'Doctor Snoddy' changed to 'Doctor Snoddie'

21 June 2014

• 13:4313:43, 21 June 2014 diff hist +417‎ Talk:Matthias Sindelar ‎ →‎Jewish

31 May 2014

• 12:0012:00, 31 May 2014 diff hist −4‎ Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt ‎ See previous edit - I've just found another serious mistranslation ('at the 12 January' rather than 'on 12 January' - a very literal rendering of 'am 12. Januar').
• 11:5811:58, 31 May 2014 diff hist 0‎ Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt ‎ I've improved the very bad translation of this article from German, which included inverted verbs ('in the series were 2 helicopters used'), '5.' for 'fifth', decimal commas (points in English), 'flow' instead of 'flew'. There may be other errors.

5 May 2014

• 10:1710:17, 5 May 2014 diff hist 0‎ Fetu Afahye ‎ misspelling ('pumper harvest') corrected to 'bumper harvest'

1 March 2014

• 17:4217:42, 1 March 2014 diff hist +291‎ Talk:Abduction and murder of Ylenia Lenhard ‎ →‎Toluene: new section

22 December 2013

• 15:0815:08, 22 December 2013 diff hist +1,517‎ Talk:Rijsttafel ‎ I've inserted a new comment here because I can't see where else to put it - there's no open screen on the Talk page

4 October 2013

• 13:3213:32, 4 October 2013 diff hist +539‎ Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard ‎ →‎Maarja-Liis Ilus: new section

4 May 2012

• 13:0613:06, 4 May 2012 diff hist +711‎ Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Psychology ‎ →‎Wikipedia articles drawn up by private companies: new section

29 April 2012

• 14:1914:19, 29 April 2012 diff hist +404‎ Wikipedia talk:WikiProject France ‎ →‎Poor English in article on annexation of Alsace-Lorraine: new section

11 April 2012

• 17:2317:23, 11 April 2012 diff hist +1‎ Edward Jenner ‎ 'six investigators' is followed by only five names, so I've changed 'six' to 'five'. Alternatively, a sixth name should be added, but I've no idea what it is.

5 April 2012

• 17:3517:35, 5 April 2012 diff hist +246‎ N User talk:188.203.49.105 ‎ ←Created page with 'Tried to make an urgently needed correction (including 'downers' to 'donors'!) - it appears in the history, but not in the actually text. Someone who knows how t...'
• 17:3217:32, 5 April 2012 diff hist +3‎ Antonio Maria Costa ‎ A most unfortunate spelling error in this context ('downers' - a kind of drug! - should read 'donors') corrected, and the very un-English word order in this sentence improved