User contributions for Colin Douglas Howell
A user with 5,746 edits. Account created on 14 September 2004.
11 June 2024
- 06:2706:27, 11 June 2024 diff hist 0 Forest falcon →Species: Move the Flickr-sourced Micrastur semitorquatus image to the table row where it belongs. It should not be shown as an example of Buckley's, for which we don't have any image. current
- 06:0506:05, 11 June 2024 diff hist 0 Buckley's forest falcon Spelling fix for "Ecuador" in lead. current
10 June 2024
- 20:2420:24, 10 June 2024 diff hist +4 Collared forest falcon →Nests: Wikilink "Cedrela mexicana". current
- 05:1705:17, 10 June 2024 diff hist +215 M1879 Reichsrevolver Add an image for the Model 1883 Reichsrevolver, since this article covers both. current
- 05:1105:11, 10 June 2024 diff hist +48 M1879 Reichsrevolver →See also: Add Commons category for the Model 1883, since this article covers both.
9 June 2024
- 03:2703:27, 9 June 2024 diff hist +4 Collared forest falcon Italicize scientific name "Turdus albicollis" in caption.
8 June 2024
- 18:3818:38, 8 June 2024 diff hist +4 Lesser kestrel →Gallery: Italicize scientific name "Laudakia stellio" in caption. current
6 June 2024
- 20:4720:47, 6 June 2024 diff hist −2 Spacetime diagram →Minkowski diagrams: Rearrange images for better placement and to avoid overflowing this section. current
- 20:3720:37, 6 June 2024 diff hist +79 Spacetime diagram Undid revision 1214293264 by Rgdboer (talk) No reason was given for deleting this figure (such as inaccuracy), and the figure is still referred to in the main text. Tag: Undo
- 03:0903:09, 6 June 2024 diff hist +13 Introduction to general relativity →Probing the gravitational field: Replace the odd-sounding "For matter objects..." with a more reasonable expression describing what is meant: objects massive enough that their own gravitation affects the result. current
3 June 2024
- 06:5106:51, 3 June 2024 diff hist +104 Incremental game →Rapid growth: The number naming scheme often used in incremental games, giving names like "duoquadragintillion", was not invented by these games, though they have exposed such names to the general public. Wikilink to the section of Names of large numbers where this scheme (by Conway and Guy) is discussed. current
1 June 2024
- 00:0000:00, 1 June 2024 diff hist +382 Table of handgun and rifle cartridges →Table: Add entry for .44 Russian; correct case length of .44 S&W American. current
30 May 2024
- 18:0518:05, 30 May 2024 diff hist +8 Gasser M1870 Whoops, turns out the naval variant had some differences in detail which I hadn't noticed, so restore the former infobox image and move the naval-variant image down to the article body. current
- 15:3015:30, 30 May 2024 diff hist +192 Gasser M1870 Change infobox image to a larger, clearer image showing an example in better condition in a Vienna museum. Move former infobox image to article body.
26 May 2024
- 09:3909:39, 26 May 2024 diff hist +1,205 List of most-produced firearms →Designs produced in numbers from 100,000 to 1,000,000: Add three European military revolvers from the World War One era whose production falls in this range. current
- 09:3609:36, 26 May 2024 diff hist +951 M1879 Reichsrevolver Add total production for M1879 and M1883 to infobox, with citations.
23 May 2024
- 18:1218:12, 23 May 2024 diff hist 0 Table of handgun and rifle cartridges →Table: Make .32 rimfire's muzzle energy consistent with its muzzle velocity (using figures from .32 rimfire article).
- 18:0618:06, 23 May 2024 diff hist 0 .32 rimfire In .32 Short Rimfire infobox, energy was much too low for the bullet mass and velocity. Fixed to be consistent, as it is in the main text. current
21 May 2024
- 06:4006:40, 21 May 2024 diff hist 0 American Progress →Description: I don't know whether the phrase "a painting of profound historical significance" should be retained here, but it is not part of the painting's title and should not be styled as if it were.
20 May 2024
- 17:0117:01, 20 May 2024 diff hist +2 Abdulaziz →Death: Yes, deaths tend to be unbalanced in their viewpoints. (Corrected "unbalanced" template to read "section".)
18 May 2024
- 02:5802:58, 18 May 2024 diff hist −3 Pleiades →Gallery: Fix misformatted gallery.
15 May 2024
- 08:5908:59, 15 May 2024 diff hist +9 Big Bang →Hubble's law and the expansion of the universe: When discussing "v" in Hubble's law, be consistent in showing it with <math></math> typography.
14 May 2024
- 07:4907:49, 14 May 2024 diff hist 0 William F. Fiedler →World War II: According to the cited sources, Fiedler's final kills were on June 16 ("four days later" after his third victory), not June 30 (the day he himself was killed).
11 May 2024
- 15:4815:48, 11 May 2024 diff hist +15 Overpressure ammunition →History: Reword a sentence to make clear that the "machine gun only" loads *were* usable in rifles, which is the whole point of this rifles vs. revolvers comparison.
10 May 2024
- 20:0420:04, 10 May 2024 diff hist −1 Glock →Variants: Remove stray period in "48" model number.
- 06:0806:08, 10 May 2024 diff hist −6 FN Five-seven →Feeding: Fix a grammar goof that got in when some feed terminology was corrected.
5 May 2024
- 13:3513:35, 5 May 2024 diff hist +10 Japanese destroyer Ayanami (1929) Wikilink "Twilled", for those readers not familiar with the textile pattern term. current
1 May 2024
- 03:5903:59, 1 May 2024 diff hist +44 Fubuki-class destroyer →Type I (Fubuki): Fix photo caption, using proper style, and linking Hibiki. current
- 03:5503:55, 1 May 2024 diff hist +31 Fubuki-class destroyer →Type I (Fubuki): Inazuma should be linked here too.
19 April 2024
- 02:1302:13, 19 April 2024 diff hist +2 Hikaru Saeki →Career: Correct spelling goof: "Ministry of Dense" to "Ministry of Defense"
7 April 2024
- 06:5106:51, 7 April 2024 diff hist +8 Camellia japonica →Taxonomy: Always italicize scientific names.
- 06:4906:49, 7 April 2024 diff hist 0 Camellia japonica →Description: Do not include the definite article "the" in the "engrailed" wikilink.
- 03:1203:12, 7 April 2024 diff hist +5 Interrupted screw →Design: This got garbled in a past edit. The threadless parts of the screw are supposed to line up with threaded parts of the *receptacle* so that the screw fits into the receptacle.
6 April 2024
- 07:4607:46, 6 April 2024 diff hist −244 ArtButMakeItSports →History: Remove 1630 Ribera painting, "The Mocking of Christ"; correct date of the Ribera painting mentioned to 1615, as seen in the original tweet. Comparing the 1630 painting to the 1615 painting in the tweet shows that they are obviously different. Alas, the 1615 painting does not seem to have an image in Wikimedia Commons; see https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/5440566/ and https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/6416766/ for images and a description.
1 April 2024
- 21:5021:50, 1 April 2024 diff hist −1 List of geological features on Titan →Montes: Be more specific on which of Tolkien's mountains the Luin Montes are named after.
29 March 2024
- 08:3708:37, 29 March 2024 diff hist −4 Mount Okmok →43 BCE: Okmok II eruption: "last 2,500 years" (which is what the cited source says), not "last 2,500 millennia", which would be 2.5 million years.
21 March 2024
- 01:3501:35, 21 March 2024 diff hist +207 List of American Airlines accidents and incidents →1940s: Despite what the originally cited source claims, the American DC-4 over Texas in October 1947 executed part of an outside loop, not an "outside roll"; the latter would not be possible by manipulating elevator trim. Added a better source.
15 March 2024
- 17:1717:17, 15 March 2024 diff hist +1 David E. Harris →Commercial airline career: The MD-11 was American Airlines' largest aircraft when Harris retired, but not throughout his career, which also covered American's usage of 747s. Also, removed redundant "commercial" from "American Airlines' largest commercial aircraft", since all their aircraft are commercial by definition.
- 17:0217:02, 15 March 2024 diff hist −3 David E. Harris →Commercial airline career: American Airlines never flew the Lockheed Model 10 Electra, a small twin-engine piston-driven airliner of the 1930s; the "Lockheed Electra" mentioned in the sources was the much later Lockheed L-188 Electra, a large four-engine turboprop.
13 March 2024
- 21:3821:38, 13 March 2024 diff hist +4 Cylindropuntia fulgida →Description: Italicize abbreviated scientific name "C. fulgida".
- 01:2701:27, 13 March 2024 diff hist +5 Construction and management simulation →Business simulation and tycoon games: Italicize two more wikilinks that are game titles; reword a sentence for better grammar. current
- 01:2401:24, 13 March 2024 diff hist −4 Construction and management simulation →Factory simulation games: Fix italicized wikilinks that aren't titles and shouldn't be italicized, and italicize one external link that is a title.
10 March 2024
- 02:3502:35, 10 March 2024 diff hist 0 SS Eastland →Speed modifications: Further wording tweak.
- 02:3302:33, 10 March 2024 diff hist +554 Talk:SS Eastland →How can adding weight reduce draft?: Explain, after my recent edit to the article which hopefully clarified things.
- 02:2702:27, 10 March 2024 diff hist +1,117 SS Eastland →Speed modifications: Mention addition of induced-draft system, and cite Hilton (1995) with quote explaining how the modifications reduced hull draft even though weight was increased. Reword the explanation of the bad effect on stability.
8 March 2024
- 08:0908:09, 8 March 2024 diff hist +3 Bacteriorhodopsin Italicize scientific name "Halobacterium salinarum" in infoxbox image caption, also remove stray space there. current
28 February 2024
- 17:0417:04, 28 February 2024 diff hist +103 Tasmanian giant crab →Description: Add back lithograph image of male that was deleted; article should have at least one image showing a male with its distinctive oversized claw. current
- 05:4205:42, 28 February 2024 diff hist +29 Danganronpa →Premise: Whoops, missed another occurrence further up.
- 05:4005:40, 28 February 2024 diff hist +47 Danganronpa →Development: Wikilink and explain names "Ogata" and "Makoto", which had been introduced before their first wikilinked appearances.
27 February 2024
- 07:1807:18, 27 February 2024 diff hist +74 Lestes sponsa →See also: Correct a couple of entries whose genus has been changed. current
