User contributions for Captain Pedant
A user with 506 edits. Account created on 8 May 2006.
18 December 2021
- 16:1016:10, 18 December 2021 diff hist +461 Talk:Chlorine →Rocket fuel: new section
12 December 2021
- 11:0511:05, 12 December 2021 diff hist 0 m Talk:Alexandra Botez →Low-qualify annotation: typo
- 11:0411:04, 12 December 2021 diff hist +552 Talk:Alexandra Botez No edit summary
13 November 2021
- 21:5221:52, 13 November 2021 diff hist +153 m Long John Silver Narrator's comment on Silver's physical courage
- 21:4421:44, 13 November 2021 diff hist +22 m Treasure Island Redruth is killed earlier than the Squire's other two servants, on the day the gentlemen abandon the Hispaniola
24 October 2021
- 08:1608:16, 24 October 2021 diff hist +4 m Tin whistle "primitive cultures" is not the "first type of pitched flute"...
15 August 2021
- 17:5617:56, 15 August 2021 diff hist +377 m It Ain't Half Hot Mum →Warrant Officer
3 June 2021
- 20:4020:40, 3 June 2021 diff hist +397 m Vladimir Peniakoff War wounds
3 April 2021
- 09:2209:22, 3 April 2021 diff hist +221 m The Ringworld Engineers Correctly attribute the actual firing of the solar flare to the Hindmost, not to Louis Wu
- 09:0809:08, 3 April 2021 diff hist +42 m Ringworld yes, Niven, the king of hard sci-fi, uses a velocity unit for an acceleration value
16 January 2021
- 12:5212:52, 16 January 2021 diff hist +438 Talk:Andy Capp No edit summary
- 12:4812:48, 16 January 2021 diff hist +1,033 Talk:Andy Capp No edit summary
1 October 2020
- 06:5006:50, 1 October 2020 diff hist +275 Talk:Patterns of Force (Star Trek: The Original Series) →Reception: new section
29 August 2020
- 14:0614:06, 29 August 2020 diff hist +43 Ramage's Prize No edit summary
- 13:5913:59, 29 August 2020 diff hist +81 m Ramage's Prize No edit summary Tag: citing a blog or free web host
- 13:5313:53, 29 August 2020 diff hist +4,511 N Ramage's Prize Initial draft
24 June 2020
- 21:0921:09, 24 June 2020 diff hist −2 m List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters Even in British English, "program" is the correct spelling when speaking of computer software
15 May 2020
- 07:0007:00, 15 May 2020 diff hist +196 m Deneb in fiction slight error about tribbles. You know how it is.
23 January 2020
- 17:5417:54, 23 January 2020 diff hist +4 m Aircraft in fiction →Supermarine Spitfire: Page "Squadron Airborne" now exists. Linked.
8 January 2020
- 07:3507:35, 8 January 2020 diff hist +1,941 Talk:The Book of Dreams (Vance novel) No edit summary
25 December 2019
- 00:0300:03, 25 December 2019 diff hist +1,215 Talk:The Killing Machine →Worthless Money: ...Not a plot hole IMO
24 December 2019
- 23:5523:55, 24 December 2019 diff hist −54 The Palace of Love Gersen is not looking for a poison when he visits the doomed Kakarsis Asm - he wants a lead to the Demon Prince!
27 August 2019
- 11:4511:45, 27 August 2019 diff hist +160 m Mark (Australian rules football) Edited "origins" to mention the corresponding rule in Rugby union, where the word "Mark!" is shouted by the player and formerly a physical mark had to be made
6 July 2019
- 11:4711:47, 6 July 2019 diff hist +460 Talk:Claud Eustace Teal →A pun my word: I never noticed that Teal's name could be misheard this way...
20 April 2019
- 20:3120:31, 20 April 2019 diff hist +100 Brother Dusty-Feet Fixed a few more minor discrepancies having re-read the book; notably, the meeting with Anthony Heritage is not in Oxford; Hugh's father *did* study at Oxford.
- 17:2217:22, 20 April 2019 diff hist −16 Brother Dusty-Feet No edit summary
- 17:2217:22, 20 April 2019 diff hist 0 Brother Dusty-Feet and still it slipped through...!
- 17:2117:21, 20 April 2019 diff hist +25 m Brother Dusty-Feet Corrected the family relationship; the blood tie is through Uncle Jacob, Auntie is not his "paternal" aunt after all
13 January 2019
- 19:3119:31, 13 January 2019 diff hist +599 Talk:Spike Hughes →Finch Noyes: new section
1 December 2018
- 10:3710:37, 1 December 2018 diff hist +3 m M*A*S*H Mania →Psychoanalysis: one-word grammar fix
- 10:3510:35, 1 December 2018 diff hist 0 m M*A*S*H Mania →The Moose of Moose Bend: Fixed link to "bayou"
28 October 2018
- 12:4312:43, 28 October 2018 diff hist +2 m Battle of Inkerman →The Second Division in action; the Russians in the valley: changed "may well have" to "might well have", since the actual outcome is certainly known
- 12:4012:40, 28 October 2018 diff hist +107 James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan →Assessments
26 September 2018
- 20:1920:19, 26 September 2018 diff hist +4 m The Way to Eden A coccus is a bacterium, not a virus
1 September 2018
- 09:0709:07, 1 September 2018 diff hist +333 For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky Comparison with the Harry Harrison novel "Captive Universe"
26 August 2018
- 12:5412:54, 26 August 2018 diff hist +262 The Enterprise Incident No edit summary
6 August 2018
- 20:5020:50, 6 August 2018 diff hist +200 The Immunity Syndrome (Star Trek: The Original Series) No edit summary
5 July 2018
- 09:3609:36, 5 July 2018 diff hist +266 m J. T. Edson →Later life: When Edson's research let him down.
21 June 2018
- 12:0012:00, 21 June 2018 diff hist +310 m Talk:Charles Upham →Nearly three VCs
19 June 2018
- 15:1215:12, 19 June 2018 diff hist +53 Charles Upham →Bar to VC
- 15:0615:06, 19 June 2018 diff hist +553 Charles Upham →Bar to VC
- 14:5714:57, 19 June 2018 diff hist +782 Charles Upham →Prisoner of War: Upham's train break was during his transfer to Colditz, not before the daylight fence break.
- 08:3808:38, 19 June 2018 diff hist +617 Talk:Charles Upham No edit summary
- 08:3408:34, 19 June 2018 diff hist +62 Charles Upham Mention Upham's successful treatment by Allied doctor. Changed section title: Upham's various escape attempts were not from Colditz.
29 May 2018
- 08:1608:16, 29 May 2018 diff hist +215 Vulcan nerve pinch →Death grip
- 08:0908:09, 29 May 2018 diff hist −1 The Price of the Phoenix →Reaction: corrected "whom" to "who"
- 08:0808:08, 29 May 2018 diff hist +60 The Price of the Phoenix →Plot: The mind meld was to rob Omne of his memory of his victory over Kirk - he was already physically subdued.
- 08:0508:05, 29 May 2018 diff hist +156 Gorn →Books
28 May 2018
- 09:0309:03, 28 May 2018 diff hist +238 The Jungle Book (1967 film) No edit summary
20 May 2018
- 07:4007:40, 20 May 2018 diff hist +9 m Ypres →Notable people: Verschoot now deceased, added death date and closing year of his term as bugler
