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16 July 2008

• 08:0308:03, 16 July 2008 diff hist 0‎ User talk:Macdonald-ross/Archive 1 ‎ →‎re: Lancaster / Rutherford: spelling
• 08:0208:02, 16 July 2008 diff hist +488‎ User talk:Macdonald-ross/Archive 1 ‎ Rutherford

15 July 2008

• 14:4914:49, 15 July 2008 diff hist −9‎ Grant Allen ‎ This just begs the question; neither of the two cited stories is about Canada, he didn't live in Canada when he wrote professionally or write for Canadian audiences. W/o it the sentence is fine
• 02:3602:36, 15 July 2008 diff hist −182‎ The Man Who Would Be King ‎ →‎Trivia: No he doesn't. An internet search shows that whoever added this took it from an IMDB user review of the 1975 film based on this story, which is apples to oranges.

14 July 2008

• 18:1418:14, 14 July 2008 diff hist 0‎ Template:Arthur Conan Doyle ‎ Disintegration Machine was 1st published in 1929
• 18:1118:11, 14 July 2008 diff hist +71‎ When the World Screamed ‎ more expansive info on publication from E. F. Bleiler's "Science Fiction: The Early Years"
• 18:0418:04, 14 July 2008 diff hist +60‎ The Disintegration Machine ‎ fuller and more correct publishing info from E. F. Bleiler's reference "Science Fiction: The Early Years"
• 18:0218:02, 14 July 2008 diff hist 0‎ Professor Challenger ‎ →‎By Arthur Conan Doyle: a slip - I got these reversed
• 17:5717:57, 14 July 2008 diff hist 0‎ Professor Challenger ‎ Both publication dates are off by a year according to info in Bleiler's Science Fiction: The Early Years, and a scan through other sources in Google Books appears to confirm Bleiler
• 17:5117:51, 14 July 2008 diff hist +100‎ Professor Challenger ‎ →‎Description: more detail about Rutherford, and smoother phrasing in the last paragraph
• 17:4617:46, 14 July 2008 diff hist +95‎ Ray Lankester ‎ →‎Life: "a William Rutherford" is unnecessarily generic, and gives no guidance to the reader who may have his curiosity piqued.
• 17:1317:13, 14 July 2008 diff hist 0‎ Quebec ‎ →‎Quebec as a nation: Smoother phrasing; the preceding quote also ends with a period

13 July 2008

• 15:3615:36, 13 July 2008 diff hist −551‎ Talk:Tony Snow ‎ Discussion page is for shop talk on how to improve the article, not chats on Snow's spiritual whereabouts in the cosmos

12 July 2008

• 13:1313:13, 12 July 2008 diff hist −330‎ Talk:Tony Snow ‎ →‎RIP: This isn't a weblog.

11 July 2008

• 22:2222:22, 11 July 2008 diff hist +357‎ Talk:History of science fiction ‎ →‎Oz as SF?

10 July 2008

• 17:5817:58, 10 July 2008 diff hist −127‎ Floor Games ‎ Date is irrelevant as to whether it's a companion book, nor is the logic of the OR that quarrels with the description especially cogent. Best to remove value judgments and just state facts.
• 01:3301:33, 10 July 2008 diff hist −26‎ H. G. Wells bibliography ‎ →‎Non fiction: Wrong date, duplication
• 01:3101:31, 10 July 2008 diff hist −119‎ H. G. Wells bibliography ‎ →‎Novels: Two are not novels, and the so-called alternate title is no such thing

9 July 2008

• 21:2521:25, 9 July 2008 diff hist +71‎ Bureau of Indian Affairs ‎ →‎Commissioners and Assistant Secretaries: linking to correct Dave Anderson, link to wrong Jim Cason removed. Skibine is now the acting head.

6 July 2008

• 00:5200:52, 6 July 2008 diff hist −103‎ The Shadow ‎ →‎Margo Lane: Whoever wrote this appears to be under the mistaken impression that the name "Margot" is pronounced differently than "Margo".