User contributions for Swegam
A user with 1,470 edits. Account created on 31 August 2006.
30 March 2023
- 22:2022:20, 30 March 2023 diff hist −30 m Frederick, Prince of Wales →Early life: deleted title as Prince of Wales because he was not elevated to the title until the following year, January 7, 1729.
2 September 2019
- 16:1716:17, 2 September 2019 diff hist +26 m Abraham Nicholas No edit summary
- 16:1416:14, 2 September 2019 diff hist 0 m Abraham Nicholas No edit summary
- 16:1316:13, 2 September 2019 diff hist +168 Abraham Nicholas Contra Encyclopedia of VA Bios, Nicholas was first appointed Adjutant in NOV 1728, re-appointed to the post five years later in 1733.
- 15:4215:42, 2 September 2019 diff hist +5 Abraham Nicholas Death reported in the Friday 8 SEP 1738 issue of the weekly Virginia Gazette, as "On Sunday morning last died, . . ." Last Sunday being 3 SEP 1738 (OId Style)
- 15:1015:10, 2 September 2019 diff hist +132 Abraham Nicholas Nicholas appointed Adjutant in 1733, according to the Dictionary of Virginia Biography
- 15:0015:00, 2 September 2019 diff hist +230 Abraham Nicholas Nicholas died in the post of Adjutant, The Executive Council Journals, Volume 4, record his successor was appointed 9 NOV 1738.
10 June 2019
- 16:5216:52, 10 June 2019 diff hist +240 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup →Venues: Added context for selection of Lyon as finals host Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
20 January 2019
- 20:1920:19, 20 January 2019 diff hist −3 Robert Jenkins (master mariner) Specify that it was Jenkins' left ear, as reported in the English press account of June 1731, immediately upon his return to England.
24 August 2018
- 01:1301:13, 24 August 2018 diff hist −14 m Gatorade Removed name of "John White" as an original developer of Gatorade. Dr. Robert Cade was the team leader. Period.
15 November 2017
- 03:4603:46, 15 November 2017 diff hist 0 m Lawrence Washington (1718–1752) →Military career: minor edit, Yellow Jack and the Worm (not, "work")
15 October 2017
- 15:4715:47, 15 October 2017 diff hist +720 Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge Clarified that the Amur Bridge project is railroad only. A separate highway bridge over the Amur is under construction at Blagoveshchensk and Heihe.
20 May 2017
- 23:5023:50, 20 May 2017 diff hist +376 Alessandro Andrei →Biography: Added details of throwing style and his World Record sequence, from Track & Field News 20 May 2017
3 November 2016
- 02:1002:10, 3 November 2016 diff hist +413 La Pérouse Strait Corrected water depths, from 1984 Woods Hole study
30 May 2016
- 19:4719:47, 30 May 2016 diff hist +237 Bohdan Bondarenko →Coaching and professional support: Bondarenko on having his father as his coach, IAAF "First Impressions" interview on 30 May 2016
24 May 2016
- 03:1203:12, 24 May 2016 diff hist −432 Majd Eddin Ghazal deleted bad information from EuroSport Athletics profile wrongly listed height at 1.80 (5'-11") He is actually 1.93m (6'-4") tall.
- 02:3702:37, 24 May 2016 diff hist +436 Majd Eddin Ghazal Jumping more than a half meter above his height places Ghazai amongst the all-time elite
- 02:0602:06, 24 May 2016 diff hist +161 Majd Eddin Ghazal →Competition record: added 2015 Military World Games to list of competition results
- 01:5501:55, 24 May 2016 diff hist +439 Majd Eddin Ghazal jumped 2.31 at Military World Games in South Korea on 5 October 2015
- 01:2801:28, 24 May 2016 diff hist −1 Majd Eddin Ghazal corrected error: Ghazai's jumping leg is his left, not right
23 May 2016
- 14:1114:11, 23 May 2016 diff hist +477 Majd Eddin Ghazal Added details on his jump style and the 18 May 2016 competition in Beijing, from YouTube video of the event and IAAF data.
22 May 2016
- 19:0919:09, 22 May 2016 diff hist +94 Elliot Tiber →Taking Woodstock: added dates of the festival (15-17 AUG) and when Tiber first contacted Lang (18 July)
1 April 2016
- 22:4922:49, 1 April 2016 diff hist +321 Bob Mathias →Early life and athletic career: Mathias 1952 Decathlon world record remained Stanford school record until 2015
26 March 2016
- 23:5423:54, 26 March 2016 diff hist +406 Tumarín Dam dam will be 60 meters high and flood an area 40 square kilometers
19 March 2016
- 01:4601:46, 19 March 2016 diff hist +273 Crimean Bridge →Design of the planned bridge: more details on bridge design
- 01:3301:33, 19 March 2016 diff hist +490 Crimean Bridge →Design of the planned bridge: Added bridge design description based o 2 October 2015 Russian Television (RT) news report
30 January 2016
- 20:0020:00, 30 January 2016 diff hist +23 Men's high jump world record progression minor edit
- 19:5519:55, 30 January 2016 diff hist +491 Men's high jump world record progression Highlighted the transition from traditional Straddle style jumpers to the Fosbury Flop technique in the 1970s.
12 November 2015
- 23:5423:54, 12 November 2015 diff hist +135 George Washington →Early life (1732–1753): minor additions to clarify certain points.
24 December 2014
- 23:0523:05, 24 December 2014 diff hist +305 2014 Bahamas Bowl →Teams: More on how few spectators at bowl game
23 November 2014
- 03:3003:30, 23 November 2014 diff hist +1,261 Crimean Bridge Added new paragraph on bridge location and possible design, from Russian news reports
8 November 2014
- 22:1022:10, 8 November 2014 diff hist +307 White Sea–Baltic Canal →Waterway: Added mention of Lake Onega options for ships to go west to the Baltic, or, east to the Volga River waterway
25 October 2014
- 23:0023:00, 25 October 2014 diff hist +2 m Lowry Air Force Base →Air Intelligence Training Center: minor typo
- 22:5922:59, 25 October 2014 diff hist +617 Lowry Air Force Base →Air Intelligence Training Center: The AFAITC moved from Lowry in 1988, with Air Force to Texas and Navy/Marines to Virginia Beach
26 September 2014
- 22:0022:00, 26 September 2014 diff hist +1,098 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic →Beginnings: 2013 history book, The Ship of Death, argues that British merchant ship "Hanley" was the primary vector of the 1793 epidemic
- 21:4821:48, 26 September 2014 diff hist +742 Bolama (town) 2013 history book, The Ship of Death, chronicles the 1792 effort to colonize Bolama by English idealists
20 September 2014
- 23:4123:41, 20 September 2014 diff hist +289 Impressment →References: Added recent history books on Press Gangs and Impressment, by Rogers and Brunsman
7 September 2014
- 00:1800:18, 7 September 2014 diff hist +580 Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry added paragraph explaining Notre Dame decision to join ACC and agreement to play Ohio State
30 August 2014
- 11:0011:00, 30 August 2014 diff hist +129 Keshorn Walcott minor fixes
- 02:3602:36, 30 August 2014 diff hist +733 Keshorn Walcott new NR of 85.77m at Weltkalsse meet in Zurich on 28 AUG 2014
24 August 2014
- 01:3101:31, 24 August 2014 diff hist +65 Simone Manuel →Personal Life: minor fix
- 01:1301:13, 24 August 2014 diff hist +749 Simone Manuel early career highlighted in Spring 2014 article in her hometown Sugarland Magazine
- 00:3000:30, 24 August 2014 diff hist +637 Simone Manuel New 17-18 national record in 100 Free, also 2nd fastest American ever
13 August 2014
- 23:1223:12, 13 August 2014 diff hist +52 Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow →Surrender of the fleet: specify Page 4 of the scanned copy of the WW I cruise book of Wyoming
- 23:0523:05, 13 August 2014 diff hist +438 Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow →Surrender of the fleet: Detailed orders for the surrender can be viewed in the 1917-1918 cruise book of USS Wyoming (BB-32)
12 August 2014
- 22:5122:51, 12 August 2014 diff hist +15 USS Wyoming (BB-32) →World War I: 96 pages, not 98. This author has a copy, which belonged to his grandfather, a Ship Fitter 2nd Class aboard Wyoming during The War.
- 21:5921:59, 12 August 2014 diff hist +48 USS Wyoming (BB-32) →World War I: embedded link to details of November 1918 surrender and subsequent scuttling of German High Seas Fleet
- 21:5221:52, 12 August 2014 diff hist +271 USS Wyoming (BB-32) embedded link for 1917 cruise book
- 21:2921:29, 12 August 2014 diff hist +451 USS Wyoming (BB-32) →World War I: Added embedded link to the 1917-1918 cruise book, at the NavSource website.
23 June 2014
- 01:1501:15, 23 June 2014 diff hist +197 Sliding Doors the two realities are signaled by Helen's hair style -- short and blonde in one, long and brown in the other.
