User contributions for Steevithak

8 January 2024

• 01:5701:57, 8 January 2024 diff hist +17‎ The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat ‎ →‎Production: corrected cinematography jargon. A camera can't "pan out", only left or right. The scene in question uses a camera dolly out movement.

15 July 2023

• 23:5223:52, 15 July 2023 diff hist +10‎ Quasicrystal ‎ →‎History: corrected wording to clarify that medieval tessellation patterns in tiles were mathematical representations of quasicrystals and not actually quasicrystals themselves

12 February 2023

• 21:2821:28, 12 February 2023 diff hist −42‎ m User:Steevithak ‎ →‎Steve Rainwater: updating links to include mastodon current
• 21:2721:27, 12 February 2023 diff hist +20‎ m Advogato ‎ →‎Advogato and mod_virgule references: noticed my name included as a reference, so added a user tag to make it easy for people to contact me if needed Tag: Reverted
• 20:0520:05, 12 February 2023 diff hist +726‎ Template talk:Mastodon user ‎ →‎Possible TODO: handle the erroneous case of two @ symbols: Reply current Tag: Reply

23 July 2022

• 15:3715:37, 23 July 2022 diff hist +1‎ m Apollo 15 operations on the Lunar surface ‎ →‎EVA-3: grammatical error - cameras can't "pan up", only right or left. Cameras tilt up or down.
• 15:3515:35, 23 July 2022 diff hist +1‎ m The Friendly Giant ‎ →‎Format: grammatical error - cameras can't "pan up", only right or left. Cameras tilt up or down.
• 15:3415:34, 23 July 2022 diff hist +1‎ m Over at the Frankenstein Place ‎ →‎Release: grammatical error - cameras can't "pan up", only right or left. Cameras tilt up or down.
• 15:3215:32, 23 July 2022 diff hist +1‎ m Rope (film) ‎ →‎Long takes: grammatical error - cameras can't "pan up", only right or left. Cameras tilt up or down.
• 15:3115:31, 23 July 2022 diff hist +1‎ m Touch of Grey ‎ →‎Music video: grammatical error - cameras can't "pan up", only right or left. Camera tilt up or down.

22 January 2022

• 05:3805:38, 22 January 2022 diff hist −219‎ List of fictional alien species: F ‎ Ford Prefect is not the name of an alien species, it's a character name
• 05:3305:33, 22 January 2022 diff hist −52‎ List of fictional alien species: S ‎ Sergeant Major Kururu is not the name of an alien species, it's a character name
• 05:3305:33, 22 January 2022 diff hist −50‎ List of fictional alien species: S ‎ Sergeant Keroro is not the name of an alien species, it's a character name

7 January 2022

• 06:5306:53, 7 January 2022 diff hist +405‎ Flipism ‎ →‎In popular culture: added two references for The Coins of Murph, one from a Guide to SF and one to the book itself

31 December 2021

• 19:2819:28, 31 December 2021 diff hist +282‎ User talk:Steevithak ‎ →‎December 2021
• 19:2119:21, 31 December 2021 diff hist +47‎ m Advogato ‎ →‎Trust metric: update link to wayback archive
• 19:1019:10, 31 December 2021 diff hist +1,085‎ m Climate fiction ‎ →‎History: added Laurence Manning's well-known 1933 ecological sf novel, supported by two citations

1 August 2021

• 21:5121:51, 1 August 2021 diff hist +455‎ m List of LGBT rights activists ‎ →‎United States: added Dallas LGBT activist Hardy Haberman

11 June 2021

• 02:2702:27, 11 June 2021 diff hist +1,664‎ m Naringenin ‎ →‎Potential biological effects: added mention of naringenin research in alzheimer's with journal references

18 May 2021

• 02:4102:41, 18 May 2021 diff hist −46‎ m User:Steevithak ‎ removed outdated link
• 01:5901:59, 18 May 2021 diff hist +720‎ m Quasicrystal ‎ →‎History: added reference to icosahedral quasicrystals created in trinity bomb test

2 February 2021

• 03:4703:47, 2 February 2021 diff hist +137‎ m Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thagomizer ‎ added my vote

18 December 2020

• 22:5322:53, 18 December 2020 diff hist +109‎ m William Henry Jackson ‎ added link to wikipedia page about Jackson's great grandson

24 September 2020

• 03:4003:40, 24 September 2020 diff hist −1‎ m Richard Tandy ‎ fixing a typo

23 August 2020

• 22:5722:57, 23 August 2020 diff hist +321‎ Talk:Goldberg polyhedron ‎ request for clarification of color coding in diagrams

10 May 2020

• 20:1920:19, 10 May 2020 diff hist +711‎ m Rochdale College ‎ →‎In retrospect: Judith Merril's comparison of Rochdale to OISE
• 19:5119:51, 10 May 2020 diff hist +530‎ m Rochdale College ‎ →‎Drug culture

3 September 2018

• 21:2721:27, 3 September 2018 diff hist +785‎ m Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) ‎ corrected to indicate this is a 25 volume series, not a two volume, correct other minor issues

16 October 2017

• 21:2121:21, 16 October 2017 diff hist −334‎ m Category talk:British science fiction writers ‎ →‎duplicate of English Science Fiction Writers?: never mind... :) current
• 21:2021:20, 16 October 2017 diff hist +334‎ Category talk:British science fiction writers ‎ →‎duplicate of English Science Fiction Writers?: new section

22 August 2017

• 13:3713:37, 22 August 2017 diff hist +117‎ m Hardy Haberman ‎ →‎Books: adding a book to the bibliography

14 July 2017

• 19:4919:49, 14 July 2017 diff hist +731‎ m Naringenin ‎ →‎Potential biological effects: trying again on the AD info, emphasized this time that it's a *potential* biological effect
• 19:3719:37, 14 July 2017 diff hist −304‎ m List of fictional alien species: Z ‎ removed "Zaphod Beeblebrox" - this is the name of an individual character, not the name of an alien species
• 19:3019:30, 14 July 2017 diff hist −48‎ m List of fictional alien species: S ‎ Removed "Silver Surfer" - that's an individual character's name, not the name of an alien species
• 19:1819:18, 14 July 2017 diff hist −49‎ m List of fictional alien species: H ‎ Removed "Howard the Duck" - this is not the name of an alien species, it's the name of an individual character (and that character is not a member of alien species, it's a duck)
• 19:1419:14, 14 July 2017 diff hist −51‎ m List of fictional alien species: F ‎ removed "Face of Boe" - this an individual character in Doctor Who, not the name of an alien species (this character is a member of the human species)

20 June 2017

• 20:3920:39, 20 June 2017 diff hist +391‎ m Hydroxycitric acid ‎ Undid revision 754586198 by 161.116.133.32 (talk)
• 20:3920:39, 20 June 2017 diff hist +253‎ m Hydroxycitric acid ‎ Undid revision 754586263 by 161.116.133.32 (talk)
• 19:3819:38, 20 June 2017 diff hist +649‎ m Naringenin ‎ →‎Potential biological effects: added effects in treating Alzheimer's Disease
• 18:5018:50, 20 June 2017 diff hist +276‎ m Variations of the ichthys symbol ‎ added description and photo of science ichthys

9 February 2017

• 02:1302:13, 9 February 2017 diff hist +288‎ m Earth Abides ‎ →‎Legacy and homages: adding requested citation (same one used on the linked wikipedia article

27 January 2017

• 20:1920:19, 27 January 2017 diff hist +464‎ Talk:2017 Women's March ‎ →‎CC licensed photos of Austin, TX march available if needed: new section
• 20:1520:15, 27 January 2017 diff hist +433‎ Talk:Women's March on Austin ‎ →‎CC licensed photos available if needed: new section

27 December 2016

• 04:3904:39, 27 December 2016 diff hist +135‎ m Earth Abides ‎ →‎Legacy and homages: add ref to Jimi Hendrix song inspired by the novel
• 04:3304:33, 27 December 2016 diff hist +682‎ m Earth Abides ‎ →‎Legacy and homages: add ref to Aaberg composition based on the book

17 August 2016

• 19:2519:25, 17 August 2016 diff hist +240‎ m Talk:Murray Leinster ‎ →‎Parallel universe claim probably wrong
• 19:2319:23, 17 August 2016 diff hist −11‎ m Murray Leinster ‎ →‎Writing career: corrected "inventor of parallel universe stories" to "writer of parallel universe stories" - H.G. Wells wrote a famous one at least decade earlier.

8 August 2016

• 17:5717:57, 8 August 2016 diff hist 0‎ Hydroxycitric acid ‎ →‎References
• 17:5617:56, 8 August 2016 diff hist +392‎ m Hydroxycitric acid ‎ →‎Biological effects: added study about biological effect on calcium oxalate crystals
• 17:5317:53, 8 August 2016 diff hist +252‎ m Hydroxycitric acid ‎ →‎References: added Nature ref