User contributions for PMLawrence

13 May 2023

• 03:4903:49, 13 May 2023 diff hist +1,617 Talk:AA tree Related issue with deletion

4 April 2023

• 14:0414:04, 4 April 2023 diff hist +488 Talk:AA tree →An alternative way of providing a new node during insert
• 13:1913:19, 4 April 2023 diff hist +1,207 Talk:AA tree →An alternative way of providing a new node during insert: new section Tag: New topic

4 March 2023

• 12:3712:37, 4 March 2023 diff hist +311 Forth (programming language) Some more, fairly minor variations, for the sake of completeness and precision

27 February 2023

• 12:5312:53, 27 February 2023 diff hist +407 Forth (programming language) →Uses: RapidFile and VP-Planner were written in Forth

5 January 2023

• 12:3912:39, 5 January 2023 diff hist −1 m Gush Shalom Wrong tense of verb and/or typo

4 January 2023

• 12:1112:11, 4 January 2023 diff hist +6 The Terrapin Not clams but oysters

21 December 2022

• 12:3712:37, 21 December 2022 diff hist 0 m The Thing About Pam →Premise: Wrong form of verb

14 December 2022

• 14:0514:05, 14 December 2022 diff hist +58 Forth (programming language) We might as well link to the preForth slides page too, as that gives a shorter summary

11 December 2022

• 14:4614:46, 11 December 2022 diff hist +235 Forth (programming language) Not always multitasking - and some Forths, like Hoffman's preForth, don't even have an integrated command shell (though preForth builds towards that)

1 December 2022

• 14:4914:49, 1 December 2022 diff hist +165 Forth (programming language) →Structure of the compiler: Ulrich Hoffmann's work has come to my attention since I originally provided the conditional return material, so it should be referenced

30 October 2022

• 11:3611:36, 30 October 2022 diff hist +46 Johanna Weber →Later life and death: At that period, British banks left mortgage business to building societies and only issued short term bridging loans towards home purchases

25 October 2022

• 10:4310:43, 25 October 2022 diff hist +26 April Olrich NOBODY was born in Tanzania in 1931; it did not form until much later

18 October 2022

• 14:1414:14, 18 October 2022 diff hist +568 Hope →In literature

14 October 2022

• 13:4913:49, 14 October 2022 diff hist +65 Benzene →Other methods: One more method, practical in laboratories since the precursor materials can be produced there

27 September 2022

• 17:3417:34, 27 September 2022 diff hist +37 Shiraz Shivji NOBODY was born in 1947 in Tanzania! It only formed after independence, after absorbing Zanzibar

17 September 2022

• 09:4709:47, 17 September 2022 diff hist 0 m Big Fish →Plot: Material typos

6 September 2022

• 12:1612:16, 6 September 2022 diff hist +473 User talk:Skyerise Request for feedback
• 11:0611:06, 6 September 2022 diff hist −2 No Limit (1935 film) →Plot: Consistent verb use; also, in British English one does not drive a motorcycle, one rides it

5 September 2022

• 14:5414:54, 5 September 2022 diff hist +29 Ashton-Tate →RapidFile: Link to Forth article

8 August 2022

• 11:5311:53, 8 August 2022 diff hist +30 James Wright (governor) →Biography: Combat operations were then still continuing in the Mediterranean theatre - with eventual British success at Gibraltar, though British Minorca had also fallen by then

2 August 2022

• 10:3710:37, 2 August 2022 diff hist −1 Leeds Castle →Medieval and Tudor: Only firearms can be fired

23 July 2022

• 09:2809:28, 23 July 2022 diff hist +1 The Forbidden Kingdom →Plot: One cannot fire an arrow as bows are not firearms

12 July 2022

• 14:2714:27, 12 July 2022 diff hist +216 Silver bullet →In folklore Tag: Reverted

8 July 2022

• 06:1306:13, 8 July 2022 diff hist −8 Nickelodeon (film) →Plot: The balloon was NOT a hot air balloon, a type which was practically extinct between circa 1790 and the 1950s (see poster image to confirm for this film); why do so many people invent this spurious detail in balloon references in articles?

5 June 2022

• 11:5711:57, 5 June 2022 diff hist +132 Sedan (automobile) →International terminology: Not a pun in a British accent (similar pronunciation variations can happen with "Tulip" and "Tuesday"); this is material for international comparisons like those here

16 May 2022

• 14:0114:01, 16 May 2022 diff hist −8 Great Moon Hoax →Reactions: NOT a hot air balloon at all, according to the wikisource text of the story (I have no idea why people so often add this spurious detail to otherwise sound accounts, e.g. of a pre-1914 lady balloonist, when hot air balloons were just about only used in the early days and after the mid-20th century)

15 May 2022

• 13:4413:44, 15 May 2022 diff hist −1 m Plymouth General Court →History: Typos etc.

11 May 2022

• 12:1912:19, 11 May 2022 diff hist +2 m Enrico Forlanini Helicopters and dirigibles are ALSO aircraft
• 11:3711:37, 11 May 2022 diff hist +8 m Boom vang Wrong form of plural

9 May 2022

• 14:4714:47, 9 May 2022 diff hist +7 m Marie-Louise Giraud →Background: "faiseur d'anges" is the French that is literally "maker of angels", e.g. the man mentioned, but the suffix "-euse" makes it more specifically female

28 February 2022

• 16:1016:10, 28 February 2022 diff hist +297 Doukhobors →In popular culture: Mention in Eric Frank Russell's "The Great Explosion"

15 February 2022

• 10:5110:51, 15 February 2022 diff hist +7 German East Africa →History: Heligoland had never been German before British rule, but rather Danish, and Tanzania did not exist until later (so only OK to mention it with that made clear); also clarifying famine orders

2 February 2022

• 10:3810:38, 2 February 2022 diff hist +56 Nowell Salmon Removing anachronisms

26 December 2021

• 10:0610:06, 26 December 2021 diff hist 0 Chartres Cathedral →Later modifications (13th–18th centuries) and the Coronation of Henry IV of France: Not only were Scotland and England not yet united, but also Scotland was allied with France during much of that war ("the auld alliance")

21 November 2021

• 10:4710:47, 21 November 2021 diff hist +21 m Kansas City Confidential →Plot: Not proper sentences, and similar

18 November 2021

• 15:1215:12, 18 November 2021 diff hist −1 m Villains (film) →Plot: diffuses <> defuses

9 October 2021

• 09:3709:37, 9 October 2021 diff hist −1 m Disulfiram →History: Either wrong form of verb, or spelling mistake

7 October 2021

• 09:4609:46, 7 October 2021 diff hist +13 Cone clutch Combustion engines include such things as the (external combustion) engines of steam locomotives, which typically do not use clutches at all

4 September 2021

• 03:5803:58, 4 September 2021 diff hist −5 Limahong →Attack on Manila: An arquebusier is someone who uses an arquebus (and bad pronoun and commas, etc.)

9 August 2021

• 10:2710:27, 9 August 2021 diff hist +108 Corvée →Madagascar: It appears that someone edited my original post in a way that not only altered the sense but also made it mismatch the rest of the sentence - so I am trying a different wording (I was not trying to say that the PROBLEMS were typical but that the APPROACH TO SOLVING THEM was)

3 July 2021

• 05:2605:26, 3 July 2021 diff hist 0 MacGuffin →History and use: It is very rare indeed for someone with a name like that to be English rather than Scottish, but British covers both cases and so is safe

8 June 2021

• 13:5213:52, 8 June 2021 diff hist +12 Rolls-Royce Merlin Rolls Royce named its (often only prototype) two stroke piston aero engines after battles, e.g. the Rolls Royce Crecy

20 May 2021

• 08:5208:52, 20 May 2021 diff hist 0 m Laura Annie Willson →First World War: Not the right word
• 08:5108:51, 20 May 2021 diff hist −1 m Laura Annie Willson →Early life and factory career: Bad apostrophe
• 08:4908:49, 20 May 2021 diff hist +38 Eleanor Shelley-Rolls Gas balloons were far more common than hot air balloons at that period, so these assertions shouldn't just reflect assumptions based on modern practice

28 April 2021

• 03:1003:10, 28 April 2021 diff hist +22 Cura annonae →Notes: As this usage is still present in British English, it is wrong to term it "archaic"

27 April 2021

• 13:4213:42, 27 April 2021 diff hist +78 Pistonless rotary engine →Pistonless rotary engines: The Integrated Supersonic Component Engine has nothing to do with Mr. Beauchamp Tower, and his engine was most definitely in use and well past the conceptual stage

6 April 2021

• 16:0916:09, 6 April 2021 diff hist −1 m Edward G. Robinson Either spelling mistake or wrong verb tense

5 April 2021

• 11:2511:25, 5 April 2021 diff hist −1 m Saint Bega →The miracles: Arrows cannot be fired as firearms are not involved