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A user with 2,223 edits. Account created on 28 July 2011.
9 August 2024
- 20:4220:42, 9 August 2024 diff hist −2 m Kamala Harris →Early life and career: adjustment to her father's rank that accords with traditional language.
23 May 2024
- 19:5519:55, 23 May 2024 diff hist +141 Pine Tree Flag →Modern usage: Provide context for Alito's display of the flag outside one of his homes in 2023.
20 May 2024
- 18:0018:00, 20 May 2024 diff hist −445 Greta Garbo Undid revision 1223088512 by SonsSecretary (talk) The reference is to a trade paper about Hollywood and is not a legitimate source. There exists no other reliable source to corroborate this assertion; none of Garbo's biographers indicate that she married; Garbo stated she never married. Five years of research on my part revealed no evidence of marriage. Find another source to verify. Tag: Undo
29 March 2024
- 20:0820:08, 29 March 2024 diff hist +7 m Greta Garbo I'm afraid we need to keep "screen" in because otherwise, it will be ambiguous and some will read this as her public persona. But I get why you took it out. Undid revision 1216124470 by DanceoftheBladeDragon (talk) Tag: Undo
24 March 2024
- 14:4314:43, 24 March 2024 diff hist −5 m Greta Garbo reduced wordiness
18 March 2024
- 14:5614:56, 18 March 2024 diff hist +1 m Katie Melua →Early stage: "an," not "a" historian is correct.
- 14:5214:52, 18 March 2024 diff hist −4 m Katie Melua →Personal life: "admitted" not the appropriate word here.
22 February 2024
- 16:4616:46, 22 February 2024 diff hist +54 Greta Garbo Corrected introduction. Make's no sense to say she "is garbo and was a Swedish American actress..."
11 February 2024
- 17:0017:00, 11 February 2024 diff hist +641 Talk:Death of Hank Williams →Hank's death: new section Tag: New topic
27 January 2024
- 23:1423:14, 27 January 2024 diff hist +2 m Greta Garbo →1925–1929: Silent film stardom: Corrected awkward prose.
6 January 2024
- 17:0917:09, 6 January 2024 diff hist +2 m Henry Phipps Jr. →Involvement with Carnegie: Word fix
13 November 2023
- 00:1000:10, 13 November 2023 diff hist −17 m Mercedes de Acosta Maude Adams is not included among those women whose rumored affairs are cited. If you'd like to include Adams, you must cite your source for the information.Undid revision 1175485979 by 2600:6C44:4A7F:CD87:89E3:A423:9BC8:115D (talk) Tag: Undo
6 November 2023
- 03:3603:36, 6 November 2023 diff hist 0 m Nick Drake →Five Leaves Left (1969): correct spelling Tag: Reverted
3 November 2023
- 02:5602:56, 3 November 2023 diff hist −5 m Nick Drake delete unnecessary word.
29 October 2023
- 03:1403:14, 29 October 2023 diff hist −28 m Peter Lorre →In Europe (1922–1934): Moved "when" bc it says he left in when Hitler came to power in 1933.
23 October 2023
- 22:3022:30, 23 October 2023 diff hist −226 Greta Garbo →Retirement: cut extraneous detail. See talk p.
15 October 2023
- 15:0615:06, 15 October 2023 diff hist +663 Talk:Greta Garbo →Trivial?: new section Tag: New topic
- 14:5214:52, 15 October 2023 diff hist 0 m Greta Garbo →Retirement: Position cit. mark to correct position.
12 October 2023
- 16:1716:17, 12 October 2023 diff hist 0 Greta Garbo →Relationships: Move comment to a more appropriate place, though I don't think this is best either. Other ideas welcome.
- 16:1116:11, 12 October 2023 diff hist −283 Greta Garbo →Personal life: Remove uncited, extraneous details.
- 16:0216:02, 12 October 2023 diff hist −1 Greta Garbo →Retirement: Correct faulty sentence constructions.
- 15:5315:53, 12 October 2023 diff hist +1 m Greta Garbo →Retirement: Correct comma splice
1 September 2023
- 15:0815:08, 1 September 2023 diff hist +38 Greta Garbo →Retirement: Correction in response to an editor's critique.
6 August 2023
- 21:4121:41, 6 August 2023 diff hist −3 m Mercedes de Acosta →Personal life: removed unnecessary use of "very" and added a couple of commas here and there.
5 August 2023
- 15:4715:47, 5 August 2023 diff hist +351 User talk:Classicfilmbuff →Your reversion to my edit to Greta Garbo
5 July 2023
- 03:4703:47, 5 July 2023 diff hist +846 User talk:Classicfilmbuff →Your reversion to my edit to Greta Garbo
- 03:3503:35, 5 July 2023 diff hist +109 User talk:Classicfilmbuff →Your reversion to my edit to Greta Garbo
19 June 2023
- 20:4920:49, 19 June 2023 diff hist 0 m Greta Garbo →1941–1948: Last work and retirement: fix grammatically awkward, if not incorrect, sentence.
- 20:4120:41, 19 June 2023 diff hist +166 User talk:Classicfilmbuff →Your reversion to my edit to Greta Garbo: Reply Tag: Reply
17 June 2023
- 01:0201:02, 17 June 2023 diff hist +9 Greta Garbo Undid revision 1159131325 by Ormewood (talk) Not a minor edit. Elusive mystique is not the same thing at all as privacy. Garbo is perhaps most famous now for her elusive mystique. This descriptor has been here since 2013 and it should stay. This wording has been acc Tag: Undo
14 May 2023
- 01:4301:43, 14 May 2023 diff hist −8 m Billy Strings →Early life: Correct grammar.
4 February 2023
- 03:3903:39, 4 February 2023 diff hist −5 m Christian Cameron deleted unnecessary word.
15 January 2023
- 17:3517:35, 15 January 2023 diff hist −112 m Cynthia Mort →Nina, controversy, and lawsuit: The statement is cited to a peer reviewed academic journal; no addl citation is needed.
11 January 2023
- 22:2822:28, 11 January 2023 diff hist +41 m Christian Cameron →Alan Craik series: add father's name for accuracy
- 22:2322:23, 11 January 2023 diff hist −62 m Christian Cameron →Biography: Add father's name for accuracy
- 22:1722:17, 11 January 2023 diff hist −1 m Christian Cameron remove unnecessary comma
- 22:1622:16, 11 January 2023 diff hist +67 m Christian Cameron Addition of father's name added for accuracy.
19 December 2022
- 00:1700:17, 19 December 2022 diff hist −8 m Evgenia Obraztsova →Mariinsky ballet: Unnecessary (and stilted) to repeat her first name here.
15 December 2022
- 20:2920:29, 15 December 2022 diff hist 0 m Greta Garbo correct spelling
8 December 2022
- 23:5723:57, 8 December 2022 diff hist −78 m Greta Garbo →Early life and education: The statement is cited. Respectfully, preferring to spend time alone while also having and playing with friends are not mutually exclusive. This statement has been there for 10 years and has stood the test of time.
7 November 2022
- 00:3600:36, 7 November 2022 diff hist +7 Margaret Sullivan (journalist) Sullivan is no longer the media columnist for The Post.
29 October 2022
- 21:2621:26, 29 October 2022 diff hist −14 m Greta Garbo →Retirement: remove unnecessary words.
20 October 2022
- 00:3700:37, 20 October 2022 diff hist +13 m Greta Garbo correct grammatical mistake
- 00:2900:29, 20 October 2022 diff hist +2 m Greta Garbo replace usurping, an incorrect word in this context.
24 August 2022
- 17:0817:08, 24 August 2022 diff hist −53 m Greta Garbo →Retirement: prose tweaks
- 16:3716:37, 24 August 2022 diff hist −5 m Greta Garbo →Public persona: Remove unnecessary use of "that."
- 16:2616:26, 24 August 2022 diff hist +593 User talk:Fat&Happy →Hi F&H!!!: new section Tags: Reverted New topic
6 August 2022
- 17:3417:34, 6 August 2022 diff hist −5 m Lorenz Hart →Life and career: cut word "only" bc it provides irrelevant commentary.
28 June 2022
- 03:5203:52, 28 June 2022 diff hist −1 m The Allman Brothers Band correct grammatical mistake in subject verb agreement. You would not say, e.g., the band were playing really loud. Right?
29 May 2022
- 15:5715:57, 29 May 2022 diff hist 0 Greta Garbo →Public persona: prose tweak for clarity.