User contributions for Mike Schwartz

24 May 2024

• 19:3019:30, 24 May 2024 diff hist +15‎ Halacha ‎ →‎English: ADD "{{wp|lang=en}}" ... which gets displayed as [something that includes: some text displayed in a box, including some hyperlinks, and it says (approximately) something like THIS]: "English Wikipedia has an article on: Halacha". current

15 March 2024

• 19:3319:33, 15 March 2024 diff hist +14‎ haematopoiesis ‎ →‎English: Add a template [instance] saying "{{wikipedia}}" (right at the start of this "section" of this "Wiktionary" entry). This is similar to a change that was made -- VERY recently -- to the Wiktionary entry ["q.v."] for "granulopoiesis". current
• 19:2119:21, 15 March 2024 diff hist +144‎ hemopoietic ‎ →‎Etymology: insert an stab at an etymology, but leaving in the template instance that now still says that it is ["missing or"] << "incomplete" >>. It obviously is no longer (totally) "missing", but ... it might still need some work. (and I do not know how to remove the part that says << "missing or" >> from the way the 'template instance' is displayed, ... without just completely saying it "manually" *instead of* saying it via a template instance. Not 100% yet, but getting *closer*/"better". current
• 18:5818:58, 15 March 2024 diff hist +14‎ granulopoiesis ‎ →‎English: Add a template [instance] saying "{{wikipedia}}" (right at the start of this "section" of this "Wiktionary" entry), because: doing this will not only TELL the reader that "the English Wikipedia has an article on: w:granulopoiesis", but also, it will provide a clickable LINK to [that article], "granulopoiesis", which should make it easier for the reader to go see the Wikipedia article about ...[the topic that is the meaning of] this word. current

10 July 2023

• 17:2217:22, 10 July 2023 diff hist +649‎ m Talk:cochineal ‎ →‎Suspected TYPO in the word "line[d]": THANK YOU, and "{{resolved|case closed}}" current
• 14:4214:42, 10 July 2023 diff hist +894‎ N Talk:cochineal ‎ →‎Suspected TYPO in the word "line[d]": new section Tag: New topic

9 May 2023

• 04:4904:49, 9 May 2023 diff hist +652‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2023/May ‎ →‎New section in the "Talk:" page for [the verb to] "coerce": new section Tag: New topic
• 04:3604:36, 9 May 2023 diff hist +2,161‎ Talk:coerce ‎ →‎meaning in the field of computing: room for improvement?: new section current Tag: New topic

16 March 2023

• 06:1206:12, 16 March 2023 diff hist +2‎ Proto-Indo-European ‎ →‎Proper noun: Correct a mistake in the previous edit. A double "ending" curly brace was missing near the end of the [recently added] second "example" sentence, there.

11 September 2022

• 18:3118:31, 11 September 2022 diff hist +322‎ coronate ‎ →‎Derived terms: Add a usage note (with a w:hyperlink to a reliable source)

7 August 2022

• 20:5020:50, 7 August 2022 diff hist +922‎ Talk:venery ‎ →‎Possible TYPOs in the quotation dated 1650: Reply current Tag: Reply

4 August 2022

• 21:0821:08, 4 August 2022 diff hist +3,851‎ N Talk:venery ‎ →‎Possible TYPOs in the quotation dated 1650: new section Tag: New topic

4 July 2022

• 01:1801:18, 4 July 2022 diff hist +1‎ m play hooky ‎ →‎Verb: minor change: ("or" --> "nor")

24 August 2021

• 21:3421:34, 24 August 2021 diff hist +507‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2021/August ‎ →‎Update made to an 'OLD" "Tea Room" page: new section
• 21:2021:20, 24 August 2021 diff hist +791‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2020/June ‎ →‎Question about a quote ... used as an example: Add some THANKS, and some "follow-up" comments / questions
• 20:5720:57, 24 August 2021 diff hist +1,016‎ Talk:unstaunched ‎ →‎Is the quote from Shakespeare a good example?: Add a new sub-section, called << "One possible explanation" >>.

20 June 2021

• 07:5507:55, 20 June 2021 diff hist +22‎ m meso- ‎ →‎Prefix: add a w:hyperlink ("wikilink" or "Free_link") w:cross-reference from this entry ... pointing "to" [the entry for] ''meso-tartaric acid'' ... right where (the "example") "meso-tartaric acid'' was already appearing -- (in italic font) -- in this entry.

15 December 2020

• 06:1506:15, 15 December 2020 diff hist +279‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2020/December ‎ →‎"Idea" added to a certain "Talk:" page ... for a certain word: new section
• 06:1206:12, 15 December 2020 diff hist +778‎ Talk:philander ‎ →‎(possibly) finding and adding a quotation of Congreve: new section
• 05:2905:29, 15 December 2020 diff hist +325‎ m Talk:brutish ‎ →‎Comment:: Add "Thanks" (for fixing it), including a hyperlink to [the DIFF listing for] the EDIT that implemented the correction; and including a ["{{done}}"] template (instance) to say: << "case closed" >>. current

4 June 2020

• 05:1605:16, 4 June 2020 diff hist +585‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2020/June ‎ →‎Question about a quote ... used as an example: new section
• 05:0605:06, 4 June 2020 diff hist +520‎ N Talk:unstaunched ‎ →‎Is the quote from Shakespeare a good example?: new section (actually, the FIRST section to be added ... so it is a new ["Talk:"] page.)

1 April 2020

• 08:5808:58, 1 April 2020 diff hist +50‎ Thesaurus:copulate with ‎ →‎Hypernyms: add {{ws|to fool around with|to engage in [...] sexual acts}}

5 October 2019

• 08:0808:08, 5 October 2019 diff hist +290‎ embed ‎ →‎Noun: Expand the explanation or "example" [list] for the noun sense << "An embedded reporter or journalist" >>.

15 September 2019

• 19:0319:03, 15 September 2019 diff hist +1,215‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2019/September ‎ →‎("attention":) questions / comments recently added to a "Talk:" page: new section
• 17:5517:55, 15 September 2019 diff hist −19‎ Talk:brutish ‎ →‎Comment:: Change the template instance "{{Reflist-talk}}" to [just] "{{Reflist}}". (It was being displayed like a w:red link ...) OOPS, NO, ... remove it completely. * * * Even [just] "{{Reflist}}" * * * was being displayed like a w:red link -- ! --
• 17:5017:50, 15 September 2019 diff hist +1,420‎ Talk:brutish ‎ →‎How many syllables are there in the word brutish?: add a new sub-section, called "→‎Disclosure and comment: "
• 16:1816:18, 15 September 2019 diff hist +967‎ N Talk:brutish ‎ →‎How many [[syllables]] are there, in the word [[brutish]] ... ?: (START new "Talk:" page, by adding a) new section

24 July 2019

• 08:0008:00, 24 July 2019 diff hist +65‎ née ‎ →‎French: ADD ("to be born") (typically used in the ''passive voice'')
• 07:5307:53, 24 July 2019 diff hist +46‎ naître ‎ →‎Verb: insert << "(typically used in the ''passive voice'')" >>

3 August 2017

• 17:5217:52, 3 August 2017 diff hist +29‎ devolve ‎ →‎Usage notes: specify a certain sense, in the existing "sometimes used [in a certain way]" comment or "Usage note".

29 June 2016

• 19:0119:01, 29 June 2016 diff hist +92‎ endodontist ‎ →‎Etymology: add new subsection, under →‎English: (using the template "{{affix}}") -- with the MAIN intent, being: to cause the word "endodontist" to be added to [the category] Category:English_words_prefixed_with_endo-
• 18:3718:37, 29 June 2016 diff hist +1‎ m endodermis ‎ →‎Noun: MINOR -- correction of a small TYPO
• 18:3018:30, 29 June 2016 diff hist +26‎ Help:Category ‎ →‎lede ("Quick help:"): clarify what the verb to "follow" means, when used in connection with the noun "hyperlink" as its direct object.

5 July 2015

• 19:2219:22, 5 July 2015 diff hist +292‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2015/March ‎ →‎potlatch: meaning "similar to" potluck?: add a small reply to a comment about a recent edit
• 18:5818:58, 5 July 2015 diff hist +463‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2015/March ‎ →‎potlatch: meaning "similar to" potluck?: reply to a very prompt question, (from 19 March 2015) which was in reply to my previous comments
• 18:4118:41, 5 July 2015 diff hist +189‎ first water ‎ add "{{wikipedia}}" -- and an explanation of the fact that the article about first water on Wikipedia explains that the phrase originates from the gemstone trade.

26 March 2015

• 23:2223:22, 26 March 2015 diff hist −7‎ m Pasch ‎ Undo revision 32427086 by Mike Schwartz (talk) ...actually, I cannot tell for CERTAIN, but ... it "appears" that the attempt (fo fix a RED link) did NOT work. Reverting...!
• 23:1923:19, 26 March 2015 diff hist +7‎ m Pasch ‎ →‎Etymology: try to fix a RED link

19 March 2015

• 20:0520:05, 19 March 2015 diff hist +1,048‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2015/March ‎ →‎potlatch: meaning "similar to" potluck?: new section

30 November 2014

• 08:3908:39, 30 November 2014 diff hist −3‎ m dago ‎ →‎Etymology: correct an outdated w:cross-reference. The entry for Johnnie does not now (as of Nov. 2014) contain -- [if it ever did] -- an example like the one shown at ''Jock'' (and at ''Mick'').
• 08:2808:28, 30 November 2014 diff hist 0‎ m Jock ‎ →‎Etymology: MINOR correction of a preposition: "on Scotland" --> "in Scotland" (NOTE: "in" is to be used since Scotland is a country; "on" would be appropriate for an island [or a TV show], but not for a country.)

30 October 2014

• 22:5322:53, 30 October 2014 diff hist −1‎ m insignia ‎ →‎Spanish / Noun: MINOR correction of a TYPO (spelling): (("Engtlish" --> "English" )) in a cross-reference

18 June 2014

• 01:1301:13, 18 June 2014 diff hist +1‎ m interbreed ‎ →‎Verb: TINY correction -- mostly unrelated to the word "interbreed" -- just changing "a isolated community" to "an isolated community". NOTE: the mistake was sorta "trans"cluded to https://www.wordnik.com/words/interbreed -- where I found it.

5 January 2014

• 17:5417:54, 5 January 2014 diff hist +813‎ brick ‎ →‎Verb: add an example (with a link from a footnote of a Wikipedia article about IMEIs) that shows that (as of 2012), the transitive verb is often used to refer to something done intentionally, by or on behalf of the owner of (e.g.) a mobile phone

30 January 2013

• 00:1400:14, 30 January 2013 diff hist +642‎ credulous ‎ →‎Adjective: add a quotation (found "via" http://www.wordnik.com/words/credulous )

21 November 2012

• 20:3120:31, 21 November 2012 diff hist +11‎ SWAG ‎ →‎{{acronym}}: tweak the w:cross-reference to guess to now (henceforth) point to the specific "#Noun" section of the entry for guess, -- without making any changes to the "display text" -- the way it is displayed.

16 July 2012

• 23:2723:27, 16 July 2012 diff hist +1‎ m nonprofit ‎ →‎Noun: MINOR spelling correction : "comercial" --> "commercial"

13 April 2012

• 20:2020:20, 13 April 2012 diff hist +14‎ friggatriskaidekaphobia ‎ →‎lede: add {{wikipedia}} Tag: No L3
• 20:1920:19, 13 April 2012 diff hist +38‎ Appendix:English unattested phobias ‎ →‎f: add {{wikipedia|friggatriskaidekaphobia}}