User contributions for B Taylor-Blake
A user with 256 edits. Account created on 4 August 2010.
22 February 2024
- 18:2718:27, 22 February 2024 diff hist +668 Talk:Tornado Alley →Modification of "origin of the term" suggested: new section current Tag: New topic
18 September 2021
- 16:0016:00, 18 September 2021 diff hist −551 The whole nine yards Removed speculation that the idiom usage was rare; it may have rarely appeared in print, but there's evidence because of the now growing number of found usages between 1907-1946 that it was in use across parts of the midwest and upland south. It may have been in oral usage, without often making it into published writings (newspapers, etc.). Further, that it was not used in reference to a sports event, and hence rare, is weakly speculative.
- 15:5615:56, 18 September 2021 diff hist +140 The whole nine yards Adding 1946-1951 usages from Lexington, Kentucky.
- 15:4915:49, 18 September 2021 diff hist +132 m The whole nine yards Adding a 1922 sighting of "the whole six yard," as per my suggested revision of the history portion of this page (see Talk)
4 December 2020
- 23:1623:16, 4 December 2020 diff hist +1,067 Talk:Sean Gilmartin →Question about "Personal Life" section: new section
3 December 2020
- 21:2421:24, 3 December 2020 diff hist +358 Sean Gilmartin →Personal life Tag: Reverted
4 August 2020
- 19:2119:21, 4 August 2020 diff hist −109 Group sex Undid revision 971203713 by B Taylor-Blake (talk) Tag: Undo
- 19:2019:20, 4 August 2020 diff hist +109 m Group sex There is no evidence that Fendi created this work, as the link demonstrates.
7 July 2020
- 11:0411:04, 7 July 2020 diff hist −60 Rodney Dale →Writing and publishing
- 11:0111:01, 7 July 2020 diff hist −22 Rodney Dale →Community service
5 July 2020
- 19:0319:03, 5 July 2020 diff hist −1 m Rodney Dale Corrected name of place of death
- 19:0119:01, 5 July 2020 diff hist −37 Rodney Dale Edited to reflect Dale's death
17 December 2018
- 12:5912:59, 17 December 2018 diff hist +247 m Xoloitzcuintle →In popular culture: Adding back reference to famous urban legend, this time providing a reference with citations in scholarly works.
10 April 2018
- 19:5119:51, 10 April 2018 diff hist +1,827 Talk:The whole nine yards →Suggested edits to "History of the phrase" section: new section
27 February 2018
- 17:5817:58, 27 February 2018 diff hist +89 m Perl-UNC Prize No edit summary
28 November 2017
- 20:5220:52, 28 November 2017 diff hist −181 m Edward Perl →External links: Provided correct link.
24 November 2017
- 22:3222:32, 24 November 2017 diff hist −595 m Black Friday (shopping) Removed clause, which implies that the origin of phrase lies in an old accounting practice. Citation offered doesn't mention this; "origin" section of this article refutes that.
7 October 2017
- 14:1714:17, 7 October 2017 diff hist +63 m Rodney Dale Replaced dead link to Cambridge Consultants with active link.
1 September 2017
- 22:1522:15, 1 September 2017 diff hist −343 The whole nine yards Removed reference. Chapman's & Middleton-Smith's article on John Smedley (Textile History 46: 70-98, 2015) says nothing about nine yards as a standard length; consequently, the wording of the request for fabric is speculative.
25 July 2017
- 22:0522:05, 25 July 2017 diff hist +33 The whole nine yards Clarifying that these early 20th-century appearances of "the whole nine yards" (beginning in 1907) are the earliest known uses of the phrase as an idiom.
15 July 2017
- 16:5516:55, 15 July 2017 diff hist +28 The whole nine yards Clarifying that the 1855 anecdote cited by the OED is non-idiomatic in usage, though the OED notes that this 1855 usage may have inspired creation of later idiom.
19 June 2017
- 19:5919:59, 19 June 2017 diff hist −4 m Perl-UNC Prize No edit summary
- 19:5119:51, 19 June 2017 diff hist +17 m Perl-UNC Prize →Selection committee: Updating list of members of selection committee
10 April 2017
- 12:3512:35, 10 April 2017 diff hist −31 m Rodney Dale →External links
5 April 2017
- 15:1315:13, 5 April 2017 diff hist −204 m Rodney Dale →External links: Removed 2 links, added more appropriate link.
25 January 2017
- 16:1416:14, 25 January 2017 diff hist 0 m Perl-UNC Prize No edit summary
- 16:1216:12, 25 January 2017 diff hist +294 Perl-UNC Prize Updated to include 2016 recipient
10 January 2017
- 19:3319:33, 10 January 2017 diff hist +436 Talk:Hollywood, Los Angeles →Later discussion
- 17:0517:05, 10 January 2017 diff hist +3,083 Talk:Hollywood, Los Angeles →Hollywood history: I've raised objections to the current explanation for how Hollywood was named.
8 October 2016
- 16:0116:01, 8 October 2016 diff hist 0 m Perl-UNC Prize →Recipients
24 August 2016
- 13:1513:15, 24 August 2016 diff hist +56 m Rodney Dale →Community Service
9 February 2016
- 16:0816:08, 9 February 2016 diff hist +317 Perl-UNC Prize Adding 2015 recipient
21 July 2015
- 11:2811:28, 21 July 2015 diff hist 0 m Rodney Dale →Community Service
- 11:2711:27, 21 July 2015 diff hist −1 m Rodney Dale →Community Service
23 May 2015
- 17:5417:54, 23 May 2015 diff hist +5 m Perl-UNC Prize Fixing references
- 16:1716:17, 23 May 2015 diff hist +1 m Perl-UNC Prize Fixing headers and punctuation.
22 May 2015
- 23:1923:19, 22 May 2015 diff hist +318 User talk:Kharkiv07 →A message from {{subst:currentuser}}: new section
- 17:4717:47, 22 May 2015 diff hist +18 m Roger Nicoll →List of awards and honors: Inserted link to Wikipedia page on Perl-UNC Prize
- 17:4217:42, 22 May 2015 diff hist +40 m Roderick MacKinnon Added Perl-UNC Prize to list of notable awards
- 17:3617:36, 22 May 2015 diff hist +141 David Julius Added Julius's award of the Perl-UNC Prize; inserted link to Perl-UNC Prize page
- 17:3117:31, 22 May 2015 diff hist −29 m Roger Y. Tsien →Awards and honors: Replaced external link for Perl-UNC Prize with Wikipedia link
- 16:2416:24, 22 May 2015 diff hist +19 m Edward Perl →Establishment of the Perl-UNC Prize: Linking to Perl-UNC Prize page
- 16:1916:19, 22 May 2015 diff hist +237 User talk:B Taylor-Blake No edit summary
- 16:1016:10, 22 May 2015 diff hist +141 m Perl-UNC Prize Another reference added
- 15:3815:38, 22 May 2015 diff hist +711 Perl-UNC Prize Reply and fixing a couple typos
- 15:3015:30, 22 May 2015 diff hist +1,616 Perl-UNC Prize Adding references
- 11:3211:32, 22 May 2015 diff hist +517 User talk:B Taylor-Blake No edit summary
- 11:2411:24, 22 May 2015 diff hist +469 Perl-UNC Prize No edit summary
21 May 2015
- 19:3719:37, 21 May 2015 diff hist +8 Perl-UNC Prize →Selection Committee
- 19:1819:18, 21 May 2015 diff hist +1 Perl-UNC Prize →Creation
