User contributions for Philsp
A user with 90 edits. Account created on 18 May 2006.
7 May 2024
- 09:3209:32, 7 May 2024 diff hist 0 m The Remarkable Exploits of Lancelot Biggs, Spaceman Corrected link to Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections current
- 07:2207:22, 7 May 2024 diff hist −6 m Grant Allen →External links: Updated link to Peter Morton's Grant Allen website
25 April 2024
- 07:4307:43, 25 April 2024 diff hist −48 m John Wyndham →All short stories: Removed "Den överlevande" and "Flöjten": Swedish translations of other stories in list current
- 07:4107:41, 25 April 2024 diff hist −48 m John Wyndham →Uncollected short stories: Removed "Den överlevande" (Swedish translation of "Survival") and "Flöjten" (Swedish translation of "A Present from Brunswick")
- 07:3807:38, 25 April 2024 diff hist +115 m John Wyndham →Early pseudonymous novels: Clarified status of CURSE OF THE BURDENS
- 07:3607:36, 25 April 2024 diff hist −94 m John Wyndham →Early career: Removed dubious reference to CURSE OF THE BURDENS
22 September 2023
- 20:1720:17, 22 September 2023 diff hist −2 m Doctor Death (magazine) →Publication history and contents: Corrected date of unpublished issue current
25 June 2023
- 12:4312:43, 25 June 2023 diff hist −87 m Edwin Charles Tubb Removed assertion that he wrote the whole of an issue of AUTHENTIC including the letters; there is no known evidence for this and it doesn't add anything useful.
16 May 2023
- 09:4709:47, 16 May 2023 diff hist +1 m Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles Corrected spelling of Wainwright
4 March 2023
- 12:4412:44, 4 March 2023 diff hist 0 m The Boy's Own Paper Total number of issues corrected to match reference source after fuller indexing allowed a more accurate count.
28 February 2023
- 08:3008:30, 28 February 2023 diff hist +41 m Sylvia Waugh Undid revision 1141782991 by Suonii180 (talk) If a son cannot report the death of his own mother then what hope is there for Wikipedia? Tag: Undo
6 December 2021
- 19:0719:07, 6 December 2021 diff hist −225 m Robert A. Heinlein →Biographical: Removed reference to phantom book "Debora Aro Is Wrong" which was added anonymously in 2009, possibly just to see if anybody noticed.
27 November 2021
- 18:3918:39, 27 November 2021 diff hist +5 m The Crying of Lot 49 Corrected publication date from 1965 to 1966
26 August 2021
- 17:1917:19, 26 August 2021 diff hist +3 m Destroyer (2018 film) →Plot: Correct link for James Jordan
17 August 2021
- 21:2221:22, 17 August 2021 diff hist −2 m An Outpost of Progress Corrected name of magazine in which magazine was published
17 May 2021
- 08:1908:19, 17 May 2021 diff hist 0 m Mayfair (magazine) →Fisk Publishing era: Correct volume number of last Bound issue
22 April 2021
- 12:4412:44, 22 April 2021 diff hist +9 m Regina Miriam Bloch Corrected birth date based on http://desturmobed.blogspot.com/2021/04/regina-miriam-bloch.html
14 August 2020
- 15:4515:45, 14 August 2020 diff hist +4 m Chic (pornographic magazine) Corrected date of final issue
13 January 2020
- 12:4412:44, 13 January 2020 diff hist −87 m Vanity Fair (British magazine) Removed 1896 cover - this is a US cover (price 25 cents visible at bottom left) and belong to the run described at https://www.americanmagazinecollection.com/vanity-fair-and-standard-quarterly/ which has no entry in Wikipedia at present.
16 June 2019
- 16:2516:25, 16 June 2019 diff hist +3 m Alfred Balk →Magazine Writing Career: Corrected typo
10 May 2019
- 07:5307:53, 10 May 2019 diff hist −377 Aberystwyth Cliff Railway Corrected suggestion that this is (or has ever been) the longest funicular railway in the British Isles. According to the railway's own publicity it was developed by Sir George Marks after the success of the Lynton/Lynmouth Cliff Railway and, at 778ft, is 84 ft shorter.
- 07:4607:46, 10 May 2019 diff hist +2 Aberystwyth →Rail: Corrected description of funicular railway as being the longest
- 07:4507:45, 10 May 2019 diff hist +7 Aberystwyth →Victorian era: Corrected description of funicular railway as being the longest; the display in the Camera Obscura at the top of the railway acknowledges the Lynton/Lynmouth one is longer!
15 March 2019
- 12:3212:32, 15 March 2019 diff hist −11 m Felice Lyne Removed reference to being in a Boston company until 1945 - tricky given that she died in 1935!
3 March 2019
- 20:2820:28, 3 March 2019 diff hist +2 m Land of Unlikeness →Themes: Corrected typo in name of collection
- 20:2720:27, 3 March 2019 diff hist −1 m The Whitsun Weddings Correct typo in publisher
27 December 2018
- 17:2817:28, 27 December 2018 diff hist 0 m Woman's Home Companion Corrected century in end date of Ladies' Home Companion
4 November 2017
- 16:2916:29, 4 November 2017 diff hist −96 Frank R. Stockton →Writings: Corrected details of 1887 collection; The Queen's Museum and Other Fanciful Tales wsa not published until 1906
1 October 2017
- 15:2415:24, 1 October 2017 diff hist 0 m The Mysterious Island Corrected date of Scribner's Monthly serialisation (see http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=scmo;cc=scmo;view=toc;subview=short;idno=scmo0007-6)
26 March 2017
- 11:0311:03, 26 March 2017 diff hist 0 m Tales of Space and Time Publication date of "A Story of the Days to Come" corrected
- 11:0211:02, 26 March 2017 diff hist 0 m A Story of the Days to Come Publication dates corrected as verified from magazine itself at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000600035
14 March 2016
- 10:3710:37, 14 March 2016 diff hist +311 m The Garden Party (short story) Corrected details of first publication.
8 March 2016
- 10:0810:08, 8 March 2016 diff hist −48 m The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Corrected Contents List to reflect English Edition Volume 2 appearing before American Edition Part 7
5 January 2016
- 11:5311:53, 5 January 2016 diff hist +1 m Frances Winwar Corrected surname of second husband
13 June 2014
- 06:2906:29, 13 June 2014 diff hist −18 m John H. Reese →Writing: Removed reference to story in "Doctor Death" - this attribution was an error in the Fictionmags Index
27 May 2014
- 07:5707:57, 27 May 2014 diff hist +125 Margaret St. Clair Clarified relationship with the Wilton Hazzard pen name, which was a Fiction House house name rather than a personal pseudonym.
21 May 2014
- 06:4006:40, 21 May 2014 diff hist −80 Roger Sherman Hoar →Writer: Removed reference to pseudonyms Sherman & Lerch. Sherman was a pseudonym of Roger Sherman Lerch who, despite the similarity of names, was a real person born in Duluth in September 1890.
1 November 2013
- 20:3120:31, 1 November 2013 diff hist −7 m Richard A. Lupoff Added recent picture of author
13 April 2013
- 20:3420:34, 13 April 2013 diff hist +12 m Michelle Fairley →Filmography: Restructure "Midsomer Murders" entry
- 20:3220:32, 13 April 2013 diff hist 0 m Michelle Fairley →Filmography: Correct spelling of "Midsomer Murders"
19 March 2013
- 12:5612:56, 19 March 2013 diff hist −6 m King Kong →Print media: Corrected publication history for MYSTERY magazine
10 March 2013
- 07:5907:59, 10 March 2013 diff hist 0 m Daniel Morgan (disambiguation) Added date of death ro Dan Morgan (writer)
30 January 2013
- 09:1009:10, 30 January 2013 diff hist +126 m Science fiction magazine →External links: Add link to Illustrated Checklists
- 08:5808:58, 30 January 2013 diff hist +7 m David Gerrold →Early science fiction novels: Changed "first to describe" to "one of the first" as Crichton's THE TERMINAL MAN may have preceded
- 08:5308:53, 30 January 2013 diff hist +348 Computer virus →Science fiction: Rewritten to emphasize precedence of short story by Greg Benford and importance of THE SHOCKWAVE RIDER
29 January 2013
- 08:1208:12, 29 January 2013 diff hist +924 Talk:Computer virus →From David Gerrold:: Request for Clarification
28 January 2013
- 09:0209:02, 28 January 2013 diff hist −169 m David Gerrold Removed suggestion that Gerrold coined the term "computer virus" in 1969. This seems to be an urban myth - see Talk page for Computer Virus
- 08:5408:54, 28 January 2013 diff hist +2,017 Talk:Computer virus →Precedence in science fiction: new section
4 January 2013
- 16:0116:01, 4 January 2013 diff hist −74 m Robert Silverberg →External links: Official website removed again due to technical problems with it
3 January 2013
- 20:5420:54, 3 January 2013 diff hist +76 m Robert Silverberg →External links: Added link to author's official website (just created)
